/ R.E.M. / Reveal (2001) / "The Lifting" "I've Been High" "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" "She Just Wants to Be" "Disappear" "Saturn Return" "Beat a Drum" "Imitation of Life" "Summer Turns to High" "Chorus and the Ring" "I'll Take the Rain" "Beachball" – The Lifting (from Anna Wright - anziew@yahoo.co.uk) Intro (and verse chords) G/// Dm/// (x4) Verse 1 G/// Dm/// Crowded. Friday and the G/// Dm/// night life. Scumpered and the G/// Dm/// gravity is holding you G/// Dm/// Verse 2 Once settled. Into sleep You have watched on repeat the story of your life across the Ceiling. In review Chorus 1 Am/// C/// You said the air was singing Am/// C/// Am/// Its calling you, you don't believe it C/// These things you've never seen Verse 3 Good morning. How are you The weather's fine The sky is blue It's perfect for a seminar Close your eyes and start to breathe Allow yours eyes to recede Allow yourself to drift and fly away And you just stay Chorus 1 Chorus 2: C/ Dm/ G/ Am/ Do you hear these voices calling? C/ Dm/ G/ Am/ Do you hear these voices calling? C/ Dm/ G/ Am/ Do you hear these voices calling Em/// Em/// you? Verse 4 Locked into. The conference room We're only what. our minds assume And rational is leaving you This concieved these systems I believe your counsellor agrees You always walked these boundaries Now you're free To make believe Chorus 1…(x2) ….you've never dreamed G///////////////////////////////////////////// Never (x16ish) Verse 5 Once you had a dream of oceans, sunken cities memories Of things you've never known You have never known I'VE BEEN HIGH chords by Chris Lawrence (mustang@islandnet.com) Fade in on C Verse:

^CHave you ^Fseen?^Am Have ^Gnot will travel ^CHave I mi^Fssed the big re^Gveal?

^CDo my e^Fyes,^Am do my e^Gyes seem empty? ^CI've forg^Fotten how this feels^G

Chorus:

^DmI've been ^Amhigh,^Dm I've ^Amclimbed so high That ^Dmlight some^Amtimes it ^Fwashes over ^Gme

^CHave you b^Feen? ^Am Have don^Ge will travel ^CI fe^Fll down on my ^Gknees

^CWas I wr^Fong?^Am I don't know, ^Gdon't answer. ^CI just ^Fneeded to ^Gbelieve.

Repeat Chorus bridge: Am F C G Am F Dm G

^AmSo I d^Five into a p^Cool so cool and d^Geep that if I s^Amink I sink and ^Fwhen I swim I ^Dmfly so h^Gigh.

^CWhat I w^Fant,^Am what I re^Gally want is ^CJust to l^Five my life on ^Ghigh.

^CAnd I k^Fnow,^Am I know you w^Gant the same ^CI can ^Fsee it in your ^Geyes.

Repeat Chorus

^FWashes over ^Gme ^FClose my eyes

So ^GI can see ^FMake my make bel^Gieve believe in me.

C F Am G X 3 C F C (or Csus4 instead of F) All the way to Reno Chords Used: C? 032010 Gm? 355333 Bb? 688766 C VIII? 8-10-10-9-8-8 Dm? 557765 Eb? 068886 F? 133211 Intro: C Gm C Gm Riff 1 E??---------------------? B?----------------------? G?--------0-2-----0-2---? D?--0-3-0-------3-------? A?------------3-------0-? E?----------------------? Verse 1

^CHumming a^Gmll the way to Ren^Co You?ve ^Gmdusted the non-belie^Cvers Gm Riff 1 And challenged the laws of chance Now, ^CSweet, You ^Gmwere so suga^Cr sweet You m^Gmay as well have had ^C?kick me? Gm Riff 1 Fastened on your sleeve

Chorus Bb C VIII You know what you are

^DmYou?re go^Ebnna be a s^Gmtar Bb C VIII You know what you are ^DmYou?re go^Ebnna be a s^Ftar

Verse 2

W^Cing, is wr^Gmitten on your h^Ceel ^GmYour Achilles h^Ceel

Gm Riff 1 Is a tendency?

