R.e.m - Ascent Of Manadd

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

G#              F#       C#
   Now you've worked it out
            G#
   And you see it all
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               F#       C#                                                      |
  |
   And you've worked it out
 /
             G#
/
   And you see it all                                                          |
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            F#       C#
   And you want to shout
            G#                      F# Fm C# A#
   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.
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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                                                             |
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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

D#m F#
D#m F#
Fm C#

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 C#

F                          C        riff
Postcard stowaway within
F                        C        riff
Pristine indigo without
F         C                        riff
Banded attoman as such
F                        C        riff
Sofa seated one too much

A#                C        A#                C        A#        C        A#        C        riff
All along the range all along the range
Am  C  F/Fsus4
Ages of you

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

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

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

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

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

C                D             Em    Em - D - C
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 D         Em    Em - D - C
   I just don't want you anymore
                 D             Em    Em - D - C
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 D         Em    Em - D - C
   I just don't want you anymore

Rave on!

D                                   Em
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too
D                                   Em
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too

C                D             Em    Em - D - C
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 D         Em    Em - D - C
   I just don't want you anymore
                 D             Em    Em - D - C
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 D         Em    Em - D - C
   I just don't want you anymore

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

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

C                D             Em    Em - D - C
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 D         Em    Em - D - C
   I just don't want you anymore
                 D             Em    Em - D - C
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 D         Em    Em - D - C
   I just don't want you anymore

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

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

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

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

Chorus (same as above)

Middle 8
 A#m       Gb      D#m
You know who you are
 A#m       Gb      D#m
You know who you are
 A#m            Gb        D#m  F
You know who you are

F             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
                    F
And I am getting confused
      G                       A
I'm a cactus trying to be a canoe

As you pan for ore
               B
In the desert, floored

I say to you

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

         C        G       Am
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
C                                   A
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

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

I'm trying to divine you

D   C    G
                                 F#
My book is called "The Ascent Of Man"
                                   Em
I marked your chapter with a catamaran

The accent's off
      Dm        G
But I am what I am

       C          G       Am
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
C                                   Am
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

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

I'm trying to divine you.)

D

G  F  A#  D#  D  C

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

     C           G        Am
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
C                                  Am
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

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

I'm trying to divine you.)
C                                   Am
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

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

I'm trying to divine you.)

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

F  B