R.E.M. - Fables

From: Rich Ormerod <Richard.Ormerod@newcastle.ac.uk> Feeling Gravitys Pull ===================== Step up, step up, step up the sky is opening {of course, start the riff again

With the lightest mind I felt gravity pull Somewhere near the end it's sad You can't do this I said I can To shift sway rivers shift, oceans fall and mountains drift It's a Man Ray kind of sky I'll show you what I can do with it Step up, step up, step up. The sky is opening. I fell asleep at just about every paragraph Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around Shift the swaying river's shift Oceans fall and mountains drift It's a Man Ray kind of sky I'll show you what I can do with it Time and distance are out of place here This is the easiest task I've ever had to do... Maps And Legends ================ Is he to be reached, he's not to be reached Is he to be reached, he's not to be reached Down the way the roads divided Name me the places you have seen Those who know what I don't know Have heard of the yellow red and green The map that she's made him doesn't seem real He just sees whatever he sees Point to the legend point to the east Point to the yellow red and green Driver 8 ======== The opening riff is : 1| | | 2| | 0 | 3| | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4| | 5 5 5 4 2 0 | 5| 2 0 2 3 | | 6| 0 0 2 3 | | Finger: 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 I find a slide up to the 5th fret with the second finger, and a fast slide back down from the 4th to the 2nd with the first finger, makes the second part more fluid, so I gave my fingering here as well. This riff is repeated for the intro, and the second half of it replaces the D/F# on the second and/or fourth line of some of the the verses. The chorus riff is : 1| | 2| | 3| | 4| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5| 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 | 6| 0 2 3 2 0 2 3 3 | (repeat as needed) One set of verses that seems to work (I got several) is : (Intro Riff) I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of a farm The power lines have floaters so the airplanes don't get snagged Bells are ringing in the town again The children look up, all they hear are sky blue bells ringing (chorus) (Intro riff) Pilots did this song, in a plane like that one She is selling faith on the hotel crusade Locomotive 8, southern crescent hear those bells ring again This field of wheat is looking thin. And the train conductor says Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break We've been on this shift too long And the train conductor says, take a break, driver 8 Driver 8 take a break, we can reach our destination (Chorus Riff) Still a ways away; but it's still a ways away... Driver 8 ======== Riff: (G) -------------------4---0---0---0---0---0--- (D) ---------------s-5----5---5--4---2---0----- (A) --------2-0-2-3---------------------------- (E) 0-0-2-3------------------------------------ repeat.... (D)------0-------0------0--------0-- (A) ---2-------2------2-------2----- (E) -0-------2------3------2-------- Saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm Power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get snagged Bells are ringing through the town again Children look up all they hear is sky-blue bells ringing Pilot did this song in a plane like that one She is selling faith on a hotel crusade Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent hear the bells ring again This field of wheat is looking thin And the train conductor says Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break We've been on this shift too long Life And How To Live It ======================= Intro: "C" "D" (B) ----5-------7--------5------5------5------------7----8---10----10----10-s-12 (G) ------5--------5--------5------5--------5---------7----7----7-----7-------- (D) -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (A) -3------3---------3-------3-------3--------3-s-5----5-----5---5-----5------ {of course repeat, end on "C" chord

Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way To yours to go between the wall was razed today Raze the walls the childish flaws the carpenters should wrestle So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best The hills ringing hear the words in time Listen to the holler listen to my walls within my tongue When my ears go tin the air quicken tension build ________ inference suddenly Life and how to live it Raze the walls the childish flaws the carpenters should wrestle So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best Read about the wisdom lost a knock a knock a knock A secret knock one hammer's locked the other wisdom lost Listen listen to the holler I will write a book it will be called Life and How to Live It Life And How To Live It ======================= The intro slides between 2 chord positions, and you mainly pick on the B,G, and D strings : (C)********* (D)********** E-----3-------- ! -----5-------! B-----3-(5)-----! -----5-(7)---! G-----5---------! -----7-------! D-----5---------! -----7-------! A---------------! -------------! E---------------! -------------! Through the rest of the song, it's almost all more C and D chords, played in various ways, (mostly) on the top 4 strings. (There's one F chord in there somewhere too.) (C)-------->(D) (C)---------->(D) E-----8-------- ! -----10------! !--8---------!------10-----! B-----5---------! -----7-------! !--8---------!------10-----! G-----5---------! -----7-------! !--9---------!------12-----! D-----5---------! -----7-------! !------------!-------------! A---------------! -------------! !------------!-------------! E---------------! -------------! !------------! ------------! (C)-------->(D) (C)---------->(D) E-----3-------- ! -----5-------! !---0--------!------0------! B-----5---------! -----7-------! !---5--------!------7------! G-----5---------! -----7-------! !---5--------!------7------! D-----5---------! -----7-------! !---5--------!------7------! A---------------! -------------! !------------!-------------! E---------------! -------------! !------------! ------------! Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way To yours to go between the wall was razed today To yours the names to call your others and your own Keep these books well stocked away and take your happy home My carpenter's out and running about talking to the street My pockets are out and running about Walking in the street to tell what I have hidden there Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way To yours to go between the wall was razed today Raze the walls the tiniest flaws the carpenter should rest So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best The hills ringing hear the words in time Listen to the holler listen to my walls within my tongue When my ears go tin the air quicken tension build ________ inference suddenly Life and how to live it Raze the walls the tiniest flaws the carpenter should rest So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best Read about the wisdom ______________________________ A secret knock one hammer's locked the other wisdom lost Listen listen to the holler I will write a book it will be called Life and How to Live It Can'T Get There From Here ========================= {same as other verse

When your hands are feeling empty Stick heads jumpin off the ground, 'round Tris is sure to shirr the deers out Run away sing my song Can't Get There From Here ========================= Wendell Gee =========== That's when Wendell Gee takes a tug Upon the string that held the line of trees Behind the house he lived in He was reared to give respect But somewhere down the line he chose To whistle as the wind blows Whistle as the wind blows through the leaves He had a dream one night That the tree had lost its middle So he built a trunk of chicken wire To try to hold it up but the wire the wire turned to lizard skin And when he climbed it sagged There wasn't even time to say Goodbye to Wendell Gee So whistle as the wind blows Whistle as the wind blows through the leaves If the wind were colors And if the air could speak Then whistle as the wind blows Whistle as the wind blows Wendell Gee ===========