Around The Sun Album by R.E.M. Chords: E Em F Fm F# Fm# G Gm G# Gm# e--0---0---1---1---2---2---3---3---4---4--| B--0---0---1---1---2---2---3---3---4---4--| G--1---0---2---1---3---2---0---3---5---4--| D--2---2---3---3---4---4---0---5---6---6--| A--2---2---3---3---4---4---2---5---6---6--| E--0---0---1---1---2---2---3---3---4---4--| A Am A# Am# H Hm C Cm C# Cm# D Dm D# Dm# e--0---0---1---1---2---2---0---3---4---4---2---1---6---6--| B--2---1---3---2---4---3---1---4---6---5---3---3---8---7--| G--2---2---3---3---4---4---0---5---6---6---2---2---8---8--| D--2---2---3---3---4---4---2---5---6---6---0---0---8---8--| A--0---0---1---1---2---2---3---3---4---4---0---0---6---6--| E--0---0---1---1---2---2---0---3---4---4---0---0---6---6--| Number on the right is the number of the guitar part ------- Leaving New York Intro: e---3-------3-------6-------6----------| B-----5---5---5---5---8---8---8---8----| G-------4-------4-------8-------8------| D--------------------------------------| A--------------------------------------| E--------------------------------------|

It's q^Emuiet now, and wh^D#at it brings is ^Ceverything... ^A# ^Am Em D# C A# Am /| Comes calling back a brilliant night, I'm still awake / | Em D# C A# Am | I looked ahead I'm sure I saw you there __| You d^Emon't need me to t^D#ell you now, that n^Cothing can comp^A#are ^Am

^G You might have laughed if I t^Dold you Y^Cou might have hidden the fr^Amown G D __ You might have succeeded in changing me | | C Am / I might have been turned around / G D |__| It's easier to leave than to be left behind L^Ceaving was never my pr^Amoud L^Geaving New York never e^Dasy ^CI saw the life fading o^Amut

Now life is sweet and what it brings I tried to take... /| The loneliness, it wears me out, it lies in way / | And on our lost till in my eyes, shadow of necklace across your thigh | I might have lived my life in a dream, but i swear, this is real __| Memory fuses in shatters out glass, but carry your future, forget the past But it's you, it's what i feel. You might have laughed if I told you (it's pulling me apart) __ You might have hidden the frown (change) | | You might have succeeded in changing me (it's pulling me apart) / I might have been turned around (change) / It's easier to leave than to be left behind (it's pulling me apart) |__| Leaving was never my proud (change) Leaving New York never easy (it's pulling me apart) I saw the light fading out | I | | N | You find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart | T | Em D# | R | You find it in your heart, change... | O | I told you, forever, I love you, forever (you find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart) __ I told you ,I love you, I love you, forever | | (you find it in your heart, change) / I told you, forever, I love you, forever / (you find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart) |__| I told you, I love you, I love you, forever (you find it in your heart, change) You might have laughed if I told you (forever, forever,I told You, forever) You might have hidden the frown (change) You might have succeeded in changing me (it's pulling me apart) I might have been turned around (change) __ It's easier to leave than to be left behind (it's pulling me apart) | | Leaving was never my proud (change) / Leaving New York never easy (it's pulling me apart) / I saw the life fading out (change) |__| Leaving new york never easy (it's pulling me apart) I saw the light fading out (change) Leaving new york never easy (it's pulling me apart) I saw the life fading out (change)

^D#-----^Em--

Electron Blue Intro: F

You're ^Con your ear, the ^Focean's near The l^Cight has started to f^Fade Your h^Cigh is timed, you f^Found the climb C F C /| It's hard to focus on more than what's in front of you / | F | Electron Blue __| Adv^Centure rings with a p^Fage and When it d^Cawns on you, It s^Finges blue Your b^Cuzz beginning to w^Fane.

Adv^Dmenture has laid its cl^Caim on you Am G __ It's all you want to do. | | Dm / You / C |__| You know where to run ^Am You run El^Gectron Blue.

