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Undertow Chords by Suzanne Vega

Undertow chords by Suzanne Vega

Guitar 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 -
Em *  (xxx453) (Basically Dm moved up two)
D     (xxx232)
C     (x32010)
Cadd9 (x32033)
Em7   (x22033)
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Em * is an Em chord, but it's a variation. Hence, the asterisk!

Intro: Em * D  Em * D  C  D

Verse:
        Em *                D
I believe right now if I could
                     Em * D
I would swallow you whole
          Em *                D
I would leave only bones and teeth
             Em *           D
We could see what was underneath
                Cadd9
And you would be free then

  Em *                D                  Em *          D
Once I thought only tears could make us free
  Em *                   D
Salt wearing down to the bone
       Em *              D
Like sand against the stone
              Cadd9
Against the shoreline

Chorus (strum):
       Em7          D
I am friend to the undertow
          Em7         D
I take you in, I don't let go
          Cadd9
And now I have you
Em *  D Em *    D
Ooh

Verse:
     Em *                D
I wanted to learn all the secrets
                    Em *   D
From the edge of a knife
           Em *                D
From the point of a needle, from a diamond
                  Em *      D
From a bullet in flight
           Cadd9
I would be free then

Chorus:
       Em7          D
I am friend to the undertow
          Em7         D
I take you in, I don't let go
          Cadd9
And now I have you
       Em7          D
I am friend to the undertow
          Em7         D
I take you in, I don't let go
          Cadd9
And now I have you

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

        C                 D
I believe right now if I could
                     Em * D
I would swallow you whole
          Em *                D
I would leave only bones and teeth
             Em *           D
We could see what was underneath
                Cadd9
And you would be free then

Chorus:
       Em7          D
I am friend to the undertow
          Em7         D
I take you in, I don't let go
          Cadd9
And now I have you
       Em7          D
I am friend to the undertow
          Em7         D
I take you in, I don't let go
          Cadd9
And now I have you
Em *  D Em *    D
Ooh

Suzanne Vega chords for Undertow

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