To dr^Ceam but you?ve k^Gmnown that from the be^Cginning You^Gm didn?t have to go ^Cso far Gm Riff 1 You didn?t have to go

Chorus (same as above) Middle 8

Y^Dmou know w^Bbho you a^Gmre Y^Dmou know w^Bbho you a^Gmre Y^Dmou know who^Bb you ar^Gme ^F

Verse Three Chorus Twice Verse four Chorus repeat to fade SHE JUST WANTS TO BE From: stipewiggledance@hotmail.com (Peter Carroll) e-3-0---3-0----0-| b-----1----1-3-0-| Haven't got the words yet but heres the chords

Its^Am not tha^Ft she wasnt ^Amrewarded.......... Am F C Em

Bridge: F G F G Chorus: Am C G She just wants to be somewhere

^AmShe just ^Cwants to be^G

Lyrics: It's not that she walked away, her world got smaller. All the usual places, the same destinations, only something's changed. It's not that she wasn't rewarded with pomegranate afternoons and Mingus, Chet Baker and chess. It's not the stampede and fortune of prim affectations she's off on a right and she knows now it's greater than the whole of the past it's greater and now she knows. She just wants to be somewhere she just wants to be. She just wants to be somewhere she just wants to be. It's not that the transparency of earlier incarnations now we're back on, we're enriched and loaded with beautiful vulnerability and now she knows. Now is greater and she knows that. She just wants to be somewhere she just wants to be. She just wants to be somewhere she just wants to be. Now is greater now is greater and she knows that She just wants to be somewhere she just wants to be. She just wants to be somewhere she just wants to be. It's not like the angels could truly look down stir up the trappings and light on the ground. Remind us of what, when, why or who? The how's up to us, me and you and now is greater than the whole of the past is greater and now she knows that. Now she knows. DISAPPEAR

^AmI dragged my feet across the seat Jumped out the passenger side The only thing worth looking for Is what you find inside

^CBut that ha^Bmd not y^Amet appeared ^AmLost invisible here. Tel Aviv and Agadir Toned in for almost Before I learned to see

^CThe va^Bmnishing^Am point appeared. ^GI look^Ded for^C you e^Bmverywhe^Emre.

^GI look^Ded for^C you e^Bmverywhe^Emre. ^AmThere is a calm, I haven't come to the end I spent half my life figuring what comes next I telescoped in I finally win I finally win the prize.

^CThat n^Bmow eyes^Am see comets perfect timing squeeze ^AmHead first fighting everything The crushing force of memory Erasing all i've been

^CThe va^Bmnishing^Am point appeared. ^GI look^Ded for^C you e^Bmverywhe^Emre.

^GI look^Ded for^C you e^Bmverywhe^Emre. ^GTell m^De why ^Cyou're^Bm here ^Em

^GI came^D to di^Csappea^Bmr. ^Em G, F, Em, D G, F, Em

^AmLook at this face Can you believe it? Am I living in the beautiful vacuum? Because I can't see it

^CThe va^Bmnishing^Am point appears. ^GI look^Ded for^C you e^Bmverywhe^Emre.

