Into:
F D G C C C C (x3) C D –

Post-Intro Bass notes: AAEAAAAA

Verse 1:
Choose from any number of magazines
Who do you want to be?
Billy Idol or Kool Moe Dee?

Chorus 1:
If you’re afraid they might discover
Your redneck past
There are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past
They’ll never send you [E/B]home

Verse 2:
Roots
The funny limbs that grow underground
That keep you from fallin’ down
Don’t you think that you need ‘em now?

Chorus 2:
Just find a place where no one knows of
Your redneck past
Yeah, you can easily dispose of your redneck past
You’ll show them all back [E/B]home

Bridge:
Desole
Je suis American
Please cook my steak again
Je suis American
[C/F]Desole
Je ne parle pas francais

[-] ((Ye[-]lled) Yo! Yeah? Yo! Break em off! Break em off!)

Verse 3:
Laws- vary from state to state
Getcha some books on tape
To learn about holes in space

Chorus 3:
If you’re afraid they might uncover
Your redneck ass
There are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past
Ohohoh, oh oh oh oh ohohoh ohhh
It’s good to be back h[E/B]ome

(Live)
UNDERGROUND – BEN FOLDS FIVE
This is off the LIVE DVD (Sessions at West54th)

Intro:
I was never cool in school, I’m sure You don’t remember me . . .
And now it’s been ten years, I’m still wonderin’ who to be . . .
And I'd love to mix in circles, cliques an[B/D#]d social cote[C#/F]r-ies’ that’s me!
(hand me my nose ring) Can [Bsus4/F#] we be ha – ppy
(show me the mosh pit) [B/E]Can [Bsus4/E]we be [B/E]ha – ppy

We can [B/D#]be hap – [B/D#]py un ‘ der ’ ground

( B ‘ B#5 ‘ B6 ‘ B#5 ) x2

Verse 1:
Who’s got the looks? Who’s got the brains? Who’s got everything?
I’ve got this pain in my heart, [(G5)] that’s all
Hey you, with the [Em/G]long and lonely face Well there’s gotta be something else
[E/F#]Let me tell you
Verse 2:
Something else, There was a girl that passed me by,
She gave a smile but I was shy, I looked down, [(G5)] so down
Don’t look there no no,[Em/G] go go underground, And now there’s a place to[E/F#] go

Bridge:
It’s the morning now, It’s the evening, It’s everything,
[Em/G]I click my heels . . . and I’m there

Chorus 1:
B C# E2 N/C
Underground, Underground, Ooooooooooo, Everything’s happy underground,
You’ve been kicked a ‘ round, Did life bring You down here
[B/D#] [B/D#] [F#/F#-Ab-Bb-C#-F#]

Eve ‘ ry thing’s hea – vy un ‘ der ‘ ground

Bass notes

Vesre 3:
We’ll be decked in all black and Slamming the pit fan-tas-tic
Officer Friendly’s little boy’s got a Mohaw[(G5)]k he knows
Just where we’re coming from
It’s industrial, [Em/G]work it underground, Get down, get down, get [E/F#]down

Chorus 2:
B C# E2 N/C B
Underground, Underground, Ooooooooooo, Everything’s happy underground,
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) Gmaj7 . . F#2 . . B . . B . . x2 ( G ‘ F# – B) end.