Chords for The Undercover Man (2005 Digital Remaster)
Tempo:
62.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
F#m
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#m] Air [C#m] that lacks all the usual, problem, [G#] all the habitual.
Foss, [C#m] [F#m] you ask.
[G#] In uncertain voice, what you [F#m] should do?
As if [E] there were a choice but to carry [D] on, [C#m] miming the song, and hope that [F#m] it all works out right.
Tonight, [B] it all [C#] seems so strange.
My spirit [A] feels rigid.
My body, [G#] deranged, still [F#m] raths.
Only from one [C#] point of view.
You, and we [A] can't have illusion, between me [E] and you.
My constant [D] friend, ever [C#m] close at hand.
You and the [F#m] undercover man.
[B] [F#]
[G#m] [F#m] [E] I reflect, it's very [D#m] [B] strange, to be going [D] through this change.
With no idea of [G] what it's all been about, except for the [A#] context of time.
Oh, but I shirk it, [E] I'm half alive not to work it.
[C]
[D] [C] [D] Is this madness just a recurring [G] wave of total [A] emotion?
Or [D] a hype for the undercover [G] man?
[A] [D] Or a litany of the signs?
[G] Are there a [A] fervent devotion?
Or the [C] threatening [G] of [F]
[C] [G] [F] the
It's cracked, [B] smashed and bursting over you.
[D] There was no reason to expect such [C] disaster.
[B] [Em] Panicking, you bust my [D#] rear.
Drowning, you know you care [G] for nothing.
And no one [C#] but yourself.
And [G] would deny, even this hand which [B] stretches out [D] towards you [G] to help.
But would I leave you, [C] in this moment of your trial?
[B] Is it [G] my fault, that I'm here to see you [B] crying?
[Am] These phantom figures [F] all around you, [Am] should have told you.
You should have found [G] out by now.
If you hadn't gone and tried to do it [C] all by yourself.
[G#] [C]
[C#] [D#]
[F#m] [F#]
[F#m] [B]
[E] [F#m] [F#]
[F#m] [F#]
[F#m] [B]
[F#m] [E] Even now, we [D#m] are not lost.
If [D] you look out at the night, you'll see the [G] colours and the lights.
These days, [A#] people are not far away, at least in distance.
And it's hardly [F] our love resistance [C] that's making us stay.
[D] [C]
[D] When the madness comes, let it [G] flood on down and over me [D] sleepy.
Let it drown the parts of me weak [G] and westerned down.
[D] Let it take my life, let it take [G] my soul.
Let the ink of defeat, [D] [C] let it see [G] through.
There may [D] not be time for us all to [G] burn in tandem [A] together.
The [D] horizon calls, but it's parallel.
[G]
[A] It [D] may not be right for you to have a [G] home in one [A] way forever.
[D] And yet [C] you still [G] have time, [C]
still [G] have time.
[C] [F] [F#m] [E] [Em]
[D] [C] [Em]
[D] [G]
[B] [A]
[G]
Foss, [C#m] [F#m] you ask.
[G#] In uncertain voice, what you [F#m] should do?
As if [E] there were a choice but to carry [D] on, [C#m] miming the song, and hope that [F#m] it all works out right.
Tonight, [B] it all [C#] seems so strange.
My spirit [A] feels rigid.
My body, [G#] deranged, still [F#m] raths.
Only from one [C#] point of view.
You, and we [A] can't have illusion, between me [E] and you.
My constant [D] friend, ever [C#m] close at hand.
You and the [F#m] undercover man.
[B] [F#]
[G#m] [F#m] [E] I reflect, it's very [D#m] [B] strange, to be going [D] through this change.
With no idea of [G] what it's all been about, except for the [A#] context of time.
Oh, but I shirk it, [E] I'm half alive not to work it.
[C]
[D] [C] [D] Is this madness just a recurring [G] wave of total [A] emotion?
Or [D] a hype for the undercover [G] man?
[A] [D] Or a litany of the signs?
[G] Are there a [A] fervent devotion?
Or the [C] threatening [G] of [F]
[C] [G] [F] the
It's cracked, [B] smashed and bursting over you.
[D] There was no reason to expect such [C] disaster.
[B] [Em] Panicking, you bust my [D#] rear.
Drowning, you know you care [G] for nothing.
And no one [C#] but yourself.
And [G] would deny, even this hand which [B] stretches out [D] towards you [G] to help.
But would I leave you, [C] in this moment of your trial?
[B] Is it [G] my fault, that I'm here to see you [B] crying?
[Am] These phantom figures [F] all around you, [Am] should have told you.
You should have found [G] out by now.
If you hadn't gone and tried to do it [C] all by yourself.
[G#] [C]
[C#] [D#]
[F#m] [F#]
[F#m] [B]
[E] [F#m] [F#]
[F#m] [F#]
[F#m] [B]
[F#m] [E] Even now, we [D#m] are not lost.
If [D] you look out at the night, you'll see the [G] colours and the lights.
These days, [A#] people are not far away, at least in distance.
And it's hardly [F] our love resistance [C] that's making us stay.
[D] [C]
[D] When the madness comes, let it [G] flood on down and over me [D] sleepy.
Let it drown the parts of me weak [G] and westerned down.
[D] Let it take my life, let it take [G] my soul.
Let the ink of defeat, [D] [C] let it see [G] through.
There may [D] not be time for us all to [G] burn in tandem [A] together.
The [D] horizon calls, but it's parallel.
