Going Underground chords by The Jam (Ver. 2)

The Jam
Going Underground

Words & Music - Paul Weller
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D#m7       Bmaj7     C#maj7    F#6       Badd9
{068676}   {024342}  {046564}  {001322}  {021222}

Verse 1
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D                   Bm                D
Some people might say my life is in a rut. I'm quite

Bm                   D
hap-py with what I got.

              Bm                           D
People might say that I should strive for more, but I'm so

Bm                        B
happy I can't see the point.

D#m7
Some-things ha-ppen-ing here today_ a

B                          D#m7
show of strength with your boys bri-gade and

B                       D#m7           B
I'm so hap-py and you're so kind_, you want more mon-ey, of course

D#m7
I don't mind to buy

E                           F#
nu-cle-ar text-books for at-om-ic crimes and the


B                    D#m7
public gets what the public wants_ but

E                         F#
I want no-thing this so-ci-e-ty's got_


Verse 2
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Some people might get some pleasure out of hate,
Me I've e-nough alrea-dy on my plate.
People might need some tension to relax, me I'm to
Busy dod-ging between the
Flak. What you see_ is what you get, you've
Made your bed you betterlie in it you
Choose your leaders and place your trust
As their lies wash you down and their prom-
ises rust, you'll see
Kid-ney machines re-placed by rockets and guns and the
Public wants what the public gets but
I don't get what this so-ci-e-ty wants

Chorus
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          B                    Bmaj7
I'm going un-der-ground (going un-der-ground) well let the

E                         F#
brass bands play and feet start to pound go-ing

B                    Bmaj7
un-der-ground (going un-der-ground) {well} let the
                                   {so  }
E                          F#
boys all sing and let the  boys all shout for to-

[First time]
B          Bmaj7        E       F#
-morrow

[Second time]
C#m          B          C#m      B
-morrow  la  la la la        la  la la la  We

C#m                       B
talk and we talk until my head ex-plodes I

C#m                     B
turn on the news and my body froze the

D#m                 E
braying sheep on my T.V. screen make

F#
this boy shout make the boy scream going

C#            C#maj7    F#      G#
underground                         I'm going

C#            E#m7      F#      G#
un-derground                        I'm going

Badd9         D#m       E       F#
un-derground                        I'm going

B             D#m       E       F#
un-derground


Shouty bit in the middle
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C             B
   (Hey!) La  la la la la    [X4]


Almost end
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      D#m                 E
These braying sheep on my T.V. screen make

F#
The boy shout, make the boy scream going


End
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C#                    C#maj7
un-der-ground (go-ing un-derground) well let the

F#                             G#
brass bands play and {feet     start    to pound go-ing}  [first time]
                     { feet go pound pound pound go-ing}  [second time]

C#                    C#maj7
un-der-ground (go-ing un-derground) {well} let the
                                    {so}

F#
boys all sing and let the

G#
boys all shout Go-ing   [First Time]

G#                      F#6
boys all shout for  to -mor-row [Second time]

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Only knowing the chords doesn't really help play this.
You have to listen to get the right 'chu_gg - chu_gg - ching - eh - eh - eh'
rhythm at the start.

Hope the layout makes sense, it was a real pain to try and
set it out correctly. The first two lines in the verses run
together a bit.

More Jam will be posted if I have time.

Graeme Renfrew.
Glasgow Caledonian Univ.
{25/5/95}.

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