C F And who am I' I'm just a guy I've got a story like everyone /| But in your eyes / | You looked surprised | And didn't know where to run __| I looked to her She's found the cure Her future's already begun Tomorrow's gaining speed on you It's all you want to do __ You | | You know where to run / You run Electron Blue / You |__| You know where to run You run electron blue F So bide your time You'll feel the climb Your high it builds like a lightning storm /| It sings like pearls / | You know that girl | And no one is any the wiser __| So as if on cue..... Electron Blue Tomorrow's gaining speed on you It's all you want to do You __ You know where to run | | You run, Electron Blue / You / You know where to run |__| You run, Electron Blue You You know where to run You run, Electron Blue End on F ------ The Outsiders Intro: Em D Em Em D Em /| You took me to the restaurant where we first met / | Em D Em | You knocked a future shock crowbar upside my head __|

^Em I got caught with the st^Dop of the t^Gick-tock, t^Amick-tock cl^Emock D Em __ When you told me what you knew | | Em D / Lost in the moment / G Am Em |__| The day that the music stopped And I do rem^Dember y^Emou

I tried to tell you I am not afraid /| You looked up and saw it all across my face / | So am I with you or am I against | I don't think it's that easy - we're lost in regret __| Now I'm trying to remember The feeling when the music stopped __ When you told me what you knew | | Lost in the moment / The day that the music stopped / And I do remember you |__| __ Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth | | Promising volcanic change of plot __| Where does this leave us - I'm scared of the storm | The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born |__| __ Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth | | Promising volcanic change of plot __| Where does this leave us - I'm scared of the storm | The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born |__|

The o^Emutsiders are g^Dathering, a n^Emew day is born The o^Emutsiders are g^Dathering ^Em

Chords for this part: Em D G Am A man walks away when every muscle says to stay How many yesterdays - they each weigh heavy Who says what changes may come' Who says what we call home' I know you see right through me, my luminescence fades The dusk provides an antidote, I am not afraid I've been a million times in my mind This is really just a technicality, frailty, reality Uh, it's time to breathe, time to believe Let it go and run towards the sea They don't teach that, they don't know what you mean They don't understand, they don't know what you mean They don't get it, I wanna scream I wanna breathe again, I wanna dream I wanna float a quote from Martin Luther King I am not afraid I am not afraid I am not afraid I am not afraid I am not afraid I am not afraid I am not afraid End on G ------ Make It All Ok Intro: F

You thr^Few away the b^Amallast and you r^Dmowed your boat ash^Core Gm C /| Didn't you, now' Didn't you' / | F Am Dm C | You made your ultimatum too big to ignore __| Didn't y^Gmou, now' Didn't y^Cou'

So you w^Amorked out your excuses, turned aw^Day and shut the door. Am __ The world's too vast for us now, | | D / and you wanted to explore / Em C |__| It's a long, long long road And I d^Emon't know which way to g^Co If you ^Emoffered me your hand again I'd h^Dmave to walk aw^Cay. ^A#

When I saw you at the street fair, you called out my name /| Didn't you, now' Didn't you' / | You said we could start over, try and make it all okay. | Didn't you, now' Didn't you' __| So our past has been rewritten and you threw away the pen. __ You'd said that I was useless, | | but now you'll take me in again / Well Jesus loves me fine. / And your words fall flat this time. |__| Was it my imagination, or did I hear you say, "We don't have a prayer between us." Didn't you believe that I have finally turned away' /| Didn't you, now' Didn't you' / | Anything to hold onto to help me through my day. | Didn't you, now' Didn't you' __|

J^Amesus loves me f^Dine. But his w^Amords fall flat this t^Dime. It's a l^Emong, long long r^Coad And I d^Emon't know which way to g^Co If you ^Emoffered me your world, did you th^Cink I'd really stay' If you ^Emoffered me the heavens, I would h^Cave to turn away. Was it m^Emy imagination, or d^Dmid I hear you s^Cay, "We do^A#n't have a prayer between us." Didn't y^A#ou, now' Didn't y^A#ou, now' Didn't yo^Fu' ------

Final Straw Play several times smth like this for the intro and every time you see "Dm" further in this song: e------1-------------1----------| h - hammer on B------3---3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3--| G--2-------2-2-2-0h2-----2-0-2--| D--0-------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0--| A-(0)---------------------------| E-------------------------------|

As I r^Dmaise my head to broadc^Cast my obj^Dmection Dm C Dm /| As your latest triumph draws the final straw / | Dm C Dm | Who died and lifted you up to perfection' __| And what s^Dmilenced me is wr^Citten into l^Dmaw.

