A6      5x465x
Amaj7   5x6543 or x06543
Edim    6x565x
B9      x6767x
B6      7x687x

[Intro]
A6
(Spoken)
Hmm... tell me about your childhood...
A6   B A6   F#

[Verse]
Amaj7                 A6
At the tender age of three
Amaj7              Edim
I was hooked to a machine
A6                                  E
Just to keep my mouth from spouting junk
Emaj7     E6
Must have took me for a fool
Amaj7                        D#m7
When they chucked me out of school
Emaj7                     A6          C#m7 A
'Cause the teacher knew I had the funk
E   A6
But tonight I'm on the edge -
Amaj7                   B9
Fellas, shut me in the fridge
A                                   Emaj7
'Cause I'm burning up [(I'm burning up)]
E        A6           E6
With the vision in my brain
Amaj7                B9
And the music in my veins
E       A6
And the dirty rhythm in my blood

[Verse]
Amaj7                    A6     B6
They are messing with my heart
A6                                B6
And they're messing with my heart
A6
And they're messing with my heart
C#m7
Won't stop messing with me
C#m7       B6
Ripping me apart!

[Refrain]
Amaj7                  A6
Hyperactive: when I'm small
A6                    Emaj7
Hyperactive: now I'm grown
A6                            E6
Hyperactive: and the night is young

{Instrumental]
E6 A6 D#m7 E6 A6 B9 E6
Emaj7 A6 A9

[Verse]
B6          A6              B6
And they're messing with my heart
Edim
So cold  with my heart
F#m                            A7
Won't stop messing my heart
C#m7            Amaj7
Ripping Ripping Ripping Ripping me apart!

[Verse]
Amaj7
Semaphore out on the floor
Amaj7     E   B9    E6
Messages from outer space
E6
Deep heat for the feet
Amaj7              B6
The rhythm of your heartbeat
B6         A6
'Cause the music of the street
E6
It isn't any rapattack
E6
It isn't any rapattack
C#7  A          E6
Rapa Rapa t t t tack
E6 A6   E6 A6

[Verse]
Amaj7                  A6
I can reach into your homes
A6              Emaj7 B9  A
Like an itch in your  headphones
A
You can't turn it up
E6
I'm the shape in your back room
E6
I'm the breather on the phone
E6
And I'm burning up
Emaj7       A6
But there's one thing I must say
A6                     D#m7
Before they lock me up again -
A6                           B A B6
You'd be safer at the back
A6
When I'm having an attack!

[Refrain]
Amaj7                  A6
Hyperactive: when I'm small
A6                    Emaj7
Hyperactive: now I'm tall
A6                          E6
Hyperactive: as the day is long

[Refrain]
Amaj7                  A6
Hyperactive: in my bones
A6
Hyperactive: in your phones
A6
Hyperactive: and the night is young

[Refrain]
Amaj7                  A6
Hyperactive: when I'm small
E                    B9
Hyperactive: now I'm grown
A6
Hyperactive: 'til I'm dead and gone

[Outro]
A6
Stand up: hyperactivate!
A6
Get up: hyperactivate!
A6
Wise up: hyperactivate!
A6
London: hyperactivate!
A6 D#m E6 Amaj7 E6