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Beyoncé

PopAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

CmDiagram coming soon
D#mDiagram coming soon
Cm7Diagram coming soon
F
C7×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: Cm  D#m (2x) 
 
 
Verse   
 
Cm                             D#m  
  Y'all haters corny with that Illuminati mess  
Cm                    D#m  
  Paparazzi, catch my fly, and my cocky fresh  
Cm                       D#m  
  I'm so reckless when I rock my Givenchy dress (stylin')  
Cm                       D#m  
  I'm so possessive so I rock his Roc necklaces  
Cm                 D#m  
  My daddy Alabama, my ma Louisiana  
Cm                             D#m  
  You mix that negro with that Creole make a Texas bama  
Cm                         D#m  
  I like my baby heir with baby hair and afros  
Cm                          D#m  
  I like my negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils  
Cm                               D#m  
  Earned all this money but they never take the country out me  
Cm                          
  I got a hot sauce in my bag, swag  
 
 
  Cm7       F          Cm7           F  
I see it, I want it, I stunt, yellow-bone it  
  Cm7         Cm7          Cm7          F  
I dream it, I work hard, I grind 'til I own it  
  Cm7           F         Cm7      F           
I twirl on them haters, albino alligators  
   Cm7             Cm7               Cm7            F           
El Camino with the seat low, sippin' Cuervo with no chaser  
 
 
                  Cm                    D#m    
Sometimes I go off (I go off), I go hard (I go hard)  
               Cm                             D#m    
Get what's mine (take what's mine), I'm a star (I'm a star)  
            Cm                           D#m    
Cause I slay (slay), I slay (hey), I slay (okay), I slay (okay)  
              Cm                            D#m    
All day (okay), I slay (okay), I slay (okay), I slay (okay)  
            Cm                                D#m    
We gon' slay (slay), gon' slay (okay), we slay (okay), I slay (okay)  
             Cm                          D#m    
I slay (okay), okay (okay), I slay (okay), okay, okay, okay, okay  
 
 
F                               C7  
  Okay, okay, ladies, now let's get in formation (cause I slay)  
F                         C7  
  Okay, ladies, now let's get in formation (cause I slay)  
F                          C7  
  Prove to me you got some coordination (cause I slay)  
F                         C7  
  Slay, trick, or you get eliminated (cause I slay)  
 
 
Verse   
 
F                                 C7  
  When he fuck me good I take his ass to Red Lobster (cause I slay)  
F                                 C7  
  When he fuck me good I take his ass to Red Lobster (we gon' slay)  
F                                           C7  
  If he hit it right, I might take him on a flight on my chopper (cause I slay)  
F                                            C7  
  Drop him off at the mall, let him buy some J's, let him shop up (cause I slay)  
F                                     C7  
  I might get your song played on the radio station (cause I slay)  
F                                     C7  
  I might get your song played on the radio station (cause I slay)  
F                                C7  
  You just might be a black Bill Gates in the making (cause I slay)  
F                                
  I just might be a black Bill Gates in the making  
 
 
 
            F          Cm7           F  
I see it, I want it, I stunt, yellow-bone it (yellow-bone it)  
  Cm7         Cm7          Cm7          F  
I dream it, I work hard, I grind 'til I own it (own it)  
  Cm7          F         Cm7      F           
I twirl all my haters, albino alligators  
   Cm7             Cm7               Cm7            F           
El Camino with the seat low, sippin' Cuervo with no chaser  
 
 
                  Cm                    D#m    
Sometimes I go off (I go off), I go hard (I go hard)  
                Cm                             D#m    
Take what's mine (take what's mine), I'm a star (I'm a star)  
            Cm                           D#m    
Cause I slay (slay), I slay (hey), I slay (okay), I slay (okay)  
             Cm                            D#m    
I slay (okay), I slay (okay), I slay (okay), I slay (okay)  
            Cm                                D#m    
We gon' slay (slay), gon' slay (okay), we slay (okay), I slay (okay)  
             Cm                          D#m    
I slay (okay), okay (okay), I slay (okay), okay, okay, okay, okay  
 
 
F                               C7  
  Okay, okay, ladies, now let's get in formation (cause I slay)  
F                         C7  
  Okay, ladies, now let's get in formation (cause I slay)  
F                          C7  
  Prove to me you got some coordination (cause I slay)  
F                         C7  
  Slay, trick, or you get eliminated (cause I slay)  
 
 
Outro
 
  
Okay, ladies, now let's get in formation, I slay  
 
Okay, ladies, now let's get in formation  
  
You know you that bitch when you cause all this conversation  
 
Always stay gracious, best revenge is your paper 
          
 

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Chord set

Cm · D#m · Cm7 · F · C7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.