I c^Can't believe where circumstance has thr^Dmown me __ C Dm | | And I turn my head away / C Dm / If I look I'm not sure that I could face you. |__| Not ag^Amain. Not tod^Cay. Not tod^Dmay.

If hatred makes a play on me tomorrow /| And forgiveness takes a back seat to revenge / | There's a hurt down deep that has not been corrected | There's a voice in me that says you will not win. __| __ And if I ignore the voice inside, | | Raise a half glass to my home. / But it's there that I am most afraid, / And forgetting doesn't hold. It doesn't hold. |__|

Now I d^Fon't believe and I never did That t^Dmwo wrongs make a right. If the w^Forld were filled with the likes of you Then I'm p^Dmutting up a fight. Putting up a f^Fight. Putting up a f^Dmight. Make it r^Amight. Make it r^Cight. ^Dm

Now love cannot be called into question. /| Forgiveness is the only hope I hold. / | And love... love will be my strongest weapon. | I do believe that I am not alone. __| __ For this fear will not destroy me. | | And the tears that have been shed / It's knowing now where I am weakest / And the voice in my head. In my head. |__| __ Then I raise my voice up higher | | And I look you in the eye / And I offer love with one condition. / With conviction, tell me why. |__| Tell me why.

Tell me wh^Amy. Look me in the ^Ceye. Tell me wh^Dmy.

Am C Dm End on Dm ------ I Wanted to Be Wrong Intro: E Fm#

Y^Eou know where I c^Fm#ome from Y^Eou know what I f^Fm#eel Y^Eou're Yul Brenner W^Fm#estworld E Fm# /| Reporting from the field. / | E Fm# | I threw it into reverse, __| Made a m^Eotion to rep^Fm#eal. You k^Eicked my legs from ^Fm#under me, And tr^Eied to take the wh^Fm#eel.

A H A __ I told you I wanted to be wrong, | | H A / But everyone is humming a song / H E Fm# |__| That I don't understand. Now I know that the sun has shined on my side of the street. /| The basket of America, the weevils and the wheat. / | The milk and honeyed congregation, scrubbed and apple-cheeked | Salute Apollo 13 from the rattle jewelry seats. __| Mythology's seductive and it turned a trick on me __ That I have just begun to understand. | | I told you I wanted to be wrong, / But everyone is humming a song / That I don't understand. |__| H Cm# Dm# Cm# H Cm# Dm# Cm# H Cm# Dm# Cm# A G The rodeo is staged, gold circle goat-ropers and clowns. /| A rumble in the third act, tie 'em up and burn 'em down. / | We're armed to the teeth, born a little breech; | Blue-plate special analysts, cells and SUV's __| We can't approach the Allies 'cause they seem a little peeved __ And speak a language we don't understand. | | I told you I wanted to be wrong / But everyone is humming a song / That I don't understand. |__| H Cm# Dm# Cm# H Cm# Dm# Cm# H Cm# Dm# Cm# A G Storm into the boardroom of the conquering elite. /| Did you recognize the madman who is shouting in the streets' / | Destroy the things that I don't understand | Destroy the things that I don't understand. __| End on E ------ Wander Lust Intro: G D A G D A G D A H

^C Looks like I pulled a f^Fast one ^C Looks like I went to t^Eown ^C Looks like the world rev^Folves around me C E /| Looks like it's falling down. / | C F | I thought I'd kicked the traces __| ^C I thought the wheels would sp^Ein ^C I thought I'd jumped the f^Fence and bolted ^C Looks like I'm back ag^Eain

^G I got my s^Dignals cr^Aossed. __ G D A | | It's overwhelming because / G D A / I'm all alone and I can't get back |__| Get b^Hack with my wanderlust.

