Underground Chords

by Ben Folds Five
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Difficulty: advanced
Capo: no capo
Author Marky_Mark [a] 663.
1 contributor total, last edit on Dec 29, 2020

Chords

G#m
G#m6
B/F#
F#
E
Em
B/D#
C#/F
Bsus4/F#
B/E
Bsus4/E
B
C#m
A2
B#5
B6
B7
Eb7
G#m7
G5
F#m7
E2
Em/G
D2
E/F#
C#
G

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UNDERGROUND - BEN FOLDS FIVE
This is off the LIVE DVD (Sessions at West54th)
 
Intro:
G#m                                      G#m6
I was never cool in school, I’m sure You don’t remember me . . .
    B/F#                               F#
And now it’s been ten years, I’m still wonderin’ who to be . . .
        E              Em                   B/D#         C#/F
And I’d love to mix in circles, cliques and social coter-ies– that’s me! 
                       B/F#    Bsus4/F#   B/F#     F#
(hand me my nose ring) Can      we    be  ha    -  ppy   
                        B/E    Bsus4/E    B/E     E
(show me the mosh pit)  Can    we    be   ha    - ppy   
 
B   C#m    B/D#   E     B/D#  C#m    B     A2
We  can    be     hap - py    un –   der – ground
 
 
[ B  –  B#5  –  B6  –  B#5  ] x2
 
Verse 1:
B             B#5                  B6                B7
Who's got the looks? Who's got the brains? Who's got everything?
E             Eb7        G#m7   (G5)     F#m7
I've got this pain in my heart,  that's   all
E2                Em/G            B                 D2       E2
Hey you, with the long and lonely face Well there's gotta be something else 
E/F#
Let me tell you
 
Verse 2:
B               B#5         B6                  B7
Something else, There was a girl that passed me by,
           E               Eb7           G#m7  (G5)  F#m7
She gave a smile but I was shy, I looked down,  so   down
E2                     Em/G         B            D2            E2      E/F#
Don't look there no no, go go  underground, And  now there's a place to go
 
Bridge:
B                     A2                      G#m7
It's the morning now, It's the evening,  It's everything, 
Em/G         F#                  B
I click my   heels . . . and I'm there
 
Chorus 1:
B            C#           E2           N/C
Underground, Underground, Ooooooooooo, Everything's happy underground,  
B                             C#                  E2
You’ve been kicked a – round,  Did life bring You down here
B    C#m   B/D#    E     B/D#   C#m   B      A2       F#/F#-G#-A#-C#-F#
Eve – ry   thing’s hea - vy     un –  der –  ground      <-------------->
                                                            Bass notes
 
Vesre 3:
                   B             B#5          B6             B7
We'll be decked in all black and Slamming the pit fan-tas-tic
        E                 Eb7         G#m7 (G5) F#m7
Officer Friendly's little boy's got a Mohawk he knows
                 E2
Just where we're coming from
E2               Em/G          B            D2         E2        E/F#
It's industrial, work it  underground,  Get down,  get down, get down  
 
Chorus 2:
B            C#           E2           N/C                     B
Underground, Underground, Ooooooooooo, Everything's happy underground,  
B                              C#                 E2
You’ve been kicked a – round,  Did life bring You down here
B     C#m   B/D#    E     B/D#   C#m    B     A2 - - -  [B – B#5 – B6 – B7]
Eve – ry    thing’s hea - vy     un –   der – ground
 
 
Outro (3/4): G . .  F# . .  B . .  B . . x2
 
to Swing (3/4)  G13  F#13  B13  A13  x3
 
G F# B
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2 comments
Jimt0
Perfect chords - although in the outro, either the bass is doing something else which makes it sound wrong, but the second B chord is something different as far as I can tell. Still, brilliant chords.
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johncip
On the swing part, they're all rootless 13th chords: G13, F13, B13, A13. For instance, the G chord can be played F-A-B-E, and then down a half step for the F#, up a 4th for the B, etc. There's a walking bass line underneath. But for solo piano the best thing will be to just play the 13th chords in the left hand, and the melody in the right -- that's what Ben is doing.
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