REM - "sitting still" Tablature

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SITTING STILL (3 Versions here)


SITTING STILL (Version 1)

{note: In this song and many other REM songs, there is an A9 chord.
This chord can be interchanged with Asus2. Here is my favorite A9
position:

(E) -0- its just like playing an A chord using a 5th fret
(B) -0- barre E chord. If you move it to the seventh fret,
(G) -6- it becomes a B11. On the 8th fret, its a Cmaj7. On
(D) -7- the 10th, its a D9add6. On the 3rd fret, its a very
(A) -7- pretty G6 chord. On the second, its a neat sounding F#
(E) -5- sort-of chord. On the first fret, Its a Mexican sounding
F chord.}


A BaddE/F# is an easy chord. It looks like this. Don't play the A-string.
Obviously, you pick this chord -don't strum, It'll sound shitty.

BaddE/F# BaddE (normal)
(E) -0- -0-
(B) -0- -0- To switch between these chords, move
(G) -2- -2- only ONE finger.
(D) -4- -4-
(A) -x- -2-
(E) -2- -x-



{intro: A9 G#m F#m / A9 G#m B / }

E BaddE/F# BaddE
This ...
E BaddE/F# BaddE
See ...
E BaddE/F# BaddE
We ...
E BaddE/F# BaddE
We ...

chorus:

B A
Up to ...
B A
Setting ...

verse 2
(same as before)

verse 3

chorus

verse 4

chorus

{same as intro}
I can hear ...

You can ...
You ...

chorus:

Can you hear me?



SITTING STILL (Version 2)

--transcribed by Michael Cummings, gt3677a@prism.gatech.edu

C#m7 : XX6454
B X24442
A X02220


Riff A:
A G#m F#m E
[---(5)--4-4---2-2---2-2--2-2---] [--0--]
[---(5)--4-4---2-2---2-2--2-2---] repeat [--0--]
[----6---4-4---2-2---2-2--2-2---] 3 x [--1--]
[----7---6-6---4-4---4-4--4-4---] then -> [--2--]
[----7---6-6---4-4---4-4--4-4---] [--2--]
[-------------------------------] [-----]

Riff B:
[-----0--------0--------0--|-----0--------0---------0--]
[--------0--------0--------|--------0--------0------0--]
[--2--------2--------2-----|--2--------2--------2--(1)-]
[-(4)----------------------|-(4)-------------------(2)-]
[--------------------------|---------------------------]
[--------------------------|---------------------------]

INTRO: Riff A

This ... (Riff B)
See ... (Riff B)
We ... (Riff B)
We ... (Riff B)

CHORUS:
B A
Up to ...
B A
Silly ...

I'm ... (Riff B)
I'm ... (Riff B)
We ... (Riff B)
We ... (Riff B)

--CHORUS

(w/Riff A) I can ...

This .... (Riff B)
See .... (Riff B)
We ... (Riff B)
We ... (Riff B)

--CHORUS

(w/Riff A) I can ...

F#m A G#m E
You can ...
F#m
You ...

--CHORUS

(w/Riff A) I can ....
(w/Riff A) I ....

A C#m7
Can ...?



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SITTING STILL (Version 3)

From the-concourse-on-high

Intro:

(e)0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 . . . 0
(b)0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 . . . 0
(g)6-6-4-4-2-2-2-2 . . . 1
(d)7-7-6-6-4-4-4-4 . . . 2
(a)7-7-6-6-4-4-4-4 . . . 2
(e)remains open, gets hit incidentally

strum as you will, that's where the left hand goes.