R.e.m - Ascent Of Manadd

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

F              D#       A#
   Now you've worked it out
            F
   And you see it all
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               D#       A#                                                      |
  |
   And you've worked it out
 /
             F
/
   And you see it all                                                          |
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            D#       A#
   And you want to shout
            F                      D# Dm A# 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.
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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

Cm D#
Cm D#
Dm A#

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 A#

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
F#m  A  D/Dsus4
Ages of you

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rave on!

B                                   C#m
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too
B                                   C#m
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too

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

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

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

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

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

Chorus
 Eb             C VIII
You know what you are
Gm       Ab        Cm
You?re gonna be a star
 Eb       F  VIII
You know what you are
Gm       Ab        F
You?re gonna be a star

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

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

Chorus (same as above)

Middle 8
 Gm       Eb      Cm
You know who you are
 Gm       Eb      Cm
You know who you are
 Gm            Eb        Cm  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
      E                       A
I'm a cactus trying to be a canoe

As you pan for ore
               B
In the desert, floored

I say to you

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

         A        E       F#m
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
A                                   F#
(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

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

The accent's off
      Bm        E
But I am what I am

       A          E       F#m
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
A                                   F#m
(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.)

B

E  D  G  C  B  A

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

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

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

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

I try to float like a telegram sam
A                                   F#m
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
            E                        D
And with my hands tied I won't crack
E
('Cause in my mind I called you back.)

D  B