REM - "green album" Tablature

From: Rich Ormerod <Richard.Ormerod@newcastle.ac.uk>

Pop Song 89
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The tab to the opening riff of Pop Song '89 is:

(E) --8-5-------------------------------------------
(B) ------8--------5--------------------------------
(G) -----------------7--5--7-s-9--7--7-h-9-p-7------
(D) -------------------------------------------5--7-

{Intro: A A D D A A D D D x 3}

A D A D
Hello ..
A D A D
I ..
A D A D

A D A D
Hello ..
A D A D
I ..

E G D BaddE
Should ...
E G D B
Should ..

{break: B / / / B / / / E / / / E7 / / /
B / / / B / / / E / / / D/Dsus4

are real close to the chords - often in them. I think its weird
that Pete didn't play them on the acoustic version.}

Hello ..
And ..
Hello ..
I ..




Get Up
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{Intro: E B C G A E B C G Bb}

A D
Sleep ..
A
Where ..
D
I ..
A
Sleep ..
D
Wake ..
A
You've ..
D
Way ..

E B C G A
Dreams ..
E B C G Bb
Dreams ..

I've ..
I've ..
Life ..
I've ..
With ..
I ..
Well ..
Where ..

{break A D A D w/ 13 alarm clocks going off at once}

This..
To ..


You Are The Everything
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{Intro Am}
G D
Sometimes ..
G
I'm ..
D
I'm ...
G
Eviscerate ..
G
Here's ..
D
You're ..
G
The ..
D
The ..
C G C
All ..
G
You ..
C
The ..
G
But ..
D
The ..
D
And ..
D G
For ..
G D
I ..
G D
And ..
G
But ..
D
Everything ..
G
And ..
D
She ..
C
I look ..
G
Of the ..
C G
The ..
C
Late ..

D
With ..
D
You ..
D
You ..
D Am
You ..



Stand
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{intro: E A B}

E A B
Stand ...
A A/G# E
Now ..
E A
Think ..
F# B A E
Wonder ..
E A B
Now ..
A A/G# E
Now ..
E A
Think ..
F# B A E
Wonder ..

E A C# C B
If ..
E A G A B
Carry ...
E A C# C B
Your ..
E A G G A B
Your ..

Your ..
Your ..
If ..
Listen ..
The ..

{at the end of this song, it goes up a key, so the chords are:
F# B C# .....
then they go up again to:
G# C# D# .....
however, the song ends on:
E
so STAND!




World Leader Pretend
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{Between the Em and Bm chords play this ----
(D) -0-2-4-2-0- }

{Intro Em Bm Em Bm Em Bm G A }

D G C D
I ..
D G C D.
It ...
D G C
I ...
D D
I ..
G C D
I ..

Em Bm
Em Bm
This ..
Em Bm G A
I ..

I've ..
I ..,
I ..
I ..
I ..
I ..
I've ..

It's ..
This ..
I ..

Am C Am C
Reach ..
Am C Am A G
Let ..

This ..
And ..
This ..
And ..
I ..
To ..
It's ..
That ..

It's ..
This ..
I ..

You ..
You ..
And ..one
I ..
{End on Em}





Orange Crush
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Orange Crush goes :

| Em | Em | G | D | in the verses
| E | B | F# | B | in the chorus

Follow ..
I've ..
Collar..
I've ..
We ..
I've ..
Spread ..
Coming ..
Paid ..




Orange Crush
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{Intro: Em G D2}

Em
Follow ..
G D
I've ...
Em
Collar ..
G D
I've ..
Em G
We ..
D
I've ..
Em
Spread ..
G D
Coming ...

{the break is: Emajor B F# B as many times as necessary}

Paid in full




Hairshirt
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{This song repeats these 8 measures throughout the verses:
G / / / G / / / A7 / / / A7 / / / C / / / C / / / G / / / G / / /}

I am ..
That ..
For ..
Run ..
And you ..

G A7 C Am
I ..
Am
It's ..
C C
To ..
Of desire G
{verse}
I ..
And ..
To ..
So ..
Feed ..
And ..
It's ..
And ..
Away ..
Or ..
All ..

Here ..
It's ...
My ..
It's ..
Your ..




(Untitled) - Pieces printed in the 1988 fan club holiday card
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C
This ..
G C
I ..
C
This ..
G
This ..


I ..
But ..
All ..
Hold ..
While ..
Hold ..
While ..

{Break : F7 C F7 G}

I've ..
And ..
Just ..
I've ..
And ..
Just ..
Hold ..
While ..
Hold ...
While ..