Onika Tanya Maraj, better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidadian-American, rapper and singer-songwriter signed to a joint venture between Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment and Universal Motown. After releasing several mixtapes and building substantial buzz online her debut album, Pink Friday, was released on November 22, 2010. In October 2010, Minaj became the first female to have seven songs simultaneously chart on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Nicki Minaj - The Night Is Still Young Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Arranged key: G major (G A B C D E F# G) Original key: A major (A B C# D E F# G# A), either put a capo on the second fret or transpose to +2 Tempo: 128 bpm Transcribed by Robert from Astlessons
(Parenthesis marks transition chords that can be skipped)
[Intro]: G (A) Bm (D) A (D) Em (D)
G (A) Yo, ayo tonight is the night that I'ma get twisted, myx Moscato and vodka, I'ma mix it Bm (D) Roll that spaceship, we about to get lifted, live in the present, that gift is for the gifted A (D) This what you came, this what you came for, you get what you buy, this what you paid for Em So make sure the stars is what you aim for, make mistakes though
(D/F#) G (A) Bm I never worry, life is a journey, I just wanna enjoy the ride (D) A (D) Em (D/F#) What is the hurry, it's pretty early, it's ok, we'll take our time
G (A) Bm (D) The night is still young, the night is still young A (D) Em (D/F#) The night is still young, and so are we G (A) The night is still young (how dare we sit quietly) Bm (D) The night is still young (and watch the world pass us by) A (D) The night is still young (how dare we sit quietly) Em (D/F#) So are we
G (A) Ayo, drinks on you or the drinks is on me, we ain't going nowhere like tanks is on E Bm (D) We still getting money, what bank it's gon' be, if he's sexy, he plankin' on me A (D) So where them big boys with all of that (hey), tell the bartender, say my order back (hey) Em (D) It's bottle service, he ordered that (hey), might let him take it home and slaughter that G (A) He got friends for all of my friends, they ain't leavin' til we say when Bm (D) And we gonna hangover the next day, but we will remember this day A (D) So drop the pop and get low, or we can drop the top and just cruise Em We fresh to death, down to the shoes, my only motto in life is don't lose
(D/F#) G (A) Bm I never worry, life is a journey, I just wanna enjoy the ride (D) A (D) Em (D/F#) What is the hurry, it's pretty early, it's ok, we'll take our time
G (A) Bm (D) The night is still young, the night is still young A (D) Em (D/F#) The night is still young, and so are we G (A) The night is still young (how dare we sit quietly) Bm (D) The night is still young (and watch the world pass us by) A (D) The night is still young (how dare we sit quietly) Em (D/F#) So are we
G (A) Bm (D) We're just gettin' started, yeah yeah, we're just gettin' started, yeah yeah A (D) Em (D/F#) Can't you see the night's still early, and we gon' get it wild and crazy G (A) Bm (D) We're just gettin' started, yeah yeah, we're just gettin' started, yeah yeah A (D) Em (D/F#) Can't you see the night's still early, and we gon' get it wild and crazy
G (A) Bm (D) The night is still young, the night is still young A (D) Em (D/F#) The night is still young, and so are we G (A) The night is still young (how dare we sit quietly) Bm (D) The night is still young (and watch the world pass us by) A (D) The night is still young (how dare we sit quietly) Em (D/F#) So are we
G (A) Bm (D) (How dare we sit quietly, and watch the world pass us by) A (D) Em (How dare we sit quietly, and watch the world pass us by)
Chords: G (3 2 0 0 0 3) or (3 2 0 0 3 3) A (X 0 2 2 2 0) Bm (X 2 4 4 3 2) or simplify with (X X X 4 3 2) D (X X 0 2 3 2) Em (0 2 2 0 0 0) D/F# (2 0 0 2 3 2) or just play a normal D
Chords in A major (transposed to +2): A (X 0 2 2 2 0) or (5 7 7 6 5 5) B (X 2 4 4 4 2) or (7 9 9 8 7 7) C#m (X 4 6 6 5 4) or (9 11 11 9 9 9) E (0 2 2 1 0 0) or (X 7 9 9 9 7) F#m (2 4 4 2 2 2) or (X 9 11 11 10 9) E/G# (4 2 2 1 0 0) or just play a normal E
Clarification: Chordname (E A D G B E) X = Don't play / Muffle
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