Chords for The B-52's - Tell It Like It T-I-IS (Official Music Video)

Tempo:
136.7 bpm
Chords used:

F#

B

C#

C#m

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The B-52's - Tell It Like It T-I-IS (Official Music Video) chords
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[F#] Doing right, day and night.
day and night.
day and night.
like it is.
[B] [C#] it.
[B] [C#] it.
[B] feel the [C#m] 3D ripple.
[B] like it is.
100%  ➙  137BPM
F#
134211112
B
12341112
C#
12341114
C#m
13421114
E
2311
F#
134211112
B
12341112
C#
12341114
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To learn The B-52S - (1992) Tell It Like It T-I-Is chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: C#, F#, B, C#m, F#, B and F#. A strategic approach would be to train at 68 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 137. Given the song's key of F# Minor, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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[F#] _ _ _ _ Doing right, day and night.
Doing right, day and night.
Doing right, day and night.
Yeah, tell it, tell it, tell it like it is.
I gotta feel _ .
[B] _ [C#] it.
You [F#] gotta move _ .
[B] _ [C#] it.
You [F#] gotta _ _ [B] feel the [C#m] 3D ripple.
[F#] Tell it, tell it, tell it [B] like it is.
[C#m] _ _ [F#] Seems like things [B] are getting [C#] so bad [F#] that you can smell [B] it.
_ [C#m] Yeah, [F#] so open those eyes [B] and get the [C#] real picture.
[F#] It's time to [B] tell it.
_ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ .
_ _ Oh baby, [C#] _ _ _ _ .
_ _ [A#] it's all [D#m] that _ [D#] _ _ .
[D] _ _ [A#] I [B] can see.
I need to [E] _ _ _ _ [F#] tell it, tell it, tell it [B] like it [C#m] is.
[F#] Tell it, tell it, tell it [B] like it is.
[C#m] _ _ [F#] Tell it, _ _ .
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ .
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ tell it, tell it.
I wanna tell it.
Tell it.
I ain't talking.
I wanna say.
I ain't talking.
I wanna say.
Tell it!.
_ And you're looking [B] for a moving [C#] sidewalk.
[F#] Screaming about a [B] monorail to take you [C#] away.
[F#] Well, the day is now [B] and here's [C#] the biz.
You [F#] better get the real picture.
[B] Tell it like [E] it is.
[F#] I _ spit it.
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ .
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ See the _ .
[B] situation.
[C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ .
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ .
_ Oh [C#] baby, _ _ _ .
_ _ [A#] it's all [D#m] that _ [C#] I [C] can see.
[A#] _ _ [B] _ _ I need [E] to _ [F#] tell it.
_ .
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] Tell it, tell it, tell it [B] like it [C#] is.
[F#] _ _ _ _ .
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ .
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ .
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ .
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _ _ .
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ .
_ Don't _ _ _ upset the balance of your nature.
With the jump on the coasted cliff.
_ Don't upset the balance of your nature.
Rips the level above your fear.
_ When you feel the _ movement, _ the untamed _ melody.
_ Tell it like it is and _ _ _ what you _ _ need.
[E] Tell it like it was and always should [F#] be.
_ _ _ .
Tell _ _ [Em] _ it, tell it, tell it, _ [F#] tell it.
I wanna tell it.
Tell it.
[E] I ain't talking.
I wanna say.
I [F#] ain't talking.
I wanna say.
Tell [E] it!
_ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ [E] Like a T _ _ _ .
I.
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ .
[B] _ _ [F#] _ Like _ _ _ .
_ [B] _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ .
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[B] a T [C#].
I.
Tell [F#] it, tell it, tell [B] it.
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ .
[B] Like a T [F#].
I.
_ _ _ _ _ .
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ .

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