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Subject: Chords: Feelies--The Undertow
To: jamesb@nevada.edu
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 02:26:11 -0500 (EST)
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> Two basic chord progressions in this one:
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> Em--C--D--Dsus4 for the verses
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> Am--C--D--Dsus4 for the chorus and the "Lines are forming..." part.
>
>
>
> THE UNDERTOW
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> Em (022000@1)           C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)    Dsus4> (xx0233@1)Bring back the innocence lost
> Em (022000@1)      C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)    Dsus4> (xx0233@1)It may be later than you think
> Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)     Dsus4> (xx0233@1)There's new places to explore
> Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)    Dsus4> (xx0233@1)But the old ones return tomorrow
>
> Am (x02210@1)      C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)     Dsus4> (xx0233@1)Lines are forming all around
> Am (x02210@1)      C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)      Dsus4> (xx0233@1)Here them cry out above our heads
>
> Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)     Dsus4> (xx0233@1)Divide the years apart
> Em (022000@1)          C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)    Dsus4> (xx0233@1)The past will crumble like a shell
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> Chorus: (use the same Am--C--D--Dsus progression as above)
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> I'm being tempted hear the call
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> Try to be careful and I don't know why
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> One hundred years maybe more
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> I'm being tempted and I don't mind it
>
>
> (Resume the Em--C--D--Dsus4 progression for this verse)
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> Waiting patiently, walk over to the window
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> Then you look away, can't see no accidents
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> Waiting endlessly, it will be easier and
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> We will be together, just another test
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> Like any other test
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>
>
> Chorus: (Am--C--D--Dsus4)
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> I'm being tempted hear the call
>
> Try to be careful and I don't know why
>
> One hundred years maybe more
>
> I'm being tempted and I don't mind at all
>
>
> (Back to the verse progression)
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> And it all comes down
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> As you wait for the change
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> You've known all along
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> But you're waiting alone
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> For the moment to come
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> And you hear the call
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> And you hear the call
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> And you're waiting alone
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>
>
>
> Pretty simple, but a real nice little song.
>
>
> Peace,
>
> Ben McTernan
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>