Ben Folds Five - 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,
Em/maj
 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             Em/maj
And I'd love to mix 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 G/A G   F
 We can  be  hap-py  un -der-ground.

Interlude:

G  Gaug  G6  Gaug (x2)

Verse 1:

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

Verse 2:

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

Bridge 1:

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

Chorus 1:

G              A7           C7
 (Underground, underground, ooh),
G (n.C)
 Everything's heavy underground.

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

Verse 3:

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

Chorus 2:

G              A7           C7
 (Underground, underground, ooh),
G (n.C)
 Everything's heavy underground.

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

D                           D7
 We can be happy, 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                  C7
 Did life bring you down here?
G    G/A G/B     C   G/B G/A G   F      D
 Eve-ry -thing's hea-vy  un -der-ground.

Coda:

G  Gaug  G6            Gaug           G      Gaug 
          Everything's heavy under... ground.
G6            Gaug         G  Gaug
 Everything's heavy under...
G6            Gaug           G      Gaug
 Everything's heavy under... ground.
G6            Gaug
 Everything's heavy under...

Coda: (in 6/8 time)

Eb13  D7, G  Am  Bm  Cm  C#m  Dm

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

Piano Solo:

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


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   E     Em/maj    G/D     D       Em     C#dim    G       G/A

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 022100  021000  000003  xx0232  022000  xx1212  320003  000033

   G/B     C       F      Gaug     G6      G7      B7      Em7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x20033  032010  133211  321000  332000  323000  021202  x79787

  Ebm7     Dm7     Cm      F7      Bb      C/D     Em      Eb7 

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x68676  x57565  x35543  131211  x13331  x00010  x79987  x68686

   D7      A7      C7     Cmaj7   F7b5    Eb13     Am      Bm

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x57575  575655  x35353  x32000  12120x  xx8688  x02210  x24432

   Cm      C#m     Dm      D13     G13     F13    F#13    E13

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x35543  x46654  x57765  xx7577  3x345x  1x123x  2x234x  020120