Answer chords by Tyler, The Creator (Official Version)

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D#m11
F#maj9
A/B
Emaj9
D#m/C#
F#6

Intro 1

Chorus 1
F#maj9 
A/B 
 (F sharp minoraj9) 'Cause when I call  (A/B) 
Emaj9 
I hope you pick up your  (E minoraj9) phone
D#m/C# 
I'd like to talk to you  (D sharp minor/C#) 
D#m11 
I hope you  (D sharp minor11) answer
F#maj9 
I hope you  (F sharp minoraj9) answer
D#m11 
I hope you  (D sharp minor11) answer
F#maj9 
I hope you  (F sharp minoraj9) answer
I hope you answer
A/B 
'Cause when I call  (A/B) 
Emaj9 
I hope you pick up your  (E minoraj9) phone
D#m/C# 
I'd like to talk to you  (D sharp minor/C#) 
D#m11 
I hope you  (D sharp minor11) answer

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Verse 1
Hey dad, it's me, um
D#m11 
 (D sharp minor11) Oh, I'm Tyler, I think I be your son
F#maj9 
 (F sharp minoraj9) Sorry,    I called you the wrong name, see,
my brain's splitting
D#m11 
 (D sharp minor11) Dad      isn't your name,
see faggot's a little more fitting
F#maj9 
 (F sharp minoraj9) Mom was only twenty when you ain't have
any fucks to spare
A/B 
You  (A/B) Nigerian fuck, now I'm stuck
with this shitty facial hair
Emaj9 
 (E minoraj9) Also stuck with a beautiful home
with a case stairs
D#m/C# 
 (D sharp minor/C#) So you not being near
fucking fire-started my damn career
D#m11 
But  (D sharp minor11) fuck     it, I got Clancy,
he, gave me the chance to see
F#maj9 
 (F sharp minoraj9) A world I wasn't supposed to,
I'm stoked that I didn't know you
D#m11 
But, sucks  (D sharp minor11) you ain't give a fuck
and consider a sperm donor now
F#maj9 
 (F sharp minoraj9) The fuck is an Okonma?
I'm changing my shit to Haley
F#maj9 
And I  (F sharp minoraj9) just      ain't being passive, nigga
You're a fucking faggot, nigga
A/B 
 (A/B) Got a show on Monday,
guess who ain't getting no passes, nigga
Emaj9 
 (E minoraj9) But if I ever had the chance
to ask this nigga
D#m/C# 
 (D sharp minor/C#) And call him

Chorus 2
D#m11 
I hope you  (D sharp minor11) answer
F#maj9 
I hope you  (F sharp minoraj9) answer
D#m11 
I hope you  (D sharp minor11) answer
F#maj9 
I hope you  (F sharp minoraj9) answer
I hope you answer
A/B 
'Cause when I call  (A/B) (when I call, baby)
Emaj9 
I hope you pick up your  (E minoraj9) phone
(please pick up)
D#m/C# 
I'd like to talk to you  (D sharp minor/C#) 

Verse 2
D#m11 
Suck my fucking dick  (D sharp minor11) 
and swallow this case of nuts
F#maj9 
Ace hates your guts, I'm a  (F sharp minoraj9) selfish   fuck
And I ain't sharing green as if I'm facing blunts
D#m11 
 (D sharp minor11) Frank is out the closet, Hodgy's an alcoholic
F#maj9 
 (F sharp minoraj9) Syd       might be bipolar, but fuck it,
I couldn't call it
F#maj9 
Supposed to  (F sharp minoraj9) be        gone until November
but quickly came back in August
A/B 
I left  (A/B) two   months through September
to clearly remember all this
Emaj9 
I would  (E minoraj9) like     to tell my grandma,
but she's just nostalgic
D#m/C# 
 (D sharp minor/C#) I'll call her number
D#m11 
But she won't  (D sharp minor11) answer

Chorus 3
F#maj9 
I hope you  (F sharp minoraj9) answer
D#m11 
I hope you  (D sharp minor11) answer
F#maj9 
I hope you  (F sharp minoraj9) answer
F#maj9 
I hope you  (F sharp minoraj9) answer
A/B 
'Cause when I call  (A/B) (when I call, baby)
Emaj9 
I hope you pick up your  (E minoraj9) phone
F#6 
 (F sharp6) (I'd like to talk to you)

Verse 3
I hope you
D#m11 
 (D sharp minor11) (answer) You claim to hate my fucking guts
F#maj9 
 (F sharp minoraj9) But       say I'm on an island in Thailand
and I was wildin'
D#m11 
And,  (D sharp minor11) if I got stranded had to man up
and hold my nuts
F#maj9 
And  (F sharp minoraj9) hope      that I could live off salt water
and fucking coconuts
F#maj9 
 (F sharp minoraj9) Phone ain't got no service
this 3G is fucking worthless
A/B 
 (A/B) Day is getting dark
like the area's turning urban
Emaj9 
 (E minoraj9) You'll be fucking nervous
like me inside of a church is
F#6 
But,  (F sharp6) I'ma get in contact regardless, and

Outro 1
D#m11 
I hope you  (D sharp minor11) answer
F#maj9 
 (F sharp minoraj9) That last verse was about this girl, haha
D#m11 
F#maj9 
 (D sharp minor11)  (F sharp minoraj9) 
F#maj9 
A/B 
 (F sharp minoraj9)  (A/B) 
[Fade out]

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D#m11
F#maj9
A/B
Emaj9
D#m/C#
F#6

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: F# majorBPM: 73

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

D#m11: x-6-x-6-7-4
F#maj9: x-x-3-3-2-4
A/B: x-2-x-2-2-0
Emaj9: x-7-6-8-7-x
D#m/C#: x-4-x-3-4-2
F#6: 2-x-1-3-2-x

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This is the definitive original version of Answer by Tyler, The Creator, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of F# major. It suits players who want to learn Answer the way Tyler, The Creator intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.