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Going Underground

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Key: variesTuning: StandardTempo: 182 BPMestTime signature: 4/4

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87%3 tracks · 2,853 notes · F# major · 180 BPM· 2:53Recommended

Verse

Chorus 1

Verse

Chorus 2

Pre-chorus

Guitar 1

Guitar 2

Bass

76%1 tracks · 1,047 notes · B major · 182 BPM· 2:40

Paul Weller

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —3 tracks · 2:53

About this song

Going Underground by The Jam, around 182 BPM, 4/4 time. This 3-track arrangement runs 2:53 (Distortion guitar and Electric bass (finger)), with alternating verses and choruses and an outro. 2 versions available to play and practice.

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GuitarAdvanced

11.97 notes/sec

BassIntermediate

3.74 notes/sec

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Verse

Chorus

Outro

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0:001:002:002:53

Verse0:01 Chorus 10:36 Verse0:52 Chorus 21:21 Pre-chorus1:32 Pre-chorus2:09 Outro2:27

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Going Underground appears on the soundtrack of The Football Factory.