Undertow chords

Pet Shop Boys

Key: 

Simplify 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