Spoon - The underdog
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Tuning: E A D G B E
The "~" means play that stuff quickly. Like, one strum of the chord then move on
[Intro]
G... G ~ B
C Bm D G G ~ B ~ C
C Bm D G G ~ G/F# ~ Em
[Verse]
Em Picture yourself in the Amliving room
your pipe and slippers set Gout for you
I know you think that it Bmain't too far
But EmI hear the call of a lCifetime ring
C ~ D ~ G
felt the need to get up for it
Oh, you cut out the Ammiddleman
get Bmfree from the middleman
[Chorus]
C You got no time for the Gmessenger,
C D G ~ B ~ C
got no regard for the thing that you don't understand,
C you got no fear of the Bmunderdog,
D that's why you will not survive
G C G D D G C ~ G
C Bm D G G Bm
C Bm D G G ~ G/F# ~ Em
[Verse]
Em I want to forget how conCviction fits
but can I Dget out from Gunder it?
Can I gut it Bmout of me?
C It can't all be Gwedding cake
It can't all be Amboiled away
I try but I can't let Bmgo of it
I Bcan't let go of it,
[Chorus]
C 'Cause you don't talk to the Gwater boy
C D G ~ B ~ C
and there's so much you could learn but you don't want to know,
C You will not back up an Bminch ever,
D that's why you will not survive,
G C G D D G C ~ G
C Bm D G B ~ C
C Bm D G.... G ~ G/F# ~ Em
[Verse]
Em The thing that I Amtell you now
DIt may not go Gover well G
EmAnd it may not be Amphoto-op
Din the way that I Gspell it out
[Chorus]
C But you won't hear from the Bmmessenger,
C D G ~ B ~ C
don't wanna know 'bout something that you don't understand,
CYou got no fear of the uBmnderdog,
Dthat's why you will not survive
[Outro]
G C G D D G C ~ G
C Bm D G G ~ B ~ C x2
C Bm D
G C G D D G C-G
C Bm D G G ~ B ~ C
C Bm D G