Undertow Chords
Undertow by Pet Shop Boys is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, D, Em, Bm, Am, Cmaj7, Em7, Asus4, A, C/E and D/E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
C-D-Em-C
(the ascending feel of the progression is mainly due to using inversions, you can
experiment with that.)
Em
There’s an undertow
C D
pulling me to you
Em
There’s an undertow
C D
dragging me down
Em
And there’s an undertow
C D
I’ve got to pursue you
Em
There’s an undertow
D Bm C Am D
whenever you’re around, around, around
Cmaj7 Bm
Nothing has been spoken of this
Cmaj7 D
Neither of us has said
Cmaj7 Bm
anything to anyone
Am D
but nonetheless I’ve felt
Cmaj7 Bm
danger when you cross my path
Cmaj7 D
or walk into the room
Cmaj7 Bm
I cannot escape this fate
Am D
It’s my approaching doom
Em
There’s an undertow
C D
pulling me to you
Em
There’s an undertow
C D
dragging me down
Em
And there’s an undertow
C D
I’ve got to pursue you
Em
There’s an undertow
D Bm C Am D
whenever you’re around, around, around
Cmaj7 Bm
Save me, I can’t help it I’m sinking
Cmaj7 D
Help me get away
Cmaj7 Bm
But even as I speak these words
Am D
I know I’m gonna stay
Em7 Emº
Oh, where is my guardian angel
Asus4 A
when I need him most?
Em7 Emº
Who’ll be my guardian angel
Asus4 A
with danger so close?
Em
There’s an undertow
C D
pulling me to you
Em
There’s an undertow
C D
dragging me down
Em
And there’s an undertow
C D
I’ve got to pursue you
Em
There’s an undertow
D Bm C Am D
whenever you’re around, around, around
C/E D/E
I know that there’s trouble coming
Em D/E
I know that there’s trouble coming
C/E D/E
I know that there’s trouble coming
Em
and it’s coming soon
Em
There’s an undertow
C D
pulling me to you
Em
There’s an undertow
C D
dragging me down
Em
And there’s an undertow
C D
I’ve got to pursue you
Em
There’s an undertow
D Bm C Am D
whenever you’re around, around, around
There’s an undertow
There’s an undertow
There’s an undertow