R.e.m - Ascent Of Manadd

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

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

Fm G#
Fm G#
Gm D#

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 D#

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

C                D        C                D        C        D        C        D        riff
All along the range all along the range
Bm  D  G/Gsus4
Ages of you

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

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

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

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

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

D                E             F#m    F#m - E - D
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 E         F#m    F#m - E - D
   I just don't want you anymore
                 E             F#m    F#m - E - D
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 E         F#m    F#m - E - D
   I just don't want you anymore

Rave on!

E                                   F#m
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too
E                                   F#m
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too

D                E             F#m    F#m - E - D
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 E         F#m    F#m - E - D
   I just don't want you anymore
                 E             F#m    F#m - E - D
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 E         F#m    F#m - E - D
   I just don't want you anymore

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

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

D                E             F#m    F#m - E - D
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 E         F#m    F#m - E - D
   I just don't want you anymore
                 E             F#m    F#m - E - D
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 E         F#m    F#m - E - D
   I just don't want you anymore

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

Chorus
 Ab             C VIII
You know what you are
Cm       Db        Fm
You?re gonna be a star
 Ab       A#  VIII
You know what you are
Cm       Db        F
You?re gonna be a star

Verse 2
 A#         Fm             C
Wing, is written on your heel
Fm             C
Your Achilles heel

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

Chorus (same as above)

Middle 8
 Cm       Ab      Fm
You know who you are
 Cm       Ab      Fm
You know who you are
 Cm            Ab        Fm  F
You know who you are

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

As you pan for ore
               B
In the desert, floored

I say to you

                             E                 F#m
That I could never imagine a place so beautiful
                        Em     B
I could never steal your gold away.

         D        A       Bm
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
D                                   B
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

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

I'm trying to divine you

E   D    A
                                 F#
My book is called "The Ascent Of Man"
                                   F#m
I marked your chapter with a catamaran

The accent's off
      Em        A
But I am what I am

       D          A       Bm
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
D                                   Bm
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

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

I'm trying to divine you.)

E

A  G  C  F  E  D

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

     D           A        Bm
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
D                                  Bm
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

I try to float like a telegram sam
D                                   Bm
I came across like a battering ram

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

I try to float like a telegram sam
D                                   Bm
I came across like a battering ram

I'm trying to divine you.)

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

G  B