Going Underground

From: "G.D.Renfrew"

The Jam

Going Underground

Words & Music - Paul Weller

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Ebm7 Bmaj7 C#maj7 F#6 Badd9 <Not sure, it

{068676} {024342} {046564} {001322} {021222} <sounds 1/2 right

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.

Ebm7

Some-things ha-ppen-ing here today_ a

B	Ebm7
show of strength with your	boys bri-gade and

B	Ebm7	B
I’m so hap-py and you’re	so kind_, you	want more mon-ey, of course

Ebm7

I don’t mind to buy

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

B	Ebm7
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

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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

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

Ebm	E
braying sheep on my	T.V. screen make

this boy shout make the boy scream going

C#	C#maj7	F#	Ab
underground			I’m going

C#	E#m7	F#	Ab
un-derground			I’m going

Badd9	Ebm	E	F#
un-derground			I’m going

B	Ebm	E	F#
un-derground

Shouty bit in the middle

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C	B	X4
(Hey!) La	la la la la

Almost end

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	Ebm	E
These	braying sheep on my	T.V. screen make

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#	Ab	first time
brass bands play and {feet	start to pound go-ing}

	second time
{ feet go pound pound pound go-ing}

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

boys all sing and let the

Ab	First Time
boys all shout Go-ing

Ab	F#6	Second time
boys all shout for to -	mor-row

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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.