--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hip to be Square – Huey Lewis and the News --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Huey Lewis and the News Hip to be Square (1986) (Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper, Huey Lewis) From: "Fore!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RIFF (intro, verse, chorus, solo, coda)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-E E 0-2-2-1-0-0 E/G# 4-x-2-1-0-0 A x-0-2-2-2-0 G 3-x-0-0-3-3 A/B x-2-2-2-2-0 Bsus4 x-2-4-4-5-2 Esus4 0-2-2-2-0-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO | E E/G# | A | E E/G# | A | | E E/G# | A | E E/G# | A A/B | VERSE

I ^Eused to ^E/G#be a ^Arenegade,^E I used to ^E/G#fool aro^Aund ^E But I couldn't ^E/G#take the ^Apunishment, and ^Ehad to ^E/G#settle d^Aown ^A Now I'm playing it ^Greal straight, and ^Ayes I ^A/Bcut my ^Ehair You ^F#mmight think I'm crazy, but ^E/G#I don't even care Asus4 Bsus4 [break] Cause I can tell what's going on

CHORUS

N.C.
| E E/G# | A | It's hip to be square | E E/G# | A A/B | It’s hip to be square

VERSE

I ^Elike my ^E/G#bands in ^Abusiness suits,^E I watch them ^E/G#on TV ^A I'm ^Eworking o^E/G#ut most ^Aevery day^E and watching ^E/G#what I eat^A ^A They tell me that it's ^Ggood for me, but ^AI don't ^A/Beven ^Ecare I ^F#mknow that it's crazy, I ^E/G#know that it's nowhere Asus4 Bsus4 [break] But there is no denying that

CHORUS

N.C.
| E E/G# | A | It's hip to be square | E E/G# | A | It's hip to be square | E E/G# | A | It's hip to be square | E E/G# | A A/B | So hip to be square

SOLO | E | Esus4 | E | Esus4 | | E | Esus4 | E | Esus4 | | E | Esus4 | E | Esus4 | | E | Esus4 | E | A A/B | | E E/G# | A | E E/G# | A | | E E/G# | A | E E/G# | A A/B |

It's ^Enot too ^E/G#hard to ^Afigure out,^E you see it ^E/G#every day^A And ^Ethose that ^E/G#were the ^Afarthest out^E have gone the ^E/G#other way^A ^A You see them on the ^Gfreeway, it ^Adon't look like a ^A/Blot of ^Efun A G A A/B | E | % | But don't you try to fight it; "An idea whose time has come." Don't ^F#mtell me that I'm crazy, don’^E/G#t tell me I'm nowhere Asus4 Bsus4 [break] Take it from me

CHORUS

N.C.
| E E/G# | A | It's hip to be square | E E/G# | A | It's hip to be square | E E/G# | A | It's hip to be square | E E/G# | A A/B | So hip to be square

CODA

^EHere, ^E/G#there, and ^Aeverywhere! ^EHip, ^E/G#hip, so ^Ahip to be square! ^EHere, ^E/G#there, and ^Aeverywhere! ^EHip, ^E/G#hip ... ^A ^EHere, ^E/G#there, and ^Aeverywhere! ^EHip, ^E/G#hip, so ^Ahip to be square! ^EHere, ^E/G#there, and ^Aeverywhere! ^EHip, ^E/G#hip ... ^A

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Huey Lewis & the News - Hip to be square