Chords for "Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes (Official 4K Video)
Tempo:
122 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Ab
C
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] Everybody shut [E] up!.
[G] [Ab] Everyone listen up!
.
Hey!
.
Hey!
.
Hey!
.
Hey!
.
Hey!
.
Hey!
.
[C] If [G] you can't write in the proper way,.
If you don't know [D] how to conjugate,.
Maybe you flunked that class,.
And maybe now you find that people mock you on [G] class.
[Ab] Okay, now here's the deal, I'll try to educate you.
I'm gonna familiarize you with the [D] nomenclature.
[Ab] You'll learn the [D] definitions [Ab] of nouns and [D] prepositions,.
Literacy's your mission,.
[C] And [G] that's why I think this is a good time.
You'll learn some grammar,.
Not just grammar.
Work on that grammar, [D] you should know it.
[Ab] It's for a [D] few words,.
Like people who work,.
[Em] Never read that school,.
[G] I hate these word crimes.
Like I could care less,.
[Ab] .
[G] As you get your little [D] moron.
You better slow down,.
[Gb] And use the right pronouns,.
So the world you're in no plans.
[G] Say you got an IT,.
Followed by a possessive,.
Guess now what does that mean?.
You would not use it in [D] this case,.
As the possessive,.
It's the contraction.
What's the contraction?.
Well, [G] it's showing a word,.
Or a person,.
I think that's a [Ab] good one.
Okay, now here's some [G] more,.
[Ab] Syntax you always knew,.
[D] No X in Espresso,.
You're part of simple states,.
But I don't want your dreams,.
If you really want,.
[Ab] Leave out that Oxford [D] time,.
[C] Just [G] keep a minor B.
Who are you?.
Are words not letters?.
That is a chatter.
[Ab] You [D] should never, .
Write words with a number,.
[Db] Unless you're [Ab] seven,.
[Am] Or your name is [G] Prince.
These words rhyme,.
You really need a lift and drive,.
I mean the rhymes,.
Well [D] you should hire, .
Someone with a name,.
To help you distinguish,.
[C] Whether on birth,.
Even [G] if you're a bull.
One thing I ask of you,.
Time to learn your homophones,.
It has to learn,.
To die,.
Grandma spends two,.
Always say to whom,.
Don't ever say to [D] who,.
And listen up,.
When I tell you this,.
I hope you never use,.
Quotation marks for emphasis,.
You've finished second grade,.
I hope you can tell,.
It's not [Em] doing good,.
Or [G] doing well,.
To figure out the difference,.
[D] Irony is not coincidence,.
And I thought that you'd,.
Get through your school,.
I wouldn't make you rich,.
If anyone [Ab] was literal,.
But just now,.
You said,.
You literally couldn't get out of bed,.
Does that really mean,.
We want to literally,.
Slack [C] a girl for [G] her stupid head?.
I'll send you an email,.
If I got there, .
Your info there [D] is,.
Irony, .
It's really fantastic,.
That was sarcastic,.
[C] Such a randy [G] classmate,.
I hate these words, .
Your phose is dopey, .
Writing in most,.
[D] Horror lost, .
I say,.
Go back to preschool,.
Get out of that gene pool,.
I hate [C] these words,.
[G] [Ab] Never liked love,.
Really liked love, .
[G] [Ab] Everyone listen up!
.
Hey!
.
Hey!
.
Hey!
.
Hey!
.
Hey!
.
Hey!
.
[C] If [G] you can't write in the proper way,.
If you don't know [D] how to conjugate,.
Maybe you flunked that class,.
And maybe now you find that people mock you on [G] class.
[Ab] Okay, now here's the deal, I'll try to educate you.
I'm gonna familiarize you with the [D] nomenclature.
[Ab] You'll learn the [D] definitions [Ab] of nouns and [D] prepositions,.
Literacy's your mission,.
[C] And [G] that's why I think this is a good time.
You'll learn some grammar,.
Not just grammar.
Work on that grammar, [D] you should know it.
[Ab] It's for a [D] few words,.
Like people who work,.
[Em] Never read that school,.
[G] I hate these word crimes.
Like I could care less,.
[Ab] .
[G] As you get your little [D] moron.
You better slow down,.
[Gb] And use the right pronouns,.
So the world you're in no plans.
[G] Say you got an IT,.
Followed by a possessive,.
Guess now what does that mean?.
You would not use it in [D] this case,.
As the possessive,.
It's the contraction.
What's the contraction?.
