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I’ve been all a round the world.
I’ve been a new who sen re sa tion.
But it (Am)does n’t real ly mat ter in this g gen er a tion.
The (G)soph to ’more a slump ble in is the an up ics, hill nev er bat tle, when but (Am)some one said that ain’t my tongue scene.
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’Cause they need a (Em7)new song like a new re li gion, (G)mu sic for the tel e vi sion.
(Am)I can’t do the long di vi sion.
Some one do the math ’fore the (Em7)rec ord la bel puts me on a (G)shelf up in the freez er.
(Am)Got ta find an oth er way to live the life of lei sure.
So I (Em)drop my top, mix and I min gle.
Is (Am7)ev ’ry bod y read y for the sin gle?
And it goes: (G)La, la, (C)la, la, la.
Now, lis ten close ly to the verse I lay.
La, la, (C)la, la, la.
It’s all a bout the word play.
I, la, (C)la, la, love
the won der ful thing it does be cause, be (Em7)cause I am the wiz ard of oohs and (D)ahs and fa la la’s, yeah, the (Csus2)Mis ter A to Z.
They say I’m all a bout the word play.
When it’s time to get ill, I got your rem e dy.
For those who don’t re mem ber me, well, (Am)let me in tro duce you to my style.
gen er a tion.
I (G)try to keep a jum ble in is the an lyr ics, hill nev er mum ble when the (Am)mu sic’s mak ing peo ple tongue scene.
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’Cause You want a (Em7)new song like a new re li gion, (G)mu sic for the tel e vi sion.
(Am)I can’t do the long di vi sion.
Some one do the math ’fore the (Em7)peo ple write me off like I’m a (G)one up hit the won der.
(Am)Got ta find an oth er way to keep from go ing un der.
So Pull (Em)out the stops.
Got your at ten tion.
I (Am7)guess it’s time a gain for me to men tion the word play.
(G)La, la, (C)la, la, la.
Now, lis ten close ly to the words I say.
La, la, (C)la, la, la.
I’m stick ing to the word play.
I, la, (C)la, la, love,
the won der ful thing it does be cause, be (Em7)cause I am the wiz ard of oohs and (D)ahs and fa la la’s, yeah, the (Csus2)Mis ter A to Z.
They say I’m all a bout the word play.
When it’s time to get ill, (Csus2)Mis ter A to Z.
They say I’m all a bout the word play.
I built a (Am6)bridge a cross a stream of con scious ness.
It al ways seems to be a (B)flow ing.
But I don’t know which way my brain is go ing.
All the (Em)rhym ing and the tim ing keep the (D)mel o dies in side me, ev er (C)climb ing till I’m run ning out of air.
Are you pre (Am6)pared to take a dive in to the deep end of my head?
Are you lis ten ing to a sin gle word I’ve said?
I love the won der ful thing it does be cause, be (Em)cause of the oohs and ahs and fa la (D)la’s, fall back in love with the (Csus2)Mis ter A to Z, they say, is all a bout the word play.
This page shows “Wordplay” by Jason Mraz in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of G at 92 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.