Electric Lady Chords
Electric Lady by Janelle Monae is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, A, Em and F#7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Title track from Janelle Monáe's awesome second album. Basically it's just Bm A Em F#7
repeated all through the song, but I've included the full lyrics below as well with
timings for when to swap the chords. Let me know any feedback or thoughts!
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Bm A
El-lec-lec-lec-lec-lec-lec-lec-lec-lec-tric
Em F#7
Lay-lay-lay-lay-lay-lay-lay-lay-dy
Bm A
Ooh, you shock it, shake it, baby
Em F#7
Electric lady, you're a star
Bm A
You got a classic kind of crazy
Em F#7
But you know just who you are
Bm A Em
You got the look the Gods agree they wanna see
F#7
All the birds and the bees
Bm
Dancing with the freaks in the trees
A
And watch the water turn to wine
Em
Out in space and out your mind
F#7
Ooh, shock me one good time
Bm A Em
Electric Lady, get way down
F#7
Cause tonight we gon' do what we want to
Bm A Em
Electric Lady, get way down
F#7
Cause tonight we gon' do what we want to
Bm A
La----dy (baby)
Em F#7
Electric La----dy
Bm A Em
Yeah, I'll reprogram your mind, come on, get in
F#7
My spaceship leaves at ten
Bm A Em
I'm where I wanna be, just you and me
F#7 Bm
Baby, talking on the side, as the world spins around
A
Can you feel your spine unwind,
Em
And watch the water turn to wine?
F#7
Ooh, shock it one good time
Bm A Em
Electric Lady, get way down
F#7
Cause tonight we gon' do what we want to
Bm A Em
Electric Lady, get way down
F#7
Cause tonight we gon' do what we want to
Bm
Gloss on her lips, glass on the ceiling
A
All the girls showing love while the boys be catching feelings
Em
Once you see her face, her eyes, you'll remember
F#7
And she'll have you falling harder than a Sunday in September
Bm
Whether in Savannah, K-Kansas or in Atlanta
A
She'll walk in any room, have you raising up your antennas
Em
She can fly you straight to the moon or to the ghettos
F#7
Wearing tennis shoes or in flats or in stilettos
Bm
Illuminating all that she touches, eye on the sparrow
A
A modern day Joan of her Arc or Mia Farrow
Em
Classy, sassy, put you in a razzle-dazzy
F#7
Her magnetic energy will have you coming home like Lassie
Bm
Singing, "Ooh, shock it, break it, baby"
A
Electro-, sophisti-, funky, lady
Em
We the kind of girls who ain't afraid to get down
F#7
Electric ladies go on and scream out loud!
Bm A Em
Electric Lady, get way down
F#7
Cause tonight we gon' do what we want to
Bm A Em
Electric Lady, get way down
F#7
Cause tonight we gon' do what we want to
Bm
Ooh, shock it, break it, baby
A
Electric Lady, Electric Lady
Em
Singin' boom, shock it, break it, baby
F#7
Electric Lady, Electric Lady
Repeat last section to fade