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The Blow Monkeys – Superfly Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
 E7
 E7
(bass)
 E7

[Verse 1]
E7
Darkest of night
        E7
And the moon shining bright
          E7
There's a set going strong
      E7
Lotta things going on
    E7
The man of the hour
       E7
Has an air of great power
    E7
The dudes have envied
him for so long

[Chorus]
     E7
Ooh, Superfly
       G          D/A
You're gonna make your
         E7
 fortune by and by
    G            D/A
But if you lose, don't
         E7
ask no questions why
    G         D/A
The only game you know
    E7
 is Do or Die
      G/A A /G   G A
Ah-ha-ha, ha ... ay

[Verse 1]
E7
Hard to understand
       E7
What a hell of a man
     E7
This cat from the slum
      E7
Had a mind, wasn't dumb
      E7
But a weakness was shown
           E7
'Cause his hustle was wrong
    E7
His mind was his own
        E7
But the man lived alone
[Chorus]
     E7
Ooh, Superfly
       G          D/A
You're gonna make your
         E7
 fortune by and by
    G            D/A
But if you lose, don't
         E7
ask no questions why
    G         D/A
The only game you know
    E7
 is Do or Die
      G/A A /G   G A
Ah-ha-ha, ha ... ay

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[Bridge]
    C                 Am
The game he plays, he plays
for keeps (Plays for keeps)
C                 Am
Hustling time and ghetto streets
              E7
Trying to get over (Over)
C               Am
Taking all that he can
take (He can take)
C                 Am
Gambling with the hands of fate
               E7
Trying to get over (Over)
                   A
Just trying to get over (Over)
                   G
Just trying to get over (Over)
                       A
I'm just trying ta get over,
             B
 over -  oh yeah
(Trying to get over)

[Interlude]
 E7
Superfly, mm-hmm, yeah
 E7
 E7

[Verse 3]
          E7
Well, the aim of his role
       E7
Was to move a bit of blow
E7
Ask him his dream, what does
it mean? He wouldn't know
E7
"Can't be like the rest"
       E7
Is the most he will confess
        E7
But the time's running out,
 and there's no happiness

[Chorus]
         E7
Oh baby, Superfly
       G          D/A
You're gonna make your
         E7
 fortune by and by
    G            D/A
But if you lose, don't '
        E7
ask no questions why
    G         D/A
The only game you know
    E7
 is Do or Die
      G/B A      G A
Ah-ha-ha, ha     ay

[Interlude]
   E7
Superfly
E7

[Outro]
                       E7
I'm just trying to get over
                       A
I'm just trying to get over
              G
Trying to get over
                       A
I'm just trying to get over,
over
                           E7
Oh, I'm just trying to get over
                       A
I'm just trying to get over
                       G
I'm just trying to get over
Mmm, I'm just trying to
     A
get over, over

I'm just trying to get,
  Cmaj7  Cmaj7/B  E
 oh

 E7
E7

How to play Superfly: key, chords and progression

These are Superfly chords by The Blow Monkeys on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

To play Superfly by The Blow Monkeys, think in A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). It takes 11 chords: E7, G, D/A, C, Am, A, B, G/B, Cmaj7, Cmaj7/B and E.

The progression the song keeps returning to is E7 – G – D/A – E7 (V7 – ♭VII – IV – V7 in A major). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.