^GI look^Ded for^C you e^Bmverywhe^Emre. ^GTell m^De why ^Cyou're^Bm here. ^Em

^GI came^D to di^Csappea^Bmr ^Em ^GTell m^De why ^Cyou're^Bm here ^Em

^GI came^D to di^Csappea^Bmr ^Em ^GI came^D to di^Csappea^Bmr ^Em

SATURN RETURNS verse: Fm Eb Bb Ab chorus ("saturn is beckoning/orbiting...") Fm Gm Fm Gm Fm Gm F# bridge ("harder to look yourself...") G# F# G# F# G# F# Fm chords: Fm: x 8 10 10 9 8 Fm: 133111 Eb: x6888x Bb: 688766 Ab: 466544 Gm: 355333 F#: 244322 G#: 466544 Easy to poke yourself square in the eye Harder to like yourself, harder to try These are espouses Postcards and neoprene Roses a dollar a stem Everyone’s sleeping or pulling the long haul and Keys in the cooler its three A.M. And Saturn is beckoning no one It’s off on its own It’s offering up Late shift can bring in store, burn out the lights Telescope roof towards the northwestern sky You pulled the ladder and no one's the wiser You find your sights and discover Saturn is orbiting nothing He’s off on its own He’s breaking from home Harder to look yourself square in the eye Easy to take off You found the ladder in the pattern of your wrist You’ve seen and you’ve marked horizons Mother was difficult, she made you cry Cover the mirror, look to the sky You climbed into your rocketship trying Lift up and hold out your hands Saturn is orbiting nothing He’s off on its own He’s breaking from home Saturn is orbiting nothing He’s off on its own He’s breaking from home Saturn returns when you chase down, it slows Throw them into a new gravity Harder to look yourself square in the eye Easy to poke yourself, easy as pie Easy to take off, harder to fly Harder to wake Galileo BEAT A DRUM chords by Chris Lawrence (mustang@islandnet.com)

^Fthe sun reflected in the^G back of my eye. ^F I knocked my head against the s^Gky.

the dr^Bbagonflies are busy buzzing ^Cme. a s^Bbeahorse as if we were in the s^Cea.

^Fhalf way from coal, half way to di^Gamond. ^Fmy fall knocked a mean chip out of ^Gme.

^Bbgathering as far as I can ^Creach. ^Bbperched up on the precipice and ^Cthis is what I've seen.

^Gmthis is all I want, it's all I ^Fneed. ^C ^Gmthis is all I am, it's everyt^Fhing. ^C

^Gmthis is all I want, it's all I ^Fneed. ^C ^Fa bluejay hectors from the ^Gfelled Catalpa tree.

^Fdoctorate in science and the ^Gtheologians dream.

the d^Bbragonflies are trying to lecture ^Cme. ^Bba seahorse as if we were in the^C sea.

^Gmbut this is all I want, it's all I n^Feed. ^C ^Gmthis is all I am, it's everyth^Fing. ^C

^Gmthis is all I want, it's all I n^Feed. ^C INSTRUMENTAL

^Fbeat a drum for me ^Glike a butterfly wing. ^Ftropical storm across the ^Gocean.

^Bbbut don't explain I'm sure I'll want to ^Cknow ^Bbbut don't forget we're just halfway from ^Chome.

^Gmthis is all I want, it's all I ^Fneed. ^C ^Gmthis is all I am, it's everyt^Fhing. ^C

^Gmthis is all I want, it's all I ^Fneed. ^C Dm7 C F

Imitation of Life from: Ben (ben.bedo@home.com) CHORDS: EADGBE Em 022000 Am X02210 G 320033 D XX0232 C X32010 C7 X32030 Strum chord once in verses Chorus Riff: G Em Am C D G Em E|----3---3-----0---0-------0---0-|----2---2---2-----3---3----0---0| B|------3---------0-----1-----1---|1---3-----3---------3--------0--| G|0---------0-----------2---------|2---2---------0---------0-------| D|0---------2-----------2---------|0---0---------0---------2-------| A|2---------2-----------0---------|3-------------2---------2-------| E|3---------0---------------------|--------------3---------0-------| Am C D Dsus4 D E|--------0---0-----2---2---2-----|3-----2-------------------------| B|----1-----1---1---3-----3---3---|--3-----3-----------------------| G|----2---------2---2-----------2-|----2-----2---------------------| D|----2---------0---0-------------|--------------------------------| A|----0---------3-----------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Bridge Riff:

^C7|--0----| |----3--| |-------| |-------| |3------| |-------|

Play Chorus Riff Once, then... VERSE:

^Em charades, pop s^Amkill water ^Ghyacinth,^D named by a ^Empoet.

imi^Amtation of ^Glife^D ^Em like a ^Amkoi in a ^Gfrozen pond

^Dlike a goldfish ^Emin a bowl ^GI dont want to ^Dhear you cry

CHORUS:

thats ^Gsugarcane that ^Emtasted good thats ^Amcinnamon thats ^Chollywood^D c'^Gmon c'mon no ^Emone can see you ^Amtry ^C ^D

VERSE:

^Em you want the ^Amgreatest thing the ^Ggreatest thing since ^Dbread came sliced.

