Rip It Up Chords
Rip It Up by Elvis Presley is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D9 and E9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Standard tuning.
A (Tacet)
'Cause it's Saturday nite and I just got paid
A (Tacet)
Fool about my money don't try to save
A (Tacet)
My heart says go, go
A (Tacet)
Have a time 'cause it's Saturday nite
And I'm feelin' fine
D9
I'm gonna rip it up
A
I'm gonna rock it up
D9
I'm gonna shake it up
A
I'm gonna ball it up
E9 D9 (Tacet)
I'm gonna rip it up
A
And ball tonite
I got a date and I won't be late
Pick her up in my '88'
Shag it on down to the union hall
When the music starts jumpin'
I'll have a ball
Along about 10 I'll be flying high
Rocking on out into the sky
I don't care if I spend my gold
'Cause tonite I'm gonna be one happy soul