Extreme - Hip Today

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Hip Today by Extreme
From the album:  "Waiting for the Punchline"
82 BPM
Tune Guitar down 1/2 step

Intro                   Rhy. Fig 1

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Verse 1 (Most of the work is being done by the bass and Nuno plays mostly fills)
Preoccupied with the latest fashion  hip today hip today...

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With wide open eyes...

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Pre-Chorus  (No never contrived...)

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Chorus play Rhy Fig 1 twice  (2nd time ascend a whole step every 16 notes
 so you're playing Eb, F, G Ab as octave, then the Gb and Fb chords before
 going to verse)

Verse 2  (Dancin' in your head...)
This is virtually the same as verse 1 except for right after Gary sings
"Hip today..." where Nuno plays a 32nd note line...

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Then the Pre-Chorus again...then Chorus then to the bridge...this part is
 played in 7/8 time and starts with bass for 2 bars...

Bridge

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Solo then...Bridge section then pre-chorus then chorus section...
then rhy fig 1  3 times then...

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