REM - "imitation of life2" Tablature

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Author/Artist: R.E.M.
Title: Imitation Of Life
Album: Reveal
Transcribed by: k_jung@gmx.de
Homepage: http://surf.to/indie-rock


Intro

---0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------
---0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------------------------
---0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------
---2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------------------
---2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------------------------
---0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------------------------------



Riff Intro/Chorus

G E Am D

-------3-------0-------0----0--2---2-----3-----2------------------------------
---------3-------0-------1---1---3---3-----3-----3----------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------2--------------------------------------------------------
-----2-------2-----0----------------------------------------------------------
---3-------0------------------------------------------------------------------



Verse (strum each chord once)

E Am G D E Am G D C

---0--0--3--2---0--0--3--2--0-------------------------------------------------
---0--1--3--3---0--1--3--3--1-------------------------------------------------
---0--2--0--2---0--2--0--2--0-------------------------------------------------
---2--2--0--0---2--2--0--0--2-------------------------------------------------
---2--0--2------2--0--2-----3-------------------------------------------------
---0-----3------0-----3-------------------------------------------------------



Solo/Synthi-organ arranged for guitar

---20-19-----------17-17p15-----20-19-----------17-17p15-----20-19------------
---------17--15-17----------17--------17--15-17----------17--------17---------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------


---------17-17p15-----20-19-15------------------------------------------------
---15-17----------17----------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Play this during the solo:

--------2--------2------------------------------------------------------------
------3---3----3---3----------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---0---------0--------...etc.-------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Bridge: after the solo, the chorus-riff is played again (slight change; when the other instruments fade)

G E Am D

-------3----------0-----------0-----------0-----------------------------------
---------3---3------0---0-------1---1---3---3---3-----------------------------
-----------0----------0-----------2-----------2-------------------------------
----------------------------2---------0---------------------------------------
-----2-----------2--------0---------------------------------------------------
---3-----------0--------------------------------------------------------------



For the ending, end on E after the chorus-riff.

Enjoy!

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