====RIFFS====
///MAIN RIFF
7-string/5 string bass (sliding everywhere)
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-3---3---3---2---2-----0-----0---|-3---3---3---2---2-----0-----0---|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------0---0---2---------------|
E|-3---3---3---2---2-----0-----0---|-3---3---------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-----------------------0-----0---|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
6-string version
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5---5---5---4---4-----2-----2---|-5---5---5---4---4-----2-----2---|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-0---0---2---2---4---------------|
D|-5---5---5---4---4-----2-----2---|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-----------------------2-----2---|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
///FINAL PRE-CHORUS RIFF (with bass notes below)
ring--------|
e|---------------------------------|
b|---5-----3-----2-----0-----------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-6-----4-----2-----0-------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G# A A# B
==END RIFFS==
ORDER: I V1 PC1 C INT1 V2 PC2 C INT2 FPC FC1 FC2
[INTRO] (riff)
G
Oww!
G Em | G Em |
G Em | G A Bm |
G Em | G Em |
G Em | G A Bm |
[VERSE 1] (riff)
G Em G Em
Who's that sexy thing I see over there?
G Em G A Bm
That's me, standin' in the mirror
G Em G Em
What's that icy thing hangin' 'round my neck? Mm...
G Em G A Bm
That's gold, show me some respect, oh...
[PRE-CHORUS 1]
(staccato - one strum per)
E7
I thank God every day (uh-
E7
huh) that I woke up feeling this way (uh-
E7
huh) And I can’t help loving myself,
G D
and I don’t need nobody else, nuh-uh!
[CHORUS] (riff)
G Em G Em
If I was you, I’d wanna be me too
G Em G A Bm
I’d wanna be me too, I’d wanna be me... too
G Em G D Em
If I was you, I’d wanna be me too
G D Em G A n.c.
I’d wanna be me too, I’d wanna be me... too
[INTERLUDE 1] (second half of riff)
G Em | G A Bm |
[VERSE 2] (riff)
G Em
I walk in like a dime piece
G Em
I go straight to V.I.P.
G Em
I never pay for my drinks
G A Bm
My entourage behind me
G D/F# Em n.c.
My life's a movie, Tom Cruise
G D/F# Em n.c.
So bless me, baby, a - choo
G D/F# Em n.c.
And even if they tried to
G A B
They can't do it like I do
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
E7
I thank God every day (thank God/uh-
E7
huh) that I woke up (woke up) feeling this way (and I feel good/uh-
E7
huh) And I can’t help loving myself, (ooh)
G D
and I don’t (don't) need nobody else, nuh-uh, baby!
[CHORUS] (riff)
G Em G Em
If I was you, I’d wanna be me too
G Em G A Bm
I’d wanna be me too, I’d wanna be me... too
G Em G D Em
If I was you, I’d wanna be me too
G D Em G A n.c.
I’d wanna be me too, I’d wanna be me... too
[INTERLUDE 2] (riff)
G Em
Oww!
G Em
Turn the bass up!
G Em
G A B
Hahaha... :3 Turn the bass up!
G Em
Oww!
G Em
Turn the bass up!
G Em
G A B
Let’s go!
[FINAL PRE-CHORUS]
(one strum except for the pre-chorus riff)
E7
I thank God every day (said I thank God/uh-
E7 (riff)
huh) that I woke up feeling this way (uh-
E7
huh) And I can’t help loving myself, (oww)
G D
and I don’t (don't) need nobody else, nuh-uh, baby!
[FINAL CHORUS 1]
(riff, start on second measure first time)
n.c. G D/F# Em
If I was you, I’d wanna be me too
G D/F# Em G A Bm
I’d wanna be me too, I’d wanna be me... too (aww...)
G Em G D Em
If I was you, I’d wanna be me too
G D Em G A Bm
I’d wanna be me too, I’d wanna be me... too (hey, hey, ay..)
[FINAL CHORUS 2]
G Em G D/F# Em
If I was you, I’d wanna be me too
G D/F# Em G D/A Bm
I’d wanna be me too, I’d wanna be me... too
G Em G D Em
If I was you, I’d wanna be me too
G D Em G A n.c.
I’d wanna be me too, I’d wanna be me... too
