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From: "G.D.Renfrew"
The Jam
Going Underground
Words & Music - Paul Weller
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D#m7 Bmaj7 C#maj7 F#6 Badd9
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 lla 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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/ If this is freedom, I don't understand /
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