Stir It Up Chords
Stir It Up by Mans Zelmerlow is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Gm. It uses the chords Gm, F6, C, B, F, Gm7, Bb, Dm, F/A and Cm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Slide Guitar Riff:
/ = upward slide
\ = downward slide
~ = vibrato
d|-----||--------------------------|------------------------|
A|-5/8-||--10----10----10~---10/12-|------------------------|
F|-----||-o------------------------|-12\9-----9~------9/12--|
C|-----||-o------------------------|------------------------|
G|-----||--------------------------|------------------------|
D|-----||--------------------------|------------------------|
4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Gm F6
__________________________ ____________________________
1. ||2.
d|-------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------5/8---||----------------------------|
F|-------------------------|-----------------------o-||-o--------------------------|
C|-14\12----12~------12/14-|-12\10----7~-----------o-||-o--12\10----7--------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
C
ORDER: I V1 V2 PC1 C INT V3 PC2 C B FC
INTRO
Gm | F6 | C | |
Gm | F6 | C | |
verse 1
Gm F
Don't wanna lie awake through the night
C | |
Wondering what the hell I didn't do
Gm F C | |
Don't wanna lie awake through the night
verse 2
Gm F
Don't wanna wake up when I'm 65
C | |
With so much I never followed through
Gm7 F C | |
No point in living if you're not alive
Pre-Chorus 1
Gm F C |
Faces in places I never thought I'd ever see
Gm F C | |
Choices are not choose-free, somebody told me
Chorus
Bb Dm
Stir it up, lay it down
C F/A
Show the world you're new in town
Bb Dm
Stir it up, don't wait around,
C F/A
oh, oh
Bb Dm
Stir it up, lay it down
C F/A
Play your cards and lay 'em out
Bb Dm
Stir it up, don't wait around,
C F/A
oh, oh
INTERLUDE
Gm | F6 | C | |
verse 3
Gm F
I keep on living for another day
C |
Chase to - morrow, not my history
Gm F C | |
Couldn't imagine any other way
Pre-Chorus 2
Gm F C |
Faces in places I never thought I'd ever see
Gm F C | |
The pieces of what I'll be, somebody told me
Chorus
Bb Dm
Stir it up, lay it down
C F/A
Show the world you're new in town
Bb Dm
Stir it up, don't wait around,
C F/A
oh, oh
Bb Dm
Stir it up, lay it down
C F/A
Play your cards and lay 'em out
Bb Dm
Stir it up, don't wait around,
C F/A
oh, oh
BRIDGE - piano
Bb
To let up, to fly
Gm
Don't be scared to try
C Cm
and leave the ground
Gm
The greatest of plans
F
Are the ones you don't draft,
C
they're never planned
Somebody told me
FINAL Chorus
(quiet)
Bb Dm
Stir it up, lay it down
C F/A
Show the world you're new in town
Bb Dm
Stir it up, don't wait around,
C F/A
oh, oh
(full)
Bb Dm
Stir it up, lay it down
C F/A
Play your cards and lay 'em out
Bb Dm
Stir it up, don't wait around,
C F/A
oh, oh
Bb Dm
Stir it up, lay it down
C F/A
Play your cards and lay 'em out
Bb Dm
Stir it up, don't wait around,
C F/A
oh, oh