Van der Graaf Generator - The Undercover Man from the album Godbluff (1975). Transcribed by Cory (coryp23@gmail.com), July 2010 F#m (244222@1) F#sus (244322@1)E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) C#m--2-----2-----4-----2-------| (x13321@4)--2-----2-----5-----3----5--| --2-----4-----4-----2----6--| --4-----4-----6-----0----6--| -------------------------4--| ----------------------------| F#m (244222@1) F#sus Here at the glass - F#m (244222@1) F#sus all the usual problems, all the habitual farce. F#m (244222@1) F#sus You ask, in uncertain voice, F#mwhat (244222@1)you should do, E (022100@1) Das (xx0232@1)if there were a choice but to carry on C#mmiming (x13321@4)the song F#mand (244222@1)hope that it all works out right. F#sus Tonight it all seems so strange - F#m/A F#sus/Ab my spirit feels rigid, my body deranged; F#m (244222@1) F#sus still that's only from one point of view F#m/A Eand (022100@1)we can't have illusion between me and you, D (xx0232@1) C#mmy (x13321@4)constant friend, ever close at hand - F#myou (244222@1)and the undercover man. [E F#]E/G# B/D#---------0----------------| (x2544x@1)---------0-------------4--| ---------1-------------4--| ---------2-------------4--| -----------------------6--| -0-2--4-------------------| I re flect: 'It's very strange D (xx0232@1)to be going through this change Gwith (320003@1)no idea of what it's all been about [E F (133211@1)G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1) C#]Bb/D BbB5 ----------------------------| --------| -------------------------3--| --3--3--| -------------------------3--| --3--3--| -------------------------3--| --3--2--| --------------0--2----4--5--| --1--1--| --0----1--3-----------------| --------| [E F (133211@1)G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1) C#]Bb/D except in the context of time...' Bb (x1333x@1) B5 (x244xx@1) COh, (x32010@1)but I shirk it, I've half a mind not to work it all out. D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)C#dim------------| (3423xx@1)--7---5--5--| --7---5--3--| --7---5--5--| --5---3--4--| ------------| D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) AIs (x02220@1)this madness just the recurring wave of total emotion, D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) or a hide for the undercover man, D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Aor (x02220@1)a litany - all the signs are there of fervent devotion - D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1)Cmaj7C C (x32010@1) Cmaj7 (x32000@1)F----------------8--7------------8---7------5--| (133211@1)-------7----5---5--5-----8------5---5------6--| -------7----5---5--5-----9------5---5------5--| -------7----5---5--5-----10-----5---5------7--| -------5----3------------10-------------------| -------------------------8--------------------| or the cracking of the dam? C Cmaj7 C C Cmaj7 F F#dimAdim Cdim (2312xx@1) Ebdim (2312xx@1) Em---------------------------------------------| (022000@1)-----1-------4---7---------------10-------8--| -----2-------5---8---------------11-------9--| -----1-------4---7---------------10-------9--| ------------------------------------------7--| -----2-------5---8---------------11----------| It's cracked; smashed and bursting over you, D (xx0232@1) Cthere (x32010@1)was no reason to expect such disaster. B (x2444x@1) Em (022000@1) EmMaj7 G/D (4x3121@7) A/C#-----7--| (042220@1)---7--| --3-----5--| -7---8--| ---8--| --3-----5--| -8---9--| ---8--| --4-----6--| -9------| ------| --5--------| -9---7--| ---6--| --5-----4--| -7------| ------| -----------| B (x2444x@1) Em (022000@1) Now, panicking, you burst for air, EmMaj7 drowning, you know you care G/D (4x3121@7) A/C# (042220@1) for nothing and no-one but yourself Gand (320003@1)would deny even this hand Bm (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) Gwhich (320003@1)stretches out towards you to help. Gmaj7 (xx5432@1) Cmaj7 (x32000@1) C (x32010@1) B--------------------------------------------------------| (x2444x@1)------------3-----------------5--------------5-------4--| ------------4-----------------4--------------5-------4--| ------------4-----------------5--------------5-------4--| ------------------------------3--------------3-------2--| ------------3-------------------------------------------| But would I leave you in this moment of your trial? Gmaj7 (xx5432@1) Cmaj7 (x32000@1) C (x32010@1)BIs (x2444x@1)it my fault that I'm here to see you crying? Am (x02210@1) Am+ Am------------------------------------------------------------| (x02210@1)----------------------1------------1---------------------1--| --------------------2------------2---------------------2----| ------------------2------------3---------------------2------| --------------r-0----------r-0-------------------r-0--------| ------------------------------------------------------------| These phantom figures all around you should have told you, Am+ Gyou (320003@1)should have found out by now, Cif (x32010@1)you hadn't gone and tried to do it all by yourself. Ab (xx1114@1)Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)C#5 D5 Eb9 -------------| ----------6--| --6--7----6--| --6--7----5--| --4--5----6--| -------------| Sax solo over F minor riff [C# Eb] E (022100@1) B/D# (x2544x@1) D (xx0232@1)Ev-en now we are not lost: if you look out at the night G (320003@1)you'll see the colours and the lights seem to say [E F (133211@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) Bb (x1333x@1)C]Bb/D Bb (x1333x@1)people are not far a-way, at least in distance, B5and (x244xx@1)it's only our own dumb resistance Cthat's (x32010@1)making us stay. D C C#dim D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) AWhen (x02220@1)the madness comes, let it flood on down and over me sweetly, D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Alet (x02220@1)it drown the parts of me weak and blessed and damned, D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Alet (x02220@1)it slake my life, let it take my soul and living completely, D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1) Cmaj7C let it be who I am. A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) AThere (x02220@1)may not be time for us all to run in tandem together - D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)the horizon calls with its parallel lines. D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) AIt (x02220@1)may not be right for you to have and hold in one way forever D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Cmaj7C CCmaj7 Fand (133211@1)yet you still have time, C (x32010@1) Cmaj7C CCmaj7 Fyou (133211@1)still have time.