Chords for The Roots - Why What's Goin On

Tempo:
83.45 bpm
Chords used:

E

D

A

F#

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Roots - Why What's Goin On chords
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[A] [E] [D]
[F#] [A] [E] [B]
[F#m] [Am] [B] [D]
[F#m] [A] [Em] [Bm]
[F#] [A] [E] [D]
[C#] [Am] [E] [D] it.
[F#] Be in the last in [E] it.
The world keeps spinning, my people steady losing [D] while the rich keep winning.
[F#] It's like we never smiling [E] and the devil steady winning, killing what we've already set in deed.
I tell them it's one [F#m] thing to be poor, living [Am] above and under the law.
[E] Young tits on a marine, [D] said to die for the core.
[F#] And dunk it up into the [A] government's war.
As if a land [E] of money or oil.
Funny [D] how ain't none of it's yours.
[F#] Can't sleep, no [A] paranoia.
It's cold on, [E] it's far from right.
I guess [D] it's why I feel so wrong to [F#] see the world getting stuck.
[A] Out of every piece of the [E] street, the trade of gold is rolling [D] out.
Static, long and [G#] slow.
You know I'm drunk.
[Am] I'm drunk, I'm drunk, [Em] I'm drunk.
[D] What you say now?
I'm drunk, I'm drunk, [Am] [E] [D]
[F#m] I'm drunk.
[A] [B] What [D] you say now?
[F#m] I'm drunk, I'm drunk, [A] I'm drunk.
What you say [E] now?
I'm drunk, I'm drunk, I'm drunk.
[Bm] What you say now?
What you [F#] say now?
I'm drunk, [Am] I'm drunk, I'm drunk.
Some [E] people chasing a dream.
[D] Others are chasing a high.
Some [F#m] people blind leading the [E] blind.
They chasing a lie.
Some people choking, bags broken, [D] barely making it back.
But [F#] still they working all they life.
[E] They pushing for the life.
Giving everything they got.
It's [D] just those wishes on your neck.
Putting pockets [E] on our jeans.
Mining diamonds for the rain.
The order we small change.
The bullets in the grain.
[B] Every day we feel [Am] strange.
Everything we [E] take for granted in time.
We feel stranded on this planet of mine.
[F#m] Now should I pull a hammer, clap [Am] it out and laugh about it?
[E] Or stand up, be counted [A] while a [F#m] castle is ratting?
Home run but you are busy [E] and the prisons are crowded.
People living in fear [D] because their vision is clodded.
[F#] But the sky is the limit.
[E] I ain't crying.
You and whoever got the moves in the mountain [D] are forgetting.
What you say [E] now?
[D] I'm drunk, I'm drunk, [A] I'm drunk.
[E] [Bm]
[F#m] [A] [B] What [D] you say now?
[C#] I'm drunk, I'm drunk, [A] I'm drunk.
[E] What you say now?
I'm not a liar.
I'm not a [Bm] liar.
[F#m] Hands on [E] my heels, gain the momentum, I'm tired.
Can't get on [A] the spot, quit running.
I can feel the only inches behind.
I sleep, I [E] survive.
Somehow I got the [D] desire.
How much I've wanted [F#] love, is anybody [E] listening?
But I would probably pissing if I disappeared.
Wonder [D] if the world would know I'm [C#m] missing.
Who my support system?
It's not the court system.
Got a letter, but it said [D] that you would not avoid this.
[F#] The microscope [Am] is weak upon [Em] the culture.
It's mindless culture.
[D] Like you, Shantanu, you know [F#] for your own head.
Say [Am] we need a product [Em] that knows it, but it needs exposures.
[F#m] We need a substance.
It's the past generation.
[E] The anger and the nation got the fighting on the wall [D] so clear.
That I could face [F#m] it like a kid slipping loose [E] somewhere.
Trying to stick because we phone a good and make it.
Got the song, we can roll.
[F#m] [A] [E] [D]
[F#] [B] [E] [Bm]
[F#m] [F#] [D]
[F#m] [A] [E] [Bm]
[F#] I'm [A] not going to [E] lie.
[D]
[F#] [A] I'm not going [E] to lie.
[D] I'm not going to lie.
I'm not going to lie.
I'm not going to [F#m] lie.
I'm not going to lie.
I'm not going to lie.
I'm not going [A] to lie.
I'm not [F#] going to lie.
I'm not going to [D] lie.
[F#] [A] [E] [Bm]
[G#]
Key:  
E
2311
D
1321
A
1231
F#
134211112
F#m
123111112
E
2311
D
1321
A
1231
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To start learning The Roots - (Whats Goin On?) Why chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: F#, A, E, D, F#, E, D and A. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 41 BPM before aiming for the song's 83 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of A Major in mind.

