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Up Up and Away - KiD CuDi
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Tabbed by: Kevin Yuliawan
Email: kevin.yuliawan@gmail.com
Music: http://facebook.com/YuliawanMusic
Tuning: standard (eadgbe)
Alright so I've seen the three or so tabs/chords on ultimate-guitar for this AMAZING
and I have to say, I am greatly disappointed in my virtual guitar-playing friends, or lack
I really like the beat cause it's simple: acoustic guitar, bass, and piano, and not to
real drums which you don't hear too often in today's "rap" and "hip-hop". That's
I like Kid Cudi. On his whole album, not a single song is like the others, nor are they
they're all fresh and unique in their own way. I highly recommend "Man on the Moon: The
of Day". And no, I'm not getting paid to say that. I just really like the
and I wish there was more like it these days. Oh well.
I digress. Here's the tab. So easy, a caveman could play it. I don't see how all these
are so wrong, and that's the only reason I ever take the time to write out (type up?) a
is if I see a song full of wrong submissions. Let the YouTube covers commence.
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Intro guitar riff:
e|--2---2-----0---0-----2---2-----3---2---0---|
B|--3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3---3---|
G|-(2)-(2)---(2)-(2)---(2)-(2)---(2)-(2)-(2)--|
D|-(0)-(0)---(0)-(0)---(0)-(0)---(0)-(0)-(0)--|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
e|--2---2---2----0----2---2-----2---2---0-----|
B|--3---3---3----3----3---3-----3---3---3-----|
G|-(2)-(2)-(2)--(2)--(2)-(2)---(2)-(2)-(2)----|
D|-(0)-(0)-(0)--(0)--(0)-(0)---(0)-(0)-(0)----|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Yes, it's essentially an alternation between a D (xx0232), Dsus2 (xx0230), and Dsus4
chord, except with just the top two strings being played. But you can play the full chord
you want; it'll still sound the same. This riff is looped throughout most of the song.
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Chords for the whole song: A, Bm, D, G
A: x02220
Bm: x24432
D: xx0232
G: 320033
Or if you wanna get funky, you can keep the 2nd fret on the E string down while playing
the chords. The Bm and D chord have this note (F#) naturally but the A and G chord
So if you added it to them, it'd be something like this:
A13: x02222
Bm: x24432
D: xx0232
Gmaj7: 320032
The Gmaj7 is tricky because it requires either really flexible fingers, or more fingers
you have. So what I do is I don't play the A string. I mute it with my middle finger
playing the E string, and then use my freed up index finger to play the 2nd fret on the
string. So you're supposed to end up with a free pinky, and you can do whatever your heart
with it.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kid_cudi/up_up_and_away_tab.html ]
I'm not one to get all technical and type up the rhythm, although the rhythm for the
is pretty funky since a lot of the chords are played on the upbeat. So here's the verse &
lyrics with the chords. The rhythm is similar to "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay.
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A
Now when the sun come up,
Bm
I'll be there to say what up in the morning
D
Brush my teeth,
G
Find that clip I've been lookin for since last night,
A
I feel so caught up, in a bud
Bm
I flow some round in my bedroom
D G
Turn around, see myself in the mirror
I guess I'm cool and
A
No sappy thoughts in my head
Bm
I'm feeling like I'm Peter Pan
D
minus the tights in the first,
G
happy to see how far I've come to
A Bm
the same place, think again, my dreams and imagination
D G
perfectly at peace so I move along a bit higher
A
I'll be up up and away
Bm
Up up and away
D G
Cause they gon' judge me anyway so whatever
A
I'll be up up and away
Bm
Up up and away
D G
Cause in the end, they'll judge me anyway so whatever
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And it's the same progression throughout the whole song. A, Bm, D, G
The guitar riff in the background of the chorus goes like this:
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|--5-7-7-7--5-7-8-7~----5-7-7-7--5-7-7----|
G|--------------------------------------4~-|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
I know you can play the same notes with the E string and B string, but I like the fuller
of playing it higher on the neck.
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There's also a little piano riff in the middle of the song. Here it is for the guitar:
e|----------0------2-2-2-------------------|
B|-2-2--2-3---3-3----------------3-0-0-0~--|
G|------------------------2-2-2------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
And the bass part, which is just the root notes of the guitar chords:
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0-2--2--2-2--2---5--5--5--5-----------------|
E|---------------------------------------3--3--3-3--3----|
In the song, the bass actually sounds like it plays a lower D, which means that the bass
either tuned to Drop-D or is just in Standard D. So if you want to play it EXACTLY like
song, I'd probably just tune the bottom E down to a D and play the open D instead of the
on the 5th fret of the A string. Keep in mind that you'd also have to play the G up
frets from 3 to 5 since you tuned the string down.
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Enjoy!
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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