[G]
[A] It [D] may not be right for you to have a [G] home in one [A] way forever.
[D] And yet [C] you still [G] have time, [C]
still [G] have time.
[C] [F] [F#m] [E] [Em]
[D] [C] [Em]
[D] [G]
[B] [A]
[G]
Key:
G
D
C
F#m
B
G
D
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] Air _ _ [C#m] that lacks all the usual, problem, [G#] all the habitual.
Foss, [C#m] _ [F#m] you ask. _
[G#] In uncertain voice, what you [F#m] should do?
As if [E] there were a choice but to carry [D] on, _ [C#m] miming the song, and hope that [F#m] it all works out right.
_ Tonight, _ [B] it all [C#] seems so strange.
My spirit [A] feels rigid.
My body, [G#] deranged, still [F#m] raths.
Only from one [C#] point of view.
You, and we [A] can't have illusion, _ between me [E] and you.
My constant [D] friend, ever [C#m] close at hand.
You and the [F#m] undercover man. _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] I reflect, _ it's very [D#m] [B] strange, to be going [D] through this change.
With no idea of [G] what it's all been about, except for the [A#] context of time.
Oh, but I shirk it, [E] I'm half alive not to work it.
[C] _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] Is this madness just a recurring [G] wave of total [A] emotion?
Or [D] a hype for the undercover [G] man?
[A] _ [D] Or a litany of the signs?
[G] Are there a [A] fervent devotion?
Or the [C] threatening [G] of _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ the_
It's cracked, [B] smashed and bursting over you.
[D] There was no reason to expect such [C] disaster.
[B] _ [Em] Panicking, you bust my [D#] rear.
Drowning, you know you care [G] for nothing.
And no one [C#] but yourself.
And [G] would deny, even this hand which [B] stretches out [D] towards you [G] to help.
But would I leave you, [C] in this moment of your trial? _
[B] Is it [G] my fault, that I'm here to see you [B] crying?
[Am] These phantom figures [F] all around you, [Am] should have told you.
You should have found [G] out by now.
If you hadn't gone and tried to do it [C] all by yourself.
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [D#] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [E] Even now, we [D#m] are not lost.
If [D] you look out at the night, you'll see the [G] colours and the lights.
These days, [A#] people are not far away, at least in distance.
And it's hardly [F] our love resistance [C] that's making us stay.
_ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] When the madness comes, let it [G] flood on down and over me [D] sleepy.
Let it drown the parts of me weak [G] and westerned down.
[D] Let it take my life, let it take [G] my soul.
Let the ink of defeat, [D] [C] let it see [G] through. _ _
There may [D] not be time for us all to [G] burn in tandem [A] together.
The [D] horizon calls, but it's parallel.
[G] _ _
[A] It [D] may not be right for you to have a [G] home in one [A] way forever.
[D] And yet [C] you still [G] have time, [C] _
_ _ still [G] have time.
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] Air _ _ [C#m] that lacks all the usual, problem, [G#] all the habitual.
Foss, [C#m] _ [F#m] you ask. _
[G#] In uncertain voice, what you [F#m] should do?
As if [E] there were a choice but to carry [D] on, _ [C#m] miming the song, and hope that [F#m] it all works out right.
_ Tonight, _ [B] it all [C#] seems so strange.
My spirit [A] feels rigid.
My body, [G#] deranged, still [F#m] raths.
Only from one [C#] point of view.
You, and we [A] can't have illusion, _ between me [E] and you.
My constant [D] friend, ever [C#m] close at hand.
You and the [F#m] undercover man. _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] I reflect, _ it's very [D#m] [B] strange, to be going [D] through this change.
With no idea of [G] what it's all been about, except for the [A#] context of time.
Oh, but I shirk it, [E] I'm half alive not to work it.
[C] _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] Is this madness just a recurring [G] wave of total [A] emotion?
Or [D] a hype for the undercover [G] man?
[A] _ [D] Or a litany of the signs?
[G] Are there a [A] fervent devotion?
Or the [C] threatening [G] of _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ the_
It's cracked, [B] smashed and bursting over you.
[D] There was no reason to expect such [C] disaster.
[B] _ [Em] Panicking, you bust my [D#] rear.
Drowning, you know you care [G] for nothing.
And no one [C#] but yourself.
And [G] would deny, even this hand which [B] stretches out [D] towards you [G] to help.
But would I leave you, [C] in this moment of your trial? _
[B] Is it [G] my fault, that I'm here to see you [B] crying?
[Am] These phantom figures [F] all around you, [Am] should have told you.
You should have found [G] out by now.
If you hadn't gone and tried to do it [C] all by yourself.
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [D#] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [E] Even now, we [D#m] are not lost.
If [D] you look out at the night, you'll see the [G] colours and the lights.
These days, [A#] people are not far away, at least in distance.
And it's hardly [F] our love resistance [C] that's making us stay.
_ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] When the madness comes, let it [G] flood on down and over me [D] sleepy.
Let it drown the parts of me weak [G] and westerned down.
[D] Let it take my life, let it take [G] my soul.
Let the ink of defeat, [D] [C] let it see [G] through. _ _
There may [D] not be time for us all to [G] burn in tandem [A] together.
The [D] horizon calls, but it's parallel.
[G] _ _
[A] It [D] may not be right for you to have a [G] home in one [A] way forever.
[D] And yet [C] you still [G] have time, [C] _
_ _ still [G] have time.
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _