Chords for The Music of... Howard the Duck (Thomas Dolby & Cherry Bomb)
Tempo:
107.3 bpm
Chords used:
F#
F#m
E
B
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
The new film Howard the [D#m] Duck is an earthbound [G#] adventure with an outer space influence.
Creating a title track for the film [A] required a unique imagination.
Musician [B] Thomas Dolby fit the [F#m] bill.
The song Howard the Duck is [B] good at having that slight unearthly edge to [G#m] it.
That was an interesting possibility to try and find music that wasn't really [A] from here, you know.
It's like from outer space.
[F]
[F#] [G#] Dolby experimented with a variety of [F#] synthesizer techniques to [D#m] build the instrumental.
[D#] Hickory dickory [Cm] duck.
Writing [G#] lyrics about a duck [Gm] posed an additional challenge.
We just sat down and wrote some lyrics and they're [F#] pretty out there and they're pretty wacky.
Hickory [E] dickory duck.
[F#] He ain't about to be [F#] plucked.
Too groovy for gravy.
Too precious for fat [B] tag.
Performing the lyrics is Cherry Bomb, an all-girl band created [F#m] specially for the film and supervised by Dolby.
[B] In order to write songs which could be sung by [G] four actresses who are admittedly very good singers but at the same time inexperienced,
I had to be here to keep hauling them in and checking that I was writing within their [F#] limitations.
To this duck we stand [F#m] close.
[E] [F#m] We'll get the funk off and hit his case.
[D] [E] Happily the [G] vocals turned out really [Em] good.
A lot of [B] people are going to think that we dubbed in professional singers, which is not actually the case.
It was all Cherry Bomb themselves that did it.
[C#]
[F#]
[E] [F#] [G#] Dolby also worked with the girls on choreographing the [F#] song, the goal being [F#m] to create a completely believable band.
[F#] [B] [F#] [A]
[F#] The months of rehearsals prepared the group for the most anticipated night of production.
[N]
It was for the film's finale that Cherry Bomb performed for a crowd of thousands, putting the song to the true [F#m] test.
[E] [F#m]
[D] [E] [F#m]
[D] [E] [F#m]
[D] [E] [F#m]
[F#]
Judging from the audience response, Howard the Duck is destined to be a major hit.
The [B] song's creator feels it just may inspire a new trend in [C#m] rock.
Interplanetary [E] funk.
[F#] [N]
Creating a title track for the film [A] required a unique imagination.
Musician [B] Thomas Dolby fit the [F#m] bill.
The song Howard the Duck is [B] good at having that slight unearthly edge to [G#m] it.
That was an interesting possibility to try and find music that wasn't really [A] from here, you know.
It's like from outer space.
[F]
[F#] [G#] Dolby experimented with a variety of [F#] synthesizer techniques to [D#m] build the instrumental.
[D#] Hickory dickory [Cm] duck.
Writing [G#] lyrics about a duck [Gm] posed an additional challenge.
We just sat down and wrote some lyrics and they're [F#] pretty out there and they're pretty wacky.
Hickory [E] dickory duck.
[F#] He ain't about to be [F#] plucked.
Too groovy for gravy.
Too precious for fat [B] tag.
Performing the lyrics is Cherry Bomb, an all-girl band created [F#m] specially for the film and supervised by Dolby.
[B] In order to write songs which could be sung by [G] four actresses who are admittedly very good singers but at the same time inexperienced,
I had to be here to keep hauling them in and checking that I was writing within their [F#] limitations.
To this duck we stand [F#m] close.
[E] [F#m] We'll get the funk off and hit his case.
[D] [E] Happily the [G] vocals turned out really [Em] good.
A lot of [B] people are going to think that we dubbed in professional singers, which is not actually the case.
It was all Cherry Bomb themselves that did it.
[C#]
[F#]
[E] [F#] [G#] Dolby also worked with the girls on choreographing the [F#] song, the goal being [F#m] to create a completely believable band.
[F#] [B] [F#] [A]
[F#] The months of rehearsals prepared the group for the most anticipated night of production.
[N]
It was for the film's finale that Cherry Bomb performed for a crowd of thousands, putting the song to the true [F#m] test.
[E] [F#m]
[D] [E] [F#m]
[D] [E] [F#m]
[D] [E] [F#m]
[F#]
Judging from the audience response, Howard the Duck is destined to be a major hit.
