REM - "The Great Beyond" Tablature

Song: The Great Beyond
Band: REM
CD: Man on the Moon Soundtrack

tabbed by: Jamie D.

Tuning: Standard

Chords used:

Am7 x02010
Dsus2 xx0230
C x32010
C/B x22010
Am x02210
G 320033
D xx0232


if you want the first verse to sound softer you could use finger
picking for example play the chords like this:


Am7 Dsus2
e--------0----------------0----------
B------------1----------------3------
G--------------0-------2--------2----
D-----2-------------0----------------
A--0---------------------------------
E------------------------------------

otherwise you can just strum them



Am7 Dsus2
i've watched the stars fall silent

Am7 Dsus2
from your eyes

Am7 Dsus2 Am7 Dsus2
all the sights that i have seen

Am7 Dsus2 Am7 Dsus2
i can't believe that i believed i wished that you could see

Am7 Dsus2
there's a new planet in the solar system

Am7 Dsus2
there is nothing up my sleeve



C C/B Am
i'm pushing an elephant up the stairs

C C/B Am
i'm tossing up punchlines that were never there

C C/B Am
over my shoulder a piano falls

G
crashing to the ground



Am7 Dsus2
and all this talk of time

Am7 Dsus2
talk is fine

A7 Dsus2 Am7 Dsus2
and i don't want to stay around

Am7 Dsus2 Am7 Dsus2
why can't we pantomime just close our eyes and dream sweet dreams

Am7 Dsus2
being here with wings on our feet



C C/B Am
i'm pushing an elephant up the stairs

C C/B Am
i'm tossing up punchlines that were never there

C C/B Am
over my shoulder a piano falls

G
crashing to the ground


Am C G D
i'm breaking through i'm bending

Am C G
spoons i'm keeping flowers in full

Am C G D C
bloom i'm looking for answers from the great beyond


Am7 Dsus2 Am7
i want the dragonflies the dancing bears

Dsus2
sweetest dreams of you

Am7
look into the stars

Dsus2
look into the night



C C/B Am
i'm pushing an elephant up the stairs

C C/B Am
i'm tossing up punchlines that were never there

C C/B Am
over my shoulder a piano falls

G
crashing to the ground



Am C G D
i'm breaking through i'm bending

Am C G
spoons i'm keeping flowers in full

Am C G D C
bloom i'm looking for answers from the great beyond


Am C G D
i'm breaking through i'm bending

Am C G
spoon i'm keeping flowers in full

Am C G D
bloom i'm looking for answers from the great

C
answers from the great

C
answers

repeat the chorus a couple more times and that's it

peace
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