Biography:
Suzanne Vega (born Suzanne Nadine Vega on 11 July 1959 in Santa Monica, California) is an American singer-songwriter noted for her eclectic folk-inspired music. Two of Vega's songs (both from her second album Solitude Standing, 1987) reached the top 10 of various international chart listings: " Luka" and "Tom's Diner".
Though born in California, Vega has lived most of her life in New York City. There, she attended the High School of the Performing Arts (the school seen in the feature film musical Fame), where she studied modern dance.
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Other songs:
- Marlene On The Wall
- Tom's Diner
- Angels Doorway
- Bad Wisdom
- Caramel
- Fools Complaint
- Frank Ava
- Frank Eva
- Freeze Tag
- Gypsy
- I Never Wear White
- In Liverpool
- Ironboundfancy Poultry
- Knight Moves
- Language
- Left Of Center
- Luka
- New York Is A Woman
- Night Vision
- Ny Is A Woman
- Penitent
- Pornographers Dream
- Queen And The Soldier
- Rock In This Pocket
- Rosemary
- Small Blue Thing
- Solitude Standing
- Songs In Red And Gray
- Straight Lines
- The Man Who Played God
- Toms Diner
- Undertow
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Love this song.
I'll admit chords are probably not exact as Suzanne adds quite a few funny chords,
but these ones fit the song!
For the chords on the verses, some fingerpulling is required.
Just pluck the three highest strings!
Capo on three (or two, if that suits your voice better)!
Chords -
Em * (xxx453) (Basically Dm moved up two)
D (xxx232)
C (x32010)
Cadd9 (x32033)
Em7 (x22033)
Em * is an Em chord, but it's a variation. Hence, the asterisk!
Intro: Em * D Em * D C D
Verse:
Em * D
I believe right now if I could
Em * D
I would swallow you whole
Em * D
I would leave only bones and teeth
Em * D
We could see what was underneath
Cadd9
And you would be free then
Em * D Em * D
Once I thought only tears could make us free
Em * D
Salt wearing down to the bone
Em * D
Like sand against the stone
Cadd9
Against the shoreline
Chorus (strum):
Em7 D
I am friend to the undertow
Em7 D
I take you in, I don't let go
Cadd9
And now I have you
Em * D Em * D
Ooh
Verse:
Em * D
I wanted to learn all the secrets
Em * D
From the edge of a knife
Em * D
From the point of a needle, from a diamond
Em * D
From a bullet in flight
Cadd9
I would be free then
Chorus:
Em7 D
I am friend to the undertow
Em7 D
I take you in, I don't let go
Cadd9
And now I have you
Em7 D
I am friend to the undertow
Em7 D
I take you in, I don't let go
Cadd9
And now I have you
Verse:
Em * D Em * D
I wanted to see how it would feel to be that sleek
Em * D Em * D
And instead I find this hunger's made me weak
C D
I believe right now if I could
Em * D
I would swallow you whole
Em * D
I would leave only bones and teeth
Em * D
We could see what was underneath
Cadd9
And you would be free then
Chorus:
Em7 D
I am friend to the undertow
Em7 D
I take you in, I don't let go
Cadd9
And now I have you
Em7 D
I am friend to the undertow
Em7 D
I take you in, I don't let go
Cadd9
And now I have you
Em * D Em * D
Ooh
End on Em * ...
I'll admit chords are probably not exact as Suzanne adds quite a few funny chords,
but these ones fit the song!
For the chords on the verses, some fingerpulling is required.
Just pluck the three highest strings!
Capo on three (or two, if that suits your voice better)!
Chords -
Em * (xxx453) (Basically Dm moved up two)
D (xxx232)
C (x32010)
Cadd9 (x32033)
Em7 (x22033)
Em * is an Em chord, but it's a variation. Hence, the asterisk!
Intro: Em * D Em * D C D
Verse:
Em * D
I believe right now if I could
Em * D
I would swallow you whole
Em * D
I would leave only bones and teeth
Em * D
We could see what was underneath
Cadd9
And you would be free then
Em * D Em * D
Once I thought only tears could make us free
Em * D
Salt wearing down to the bone
Em * D
Like sand against the stone
Cadd9
Against the shoreline
Chorus (strum):
Em7 D
I am friend to the undertow
Em7 D
I take you in, I don't let go
Cadd9
And now I have you
Em * D Em * D
Ooh
Verse:
Em * D
I wanted to learn all the secrets
Em * D
From the edge of a knife
Em * D
From the point of a needle, from a diamond
Em * D
From a bullet in flight
Cadd9
I would be free then
Chorus:
Em7 D
I am friend to the undertow
Em7 D
I take you in, I don't let go
Cadd9
And now I have you
Em7 D
I am friend to the undertow
Em7 D
I take you in, I don't let go
Cadd9
And now I have you
Verse:
Em * D Em * D
I wanted to see how it would feel to be that sleek
Em * D Em * D
And instead I find this hunger's made me weak
C D
I believe right now if I could
Em * D
I would swallow you whole
Em * D
I would leave only bones and teeth
Em * D
We could see what was underneath
Cadd9
And you would be free then
Chorus:
Em7 D
I am friend to the undertow
Em7 D
I take you in, I don't let go
Cadd9
And now I have you
Em7 D
I am friend to the undertow
Em7 D
I take you in, I don't let go
Cadd9
And now I have you
Em * D Em * D
Ooh
End on Em * ...
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