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_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _
[F#] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [Am] _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[F#] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] it.
[F#] Be in the last in [E] it.
The world keeps spinning, my people steady losing [D] while the rich keep winning.
[F#] It's like we never smiling [E] and the devil steady winning, killing what we've already set in deed.
I tell them it's one [F#m] thing to be poor, living [Am] above and under the law.
[E] Young tits on a marine, [D] said to die for the core.
[F#] And dunk it up into the [A] government's war.
As if a land [E] of money or oil.
Funny [D] how ain't none of it's yours.
[F#] Can't sleep, no [A] paranoia.
It's cold on, [E] it's far from right.
I guess [D] it's why I feel so wrong to [F#] see the world getting stuck.
[A] Out of every piece of the [E] street, the trade of gold is rolling [D] out.
Static, long and [G#] slow.
You know I'm drunk.
[Am] I'm drunk, I'm drunk, [Em] I'm drunk.
[D] What you say now?
I'm drunk, I'm drunk, [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _
[F#m] I'm drunk.
[A] _ [B] _ What [D] you say now?
[F#m] I'm drunk, I'm drunk, [A] I'm drunk.
What you say [E] now?
I'm drunk, I'm drunk, I'm drunk.
[Bm] What you say now?
What you [F#] say now?
I'm drunk, [Am] I'm drunk, I'm drunk.
Some [E] people chasing a dream.
[D] Others are chasing a high.
Some [F#m] people blind leading the [E] blind.
They chasing a lie.
Some people choking, bags broken, [D] barely making it back.
But [F#] still they working all they life.
[E] They pushing for the life.
Giving everything they got.
It's [D] just those wishes on your neck.
Putting pockets [E] on our jeans.
Mining diamonds for the rain.
The order we small change.
The bullets in the grain.
[B] Every day we feel [Am] strange.
Everything we [E] take for granted in time.
We feel stranded on this planet of mine.
[F#m] Now should I pull a hammer, clap [Am] it out and laugh about it?
[E] Or stand up, be counted [A] while a [F#m] castle is ratting?
Home run but you are busy [E] and the prisons are crowded.
People living in fear [D] because their vision is clodded.
[F#] But the sky is the limit.
[E] I ain't crying.
You and whoever got the moves in the mountain [D] are forgetting.
What you say [E] now?
_ _ _ [D] I'm drunk, I'm drunk, [A] I'm drunk.
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ What [D] you say now?
[C#] I'm drunk, I'm drunk, [A] I'm drunk.
[E] What you say now?
I'm not a liar.
I'm not a [Bm] liar. _
[F#m] Hands on [E] my heels, gain the momentum, I'm tired.
Can't get on [A] the spot, quit running.
I can feel the only inches behind.
I sleep, I [E] survive.
Somehow I got the [D] desire.
How much I've wanted [F#] love, is anybody [E] listening?
But I would probably pissing if I disappeared.
Wonder [D] if the world would know I'm [C#m] missing.
Who my support system?
It's not the court system.
Got a letter, but it said [D] that you would not avoid this.
[F#] The microscope [Am] is weak upon [Em] the culture.
It's mindless culture.
[D] Like you, Shantanu, you know [F#] for your own head.
Say [Am] we need a product [Em] that knows it, but it needs exposures.
[F#m] We need a substance.
It's the past generation.
[E] The anger and the nation got the fighting on the wall [D] so clear.
That I could face [F#m] it like a kid slipping loose [E] somewhere.
Trying to stick because we phone a good and make it.
Got the song, we can roll.
[F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[F#] I'm [A] not going to [E] lie.
_ [D] _ _
[F#] _ _ [A] I'm not going [E] to lie.
[D] I'm not going to lie.
I'm not going to lie.
I'm not going to [F#m] lie.
I'm not going to lie.
I'm not going to lie.
I'm not going [A] to lie.
I'm not [F#] going to lie.
I'm not going to [D] lie. _
[F#] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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