Well, [G] it's showing a word,.
Or a person,.
I think that's a [Ab] good one.
Okay, now here's some [G] more,.
[Ab] Syntax you always knew,.
[D] No X in Espresso,.
You're part of simple states,.
But I don't want your dreams,.
If you really want,.
[Ab] Leave out that Oxford [D] time,.
[C] Just [G] keep a minor B.
Who are you?.
Are words not letters?.
That is a chatter.
[Ab] You [D] should never, .
Write words with a number,.
[Db] Unless you're [Ab] seven,.
[Am] Or your name is [G] Prince.
These words rhyme,.
You really need a lift and drive,.
I mean the rhymes,.
Well [D] you should hire, .
Someone with a name,.
To help you distinguish,.
[C] Whether on birth,.
Even [G] if you're a bull.
One thing I ask of you,.
Time to learn your homophones,.
It has to learn,.
To die,.
Grandma spends two,.
Always say to whom,.
Don't ever say to [D] who,.
And listen up,.
When I tell you this,.
I hope you never use,.
Quotation marks for emphasis,.
You've finished second grade,.
I hope you can tell,.
It's not [Em] doing good,.
Or [G] doing well,.
To figure out the difference,.
[D] Irony is not coincidence,.
And I thought that you'd,.
Get through your school,.
I wouldn't make you rich,.
If anyone [Ab] was literal,.
But just now,.
You said,.
You literally couldn't get out of bed,.
Does that really mean,.
We want to literally,.
Slack [C] a girl for [G] her stupid head?.
I'll send you an email,.
If I got there, .
Your info there [D] is,.
Irony, .
It's really fantastic,.
That was sarcastic,.
[C] Such a randy [G] classmate,.
I hate these words, .
Your phose is dopey, .
Writing in most,.
[D] Horror lost, .
I say,.
Go back to preschool,.
Get out of that gene pool,.
I hate [C] these words,.
[G] [Ab] Never liked love,.
Really liked love, .
Key:
G
D
Ab
C
Em
G
D
Ab
[G] _ _ _ Everybody shut [E] _ up!.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[G] _ [Ab] _ _ Everyone listen up!
_ .
Hey!
.
Hey!
.
_ _ Hey!
.
Hey!
.
Hey!
.
Hey!
_ .
[C] If [G] _ _ _ you can't write in the proper way,.
If you don't know [D] how to conjugate,.
Maybe you flunked that class,.
And maybe now you find that people mock you on [G] class.
_ _ [Ab] Okay, now here's the deal, I'll try to educate you.
_ I'm gonna familiarize you with the [D] nomenclature.
[Ab] You'll learn the [D] definitions [Ab] of nouns and [D] prepositions,.
_ Literacy's your mission,.
[C] And [G] that's why I think this is a good time.
_ You'll learn some grammar,.
_ Not just grammar.
_ Work on that grammar, [D] you should know it.
[Ab] _ It's for a [D] few words,.
Like people who work,.
[Em] Never read that school,.
[G] I hate these word _ crimes.
Like I could care less,.
[Ab] _ _ _ .
[G] As you get your little [D] _ _ moron.
You better slow down,.
[Gb] And use the right pronouns,.
So the world you're in no plans.
[G] Say you got an IT,.
Followed by a possessive,.
Guess now what does that mean?.
You would not use it in [D] this case,.
As the possessive,.
It's the contraction.
_ What's the contraction?.
Well, [G] it's showing a word,.
Or a person,.
I think that's a [Ab] good one.
Okay, now here's some [G] more,.
[Ab] Syntax you always knew,.
[D] No X in Espresso,.
You're part of simple states,.
But I don't want your dreams,.
If you really want,.
[Ab] Leave out that Oxford [D] time,.
[C] Just [G] keep a minor B.
Who are you?.
Are words not letters?.
_ That is a chatter.
[Ab] You _ [D] should never, _ .
Write words with a number,.
_ [Db] Unless you're [Ab] seven,.
[Am] Or your name is [G] Prince.
These words _ rhyme,.
You really need a lift and drive,.
I mean the rhymes,.
Well [D] you should hire, _ .
_ Someone with a name,.
To help you distinguish,.
[C] Whether on birth,.
Even [G] if you're a bull.
One thing I ask of you,.
Time to learn your homophones,.
It has to learn,.
To die,.
Grandma spends two,.
Always say to whom,.
Don't ever say to [D] who,.
And listen up,.
When I tell you this,.
I hope you never use,.
