R.e.m - Ascent Of Manadd

C                Em
   Now the radio stutters. snaps to life.
         Am   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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Em          Am    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 Em 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                                                             |
  |
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

Dm F
Dm F
Em 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,
__|
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 C

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

A                B        A                B        A        B        A        B        riff
All along the range all along the range
G#m  B  E/Esus4
Ages of you

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rave on!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chorus
 F             C VIII
You know what you are
Am       Bb        Dm
You?re gonna be a star
 F       G  VIII
You know what you are
Am       Bb        F
You?re gonna be a star

Verse 2
 G         Dm             C
Wing, is written on your heel
Dm             C
Your Achilles heel

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

Chorus (same as above)

Middle 8
 Am       F      Dm
You know who you are
 Am       F      Dm
You know who you are
 Am            F        Dm  F
You know who you are

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

         B        F#       G#m
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
B                                   G#
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

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

I'm trying to divine you

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

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

       B          F#       G#m
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
B                                   G#m
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

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

I'm trying to divine you.)

C#

F#  E  A  D  C#  B

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

     B           F#        G#m
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
B                                  G#m
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

I try to float like a telegram sam
B                                   G#m
I came across like a battering ram

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

I try to float like a telegram sam
B                                   G#m
I came across like a battering ram

I'm trying to divine you.)

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

E  B