I had to grab a suitcase I had to change my clothes I had to run the shower hot /| until the water froze / | I brushed against confusion | I wanted time to grow __| I want the sticks and stones not to throw me get back to what I know __ I got my signals crossed. | | It's overwhelming because / I'm all alone and I can't get back / Get back with my wanderlust. |__|

^F# I'm searching for a gr^Hmeatness ^F# I smear it on my f^Hmace ^F# I want to bathe in gr^Hmape must sw^Dim the l^Gength of the milky w^Eay ^E I want it to be brilliant ^E I want it to be sweet ^E I want to kiss the astronauts ^E when they salute to me me me me

__ I got my signals crossed. | | It's overwhelming because / I'm all alone and I can't get back / Get back with my wanderlust. |__|

^G I got my s^Dignals cr^Aossed. ^G It's overwh^Delming bec^Aause ^G I'm all al^Done and I c^Aan't get back Get b^Hack with my wander B^Hack with my wander B^Hack with my wanderlust.

End on H ------ The Boy in the Well Intro: Em

L^Emook at this, it's me, w^Cm#alking away. L^Dook at you drowning, ^Con display. /| Em Cm# / | Every time I've dropped by, I've tried to say | D __| The water is rising. You d^Con't want to st^Amay.

It's that s^Eminking feeling. you kn^Hmow what it's bringing ^Don. C __ You might as well say it, | | Em / I see it, I feel it. / Hm D |__| This town is going wrong. It's t^Curning aw^Amay.

Now the r^Fadio stutters. sn^Amaps to life. Some s^Dmour s^Cong that s^A#ets it right. And when L^Fondon f^A#alls F A# /| He'd like to call / | F | But the stars collide. __| ^Am They're b^Dmeautif^Cul and m^A#uch maligned. In a ^Funiv^A#erse where you s^Fee the w^A#orst, And it's ^Cup to you to fix it.

^C Now you've w^A#orked it ^Fout And you s^Cee it all __ A# F | | And you've worked it out / C / And you see it all |__| And you w^A#ant to sh^Fout How you s^Cee it all ^A# ^Am ^F ^D

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. __| So you do your best. and you flood the sink. Sit down in the kitchen and cry. Now you've worked it out __ And you see it all | | And you've worked it out / And you see it all / And you want to shout |__| How you see it all Gm A# Gm A# Am 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, __| 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 __ And you see it all | | And you want to shout / How you see it all / How you've worked it out |__| And you see it all How you've worked it out And you see it all End on F ------ High Speed Train Intro: Am

^Am When I look into your ^Cm#eyes. Cm# G /| Your drop like an anchor eyes. / | G F | I scudded and clipped the sky __| Just shy of m^Eaking it.

^Am And you almost got aw^Cm#ay. __ Cm# G | | I told you I was afraid. / G F / Did I really want to try |__| You're h^Eolding me to my cl^Gaim

__ and you caught me on the sly | | you've taken me by surprise. / you've mirrored my best disguise and / turned it back on me. |__|

^G I jump on a high speed tr^Hmain Hm D /| I'll never look back again / | D F /__| I flail like the antelope | Who j^Eumped from the building ^G

^G And that's what I always kn^Hmew I'd l^Hmike to have hung the m^Doon. I'd wr^Destle you for a sp^Foon inside your sl^Eeeping bag. Just ^Fus. No war. no h^Eate. no past. It's r^Feal. I'm here. I'm y^Eours. I'm fast. I'm l^Fong in the eye I'm cr^Ey when I try I j^Amust want to fly Just y^Amou and I, together

End on Am ------ Worst Joke Ever Intro: e---1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1---| h-hammer on B---1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1---| r-release G---0-h2-r0-h2-r0-h2-r0-h2-r0-h2-r0-h2-r0-h2-r0---| D-------------------------------------------------| do -1-----1 A-------------------------------------------------| -1-----1 E-------------------------------------------------| downside up

You s^Amee there's this cat burglar who can't s^Emee in the dark. He l^Amays his bets on 8 more lives, w^Emalks into a bar. Sl^Amips on the 8 ball, f^Emalls on his knife, says: F Em /| 'I don't know what I've done, but it doesn't feel right!' / | Am Em | Some things don't hold up over the course of a lifetime, __| ^Am Oooohhhh... ^Em ^Am When's the first time you heard that one, ^Em1954' G^Fet to the punch line. f^Emall to the floor.

