R.e.m - Ascent Of Manadd

B                D#m
   Now the radio stutters. snaps to life.
         G#m   F#         E
   Some sour song that sets it right.
             B      E
   And when London falls
         B       E
 /|
   He'd like to call
/ |
             B
  |
   But the stars collide.
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D#m          G#m    F#       E
   They're beautiful and much maligned.
        B   E              B       E
   In a universe where you see the worst,
            F#
   And it's up to you to fix it.

F#              E       B
   Now you've worked it out
            F#
   And you see it all
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               E       B                                                      |
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   And you've worked it out
 /
             F#
/
   And you see it all                                                          |
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            E       B
   And you want to shout
            F#                      E D#m B G#
   How you see it all

It's easy to dismiss the 'what's it all about' crowd.
There is no doubt. it's this, here, now.
And you close your eyes.
 /|
He's not coming back.
/ |
So you work it out, overfeed the cat.
  |
And the plants are dry and they need to drink.
__|
So you do your best. and you flood the sink.
Sit down in the kitchen and cry.

Now you've worked it out
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And you see it all                                                             |
  |
And you've worked it out
 /
And you see it all
/
And you want to shout                                                          |
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How you see it all

C#m E
C#m E
D#m B

Now the universe left you for a runners lap.
It feels like home when it comes crashing back.
And it makes you laugh
And it makes you cry,
 /|
When London falls
/ |
And you're still alive.
  |
The radio stutters,
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It makes you laugh
And the aftermath,
Open up your eyes.
You're so alive.

Now you've worked it out
And you see it all
And you've worked it out
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And you see it all                                                             |
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And you want to shout
 /
How you see it all
/
How you've worked it out                                                       |
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And you see it all
How you've worked it out
And you see it all

End on B

D#                          A#        riff
Postcard stowaway within
D#                        A#        riff
Pristine indigo without
D#         A#                        riff
Banded attoman as such
D#                        A#        riff
Sofa seated one too much

G#                A#        G#                A#        G#        A#        G#        A#        riff
All along the range all along the range
Gm  A#  D#/D#sus4
Ages of you

A#                             Gm
Train pulls over hanging bridge
A#                         Gm
Conductor looks up, thinks
A#                                         Gm
out and down hands, stuck to the left
A#                                 Gm
to the right, you should fall,
A#                                        Gm        riff
the horses just don't gossip anymore

F              D# B
I know you say
               D# B
Maybe some day
                F#
I need never be alone
D#  F                  D# F
        I know I say
                    D# B
It's the right way
                        C
But you'll never be the one

Dm
I've been so alone now
G                 (b)-7-6-4-6--
For a long long, long time
Dm
I don't wanna hang out now
F#
With the folks that just stopped by

F               D# B
While you party
F                   D# B
You've been looking
                         Cm
But your searching never ends
D#  F                     D# F
      You've been going
F                     D# B
With the wrong crowd
F                        Cm
You've got all the right friends

Dm
I've been walking alone now
G            (b)-7-6-4-6--
For a long, long time
Dm
I don't want to spend now
Cm
With the folks...that just aren't mine

A#                C             Dm    Dm - C - A#
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 C         Dm    Dm - C - A#
   I just don't want you anymore
                 C             Dm    Dm - C - A#
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 C         Dm    Dm - C - A#
   I just don't want you anymore

Rave on!

C                                   Dm
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too
C                                   Dm
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too

A#                C             Dm    Dm - C - A#
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 C         Dm    Dm - C - A#
   I just don't want you anymore
                 C             Dm    Dm - C - A#
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 C         Dm    Dm - C - A#
   I just don't want you anymore

F              D# B
I know you say
               D# B
Maybe some day
                F#
I need never be alone
D#  F                  D# F
        I know I say
                    D# B
It's the right way
                    C
But you'll never be alone

Dm
I've been walking alone now
G            (b)-7-6-4-6--
For a long, long time
Dm
I don't gotta hang out
Cm
With the folks...that just aren't mine

A#                C             Dm    Dm - C - A#
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 C         Dm    Dm - C - A#
   I just don't want you anymore
                 C             Dm    Dm - C - A#
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 C         Dm    Dm - C - A#
   I just don't want you anymore

F#           C#m                        C
Humming all the way to Reno
          C#m                     C
You?ve dusted the non-believers
       C#m                                Riff 1
And challenged the laws of chance
        F#                C#m                 C
Now, Sweet, You were so sugar sweet
     C#m                           C
You may as well have had ?kick me?
  C#m                                Riff 1
Fastened on your sleeve

Chorus
 E             C VIII
You know what you are
G#m       A        C#m
You?re gonna be a star
 E       F#  VIII
You know what you are
G#m       A        F
You?re gonna be a star

Verse 2
 F#         C#m             C
Wing, is written on your heel
C#m             C
Your Achilles heel

C#m                        Riff 1
Is a tendency?
     F#               C#m                   C
To dream but you?ve known that from the beginning
   C#m                 C
You didn?t have to go so far
   C#m                                Riff 1
You didn?t have to go

Chorus (same as above)

Middle 8
 G#m       E      C#m
You know who you are
 G#m       E      C#m
You know who you are
 G#m            E        C#m  F
You know who you are

D#             B
So hesitation pulled me back
                    A
I'm stronger when I don't attract
                   B
In your eyes I'm a lamb without a rack
                    D#
And I am getting confused
      F                       A
I'm a cactus trying to be a canoe

As you pan for ore
               B
In the desert, floored

I say to you

                             C                 Dm
That I could never imagine a place so beautiful
                        Cm     B
I could never steal your gold away.

         A#        F       Gm
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
A#                                   G
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

I came across like a battering ram
A#                                   C#
I try to float like a telegram sam

I'm trying to divine you

C   A#    F
                                 F#
My book is called "The Ascent Of Man"
                                   Dm
I marked your chapter with a catamaran

The accent's off
      Cm        F
But I am what I am

       A#          F       Gm
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
A#                                   Gm
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

I came across like a battering ram
A#                                   C#
I try to float like a telegram sam

I'm trying to divine you.)

C

F  D#  G#  C#  C  A#

F                                   F#
I looked for you, it's my last grandstand
                             Dm
A motorscootered goat legged pan
                   Cm   F
Figure eighting in quicksand

     A#           F        Gm
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
A#                                  Gm
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

I try to float like a telegram sam
A#                                   Gm
I came across like a battering ram

I'm trying to divine you.)
A#                                   Gm
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

I try to float like a telegram sam
A#                                   Gm
I came across like a battering ram

I'm trying to divine you.)

D#                       B
So hesitation pulled me back
                 A
I'm so in love I don't attract
            F                        D#
And with my hands tied I won't crack
F
('Cause in my mind I called you back.)

D#  B