Huey Lewis & The News – Hip To Be Square (Guitar Solo Tab)
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Hip to be Square – Huey Lewis and the News
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Written by: Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper, Huey Lewis
From: "Fore!" (1986)
Tabbed by: maguri
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RIFF (intro, verse, chorus, solo, coda) [E [E/G# [A [E [E/G# [A 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|7---------------|--------------5-|7---------------|--------------5-| E|--0---4---4---4-|5\4/5-----5-7---|--0---4---4---4-|5\4/5-----5-7---| LINK between solo parts [F#7-9 [B5 [Dsus2 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|3---3---2---0---| B|2---2-------3---| G|3---3---4---2---| D|2---2---4---0---| A|--------2-------| E|2---2-----------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E B5 x-2-4-x-x-x D5 x-x-0-2-x-x 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 Bsus4 x-2-4-4-0-0 Esus4 0-2-2-2-0-0 A/E 0-2-2-2-2-0
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[Intro]
| E E/G# | A | E E/G# | A |
| E E/G# | A | E E/G# | A B5 D5 | (the organ plays two inversions of A here)
[Verse 1]
E E/G# A E E/G# A I used to be a renegade, I used to fool around E E/G# A E E/G# A But I couldn't take the punishment, and had to settle down
[Bridge]
A G A Bm E Now I'm playing it real straight, and yes I cut my hair F#m E/G# You might think I'm crazy, but I don't even care Asus4 Bsus4 Cause I can tell what's going on [break]
[Chorus]
[N.C.] | E E/G# | A | It's hip to be square | E E/G# | A B5 D5 | It's hip to be square (organ like in the intro)
[Verse 2]
E E/G# A E E/G# A I like my bands in business suits, I watch them on TV E E/G# A E E/G# A I'm working out most every day and watching what I eat
[Bridge]
A G A Bm E They tell me that it's good for me, but I don't even care F#m E/G# I know that it's crazy, I know that it's nowhere Asus4 Bsus4 But there is no denying that [break]
[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 B5 D5 | So hip to be square (organ like in the intro)
[Interlude] (brass section)
| E | Esus4 | E | Esus4 |
| E | Esus4 | E | Esus4 |
| E | Esus4 | E7 | A/E |
| E | Esus4 | E | F#7-9 F#7-9 B5 Dsus2 | (= LINK)
[Solo] (saxophone)
| E E/G# | A | E E/G# | A |
| E E/G# | A | E E/G# | A B5 D5 |
[Verse 3]
E E/G# A E E/G# A It's not too hard to figure out, you see it every day E E/G# A E E/G# A And those that were the farthest out have gone the other way
[Bridge]
A G A Bm E You see them on the freeway, it don't look like a lot of fun A G A Bm | E | % | But don't you try to fight it; "An idea whose time has come." F#m E/G# Don't tell me that I'm crazy, don't tell me I'm nowhere Asus4 Bsus4 Take it from me [break]
[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 B5 D5 | So hip to be square
[Outro]
E E/G# A Here, there, and everywhere! E E/G# A Hip, hip, so hip to be square! E E/G# A Here, there, and everywhere! E E/G# A Hip, hip ... E E/G# A Here, there, and everywhere! E E/G# A Hip, hip, so hip to be square! E E/G# A Here, there, and everywhere! E E/G# A Hip, hip ...
(repeat and fade)