• Song:

    Underdog

  • Artist:

    Turin Brakes

Turin Brakes-The Underdog
17/8/03
Transcribed by: Nathan
My fave turin brakes song
Listen to the song for the strum patterns and timing

There are 3 chords in the verses-not sure of strum pattern 
(Intro is the same as the verses)

    Bm7   A    G
   
||E|-2----0----3-||
||B|-3----2----3-||
||G|-2----2----0-||
||D|-4----2----0-||
||A|-2----0----2-||
||E|-----------2-||


This is the 2nd guitar that plays in the background of 
verses 2 & 4

||E|--------------------0-|--------------------0-|   
||B|--3-----3-----3-------|--3-----3-----3-------|     
||G|-----6-----6-----6----|-----6-----6-----6----|    
||D|----------------------|----------------------|    
||A|----------------------|----------------------|   
||E|----------------------|----------------------| 
                                                    
||E|--------------------5-|--------5----------5-||
||B|--3-----3-----3-------|--3----------3-------||
||G|-----6-----6-----6----|-----6----------6----||
||D|----------------------|---------------------||
||A|----------------------|---------------------||
||E|----------------------|---------------------||




There are 4 chords in the chorus and theyre all easy

     A   F#M   G    E  

||E|-0----2----3----0-||
||B|-2----2----3----0-|| 
||G|-2----2----0----1-||  
||D|-2----4----0----2-||  /  X3
||A|-0----4----2----2-|| /
||E|------2----2----0-||/


2nd Guitar during Chorus

||E|--------------------17-|--------------------17-|
||B|-15----15----15--------|-15----15----15--------|
||G|----18----18----18-----|----18----18----18-----|
||D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
                                                      

||E|--------------------17-|-------------------19-||
||B|-15----15----15--------|-15----15----15-------||  
||G|----18----16----16-----|----16----16----16----||  
||D|-----------------------|----------------------||  /  X3
||A|-----------------------|----------------------|| /
||E|-----------------------|----------------------||/




2nd Guitar at the end of the chorus

||E|-15--------14--------|-12----12------12-------12-||
||B|---15--------14------|---12------12-----12-------|| 
||G|-----16--------14----|-----13------13-----13-----||  
||D|---------------------|---------------------------||   
||A|---------------------|---------------------------|| 
||E|---------------------|---------------------------||




LYRICS

1st VERSE

Two black lines streaming out of a guidance line
Put one foot on the road now where the cyborgs are driving
with the WD-40 (in their veins) 
The screachin little breaks complain

With the briefcase empty and holes in my shoes
I try to stay friendly for the sugary abuse
So tell my secretary now to hold on to my calls
I believe i can hear through these walls


Chorus
Oh please save me, save me from myself 
I cant be the only one stuck on the shelf
You said you'd always fall for the underdog
Oooooooooooh

2nd Verse

Well i've been dreaming of jetstreams and kicking up dust
A thirty seven thousand fool of wonderlust and
With skyline number 9 ticked off in my mind
Oh can't you hear me screaming out now through the telephone line

Chorus

Oh please save me, save me from myself
I cant be the only one stuck on the shelf
you said you'd always fall for the underdog
Oooooooooooh
(repeat to fade)
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