R.e.m - Ascent Of Manadd

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

B              A       E
   Now you've worked it out
            B
   And you see it all
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               A       E                                                      |
  |
   And you've worked it out
 /
             B
/
   And you see it all                                                          |
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            A       E
   And you want to shout
            B                      A G#m E 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.
  |
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

F#m A
F#m A
G#m E

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 E

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
Cm  D#  G#/G#sus4
Ages of you

D#                             Cm
Train pulls over hanging bridge
D#                         Cm
Conductor looks up, thinks
D#                                         Cm
out and down hands, stuck to the left
D#                                 Cm
to the right, you should fall,
D#                                        Cm        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
                        F
But you'll never be the one

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

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

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

Rave on!

F                                   Gm
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too
F                                   Gm
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too

D#                F             Gm    Gm - F - D#
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 F         Gm    Gm - F - D#
   I just don't want you anymore
                 F             Gm    Gm - F - D#
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 F         Gm    Gm - F - 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
                    F
But you'll never be alone

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

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

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

Chorus
 A             C VIII
You know what you are
C#m       D        F#m
You?re gonna be a star
 A       B  VIII
You know what you are
C#m       D        F
You?re gonna be a star

Verse 2
 B         F#m             C
Wing, is written on your heel
F#m             C
Your Achilles heel

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

Chorus (same as above)

Middle 8
 C#m       A      F#m
You know who you are
 C#m       A      F#m
You know who you are
 C#m            A        F#m  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

                             F                 Gm
That I could never imagine a place so beautiful
                        Fm     B
I could never steal your gold away.

         D#        A#       Cm
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
D#                                   C
(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

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

The accent's off
      Fm        A#
But I am what I am

       D#          A#       Cm
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
D#                                   Cm
(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.)

F

A#  G#  C#  F#  F  D#

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

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

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

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

I try to float like a telegram sam
D#                                   Cm
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