How to Play What's Up on Guitar?

4 Non Blondes - What's Up can be played in the key of G using the G, Am, C chords. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play What's Up with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

4 Non Blondes - What’s Up Chords

Chord reference G, Am, C

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

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

And so I [G]cry sometimes when I’m lying in bed. Just to [Am]get it all out, what’s in my head. And I, [C]I am feeling a little pe[G]culiar. And so I [G]wake in the morning and I step outside. And I [Am]take a deep breath and I get real high and I [C]scream at the top of my lungs “What’s going [G]on?”

And I said [G]”Heyeyeyeyey [Am]heyeyey” I said [C]”Hey, what’s going [G]on?” And I said [G]”Heyeyeyeyey [Am]heyeyey” I said [C]”Hey, what’s going [G]on?”

[G]Ooh, [Am]ooh [C]ooh. [G] [G]Ooh, [Am]ooh [C]ooh. [G] And I [G]try, oh my God do I [Am]try. I try all the [C]time, in this insti[G]tution. And I [G]pray, oh my god do I [Am]pray. I pray every single [C]day. For a revo[G]lution.

And I said [G]”Heyeyeyeyey [Am]heyeyey” I said [C]”Hey, what’s going [G]on?” And I said [G]”Heyeyeyeyey [Am]heyeyey” I said [C]”Hey, what’s going [G]on?”

[G]Ooh, [Am]ooh [C]ooh. [G] [G]Twenty-five years and my life is still. [Am]Trying to get up that great big hill of [C]hope. For a desti[G]nation.

Artist 4 Non Blondes

Album Bigger, Better, Faster, More!

Genres Pop

Year 1992

Key G

4 Non Blondes - What's Up can be played in the key of G using the G, Am, C chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play What's Up with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.