R.e.m - Ascent Of Manadd

D                F#m
   Now the radio stutters. snaps to life.
         Bm   A         G
   Some sour song that sets it right.
             D      G
   And when London falls
         D       G
 /|
   He'd like to call
/ |
             D
  |
   But the stars collide.
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F#m          Bm    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                                                      |
  |
   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 F#m D B
   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

Em G
Em G
F#m 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,
__|
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 D

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

B                C#        B                C#        B        C#        B        C#        riff
All along the range all along the range
A#m  C#  F#/F#sus4
Ages of you

C#                             A#m
Train pulls over hanging bridge
C#                         A#m
Conductor looks up, thinks
C#                                         A#m
out and down hands, stuck to the left
C#                                 A#m
to the right, you should fall,
C#                                        A#m        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

Fm
I've been so alone now
A#                 (b)-7-6-4-6--
For a long long, long time
Fm
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
                         D#m
But your searching never ends
F#  G#                     F# G#
      You've been going
G#                     F# B
With the wrong crowd
G#                        D#m
You've got all the right friends

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

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

Rave on!

D#                                   Fm
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too
D#                                   Fm
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too

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

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

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

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

Chorus
 G             C VIII
You know what you are
Bm       C        Em
You?re gonna be a star
 G       A  VIII
You know what you are
Bm       C        F
You?re gonna be a star

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

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

Chorus (same as above)

Middle 8
 Bm       G      Em
You know who you are
 Bm       G      Em
You know who you are
 Bm            G        Em  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#                 Fm
That I could never imagine a place so beautiful
                        D#m     B
I could never steal your gold away.

         C#        G#       A#m
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"
                                   Fm
I marked your chapter with a catamaran

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

       C#          G#       A#m
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
C#                                   A#m
(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#  B  E  D#  C#

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

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

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

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

I try to float like a telegram sam
C#                                   A#m
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