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Rem - Why Not Smile guitar chord

Why Not Smile - R.E.M.

(Oxford American Version)

From: Matt Egan (mde1583@rit.edu)

This is a great, mellow tune from the Oxford American Magazine "Why Not Smile." Here are the lyrics, chords and a bit of tab.

I don't think that this is perfect, but it's a easonable facsimile, and I think it sounds decent.

This is the first tab that I've posted, so I'd love to hear some feedback. Thanks.

D D G A

|--------2--------|--------2--------|--------3--------|--------0--------|

|----3-----3---3--|----3-----3---3--|----3-----3---3--|----2-----2---2--|

|--2---2-----2----|--2---2-----2----|--0---0-----0----|--2---2-----2----|

|0----------------|0----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|0----------------|

|-----------------|-----------------|3----------------|-----------------|

The rest of the song pretty much follows that pattern. You should probably be able to figure it out.

If not, drop a line, and I'll see what I can do.

At the (*) there is some little fill. It's something like this:

|2-0---

|----3-

|------

|------

|------

|------

A6 : 0-0-2-2-2-2

D D G A

The concrete broke your fall

D D G A6

To hear you speak of it

D D G A

I'd have done anything

D D G A6

I would do anything

G A D F#m

I'd feel like a cartoon brick wall

G A6 * D

To hear you speak of it

G A D D

You've been so sad, it makes me worry

G A6 D D

Why not smile?

G A D D

You've been sad for a while

G A6 G A6 D F#m

Why not smile?

G A6 * D D

I would do anything

G A D D

To hear you speak of it

G A6 D D

Why not smile?

G A D D

You've been sad for a while

G A G

You've been sad for a while

A6 D F#m G ... guitar fades out with same chords as organ comes in

-Enjoy

One more note :

Many thanks to David Wagner(wagner@mindspring.com) for the chords/lyrics.

(I just added the finger picking part.)

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