{"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":1086519,"song":"Undertow","artist":"Show of Hands","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11240674-undertow-chords-by-show-of-hands/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1086519?type=chord","rating":4.65332,"votes":4,"content":"Standard (up tuned 2 semi tones)  Listen to song for timing\r\n\r\nIntro\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Csus2[/ch]  \r\nBorn in a Devonshire seaside town 21 years ago[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Dsus2[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFailed At school, broken home, you know the scars will show,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy girl Amy just 19, wants to be a nurse,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSays we need skills and if we don’t leave we’ll end up somewhere worse[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nWe talk about America, we dream of Spain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon’t want another winter here, in the English rain,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nWe long for Australia I’ll catch waves all day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe might have been born here, no way we’ll stay.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\nWhen summer comes round, I’ll be found, working all along the beach,\r\nHiring boards putting up chairs, trying to keep our dream in reach,\r\nStaring at the stars Amy and me, soaking the sun warmed ground,\r\nOr lying in the dunes, sand in her hair, as the moon turns round\r\n\r\nWe talk about America, we dream of Spain, \r\nDon’t want another winter here in the English rain,\r\noooooo Australia we’ll catch waves all day,\r\nWe might have been born here, no way we’ll stay\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nThen one black night my best friend stole a car by the docks,\r\nand If he’d seen the London plates, he never would have forced the locks,\r\nHe hit the M5 110, laughing as the clock span round,\r\nLeft it burning in a cliff top field it lit his way to town\r\n\r\nHe was almost home but they were waiting either end of his road,\r\nTrapped in the yard at the back of the spar, where the vans and the lorries unload,\r\nI remember sirens flashing lights, I found him left for dead,\r\nSaw Amy at the A&E working all night, through the glass doors shaking her head,\r\n\r\nNo talk about America, no dreams of Spain,\r\nBut he’s got another winter now in the English rain,\r\nWhoa Australia never catch waves all day,\r\nYou know he was born here, and here he’ll stay\r\n\r\nooo America, I could learn a trade,\r\nWe might make some money there, we’ll have it made,\r\nooo Australia, we long to go,\r\nbut there’s another winter now in the undertow\r\n\r\nthe undertow \r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] (repeated till end; finish on [ch]C[/ch])\r\n\r\nFrom Seaton to Sidmouth,\r\nExmouth round to Torquay,\r\nKingsbridge, Salcombe, \r\nIt’s always the same, same story\r\nIn the undertow.","plain_text":"Standard (up tuned 2 semi tones)  Listen to song for timing\n\nIntro\nG    C   D     C G D Em\n\nVerse\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEm    G   D    Em\n\nWhen summer comes round, I’ll be found, working all along the beach,\nHiring boards putting up chairs, trying to keep our dream in reach,\nStaring at the stars Amy and me, soaking the sun warmed ground,\nOr lying in the dunes, sand in her hair, as the moon turns round\n\nWe talk about America, we dream of Spain, \nDon’t want another winter here in the English rain,\noooooo Australia we’ll catch waves all day,\nWe might have been born here, no way we’ll stay\n\nEm    G   D        G    C   D     C G D Em\n\n\nThen one black night my best friend stole a car by the docks,\nand If he’d seen the London plates, he never would have forced the locks,\nHe hit the M5 110, laughing as the clock span round,\nLeft it burning in a cliff top field it lit his way to town\n\nHe was almost home but they were waiting either end of his road,\nTrapped in the yard at the back of the spar, where the vans and the lorries unload,\nI remember sirens flashing lights, I found him left for dead,\nSaw Amy at the A&E working all night, through the glass doors shaking her head,\n\nNo talk about America, no dreams of Spain,\nBut he’s got another winter now in the English rain,\nWhoa Australia never catch waves all day,\nYou know he was born here, and here he’ll stay\n\nooo America, I could learn a trade,\nWe might make some money there, we’ll have it made,\nooo Australia, we long to go,\nbut there’s another winter now in the undertow\n\nthe undertow \n\nG    C   D     C (repeated till end; finish on C)\n\nFrom Seaton to Sidmouth,\nExmouth round to Torquay,\nKingsbridge, Salcombe, \nIt’s always the same, same story\nIn the undertow.","chords":["G","C","D","Em","Csus2","Dsus2","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dsus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,0],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}