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Undercurrent by Kate Tempest
Undercurrent
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Cm
Use a capo in fret 3 to play easier chords: Am C/G F E7
[Intro]
Cm Eb/Bb Ab
I feel the pull, the undercurrent, the drag
G7
They try to pull me under
Cm
And the tides that might rip you asunder
Eb/Bb
But you’ve got to stay cool and keep your eyes full of wonder
Ab G7
Only foolish ones are scared of thunder
[Verse 1]
Cm
I feel the pull of the things I reject
Cm
They’re all familiar to him
We had a sorrow with stings
My heart sinks
Cm
But the hollow it brings
G7
Is so fast when you have a night
It’s so fast
Cm
Roll past, feeling better than most
It’s all false, yo
It’s arrogance and ego
Cm
Like closed-eyes zombies
We go through the motions
Cm
And I don’t feel comfortable
Saying « I don’t »
G7
‘Cause it’s like you ain’t a real young person if you won’t
Cm
Take drugs
Fake hugs
Fill your heart with fake love
Cm
Chemical dependencies
And friends become enemies
Cm
It’s like you ain’t cool
And you get looked down on
G7
Your coke-head fiend taps all the taps you frown on
Cm
And I remember how it feels to get buzzy
Cm
No, it feels fucking amazing
I ain’t saying that it doesn’t
Cm
What I’m saying is that I’m scared
Of the way it makes you turn
G7
And I feel I got too much that I learned to go back
Cm
But it’s hard to hold back
Because everywhere around
Cm
People are becoming
Up or coming down
Cm
And they ground the shit
Quick to talk about it
G7
Quick to dangle it in front of your nose
Well this is just the way it goes
Cm
I suppose
But the storm cloud blows a cold breeze
Cm
And my mates turn around and say:
‘Katy, hold these’
Cm
And I’m tempted to throw it all away
And be immersed
G7
In the ecstasy
The cocaine
The ketamine
There’s better things
Cm
I’m screaming at myself that there are better things
Yo
Cm
But better things fade
And that record’s been played
Cm
And I wanna break away and be truthful
G7
When drugs ain’t true
But they make me feel
Closer to you
[Hook]
Cm
I feel the pull, the undercurrent, the drag
I have to fight hard
Eb/Bb
Swim with all my strength
Until the stormy nights pass
Ab
If you wanna be your own you
And let nothing own you
G7
Then experience’s shown you:
After struggle: struggle
Cm
Through an unrewarding muddle with days murkier than puddles but
Eb/Bb
Do what you gotta
See through
All the fog
Ab
A sea view
Is your property too
G7
To yourself, be true
Don’t surrender
Stay clever
Under pressure
[Verse 2]
Cm
To be the honest
I’m weary
Clearly not honest
Cm
Fake shit
I can’t take this baitness
It’s apparent that
Cm
Most are transparent and
G7
Most really haven’t a clue
Well, I pursue a new avenue
Cm
I’ve become lost in the:
‘Have you?’
‘What haven’t’ you?’
The: ‘Do you?’
Cm
‘Or don’t you?’
The: ‘is it?’
Or: ‘is it not cool?’
Cm
All the haircuts
The trainers
The outfits
The accents
G7
And I don’t mean to be cruel, it’s not
Cm
My place to judge
This is all just the stuff of my faults
Cm
People fall
I’ve been trapped as they walk to the shop, because
Cm
Their faults get trapped as they walk, and because
G7
I can’t prove it don’t mean it ain’t real
Cm
I’m a paranoid kid
From the CE, just like you
Cm
Trying to
Make something real
And I might do
Cm
If I could just get me to sleep the whole night through
G7
Then I’d be
Getting somewhere
Like I’m meant to be
Cm
Child of the 21st century
Mentally
Cm
Unstable from dependencies
Cm
Too much drugs made my belly freeze up
Feeling very queezed
G7
Drink down the big bottle
Eyes on the cherry trees
Cm
Blossom as it chips [?]
Let my mind glaze
Cm
Fragged up kids is the usual
These days
Cm
If we even knew the amounts we blaze
G7
We’d be sayin’ how kids these days are real brave
Cm
But we can’t see straight
And we can’t, we bother the most
Don’t give a fuck about politics
Cm
Well, that’s the reality and everything’s grim
G7
So we wear out misery like scars over skin
[Hook]
Cm
I feel the pull, the undercurrent, the drag
I have to fight hard
Eb/Bb
Swim with all my strength
Until the stormy nights pass
Ab
If you wanna be your own you
And let nothing own you
G7
Then experience’s shown you:
After struggle: struggle
Cm
Through an unrewarding muddle with days murkier than puddles but
Eb/Bb
Do what you gotta
See through
All the fog
Ab
A sea view
Is your property too
G7
To yourself, be true
Don’t surrender
Stay clever
Under pressure
[Hook]
Cm
I feel the pull, the undercurrent, the drag
I have to fight hard
Eb/Bb
Swim with all my strength
Until the stormy nights pass
Ab
If you wanna be your own you
And let nothing own you
G7
Then experience’s shown you:
After struggle: struggle
Cm
Through an unrewarding muddle with days murkier than puddles but
Eb/Bb
Do what you gotta
See through
All the fog
Ab
A sea view
Is your property too
G7
To yourself, be true
Don’t surrender
Stay clever
Under pressure
[Outro]
Cm Eb/Bb Ab
To yourself, be true
Don’t surrender
Stay clever
G7
Under pressure
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