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Rem - Chorus & The Ring guitar tab

CHORUS & THE RING

By R.E.M.

>From Reveal

Tab by Chris Lawrence (mustang@islandnet.com)

There seems to be at least 2 guitars, a clean electric panned

left and an acoustic panned right. They seem to be playing

slightly different variations on the same chords.

Verse chords (listen to LP for timing):

E--0-----5---

B--2-----3---

G--0-----0---

D--2-----4---

A--0-----5---

E------------

Sometimes substitute Dsus2 for the Sugar Mtn D.

Or the electric sometimes plays this chord:

E--5--

B--3--

G--2--

D--0--

A-----

E-----

chorus:

E--0---

B--3---

G--2--- dont know second chord..

D--0---

A------

E------

bridge:

E--3-- --0--

B--3-- --0--

G--0-- for three --0--

D--0-- bars, then: --2-- back into A7/D verse

A--2-- --2--

E--3-- --0--

after the 3rd chorus, the electric plays this:

E------0-------5----

B--------2---3---3--

G----------0-------- repeat while acoustic plays

D----2-------------- A7/D rhythm chords...

A--0----------------

E-------------------

end on A7.

Lyrics:

hey there now young one

you swing alone, quote the scriptures,

keep them guessing which bed you crawled from

justify, just deny

was it fun?

your time has come

what have you done?

what have you done?

that's when the insults start to sting

you can't remember anything

the chorus chiming

every chorus the machine of God

singin'.

it's the poison that it measures

brings illuminating vision

it's the knowing with the wink

that we expect in Southern women

it's the wolf that knows which trip to dip to save its soul

it's the octopus that crawled back to the sea.

that's when the insults start to sting

you can't remember anything

the chorus chiming

every chorus the machine of God

hey.....

hammered, shooting plywood in the backyard

laughing 'cause the racket makes the blackbird sing

like the holy terror

suck the marrow from the bone

since you're always burning books

you got the chorus and the ring

that's when the insults start to sting

you can't remember anything

the chorus chiming

every chorus the machine sings.

that's when the insults start to sting

you can't remember anything

the chorus chiming

every chorus the machine sings.

that's when the calibration brittle

as a stick hits you

the gold ring in the time museum

cheaper than a link

gold ring

gold ring.

sing.

sing.

sing.

sing.

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