The [B] song's creator feels it just may inspire a new trend in [C#m] rock.
Interplanetary [E] funk.
[F#] [N]
Key:
F#
F#m
E
B
G#
F#
F#m
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ The new film Howard the [D#m] Duck is an earthbound [G#] adventure with an outer space influence.
Creating a title track for the film [A] required a unique imagination.
Musician [B] Thomas Dolby fit the [F#m] bill.
The song Howard the Duck is [B] good at having that slight unearthly edge to [G#m] it.
That was an interesting _ possibility to try and find music that wasn't really [A] from here, you know.
It's like from outer space.
[F] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ Dolby experimented with a variety of [F#] synthesizer techniques to [D#m] build the instrumental.
[D#] Hickory dickory [Cm] duck.
Writing [G#] lyrics about a duck [Gm] posed an additional challenge.
_ We just sat down and wrote some lyrics and they're [F#] pretty out there and they're pretty wacky.
Hickory [E] dickory duck.
[F#] He ain't about to be [F#] plucked.
Too groovy for gravy.
Too precious for fat [B] tag.
_ Performing the lyrics is Cherry Bomb, an all-girl band created [F#m] specially for the film and supervised by Dolby. _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ In order to write songs which could be sung by [G] four actresses who are admittedly very good singers but at the same time inexperienced,
I had to be here to keep hauling them in and checking that I was writing within their [F#] limitations.
To this duck we stand [F#m] close.
_ [E] _ [F#m] We'll get the funk off and hit his case.
[D] _ _ [E] Happily the [G] vocals turned out really [Em] good.
A lot of [B] people are going to think that we dubbed in professional singers, which is not actually the case.
It was all Cherry Bomb themselves that did it.
_ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[E] _ _ [F#] _ [G#] Dolby also worked with the girls on choreographing the [F#] song, the goal being [F#m] to create a completely believable band.
_ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ [A] _
_ _ [F#] _ The months of rehearsals prepared the group for the most anticipated night of production.
[N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ It was for the film's finale that Cherry Bomb performed for a crowd of thousands, putting the song to the true [F#m] test.
_ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
Judging from the audience response, Howard the Duck is destined to be a major hit.
The [B] song's creator feels it just may inspire a new trend in [C#m] rock.
Interplanetary [E] funk. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
Creating a title track for the film [A] required a unique imagination.
Musician [B] Thomas Dolby fit the [F#m] bill.
The song Howard the Duck is [B] good at having that slight unearthly edge to [G#m] it.
That was an interesting _ possibility to try and find music that wasn't really [A] from here, you know.
It's like from outer space.
[F] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ Dolby experimented with a variety of [F#] synthesizer techniques to [D#m] build the instrumental.
[D#] Hickory dickory [Cm] duck.
Writing [G#] lyrics about a duck [Gm] posed an additional challenge.
_ We just sat down and wrote some lyrics and they're [F#] pretty out there and they're pretty wacky.
Hickory [E] dickory duck.
[F#] He ain't about to be [F#] plucked.
Too groovy for gravy.
Too precious for fat [B] tag.
_ Performing the lyrics is Cherry Bomb, an all-girl band created [F#m] specially for the film and supervised by Dolby. _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ In order to write songs which could be sung by [G] four actresses who are admittedly very good singers but at the same time inexperienced,
I had to be here to keep hauling them in and checking that I was writing within their [F#] limitations.
To this duck we stand [F#m] close.
_ [E] _ [F#m] We'll get the funk off and hit his case.
[D] _ _ [E] Happily the [G] vocals turned out really [Em] good.
A lot of [B] people are going to think that we dubbed in professional singers, which is not actually the case.
It was all Cherry Bomb themselves that did it.
_ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[E] _ _ [F#] _ [G#] Dolby also worked with the girls on choreographing the [F#] song, the goal being [F#m] to create a completely believable band.
_ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ [A] _
_ _ [F#] _ The months of rehearsals prepared the group for the most anticipated night of production.
[N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ It was for the film's finale that Cherry Bomb performed for a crowd of thousands, putting the song to the true [F#m] test.
_ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
Judging from the audience response, Howard the Duck is destined to be a major hit.
The [B] song's creator feels it just may inspire a new trend in [C#m] rock.
Interplanetary [E] funk. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _