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Village People - Ymca chords
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Y.M.C.A. – Village People
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Village People
Y.M.C.A. (1978)
(Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali, Victor Willis)
From: "Cruisin’"
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CHORDS and SPECIAL VOICINGS
E-A-D-G-B-E
A/B x-2-2-2-2(0)
B7sus4 x-2-4-2-5-2
B/D# x-6-4-4-4-x
A/C# x-4-2-2-2-x
B/F# 2-x-4-4-4-2
Two options for the F#m part in the chorus:
- for more deep end use these voicings:
F#m 2-4-4-2-2(2)
F#m(maj7) 2-4-3-2-2(2)
F#m7 2-4-2-2-2(2)
F#m6 2-x-1-2-2(2)
- to accentuate the downward scale these sound fine:
F#m x-x-4-2-2(2)
F#m(maj7) x-x-3-2-2(1)
F#m7 x-x-2-2-2(0)
F#m6 x-x-1-2-2(2)
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Capo 2nd fret
INTRO
| A/B | % | % | % | B7sus4 | % |
E
Young man, there's no need to feel down
C#m
I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground
A
I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town
B/D# A/C# B A G#m B/F#
There's no need to be unhap-py
E
Young man, there's a place you can go
C#m
I said, young man, when you're short on your dough
A
You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find
B/D# A/C# B A G#m F#m B7sus4 B7sus4 B7sus4 B7sus4 B7sus4
Many ways to have a good time ˅ ˅ ˅ ˅ ˅
[tacet] E
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
C#m
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
F#m Fm(maj7) F#m7 F#m6
They have everything that you need to enjoy,
B7sus4
You can hang out with all the boys
E
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
C#m
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
F#m Fm(maj7) F#m7 F#m6
You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal
B7sus4
You can do whatever you feel
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E
Young man, are you listening to me?
C#m
I said, young man, what do you want to be?
A
I said, young man, you can make real your dreams
B/D# A/C# B A G#m B/F#
But you've got to know this one thing!
E
No man does it all by himself
C#m
I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf,
A
And just go there, to the Y.M.C.A.
B/D# A/C# B A G#m F#m B7sus4 B7sus4 B7sus4 B7sus4 B7sus4
I'm sure they can help you to--day ˅ ˅ ˅ ˅ ˅
[tacet] E
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
C#m
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
F#m Fm(maj7) F#m7 F#m6
They have everything that you need to enjoy,
B7sus4
You can hang out with all the boys
E
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
C#m
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
F#m Fm(maj7) F#m7 F#m6
You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal
B7sus4
You can do whatever you feel
E
Young man, I was once in your shoes
C#m
I said, I was down and out with the blues
A
I felt no man cared if I were alive
B/D# A/C# B A G#m B/F#
I felt the whole world was so jive
E
That's when someone came up to me,
C#m
And said, young man, take a walk up the street
A
It's a place there called the YMCA
B/D# A/C# B A G#m F#m B7sus4 B7sus4 B7sus4 B7sus4 B7sus4
They can start you back on your way ˅ ˅ ˅ ˅ ˅
[tacet] E
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
C#m
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
F#m Fm(maj7) F#m7 F#m6
They have everything that you need to enjoy,
B7sus4
You can hang out with all the boys
E
Y.M.C.A.
C#m
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
F#m Fm(maj7) F#m7 F#m6
Young man, young man there's no need to feel down
B7sus4
Young man, young man, pick yourself off the ground
E
Y.M.C.A.
C#m
Then just go to the Y.M.C.A.
F#m Fm(maj7) F#m7 F#m6
Young man, young man I was once in your shoes
B7sus4
Young man, young man I was down with the blues
(repeat and fade)
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