REM - "out of time album" Tablature

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


Radio Song
==========


"Hey, I can't find nothing on the radio...Yo, turn it to that
station"

Ab Absus Ab
The world is collapsing around our ears
Absus Ab Absus4
I turned up the radio, I can't hear it.
F F
When I got to the house and I called you out
F F
I could tell that you had been crying, crying.
F F
It's that same same song on the radio makes me sad
Bb7
I meant to turn it off, to say good bye, to leave in quiet (See 'Ya)
F
The radio song, hey, hey, hey
Ab Absus Ab Absus Ab
Absus
I've everything to show, I've everything to hide, look into my eyes,
listen

Bb Eb

F F
When I got to the show (yo ho ho) I could tell that you had been
crying, crying
F F
It's that same same song (The DJ Sucks!) it makes me sad
Bb7 Bb7 F
I tried to turn it off, to say goodbye my love, that radio song, hey,
hey, hey

Ab Absus Ab
The world is collapsing around our ears
Absus Ab Absus
I turned up the radio, But I can't hear it.
F
Yea (yea, baby, baby, baby, baby)
Bb7 Bb7
I tried to sing along, but damn that radio song
F
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Ab Absus
I've everything to show (everything to show),
Ab Absus
I've everything to hide (everything to hide),
Ab Absus
Look into my eyes, listen to the radio
Absus Ab Ab Ab
I turned up the radio, I can't hear it
Ab Bb Eb
Now I can't hear it.
F
Hey, hey, hey (say what)
Hey, hey, hey (let me do that with you)
Hey, hey, hey, hey ,hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, (say what, say what, say what)
Hey, hey, hey (check it out)
(What are you saying, what are you playing.)
(Who are you obeying day out and day in.)
(Baby, baby, baby, baby, that stuff is driving me crazy.)
(DJs communicate to the masses, sex and violent classes.)
(Now our children grow up prisoners, all their lives radio
listeners.)




Losing My Religion
==================

(intro: Dm Am Dm G)

G Am Em
Oh, life it's bigger,
Em Am
it's bigger that you and you are not me
Em
The lengths that I will go to,
Am
the distance in your eyes
Em Dm
Oh no I've said too much,
G
I've said it all
Am
That's me in the corner,
Em
that's me in the spotlight,
Am
losing my religion
Em
Trying to keep up with you
Am Em
and I don't know if I can do it
Dm
Oh no I've said too much,
G
I haven't said enough

F
I thought that I heard you laughing,
Am Am/B Am/C Am/E
I thought that I heard you sing
F Dm Am
I think I thought I saw you try







{same as before}

Every whisper of every waking hour
I'm choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded foal, oh
Oh no I've said too much, I said it all
Consider this, consider this
a hint of the century,
Consider this, a slip that brought me to my knees, pale
What if all these fantasies come flailing around
Now I've said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing,
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

Am
But That was just a dream
C G
That was just a dream

{same as before}
That's me in the corner,
that's me in the spotlight,
losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
and I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much,
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing,
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
But That was just a dream
Try, cry, fly, and try
That was just a dream
Just a dream
Just a dream
Dream





Low
===

A G B A G B {keep repeating
A G and B chords}

Dusk is dawn is day, where did it go
I've been laughing, fast and slow
Moving in still-frame, howling at the moon
Morning found me laughing, up and down, down, low, low, low
Night suits me fine, morning suits me fine
I've been so happy, happy, way up high, high
In between, down below, low, low, low
Low, low, low
C G Em
I skipped the part about love
C G Em
It seemed so silly to love

A G B .......
Low, low, low
Low, low, low
I said the morning, it isn't your time
Barefoot and naked, I can see your lines
It doesn't bother me, if you are white
Your grass is grassly wet
Your light, white is bright, light, white, light

C G Em
I'll skip the the part about love
C G Em
It seems so shallow, to love

Low, low, low
Low, low, low

You and me, we know about time
We know how things go, they come and go and live and grow
They pass and go and glow and glow, up and down, high and low, low, low, low
Low, low, low

I skipped the part about love
It seemed so silly to love
I skipped the part about love
It seemed so shallow, love
Low, low, low
Low, low, low
I like you hands, all full of glory, all full of glory




Near Wild Heaven
================


Intro : D A G G D G

A G A G
Whenever we hold each other, we hold each other
F#m G F#m G
There's a feeling that's gone, something has gone wrong
A G A
And I don't know how much longer I can take it
G A
How speed of heart can break it
G A G
Take my head in your hands and shake it in this near wild heaven
D A G
Not near enough (living inside, living inside)
D A G
Near wild heaven (living inside, living inside, living inside)

