Hip To Be Square - Huey Lewis & The News
Intro
EE/G#AEE/G#A
EE/G#AEE/G#AH5D5
E E/G# A E E/G# A H5 D5 (the organ plays two inversions of A here)
1.
EE/G#AEE/G#A
I used to be a renegade, I used to fool around
EE/G#AEE/G#A
EBut I couldn't take the punishment, and had to settle down
Pre1.
AGAHmE
ANow I'm playing it real straight, and yes I cut my hair
F#mE/G#
You might think I'm crazy, but I don't even care
Asus4Hsus4
Cause I can tell what's going on
Ref1
EE/G#A
It's hip to be square
EE/G#ABD
It's hip to be square
2.
EE/G#AEE/G#A
I like my bands in business suits, I watch them on TV
EE/G#AEE/G#A
I'm working out most every day and watching what I eat
Pre2.
AGAHmE
AThey tell me that it's good for me, but I don't even care
F#mE/G#
I know that it's crazy, I know that it's nowhere
Asus4Hsus4
But there is no denying that
Ref2
EE/G#A
It's hip to be square
EE/G#A
It's hip to be square
EE/G#A
It's hip to be square
EE/G#ABD
So hip to be square
Intl.
EEsus4EEsus4
EEsus4EEsus4
EEsus4E7Esus4
EEsus4EF#7-9F#7-9H5Dsus2
E Esus4 E F#7-9 F#7-9
3.
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It's not too hard to figure out, you see it every day
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And those that were the farthest out have gone the other way
Pre3.
AGAHmE
AYou see them on the freeway, it don't look like a lot of fun
AGAHmE
But don't you try to fight it; "An idea whose time has come."
F#mE/G#
Don't tell me that I'm crazy, don't tell me I'm nowhere
Asus4Hsus4
Take it from me
Ref3
EE/G#A
It's hip to be square
EE/G#A
It's hip to be square
EE/G#A
It's hip to be square
EE/G#ABD
So hip to be square
Outro
EE/G#A
Here, there, and everywhere!
EE/G#A
Hip, hip, so hip to be square!
EE/G#A
Here, there, and everywhere!
EE/G#A
Hip, hip ...
EE/G#A
Here, there, and everywhere!
EE/G#A
Hip, hip, so hip to be square!
EE/G#A
Here, there, and everywhere!
EE/G#A
Hip, hip ...
(repeat and fade)
