Chords for Tower of Power - What is Hip (Album Version)
Tempo:
137.1 bpm
Chords used:
E
G
Bm
Em
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Key:
E
G
Bm
Em
D
E
G
Bm
[Em] .
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[G] [Bm] .
So you wanna jump out [N] your trick bag, ease on into hip [Bm] bag, you ain't just exactly sure [E] what's hip.
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Started to let [F#] your hair [E] grow, spend big bucks to pop your wardrobe, somehow you know [F#m] there's.
much [A#] more [E] to the crib.
What is hip?.
Tell me, tell me, if [C] you think you [Gm] know.
What [G] is [E] hip?.
If you're really hip, [D#] you're passing the years for sure.
[D] You in a hip trip, maybe hipper than hip.
What is hip?.
[G] Hip hip.
[C#] [Gm] .
[C] .
[F] [F#m] [Bm] .
[Em] .
[Bm] [Em] .
You told a part of [Bm] the new breed, been smoking only the best weed, hanging out on so [D]-called [E] visits.
Been seen [Bm] in all the right places, seen with just the right faces.
You should be satisfied, but still it ain't quite right.
[E] What is hip?.
Tell me, tell me, if [C] you think you [Gm] know.
What [E] is hip?.
If you're [F#m] really hip, you're passing the [D#] years for sure.
[G] You in a hip [E] trip, maybe [F#] hipper than hip.
[D] What is hip?.
[B] .
[Dm] [G] .
[A#] [G] .
Hip hip.
[Bm] Ah, what it is.
Hip hip.
[Em].
Ah.
[Bm] Hip hip.
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[G] [Bm] .
Sometimes hipness [C#] is what you ain't.
[G] Hip hip.
[E] Hip hip.
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[Em] .
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You've been [Bm] living and found you a guru.
In an effort to [Em] find you a new you.
[A#] And [Em] maybe even managed to raise your conscious level.
.
[Bm] Why you starting to find the right road?.
There's one thing you should know.
What's hip today might become passing.
[A#] [E] What is hip?.
Tell me, tell me, if you think you know.
[Gm] [E] What is hip?.
If you're really him, you're passing [D#] the year so [Bm] you want to help him.
[E] Maybe he [F#] wasn't him, but [G] he's him.
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[Dm] [Am] You can call him Tom.
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[E] .
[Bm] .
[G] .
[Am] [Cm] [G] .
[Am] [Em] [D] .
[Em] [D] [N].
What is hip?.
Tell me, darling, if you're thinking [Am] of.
[G] [Bm] What is hip?.
If you're really him, you're passing the year so.
[B] [G] What is hip?.
Tell me, darling, if you're thinking of .
What is [G#m] hip?.
[Am] If you're really [E] him, you're passing the year [G] so.
[E] What is hip?.
[Am] .
[Bm] [Em] .
I'd [G] like to know .
[E] What is hip?.
[Am] Is it in [D] the style of your [Em] hair?.
What is hip?.
Is [Bm] it in [G] tone that they wear?.
[D#] [E] What is this?.
[Am] [Em] [D] I'd like to know.
.
[A] What is this?.
I'd [G] like to know.
What [E] is this?
.
What's the [Am] hip, y'all?
.
[D] Hey!.
[C#m] What is this?.
[A].
No, [G] uh-oh.
What [E] is this?
.
What's [D] the hip?
.
[A] What is this?.
Oh!.
[G] .
[E] What is this?.
[F#].
[B] What's [D] [A] .
[Em] the hip is this?.
[Bm] [G#] .
[N] .
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[Em] .
[B] .
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[E] .
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[G] [Bm] .
So you wanna jump out [N] your trick bag, ease on into hip [Bm] bag, you ain't just exactly sure [E] what's hip.
.
Started to let [F#] your hair [E] grow, spend big bucks to pop your wardrobe, somehow you know [F#m] there's.
much [A#] more [E] to the crib.
What is hip?.
Tell me, tell me, if [C] you think you [Gm] know.
What [G] is [E] hip?.
If you're really hip, [D#] you're passing the years for sure.
[D] You in a hip trip, maybe hipper than hip.
What is hip?.
[G] Hip hip.
[C#] [Gm] .
[C] .
[F] [F#m] [Bm] .
[Em] .
[Bm] [Em] .
You told a part of [Bm] the new breed, been smoking only the best weed, hanging out on so [D]-called [E] visits.
Been seen [Bm] in all the right places, seen with just the right faces.
You should be satisfied, but still it ain't quite right.
[E] What is hip?.
Tell me, tell me, if [C] you think you [Gm] know.
What [E] is hip?.
If you're [F#m] really hip, you're passing the [D#] years for sure.
[G] You in a hip [E] trip, maybe [F#] hipper than hip.
[D] What is hip?.
[B] .
[Dm] [G] .
[A#] [G] .
Hip hip.
[Bm] Ah, what it is.
Hip hip.
[Em].
Ah.
[Bm] Hip hip.
.
[G] [Bm] .
Sometimes hipness [C#] is what you ain't.
[G] Hip hip.
[E] Hip hip.
.
[Em] .
.
You've been [Bm] living and found you a guru.
In an effort to [Em] find you a new you.
[A#] And [Em] maybe even managed to raise your conscious level.
.
[Bm] Why you starting to find the right road?.
There's one thing you should know.
What's hip today might become passing.
[A#] [E] What is hip?.
Tell me, tell me, if you think you know.
[Gm] [E] What is hip?.
If you're really him, you're passing [D#] the year so [Bm] you want to help him.
[E] Maybe he [F#] wasn't him, but [G] he's him.
.
.
.
[Dm] [Am] You can call him Tom.
.
.
[E] .
[Bm] .
[G] .
[Am] [Cm] [G] .
[Am] [Em] [D] .
[Em] [D] [N].
What is hip?.
Tell me, darling, if you're thinking [Am] of.
[G] [Bm] What is hip?.
If you're really him, you're passing the year so.
[B] [G] What is hip?.
Tell me, darling, if you're thinking of .
What is [G#m] hip?.
[Am] If you're really [E] him, you're passing the year [G] so.
[E] What is hip?.
[Am] .
[Bm] [Em] .
I'd [G] like to know .
[E] What is hip?.
[Am] Is it in [D] the style of your [Em] hair?.
What is hip?.
Is [Bm] it in [G] tone that they wear?.
[D#] [E] What is this?.
[Am] [Em] [D] I'd like to know.
.
[A] What is this?.
I'd [G] like to know.
What [E] is this?
.
What's the [Am] hip, y'all?
.
[D] Hey!.
[C#m] What is this?.
[A].
No, [G] uh-oh.
What [E] is this?
.
What's [D] the hip?
.
[A] What is this?.
Oh!.
[G] .
[E] What is this?.
[F#].
[B] What's [D] [A] .
[Em] the hip is this?.
[Bm] [G#] .
[N] .
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[Em] .
[B] .
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[E] .
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