heliocentric@breathe.com
March 7th 2001, 2.52pm
GOING UNDERGROUND by THE JAM
Written by Paul Weller
Released as a single, March 1980.
Chords used:
D5: xx023x F: 244322 Gb: 244322
D6: xx043x Cm7: 9-11-9-9-9-9 Ab: 466544
B: 799877 Cm: 9-11-11-9-9-9 Gb6: xx4342
Dm: x68876 Db: 9-11-11-10-9-9
E: 022100 Fm: x-8-10-10-9-8
The intro and the verse go something like this
D5 D6
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D5 D6 (x2)
Some people might say my life is in a rut
I`m quite happy with what I`ve got
People might say that I should strive for more
B
But I`m so happy I can`t see the point
Dm
(some)things happening here today,
B Dm
A show of strength with your boy`s brigade
B Dm
And I`m so happy and you`re so kind
B Dm
You want more money, of course I don`t mind
E F
To buy nuclear textbooks for atomic crimes
B Dm
And the public gets what the public wants
E F
But I don`t get what the society wants.
B Dm
I`m going underground (going underground)
E F
Well let the brass bands play and feet start to pound
B Dm
Going underground (going underground)
E F
Well the boys all sing and let the boys all shout
B Dm E F
For tomorrow -
D5 D6 D5
Some people might get some pleasure out of hate
D6 D5
Me, I`ve enough already on my plate
D6 D5
(Some) people might need some tension to relax
D6 B
Me, I`m too busy dodging `tween the flack
Dm
(What) you see is what you get,
B Dm
You`ve made your bed so you better in lie it.
B Dm
And choose your leaders and place your trust
B Dm
As their lies wash you down and their promises rust,
E F
You`ll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns
B Dm
And the public wants what the public gets
E F
But I want nothing that society`s got.
B Dm
I`m going underground (going underground)
E F
Well the brass bands play and feet start to pound
B Dm
Going underground (going underground)
E F
Well let the boys all sing and let the boys all shout
Cm7
For tomorrow -
Bm Cm7
Woah! La la la la
Bm
Woah! La la la la
Cm Bm
We talk and we talk until my head explodes
Cm Bm
I turned on the news and my body froze
B Dm
Those braying sheep on my T.V. screen
E F
Make this boy shout, make this boy scream
Db Fm Gb Ab
Going underground
Db Fm Gb Ab
I`m going underground
B Dm E F
I`m going underground
B Dm E F
I`m going underground
C5 B5
Woah! La la la la
C5 B5
Woah! La la la la
C5 B5
Woah! La la la la
C5 B5
Woah! La la la la
B Dm
Those braying sheep on my T.V. screen
E F
Make this boy shout make this boy scream
Db Fm
Going underground (going underground)
Gb Ab
Well let the brass bands play and feet start to pound
Db Fm
Going underground (going underground)
Gb Ab
Well the boys all sing and let the boys all shout
Db Fm
Going underground (going underground)
Gb Ab
Well let the brass bands play and feet start to POW! POW! POW! POW!
Db Fm
Going underground (going underground)
Gb Ab
Well the boys all sing and let the boys all shout
Gb6
For tomorrow -
