What's Up

Lyrics

Twenty-five years and my life is still
Trying to get up that great big hill
Of hope for a destination

I realized quickly when I knew I should
That the world was made up of this brotherhood
Of man, for whatever that means

[Bridge]
And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out, what's in my head
and I - I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning and I step outside
and I take a deep breath and I get real high and
I scream from the top of my lungs "What's going on?"

[Chorus]
And I said "Heyeyeyeyey Heyeyey"
I said "Hey, what's going on?"
And I said "Heyeyeyeyey Heyeyey"
I said "Hey, what's going on?"

[Interlude]

[Verse]
And I try, oh my God, do I try
I try all the time, in this institution
And I pray, oh my God, do I pray
I pray every single day
For a revolution

[Bridge]
And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out, what's in my head
and I - I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning and I step outside
and I take a deep breath and I get real high and
I scream from the top of my lungs "What's going on?"

[Chorus]
And I said "Heyeyeyeyey Heyeyey"
I said "Hey, what's going on?"
And I said "Heyeyeyeyey Heyeyey"
I said "Hey, what's going on?"

And I said "Heyeyeyeyey Heyeyey"
I said "Hey, what's going on?"
And I said "Heyeyeyeyey HeyeYEYEYE"
I said "Hey, what's going on?"

[Interlude]

[Outro]
Twenty-five years and my life is still
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
For a destination

Chords

[Verse]
G
  Twenty-five years and my life is still
Am
Trying to get up that great big hill
   C               G
Of hope for a destination
  G
I realized quickly when I knew I should
         Am
That the world was made up of this brotherhood
   C                      G
Of man, for whatever that means

[Bridge]
         G
And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed
        Am
Just to get it all out, what's in my head
      C                         G
and I - I am feeling a little peculiar
         G
And so I wake in the morning and I step outside
      Am
and I take a deep breath and I get real high and
  C                                             G
I scream from the top of my lungs "What's going on?"

[Chorus]
            G           Am
And I said "Heyeyeyeyey Heyeyey"
        C                 G
I said "Hey, what's going on?"
            G           Am
And I said "Heyeyeyeyey Heyeyey"
        C                 G
I said "Hey, what's going on?"

[Interlude]
G      Am  C   G
 Ooh, Ooh Ooh
G      Am  C   G
 Ooh, Ooh Ooh

[Verse]
      G                    Am
And I try, oh my God, do I try
              C                  G
I try all the time, in this institution
      G                     Am
And I pray, oh my God, do I pray
                    C
I pray every single day
          G
For a revolution

[Bridge]
         G
And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed
        Am
Just to get it all out, what's in my head
      C                         G
and I - I am feeling a little peculiar
         G
And so I wake in the morning and I step outside
      Am
and I take a deep breath and I get real high and
  C                                             G
I scream from the top of my lungs "What's going on?"

[Chorus]
            G           Am
And I said "Heyeyeyeyey Heyeyey"
        C                 G
I said "Hey, what's going on?"
            G           Am
And I said "Heyeyeyeyey Heyeyey"
        C                 G
I said "Hey, what's going on?"

            G           Am
And I said "Heyeyeyeyey Heyeyey"
        C                 G
I said "Hey, what's going on?"
            G           Am
And I said "Heyeyeyeyey HeyeYEYEYE"
        C                 G
I said "Hey, what's going on?"

[Interlude]
G      Am  C   G
 Ooh, Ooh Ooh

[Outro]
G
  Twenty-five years and my life is still
Am                                      C
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
            G
For a destination

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What's Up, by 4 Non Blondes

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