Quotation marks for emphasis,.
You've finished second grade,.
I hope you can tell,.
It's not [Em] doing good,.
Or [G] doing well,.
To figure out the difference,.
[D] Irony is not coincidence,.
And I thought that you'd,.
Get through your school,.
I wouldn't make you rich,.
If anyone [Ab] was literal,.
But just now,.
You said,.
You literally couldn't get out of bed,.
Does that really mean,.
We want to literally,.
Slack [C] a girl for [G] her stupid head?.
I'll send you an email,.
If I got there, _ _ _ _ .
Your info there [D] is,.
Irony, _ _ .
_ It's really fantastic,.
That was sarcastic,.
[C] Such a randy [G] classmate,.
I hate these words, _ _ .
Your phose is dopey, _ _ _ .
_ Writing in most,.
[D] Horror lost, _ .
I say,.
Go back to preschool,.
_ Get out of that gene pool,.
I hate [C] these words,.
_ [G] _ [Ab] _ Never liked love,.
_ _ _ _ Really liked love, _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[G] _ [Ab] _ _ Everyone listen up!
_ .
Hey!
.
Hey!
.
_ _ Hey!
.
Hey!
.
Hey!
.
Hey!
_ .
[C] If [G] _ _ _ you can't write in the proper way,.
If you don't know [D] how to conjugate,.
Maybe you flunked that class,.
And maybe now you find that people mock you on [G] class.
_ _ [Ab] Okay, now here's the deal, I'll try to educate you.
_ I'm gonna familiarize you with the [D] nomenclature.
[Ab] You'll learn the [D] definitions [Ab] of nouns and [D] prepositions,.
_ Literacy's your mission,.
[C] And [G] that's why I think this is a good time.
_ You'll learn some grammar,.
_ Not just grammar.
_ Work on that grammar, [D] you should know it.
[Ab] _ It's for a [D] few words,.
Like people who work,.
[Em] Never read that school,.
[G] I hate these word _ crimes.
Like I could care less,.
[Ab] _ _ _ .
[G] As you get your little [D] _ _ moron.
You better slow down,.
[Gb] And use the right pronouns,.
So the world you're in no plans.
[G] Say you got an IT,.
Followed by a possessive,.
Guess now what does that mean?.
You would not use it in [D] this case,.
As the possessive,.
It's the contraction.
_ What's the contraction?.
Well, [G] it's showing a word,.
Or a person,.
I think that's a [Ab] good one.
Okay, now here's some [G] more,.
[Ab] Syntax you always knew,.
[D] No X in Espresso,.
You're part of simple states,.
But I don't want your dreams,.
If you really want,.
[Ab] Leave out that Oxford [D] time,.
[C] Just [G] keep a minor B.
Who are you?.
Are words not letters?.
_ That is a chatter.
[Ab] You _ [D] should never, _ .
Write words with a number,.
_ [Db] Unless you're [Ab] seven,.
[Am] Or your name is [G] Prince.
These words _ rhyme,.
You really need a lift and drive,.
I mean the rhymes,.
Well [D] you should hire, _ .
_ Someone with a name,.
To help you distinguish,.
[C] Whether on birth,.
Even [G] if you're a bull.
One thing I ask of you,.
Time to learn your homophones,.
It has to learn,.
To die,.
Grandma spends two,.
Always say to whom,.
Don't ever say to [D] who,.
And listen up,.
When I tell you this,.
I hope you never use,.
Quotation marks for emphasis,.
You've finished second grade,.
I hope you can tell,.
It's not [Em] doing good,.
Or [G] doing well,.
To figure out the difference,.
[D] Irony is not coincidence,.
And I thought that you'd,.
Get through your school,.
I wouldn't make you rich,.
If anyone [Ab] was literal,.
But just now,.
You said,.
You literally couldn't get out of bed,.
Does that really mean,.
We want to literally,.
Slack [C] a girl for [G] her stupid head?.
I'll send you an email,.
If I got there, _ _ _ _ .
Your info there [D] is,.
Irony, _ _ .
_ It's really fantastic,.
That was sarcastic,.
[C] Such a randy [G] classmate,.
I hate these words, _ _ .
Your phose is dopey, _ _ _ .
_ Writing in most,.
[D] Horror lost, _ .
I say,.
Go back to preschool,.
_ Get out of that gene pool,.
I hate [C] these words,.
_ [G] _ [Ab] _ Never liked love,.
_ _ _ _ Really liked love, _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .