Undertow chords by Suzanne Vega

Chords with lyrics

Love this song.
I'll admit chords are probably not exact as Suzanne adds quite a few funny chords,
but these ones fit the song!

For the chords on the verses, some fingerpulling is required.
Just pluck the three highest strings!

Capo on three (or two, if that suits your voice better)!

Chords -
E minorEm * (xxx453) (Basically DmDm moved up two)
D MajorD   (xxx232)
C majorC   (x32010)
Cadd9Cadd9 (x32033)
E minor 7Em7  (x22033)

E minorEm * is an E minorEm chord, but it's a variation. Hence, the asterisk!

Intro: E minorEm * D MajorD E minorEm * D MajorD C majorC D MajorD

Verse:
    E minorEm *        D MajorD
I believe right now if I could
           E minorEm * D MajorD
I would swallow you whole
     E minorEm *        D MajorD
I would leave only bones and teeth
       E minorEm *      D MajorD
We could see what was underneath
        Cadd9Cadd9
And you would be free then

 E minorEm *        D MajorD         E minorEm *     D MajorD
Once I thought only tears could make us free
 E minorEm *          D MajorD
Salt wearing down to the bone
    E minorEm *       D MajorD
Like sand against the stone
       Cadd9Cadd9
Against the shoreline

Chorus (strum):
    E minor 7Em7     D MajorD
I am friend to the undertow
     E minor 7Em7     D MajorD
I take you in, I don't let go
     Cadd9Cadd9
And now I have you
E minorEm * D MajorD E minorEm *  D MajorD
Ooh

Verse:
   E minorEm *        D MajorD
I wanted to learn all the secrets
          E minorEm *  D MajorD
From the edge of a knife
      E minorEm *        D MajorD
From the point of a needle, from a diamond
         E minorEm *   D MajorD
From a bullet in flight
      Cadd9Cadd9
I would be free then

Chorus:
    E minor 7Em7     D MajorD
I am friend to the undertow
     E minor 7Em7     D MajorD
I take you in, I don't let go
     Cadd9Cadd9
And now I have you
    E minor 7Em7     D MajorD
I am friend to the undertow
     E minor 7Em7     D MajorD
I take you in, I don't let go
     Cadd9Cadd9
And now I have you

Verse:
      E minorEm *   D MajorD          E minorEm *   D MajorD
I wanted to see how it would feel to be that sleek
   E minorEm *         D MajorD      E minorEm *   D MajorD
And instead I find this hunger's made me weak

    C majorC         D MajorD
I believe right now if I could
           E minorEm * D MajorD
I would swallow you whole
     E minorEm *        D MajorD
I would leave only bones and teeth
       E minorEm *      D MajorD
We could see what was underneath
        Cadd9Cadd9
And you would be free then

Chorus:
    E minor 7Em7     D MajorD
I am friend to the undertow
     E minor 7Em7     D MajorD
I take you in, I don't let go
     Cadd9Cadd9
And now I have you
    E minor 7Em7     D MajorD
I am friend to the undertow
     E minor 7Em7     D MajorD
I take you in, I don't let go
     Cadd9Cadd9
And now I have you
E minorEm * D MajorD E minorEm *  D MajorD
Ooh