REM - "Ignoreland" Tablature

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IGNORELAND


Intro:

F | G | F | G (play chords each for one measure, then riff section)

riff: (Guitar 2 plays riff, Guitar 1 plays chords above tab)

F(VIII) G(X) C(III) D(V) C
E-|--------------------------------------------|
B-|---10-------12\-------8----10---------------|
G-|---10-------12\-------5-----7----------4\0--|
D-|--------------------------------------------|
A-|--------------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------------|


D5 D7(no 3rd) G/D
These bastards stole their power from the victims of the
Em7 D5 D7(no 3rd) G/D
Us v. Them years. Wrecking all things virtuous and true.
D5 D7(no 3rd) G/D Em7
The undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmal
D5 D7(no 3rd) G/D Em7
lost lamb off the precipice into the trickle down runoff pool.
C D C D
They hypnotized the summer, nineteen seventy-nine.
C D F G
Marched into the capital brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready,
F
heartless, and labeled. Super U.S. citizen, super achiever,
G
mega ultra power dosing. Relax.
F(VIII) G(X) C(III) D(V) C
Defense, defense, defense, defense. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
F(VIII) G(X) C(III) D(V) C D
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.
F(VIII) G(X) C(III) D(V) C D
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.
F(VIII) G(X) C(III) D(V) C
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

D5 G/D Em7
The information nation took their clues from all the sound - bite gluttons.
D5 D7(no 3rd) G/D Em7
Nineteen eighty, eighty-four, eighty-eight, ninety-two too, too.
D5 D7(no 3rd) G/D Em7
How to be what you can be, jump jam junking your energies.
D5 D7(no 3rd) G/D Em7
How to walk in dignity with throw-up on your shoes.

C D C D
They amplified the autumn, nineteen seventy-nine.
C D F
Calculate the capital, up the republic my skinny ass.
G F
T.V. tells a million lies. The papers terrified to report

anything that isn't handed on a presidential spoon,
G F(VIII) G(X) C(III) D(V) C
I'm just profoundly frustrated by all this. So, what to do, man.
F(VIII) G(X) C(III) D(V) C D
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.
F(VIII) G(X) C(III) D(V) C D
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.

C Bm
If they weren't there we would have created them. Maybe, it's true,
Bb A
but I'm resentful all the same. Someone's got to take the blame.
D5 D7(no 3rd) G/D Em7
I know that this is vitriol. No solution, spleen-venting,
D5 D7(no 3rd) G/D Em7
But I feel better having screamed; don't you?
C D C D
They desecrated winter, nineteen seventy-nine.
C D F G
Capital collateral. Brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready,
F
heartless, and labeled. Super U.S. citizen, super achiever,
G
mega ultra power dosing. Relax.
F(VIII) G(X) C(III) D(V) C
Defense, defense, defense, defense. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
F(VIII) G(X) C(III) D(V) C D
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.
F(VIII) G(X) C(III) D(V) C D
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.
F(VIII) G(X) C(III) D(V) C
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

{Outro:}

D F(VIII) G(X) C(III) D(V) C D
F(VIII) G(X) C(III) D(V) C D
F(VIII) G(X) C(III) D(V) C D


"This is not a revolution, I did not do the revolution, thank you"