R.e.m - Ascent Of Manadd

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

C#              B       F#
   Now you've worked it out
            C#
   And you see it all
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               B       F#                                                      |
  |
   And you've worked it out
 /
             C#
/
   And you see it all                                                          |
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            B       F#
   And you want to shout
            C#                      B A#m F# D#
   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

G#m B
G#m B
A#m F#

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 F#

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

D#                F        D#                F        D#        F        D#        F        riff
All along the range all along the range
Dm  F  A#/A#sus4
Ages of you

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

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

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

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

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

F                G             Am    Am - G - F
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 G         Am    Am - G - F
   I just don't want you anymore
                 G             Am    Am - G - F
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 G         Am    Am - G - F
   I just don't want you anymore

Rave on!

G                                   Am
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too
G                                   Am
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too

F                G             Am    Am - G - F
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 G         Am    Am - G - F
   I just don't want you anymore
                 G             Am    Am - G - F
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 G         Am    Am - G - F
   I just don't want you anymore

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

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

F                G             Am    Am - G - F
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 G         Am    Am - G - F
   I just don't want you anymore
                 G             Am    Am - G - F
   I don't wanna be with you anymore
                 G         Am    Am - G - F
   I just don't want you anymore

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

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

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

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

Chorus (same as above)

Middle 8
 D#m       B      G#m
You know who you are
 D#m       B      G#m
You know who you are
 D#m            B        G#m  F
You know who you are

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

         F        C       Dm
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"
                                   Am
I marked your chapter with a catamaran

The accent's off
      Gm        C
But I am what I am

       F          C       Dm
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
F                                   Dm
(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  A#  D#  G#  G  F

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

     F           C        Dm
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
F                                  Dm
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

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

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

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

I'm trying to divine you.)

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

A#  B