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The Undercover Man
From Van der Graaf Generator's album "Godbluff"
Intro: Fm
Fm C Fm
Here at the glass - all the usual roblems! C
all the habtual farce#
Fm C Fm
$ou as%! n uncertan voce! &hat ou should do
(b
as f there &ere a choce
)b Cm
but to carr on mmng the song
*+ote: here I ut a lne n lo&er case ou can la as a bass
lne!
and then the chord#,
g - ab - bb-ab- g - eb - g - Fmand hoe that t all &or%s out
rght#
Tonght t all seems so strange - m srt feels rgd!
m bod deranged
stll that's onl from one ont of ve&
and &e can't have lluson bet&een me and ou!
m constant frend! ever close at hand -
ou and the undercover man#
*g - ab - bb-ab- g - eb - g - Fm, . /
(b Fm )b
I reflect: 'It's ver strange to be gong through ths change
F0
&th no dea of &hat t's all been about
1b
e.cet n the conte.t of tme###'
2 1
3h! but I shr% t! I've half a mnd not to &or% t all out#
C0 1 Co
C0 F0 G0
Is ths madness 4ust the recurrng &ave of total emoton!
C0 F0 G0
or a hde for the undercover man!
C0 F0 G0
or a ltan - all the sgns are there of fervent devoton -
C0 1 1 - 1ma45 6 1 1 - 1ma45 6 C071 C0571 - C0871 6 1
or the crac% - ng of the dam9Fo Fo72b Fo7Cb Fo7(bb (bm
It's crac%ed smashed and burstng over ou!
)b 1
there &as no reason to e.ect such dsaster#
(bm
+o&! anc%ng! ou burst for ar!
(bm7)
dro&nng! ou %no& ou care
(bm7)b (bm7C
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for nothng and no-one but ourself
C0 F0
and &ould den even ths hand &hch stretches out
to&ards ou to hel#
F0 F0ma45 1 1b
1ut &ould I leave ou n ths moment of our tr - al9
F0 F0ma45 1 1b
Is t m fault that I'm here to see ou cr - ng9
1These fantom fgures all around ou should have told ou!
F0
ou should have found out b no&!
F0ma45 1
f ou hadn't gone and tred to do t all b ourself#
Interlude: C0 )0 6 F 6 C0 )0 6 Fo
a. solo: *g - ab - bb-ab- g - eb - g - Fm,
(ven no& &e are not lost: f ou loo% out at the nght
ou'll see the colours and the lghts seem to sa
eole are not far a&a! at least n dstance!
and t's onl our o&n dumb resstance
that's ma%ng us sta#;hen the madness comes! let t flood on
do&n and over me s&eetl!
let t dro&n the arts of me &ea% and blessed and
damned!
let t sla%e m lfe! let t ta%e m soul and lvng comletel!
let t be &ho I am#
There ma not be tme for us all to run n tandem together -
the hor
