Underground Chords by Harry James Angus

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_ [Am] _ _ 500 years [Bm] ago the world was covered with greenery.
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No [B] observer to turn it [Bm] into scenery.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ Things were more [Em] of a mystery [Bm] than they are today, but [C] then some say we had [Bm] more knowledge
in those days.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ People in tall [Bm] ships would say, man, we [C] just sailed back from a land where the people walk
on their _ hands.
_ _ [Am] No one could understand [B] because there was no [Bm] discovery channel.
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The boats were powered by [B] paddles _ and [Bm] words were purged in battle.
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But now traveling back [Bm] through the pages of history, all [C] these things seem like _ such [B] a mystery.
_ [Bm] _ _ We [Am] know there's no land where people [Bm] walk on their hands, [C] but the knowledge of the ancients
[Bm] people still don't _ understand. _
_ _ [Am] John Mandeville said he saw [Bm] people with two heads, _ [C] but I never heard of no documentary on them.
But [Am] why would you lie about something so incredibly _ unbelievable?
[C] It just _ boggles the [Bm] mind.
I can't conceive of that at all.
_ _ _ [Am] _ So maybe all the people that [Bm] walk on their hands and the people [C] with two heads and the
people with [Bm] tails and all that aren't dead.
_ _ _ But when the [Am]
tall ships came with their smoke and their flame, all [C] these people just went
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_ [D] underground. _ _ _ _ _
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Underground. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [D] Underground. _ _ _ _
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Underground. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Underground. _ _ _
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Underground. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Underground. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Underground. _
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_ [E] _ _ Underground.
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_ [Am] _ _ I had a friend who died [Bm] a number of years ago, [C] but before he went, [D#] he did [Bm] some interesting things.
So _ [A] _ incredibly [B] indelible, the memory of [Bm] things he told me that [C]
inspired me, _ [Bm] made the wet streets glow.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ An intersuburban adventurer who wandered the streets [C] through the silence and the darkness
[Bm] that make life sweet.
_ _ [A] And he told me [Am] one day of a thing [Bm] that happened to him when he was [C] dripping on acid [B] just watching
the [Bm] world swim.
_ He met [Am]
an Indian chief, just [Bm] like in that Doors movie with [C] Val Kilmer, _ except that this
was [Bm] no film.
This [Am] was real.
They communicated [Bm] in a secret language that can [C] only be spoken by [Bm] the holy and the brain damaged.
[Am] _ And as they spoke, it started to rain.
At [C] first, just a few drops, then like [Bm] a plane in Spain.
_ [Am] Don't worry, said the chief.
_ [Bm] I'll take you somewhere dry.
_ _ [C] And he led him through the rivers of the city of the night. _
[A] He led him through [A] the rivers [Bm] of the city of the _ _ _ [C] night.
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_ [E] After [Am] so many twists and [Bm] turns, they lost count.
The chief [C] came to a door that [B] seemed to jump _ [Bm] straight _ [Am] out.
Nothing. _
_ _ [Bm] My friend was out of breath.
He [C] was puffy. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The [Am] chief opened the door and said, [Bm] come on in.
It's [C] perfectly dry in here.
Let's [B] get out of the [Bm] wind.
_ And they both stepped in and [B] the steps went _ _ _ _ [C] down. _ _
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Underground.
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] Underground. _
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_ [D] Underground. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ Underground.
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_ [C] _ [D] Underground. _ _ _ _
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Underground. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] Underground. _ _ _
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_ [A] Underground.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] Now, my friend claimed that they [Bm] traveled through a _ stormwater drain that [C] had somehow
managed to stay dry [Bm] and out of the rain.
And [Am] after some time, they came to [Bm] a strange _ subterranean cavern that was filled with life
and people who were very _ _ _ _ strange.
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[Am] People [Bm] walking around on their hands and [C] people with two heads arguing [Bm] over which way to dance.
_ [Am] And people with tails and [Bm] giants and old sailors and [C] animals that looked like they just might
have [Bm] stepped out of fairy tales.
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_ Apparently, they were all just drinking beer, _ [C] having a good time [Bm] just like you or I. _
And I still don't [Am] know if I believe him, but he swears that this was true. _
_ [G] Still, we [C] all know the funny things that acid can do.
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_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ Anyway, _ [Am] _ _ this friend died like [Bm] five years ago, so I [C] guess maybe now I [Bm] will never, never know. _ _ _ _
[Am] One day I too might [Bm] make a bad mistake _ or else [C] live to [Em] 100 where the future [G] _
awaits.
_ [Am] But one year or 100, well, [B] it's really [Bm] the same.
_ Just a [C] _ snowflake that melts [Em] into _ [Bm] rain. _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Am] Anyway, what I'm saying is [Bm] that one day I'll close my eyes and [C] never, ever open [Em] them again [Bm] in this life. _ _
_ _ [Am] Then I'll go where people go when [Bm] they go beyond _ _
_ [C] _ time. _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ Underground, _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Am] underground,
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_ [D] _ underground, _ _ _ _
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underground, _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ underground, _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ underground,
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_ [D] _ underground, _ _ _ _
_ underground, _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] underground. _ _ _ _ _
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[G] Thank you.
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