Ben Folds Five - Underground Chords & Tabs

 

Underground Chords & Tabs

Ben Folds Five Chords & Tabs

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Underground Chords

   
...UNDERGROUND... by Ben Folds Five
-----------------..................

*from 'Ben Folds Five' (1995)*

(modified from Brent Ritchey's original tab)


*CAPO 4th FRET*

(Original Key: B)


Intro:

E
 I was never cool in school,
Eaug
 I'm sure you don't remember me.
    G/D
And now it's been ten years,
          D
I'm still wondering who to be.
	Em
And I'd love to mix,
   Eaug
In circles, cliques,
    G/D         C#dim
And social cote-ries, that's me.
Hand me my nose ring,
G/D         D
 (Can we be happy?)
Show me the mosh pit,
C
 (Can we be happy?)
G   G/A  G/B C   G/B
 We can  be  hap-py,
G/A G   F
 Un-der-ground.

Interlude:

G  Gaug  G6  Gaug (x2)

Verse 1:

G              Gaug
 Who's got the looks,
              G6
Who's got the brains,
          G7
Who's got everything?
C           B7         Em7
 I got this pain in my heart,
Ebm7    Dm7
 That's all.
C
 (Hey you,
         Cm       F7     G
With the long and lonely face).
              Bb
Yeah, there's gotta be,
C                C/D
 Something else.

Verse 2:

(C/D)
 And let me tell you,
G               Gaug
 Something else,
	    G6
There was a girl,
               G7
That passed me by,
           C               B7
She gave a smile but I was shy,
             Em7
And I looked down,
Ebm7 Dm7
 So  down.
C
 (Don't look down no no,
Cm     F7    G
 Go go under-ground).
    Bb
But now there's,
  C           C/D
A place to go.

Bridge 1:

G
 It's the morning now,
G7
 It's the evening,
     Em
It's everything.
Eb7         D7
 I click my heels,
And I'm there.

Chorus 1:

G
 (Underground,
A7
 Underground,
C7
  Oooh),
G(n.C)
 Everything's,
Heavy underground.

G
 You been kicked around,
A7
 Did life bring,
    C7
You down here?
G    G/A G/B     C   G/B
 Eve-ry -thing's hea-vy,
G/A G   F      D
 Un-der-ground.

Verse 3:

(D)
 And we'll be decked,
   G         Gaug
In all black,
             G6             G7
Slamming the pit fantastic.
        C                 B7
Officer Friendly's little boy's,
      Em7
Got a mohawk,
       Ebm7       Dm7
And he knows just where,
      C
We're coming from.
(It's industrial,
Cm       F7    G
 Work it under-ground).
         Bb
Get down, get down,
C    C/D
 Get down, yeah!

Chorus 2:

G
 (Underground,
A7
 Underground,
C7
  Ooh),
G(n.C)
 Everything's,
Heavy underground.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/ben_folds_five/underground_crd.html ]
G
 You been kicked around,
A7
 Did life bring,
    C7
You down here?
G    G/A G/B     C   G/B
 Eve-ry -thing's hea-vy,
G/A G   F
 Un-der-ground.
D
 We can be happy,
          D7
We can be happy,
We can be happy under...

Break:

G       Gaug  G6  Gaug
 Ground.

G  Gaug  G6  Baug  Cmaj7

F7b5
 Oh where can,
Oh where can,
Oh where can we...

Chorus 3:

G    A7  C7
 Be?
G (n.C)
 Everything's heavy!)

G
 You been kicked around,
A7
 Did life bring,
    C7
You down here?
G    G/A G/B     C   G/B
 Eve-ry -thing's hea-vy,
G/A G   F      D
 Un-der-ground.

Coda:

G  Gaug  G6
          Everything's,
Gaug
 Heavy under...
G       Gaug
 Ground,
G6
 Everything's,
Gaug         G  Gaug
 Heavy under...
G6
 Everything's,
Gaug
 Heavy under...
G       Gaug
 Ground,
G6
 Everything's,
Gaug
 Heavy under....

Coda: (in 6/8 time)

Eb13  D7,
G  Am  Bm,
Cm  C#m  Dm

Eb13         D7
  Everything heavy,
      G      Am  Bm  Cm  C#m  Dm
Under-ground,
Eb13         D7
  Everything heavy,
      G      Am  Bm  Cm  C#m  Dm
Under-ground,
Eb13         D7
  Everything heavy,
      G      Am  Bm  Cm  C#m  Dm
Under-ground.

Piano Solo:

Eb13  D13  G13  F13
Eb13  D13  G13,
F#13  F13  E13
Eb13  D13  G13  F13
Eb13  D13  G


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

    E      Eaug     G/D     D       Em    C#dim

  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
  022100  021000  000003  xx0232  022000  xx1212

    G       G/A     G/B     C       F      Gaug

  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
  320003  000033  x20033  032010  133211  321000

    G6      G7      B7      Em7    Ebm7     Dm7

  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
  332000  323000  021200  x79787  x68676  x57565

    Cm      F7      Bb      C/D     Em      Eb7

  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
  x35543  131211  x13331  x00010  022000  x68686

    D7      A7      C7     Cmaj7   F7b5    Eb13

  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
  x57575  x02223  x35353  x32000  12120x  xx8688

    Am      Bm      Cm      C#m     Dm      D13

  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
  x02210  x24432  x35543  x46654  x57765  xx7577

    G13     F13    F#13    E13

  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
  3x345x  1x123x  2x234x  020120


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)