Whatever it takes I'm giving, it's just a gift I'm giving
Try to live inside, try to move inside
And I always thought that it would make me smarter
But it's only made me harder
My heart flown open wide in this near wild heavan
Not near enough (living inside, living inside)
Near wild heaven (living inside, living inside, living inside)
Near wild heaven (living inside, living inside, living inside)
Near wild heaven (living inside, living inside, living inside)
Near wild heaven (living inside, living inside, living inside)
Near wild heaven

Holding my hands together, holding my feet together
Holding myself together in this near wild heaven
not near enough (living inside, living inside)
Not near enough (living inside, living inside)
Near wild heaven
Near wild heaven (living inside, living inside, living inside)
Near wild heaven (living inside, living inside, living inside)
Near wild heaven (living inside, living inside, living inside)
Near wild heaven (living inside, living inside, living inside)




Endgame
=======


riff#1
m1,m2... means measure1,measure2......

| m1 | m2 |m3 | m4 |
(G) -------0-----------0-------7------7-6--------
(D) ---------2-----------4-------6---------7-----
(A) -0-2-3------3-s-5------5-------7---------0-2-3...

sometimes measure 4 is played like this....

(G)-6-7-6
(D) ------
(A) ------0-2-...

chorus: {this is a riff off of a D chord}

(E) ---------5-3-2-- | | |
(B) ---3-3-3-3-3-3-- | | / / / / |
(G) ---2-2-2-2-2-2-- | Bm | A Asus4 A5 Asus4 | ...repeat
(D) -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-- | | |

{coming out of the chorus after the D riff you play...}
E / / / E7 / / /

{then somewhere along there, theres that bridge ....}

D / / / F# major / / / G / / / E7 / / /

That's it, hope it wasn't too confusing. You'll have to kind of piece
these parts together as the song goes. Many of the melody notes are found
within the open chords.




Shiny Happy People
==================


{intro: G Em Bm C} chord: E B A B
string: E(1) -2-0-2-0---------0---2-0
E B A B B(2) ---------0-0-0-2---0---
Shiny happy people laughing
F#m F#m7 A E
Meet me in the crowd, people, people
F#m F#m7 A E
Throw your love around, love me, love me
F#m A E
Take it into town, happy, happy
F#m A E
Put it in the ground where the flowers grow
B E
Gold and silver shine
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing

Everyone around, love them, love them
Put it in your hands, take it, take it
There's no time to cry, happy, happy
Put it in your heart where tomorrow shines
Gold and silver shine
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing
(Here we go)
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing
People, happy people
People, happy people





Belong
======


Chords : Gmaj7 & CaddF# - repeat for whole song.

Her world collapsed early Sunday morning.
She got up from the kitchen table,
folded the newspaper and silenced the radio.
Those creatures jumped the barricades
and headed for the sea, sea.

Those creatures jumped the barricades and headed for the sea.
She began to breath, to breath at the thought of the sea
she would sit and wisper to her child, belong.
She held the child and whispered with calm, calm, belong.

She stood and whispered to her child, belong.
She held the child and whispered with calm, calm belong.

Those barricades can only hold for so long.
Her world collapsed early Sunday morning.
She took the child, held tight, opened the window.
The breath, this song held on and knew, knew, belong.




Half A World Away
=================


{Intro: Am G D Em }

{On the Am chord hammer on to the D string (second fret) in rhythm with
the song.}

A D7sus2 looks like this:
(E) -0- I could have called it an Am(add D) since the low A
(B) -1- is in the bass note I believe. However, It leads into
(G) -2- a G chord, and musically, a D is what you'd want to
(D) -0- call it.
(A) -0-
(E) ---

{Notice that the majority of this song follows the pattern:
G / D / Em / Am D7sus2 It's really cool how the progression
starts out on Am but in the middle of the song, the verse starts
pretty much on G.}

Am G
This could be the saddest dusk
D Em
I've ever seen
Am
Turn to the miracle

G D
I alive
Em Am
My mind is racing
G D
As it always will
Em Am
My hand is tired my heart aches
G D
From half a world away
Em
Hear my head swarm
F
To go it alone
And hold it alone
D
Haul it alone
Dsus4 D
And hold it
F
Go it alone
Hold it alone


D7 G D
Oh lonely deeps and hollows
Em
Half a world
Am D7sus2 G
Half the world away
D
My shoes are gone
Em Am D7sus2
And life spent
G D
I had too much to drink
Em
I didn't think
Am D7sus2 G
I didn't think of you
D Em
I guess that's all I needed
F
To go it alone
And hold it alone
D
Haul it alone
And hold it
F D7
Blackbirds backwards forwards and fall

D7 G D
Oh this lonely world is wasted
Em Am D7sus2 G
Pathetic eyes high life
D Em Am
The blinded tide is turned to sea
G D
The storm it came up strong
Em
And it shook the trees
Am D7sus2 G
And blew away our fear
D Em
I couldn't need to hear

