{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1085253,"song":"The Undercover Man","artist":"Van der Graaf Generator","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11240334-the-undercover-man-chords-by-van-der-graaf-generator/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1085253?type=chord","rating":4.48334,"votes":5,"content":"Van der Graaf Generator - The Undercover Man\r\nfrom the album Godbluff (1975).\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch] sus [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n--2-----2-----4-----2-------|\r\n--2-----2-----5-----3----5--|\r\n--2-----4-----4-----2----6--|\r\n--4-----4-----6-----0----6--|\r\n-------------------------4--|\r\n----------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]         F#sus \r\nHere at the glass - [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F#m[/ch]                        F#sus\r\nall the usual problems, all the habitual farce.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                   F#sus\r\nYou ask, in uncertain voice, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nwhat you should do,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nas if there were a choice but to carry on [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nmiming the song[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nand hope that it all works out right.[/tab]\r\n\r\n                       F#sus     \r\nTonight it all seems so strange - \r\n[tab]               [ch]F#m[/ch]/[ch]A[/ch]          F#sus/[ch]G#[/ch]\r\nmy spirit feels rigid, my body deranged;[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]                          F#sus\r\nstill that's only from one point of view[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]/[ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand we can't have illusion between me and you,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nmy constant friend, ever close at hand -[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nyou and the undercover man.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][[ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]][ch]E/G#[/ch]           [ch]B/D#[/ch]\r\n---------0----------------|\r\n---------0-------------4--|\r\n---------1-------------4--|\r\n---------2-------------4--|\r\n-----------------------6--|\r\n-0-2--4-------------------|\r\n I re flect: 'It's very strange[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch] \r\nto be going through this change[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwith no idea of what it's all been about[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [[ch]E[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]C#[/ch]][ch]Bb/D[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]B5[/ch] \r\n----------------------------|       --------|\r\n-------------------------3--|       --3--3--|\r\n-------------------------3--|       --3--3--|\r\n-------------------------3--|       --3--2--|\r\n--------------0--2----4--5--|       --1--1--|\r\n--0----1--3-----------------|       --------|[/tab]\r\n[tab] [[ch]E[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]C#[/ch]][ch]Bb/D[/ch]  \r\nexcept in the context of time...'[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]B5[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, but I shirk it, I've half a mind not to work it all out.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C#dim[/ch]\r\n------------|\r\n--7---5--5--|\r\n--7---5--3--|\r\n--7---5--5--|\r\n--5---3--4--|\r\n------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIs this madness just the recurring wave of total emotion,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]                  \r\nor a hide for the undercover man,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nor a litany - all the signs are there of fervent devotion -[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n----------------8--7------------8---7------5--|\r\n-------7----5---5--5-----8------5---5------6--|\r\n-------7----5---5--5-----9------5---5------5--|\r\n-------7----5---5--5-----10-----5---5------7--|\r\n-------5----3------------10-------------------|\r\n-------------------------8--------------------|\r\nor the cracking of the   dam?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n     \r\n[tab]     [ch]F#dim[/ch] [ch]Adim[/ch] [ch]Cdim[/ch]             [ch]Ebdim[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n---------------------------------------------|\r\n-----1-------4---7---------------10-------8--|\r\n-----2-------5---8---------------11-------9--|\r\n-----1-------4---7---------------10-------9--|\r\n------------------------------------------7--|\r\n-----2-------5---8---------------11----------|\r\nIt's cracked;        smashed and bursting over you,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthere was no reason to expect such disaster.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    EmMaj7  [ch]G/D[/ch]   [ch]A/Db[/ch]\r\n-----7--| ---7--| --3-----5--|\r\n-7---8--| ---8--| --3-----5--|\r\n-8---9--| ---8--| --4-----6--|\r\n-9------| ------| --5--------|\r\n-9---7--| ---6--| --5-----4--|\r\n-7------| ------| -----------|[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]                     \r\nNow, panicking, you burst for air,[/tab]\r\nEmMaj7\r\ndrowning, you know you care\r\n[tab][ch]G/D[/ch]                             [ch]A/Db[/ch]    \r\nfor nothing and no-one but yourself[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand would deny even this hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhich stretches out towards you to help.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]             [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\n--------------------------------------------------------|\r\n------------3-----------------5--------------5-------4--|\r\n------------4-----------------4--------------5-------4--|\r\n------------4-----------------5--------------5-------4--|\r\n------------------------------3--------------3-------2--|\r\n------------3-------------------------------------------|\r\nBut would I leave you in this moment of your trial?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]       [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIs it my fault that I'm here to see you crying?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]+                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n------------------------------------------------------------|\r\n----------------------1------------1---------------------1--|\r\n--------------------2------------2---------------------2----|\r\n------------------2------------3---------------------2------|\r\n--------------r-0----------r-0-------------------r-0--------|\r\n------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nThese phantom figures all around you should have told you,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]+          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nyou should have found out by now,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nif you hadn't gone and tried to do it all by yourself.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Db5[/ch]  [ch]D5[/ch]   [ch]Eb9[/ch]\r\n-------------|\r\n----------6--|\r\n--6--7----6--|\r\n--6--7----5--|\r\n--4--5----6--|\r\n-------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nSax solo over F minor riff\r\n\r\n[tab][[ch]Db[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch]] [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B/D#[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Ev-en  now we are not lost: if you look out at the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch] \r\nyou'll see the colours and the lights seem to say[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]][ch]Bb/D[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n people are not far a-way, at least in distance,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B5[/ch]\r\nand it's only our own dumb resistance[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthat's making us stay.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C#dim[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen the madness comes, let it flood on down and over me sweetly,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nlet it drown the parts of me weak and blessed and damned,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nlet it slake my life, let it take my soul and living completely,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nlet it be who I     am.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere may not be time for us all to run in tandem together -[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch] \r\nthe horizon calls with its parallel lines.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt may not be right for you to have and hold in one way forever[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand yet you still have  time,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nyou still have  time.[/tab]","plain_text":"Van der Graaf Generator - The Undercover Man\nfrom the album Godbluff (1975).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                       F#sus     \nTonight it all seems so strange - \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC Cmaj7 C   C Cmaj7 F\n     \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmMaj7\ndrowning, you know you care\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAb  Bb  C\n\n\n\nSax solo over F minor riff\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD  C  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