Pump It Up - Elvis Costello
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"Pump It Up"
Elvis Costello
A pretty old song - Transcribed by Brian S.

Intro :

Bass does a couple of beats
than guitar does this
Bb B C C#
E----5b(6)~r5~~~-bass does other stuff-----------|----------------|
B----6b(7)~r6~~~------------------------12~~~~---|----------------|
G---------------------------------------12~~~~---|3-3-4-4-5-5-6-6-|
D------------------------------------------------|3-3-4-4-5-5-6-6-|
A------------------------------------------------|1-1-2-2-3-3-4-4-|
E------------------------------------------------|----------------|
C# C B
E----------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------|
G--6-6--6-5-4-6-6--6-5-4--6-6---6-5-4-6-6--6-5-4-----------|
D--6-6--6-5-4-6-6--6-5-4--6-6---6-5-4-6-6--6-5-4-----------|
A--4-4~-4-3-2-4-4~-4-3-2--4-4~--4-3-2-4-4~-4-3-2-----------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|


Verse
B7
---2----------------------------------------------------------|
---x----------------------------------------------------------|
---2-



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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
INTRO

bass riff

G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-----6---7-6-7-0-1---------------------| 3x
E|---2----------------2-2-0-2--0-2-0-----|

On 4x

G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-----6---7-6-7-0-1---------------------|
E|---2----------------2-2-3-3-4-4-5-5----|

Guitar part during intro

E--5b~~~~r5~~~~--------------------------|
B--6b~~~~r6~~~~-------------12~~~~-------|
G---------------------------12~~~~-------|
D----------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---2-2-3-3-4-4-5-5---------------------|


e|-------------- --------------------|
B|-------------- --------------------|
G|-------------- --------------------|
D|-3-3--3-4----- OR --------------------| It's your choice
A|-1-1--1-2-0--- ---9-9--9-8-7-------|
E|-------------- ---7-7--7-6-5-------|

Verse

There really is only one chord in the verse. Listen to the song for rythm.

e|---2----|
B|---x----|
G|---2----|
D|---1----|
A|---2----|
E|---0----|

Chorus

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|--0---0---0--------------------------------|
G|--1---1---1--------------------------------|
D|--0---0---0--------------------------------|
A|--2---2---2---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0~~~--------|
E|--0---0---0--------------------------------|

Outro

e|-------------- --------------------|
B|-------------- --------------------|
G|-------------- --------------------|
D|-3-3--3-4----- OR --------------------|
A|-1-1--1-2-0--- ---9-9--9-8-7-------|
E|-------------- ---7-7--7-6-5-------|
Song info
Pump It Up
Elvis Costello
2001
  • Rock
  • New Wave
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