{same as before}

To go it alone
And hold it alone
Haul it alone
And hold it
To go it alone
And hold it alone
Haul it along
To go it alone
And hold it alone
Haul it along
And hold it
Blackbirds backwards forwards and fall

This could be the saddest dusk
I've ever seen
Turn to the miracle
I alive
My mind is racing
As it always will
My hand is tired my heart aches
From half a world away





Texarkana
=========


Em G D
20,000 miles to an oasis
Em A G
20,000 years will I burn
Em G D
20,000 chances are wasted
Em A G
Waiting for the road to turn

C D
I would give my life to find it
Bm
I would give it all
C Am
Catch me if I fall

(Verse same as above)

Walking through the woods I have faced it
Looking for something to earn
30,000 thoughts have been wasted
Never in my time to return

(Chorus same)

I would give my life to find it
I would give it all
Catch me if I fall

(Interlude)

Asus4 G

G D G
All alone
G D Em
Waiting to fall

40,000 stars in the evening
Look at them fall from the sky
40,000 reasons for living
40,000 tears in your eye

I would give my life to find it
I would give it all

(End different from usual chorus)

Em D
Catch me if I fall






Texarkana (Alternative)
=======================


Em G Bm
20,000 miles to an oasis
Em A G
20,000 years will I burn
Em G Bm
20,000 chances I've wasted
Em A G
waiting for the moment to turn
C D
I would give my life to find it
Bm
I would give it all
C C/B Asus2

Catch me if I fall A(5) : -0-2---
{bass riff notes: E G A B tab: E(6) : -0-h-3-------... }
{ "moody blues part" Em / Em7 D x 2}

Walking through the woods I have faced it
Looking for something to burn
30,000 thoughts have been wasted
Never in my time to return
I would give my life to find it
I would give it all
Catch me if I fall

D G D E {yes, a plain 'ol E major chord}
(all alone, waiting to find)

40,000 stars in the evening,
Look at them fall from the sky
40,000 reasons for living,
40,000 tears in your eye
I would give my life to find it
I would give it all
Catch me if I fall
Catch me if I fall
Catch me if I fall




Country Feedback
================


{This song is in 2/2. It repeats these 8 measures over and over and
over for the entire song. }

Intro: Em G D C G D Cmaj7 /

Em G
This flower is scorched
D
This film is on
C G
On a maddening look
D Cmaj7 /
These clothes
Em G
These clothes don't fit us right
D C
I'm to blame
G D
It's all the same
Cmaj7
It's all the same

{...and so on..}

You come to me with a bone in your hand
You come to me with your hair curled tight
You come to me with positions
You come to me with excuses
Ducked out in a row
You wear me out, You wear me out
We've been through faith breakdown
Self hurt
Plastics collections
Self help self pain EST
Psychics fuck off
I was central
I had control
I lost my head
I need this
I need this
A paper weight junk garage
Winter rain a honey pot
Crazy, all the lovers have been tagged
Hotline wanted ad
Crazy what you could have had
It's crazy what you could have had
It's crazy what you could have had
I need this
I need this




Me In Honey
===========


Here is a neat lick to simulate the groovy bass
to Me In Honey. Only play the four strings
indicated in the tab. It's basically a C# chord
that's been modified a bit. The h stands for
"hammer-on".The numbers stand for frets. This is
my first attempt to write compu - tab. (Hint: barre
the 4th fret)

{high} E (1st) | xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
B (2nd) | 6-6---6-6-6-6-
string: G (3rd) | 6-6---6-6-6-6-
D (4th) | 4-4-h-6-6-6-4-
A (5th) | 4-4---4-4-4-4-.....repeat
{low}E (6th) | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


{see "lick" }

I sat there looking ugly looking ugly and mean,
Knew what you were saying, you were saying to me
Baby's got some new rules, baby said she's had it with me
Seems a shame to waste your time on me
Seems alot to waste your time on me
G#
Left me to love,
G#7 lick
What it's doing to me

There's wild honey in this world
Baby there's honey so sweet
If you got to do what you do, do it with me
Seems a shame to waste your time on me
G#
Left me to love,
G#7 lick
What it's doing to me

Knocked a silly knock flat, sideways down
Those things they pick you up, turn you around
Say your piece, say you're sweet for me
If it's all the same, share the pain with me
If it's all the same, save the shame for me
G#
Left me to love,
G#7 lick
What it's doing to me

Baby's got some new rules, baby said she's had it with me
There's a fly in the honey, baby's got a baby with me
That's a part, that's a part of me
G#
Left me to love,
G#7 lick
What it's doing to me
G#
Left me to love,
G#7 lick
What it's doing to me

What about me
What about me

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