The Jam – Going Underground (Guitar)
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The Jam - "Going Underground" from 1980
I have tabbed the riff used in the into and at the start of each verse, you can just play a D chord
but it doesn't sound at all 'right'. The rest should be pretty accurate but, as usual, any comments
are more than welcome.
[Intro Riff]
e|------------------------| B|------------------3-2-0-| G|--2-2---2-2---4---------| D|--0-0---0-0---0---------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------|
[Intro]
D (or riff)
D Some people might say my life is in a rut, but I'm quite happy with what I got D People might say that I should strive for more but I'm so happy I can't see the point B D#m B D#m Something's happening here today, a show of strength with your boy's brigade B D#m B D#m And I'm so happy and you're so kind, you want more money, of course I don't mind E F# B D#m To buy nuclear textbooks for atomic crimes and the public gets what the public wants E F# B D#m But I want nothing this society's got, I'm going underground, going underground E F# B D#m Well, let the brass bands play and feet start to pound, going underground, going underground E F# B D#m E F# Well, let the boys all sing and the boys all shout for tomorrow D Some people might get some pleasure out of hate, me, I've enough already on my plate D People might need some tension to relax, me, I'm too busy dodging 'tween the flak B D#m B D#m What you see is what you get, you made your bed, you better lie in it B D#m B D#m You choose your leaders and place your trust as their lies wash you down and their promises rust E F# B D#m You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns and the public wants what the public gets E F# B D#m But I don't care what this society wants, I'm going underground, going underground E F# B D#m Well, let the brass band play and feet start to pound, going underground, going underground E F# C#m B C#m B So let the boys all sing and let the boys all shout for tomorrow, ho! la la la la, ho! la la la la C#m B C#m B We talk and we talk until my head explodes, I turn on the news and my body froze D#m E F# Braying sheep on my TV screen, make this boy shout, make this boy scream C# Fm F# G# C# Fm F# G# Going underground, going underground B D#m E F# B D#m E F# I'm going underground, I'm going underground C#5 B5 C#5 B5 C#5 B5 C#5 B5 Ho! La la la la Ho! La la la la Ho! La la la la Ho! La la la la D#m E F# Braying sheep on my TV screen, make this boy shout, make this boy scream C# Fm F# G# Going underground, going underground, well let the brass band play and feet start to pound C# Fm F# G# Going underground, going underground, well let the boys all sing and let the boys all shout C# Fm F# G# Going underground, going underground, well let the brass band play and feet go pow, pow, pow C# Fm F# G# F# Going underground, going underground, well let the boys all sing and let the boys all shout for tomorrow