R.e.m - Ascent Of Manadd

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

D              C       G
   Now you've worked it out
            D
   And you see it all
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               C       G                                                      |
  |
   And you've worked it out
 /
             D
/
   And you see it all                                                          |
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            C       G
   And you want to shout
            D                      C Bm G E
   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                                                             |
  |
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

Am C
Am C
Bm G

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,
__|
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                                                             |
  |
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 G

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

E                F#        E                F#        E        F#        E        F#        riff
All along the range all along the range
D#m  F#  B/Bsus4
Ages of you

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

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

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

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

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

F#                G#             A#m    A#m - G# - F#
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 G#         A#m    A#m - G# - F#
   I just don't want you anymore
                 G#             A#m    A#m - G# - F#
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 G#         A#m    A#m - G# - F#
   I just don't want you anymore

Rave on!

G#                                   A#m
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too
G#                                   A#m
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too

F#                G#             A#m    A#m - G# - F#
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 G#         A#m    A#m - G# - F#
   I just don't want you anymore
                 G#             A#m    A#m - G# - F#
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 G#         A#m    A#m - G# - F#
   I just don't want you anymore

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

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

F#                G#             A#m    A#m - G# - F#
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 G#         A#m    A#m - G# - F#
   I just don't want you anymore
                 G#             A#m    A#m - G# - F#
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 G#         A#m    A#m - G# - F#
   I just don't want you anymore

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

Chorus
 C             C VIII
You know what you are
Em       F        Am
You?re gonna be a star
 C       D  VIII
You know what you are
Em       F        F
You?re gonna be a star

Verse 2
 D         Am             C
Wing, is written on your heel
Am             C
Your Achilles heel

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

Chorus (same as above)

Middle 8
 Em       C      Am
You know who you are
 Em       C      Am
You know who you are
 Em            C        Am  F
You know who you are

B             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
                    B
And I am getting confused
      C#                       A
I'm a cactus trying to be a canoe

As you pan for ore
               B
In the desert, floored

I say to you

                             G#                 A#m
That I could never imagine a place so beautiful
                        G#m     B
I could never steal your gold away.

         F#        C#       D#m
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
F#                                   D#
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

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

I'm trying to divine you

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

The accent's off
      G#m        C#
But I am what I am

       F#          C#       D#m
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
F#                                   D#m
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

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

I'm trying to divine you.)

G#

C#  B  E  A  G#  F#

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

     F#           C#        D#m
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
F#                                  D#m
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

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

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

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

I'm trying to divine you.)

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

B  B