...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:
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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)