^G Give me a minute and I'll t^Dmell you the setup for __ Cm A# F | | The worst joke ever, I never / G Dm / I'll tell you my version of the greatest life story |__| ^Cm Don't bore me ^A# ^F

Now I am floating, I feel released. The moorings have been dropped, The weights unleashed. /| Everything is crystalline, simple and free. / | Oooohhhh... | The crime of good men who can't wrestle with change, __| Or are too afraid to face this life's misjudged unknowns You're not hurting anybody else's chances, But you're disfiguring your own. __ Give me a minute and I'll tell you the setup for | | The worst joke ever, I never / I'll tell you my version of the greatest life story / Don't bore me, I NEVER |__| __ Give me a minute and I'll tell you the setup | | Oooohhhh... / You see there's this feeling that I've heard this one before / |__| G G End on Em ------ The Ascent of Man

^A So hesitation p^Hulled me back I'm stronger when I d^Aon't attract In your eyes I'm a l^Hamb without a rack /| A / | And I am getting confused | H A __| I'm a cactus trying to be a canoe

As you pan for ore

In the desert, fl^Hoored I say to you

__ H F# Gm# | | That I could never imagine a place so beautiful / A H / I could never steal your gold away. |__|

__ My book is called 'The Ascent Of Man' | | I marked your chapter with a catamaran / The accent's off / But I am what I am |__|

Hm A A D G F# E __ I looked for you, it's my last grandstand | | A motorscootered goat legged pan / Figure eighting in quicksand ... / |__|

Yeah ye^Eah yeah yeah y^Heah y^Cm#eah... Yeah ye^Eah yeah yeah y^Heah y^Cm#eah... (I try to walk like a big wham bam, I came across like a Yeah ye^Eah yeah yeah y^Heah ^Cm#yeah... battering ram, I try to float like a telegram sam. I'm trying to divine you) Yeah ye^Eah yeah yeah y^Heah y^Cm#eah... (I try to walk like a big wham bam, I came across like a Yeah ye^Eah yeah yeah y^Heah ^Cm#yeah... battering ram, I try to float like a telegram sam. I'm trying to divine you) E H

So hesitation pulled me back /| I'm so in love I don't attract / | And with my hands tied I won't crack | __| End on H ----- Around The Sun

^E I want the s^Gun to shine on m^De ^Fm# E G D A /| I want the truth to set me free / | E G D Fm# | I wish the followers would lead __| with a v^Eoice so strong it could kn^Gock me to my kn^Dees ^A

H^Gold on world 'cause y^Hmou don't know what's c^Doming ^E __ G Hm D E | | Hold on world 'cause I'm not jumping off / G Hm D E / Hold onto this boy a little longer |__| T^Cake another tr^Gip around the s^Dun

If I jumped into the ocean to believe If I climbed a mountain would I have to reach' /| Do I even dare to speak'--to dream'--believe' / | Give me a voice so strong | I can question what I have seen __| __ Hold on world 'cause you don't know what's coming | | Hold on world 'cause I'm not jumping off / Hold onto this boy a little longer / Take another trip around the sun |__|

^D Around the sun ^D Around the sun ^D Around the sun ^D Around the sun Dm

^D Let my dr^Feams set me fr^Cee. ^G Bel^Dieve^F. bel^Cieve^G. N^Emow now now now now now N^Gow now now now now now N^Emow now now now now now N^Gow now now now now now N^Emow now now now now now N^Gow now now now now now N^Fow now now now now now N^Cow now now now now now N^Fow now now now now now N^Cow now now now now now N^Fow now now now now n^Cow ------- Dmitry Yursky letme@inbox.ru

R.E.M. - Around the sun