^Em you've got it ^Amall, you've got it ^Gsized. ^D ^Em like a ^Amfriday fashion ^Gshow teenager

^Dfreezing in the ^Emcorner ^Amtrying to look like ^Gyou dont try ^D

CHORUS:

thats ^Gsugarcane that ^Emtasted good. thats ^Amcinnamon thats ^Cholly^Dwood

c'^Gmon c'mon no ^Emone can see you ^Amtry ^C ^D

BRIDGE: C7 no one can see you cry CHORUS:

thats ^Gsugarcane that ^Emtasted good thats ^Amfreezing rain thats ^Cwhat you ^Dcould

c'^Gmon c'mon no ^Emone can see you ^Amcry ^C ^D

[low-mixed acoustic guitar]

this ^Gsugarcane this ^Emlemonade

this ^Amhurricane, i'm ^Cnot ^Dafraid. c'^Gmon c'mon no ^Emone can see me ^Amcry ^C ^D

[electric]

this ^Glightning storm this ^Emtidal wave

this ^Amavalanche, i'm ^Cnot a^Dfraid.

^Gc'mon c'mon n^Emo one can see m^Ame cr^Cy ^D CHORUS:

thats ^Gsugarcane that ^Emtasted good thats ^Amwho you are, thats ^Cwhat you ^Dcould

c'^Gmon c'mon no ^Emone can see you ^Amcry ^C ^D CHORUS:

thats ^Gsugarcane that ^Emtasted good thats ^Amwho you are, thats ^Cwhat you ^Dcould

c'^Gmon c'mon no ^Emone can see you ^Amcry ^C ^D

Summer Turns To High Album: Reveal Verse: C Gm F Am Bb Am G C Gm F Am Bb Am E Pre-chorus: Bm E Bm E First Chorus: C C/B Am G Chorus after the first one: C C/B Am C C/B Am C C/B Am G during the chorus, the lead guitar plays this while the bass does the chords: C C/B Am G E----0----0-----0----0----------------------| B--1----0------------------5--\3--\1--0-----| G------------2-----2---------------------0--| D-------------------------------------------| A-(3)--(2)--(0)-----------------------------| E---------------------(3)-------------------| Gm: 355333 Bb: x13331 C/B:x20010 Mercury is rising still Turn the fan on high I won't step on my own shadow No one wants to cry. Someone put a pox on me I spit in their eyes Summer turns to high. Lift my bed sheet keep in sandles Circle search and there are candles Summer's here but night is raising hopes and dragonflies If those hopes are overshadowed cotton-candy, caramel-wafer. Summer turns to high Summer turns to high Summer turns to high Summer high After wine and nectarines the fireflies in turn Move like syrup through the evening with the sweet resign I won't fight for can't happen I'm preoccupied Summer turns to high Summer turns to high Summer turns to high Summer high. 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---0-| B--3---3-| G--2---0-| D--0---4-| A------5-| E------0-| 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. I'LL TAKE THE RAIN tab by Chris Lawrence (mustang@islandnet.com) Chord shapes: Am Fmaj7 G F C Em E--0-----0-----------1-----0-----0---| B--1-----1-----3-----1-----1-----0---| G--2-----2-----4-----2-----0-----0---| D--2-----3-----5-----3-----2-----2---| A--0-----3-----5-----3-----3-----2---| E--------1-----3-----1-----------0---| fret E string w/ thumb for F/G. Intro: Am (occasional hammer-on from open strings) Verse:

^Am the rain came down ^Fmaj7 the rain came down

^Am the rain came d^Gown on ^Fme.

^Am the wind blew strong ^Fmaj7 the summer song

^Am fades to ^Gmemo^Fry etc...

Chorus: C Am Em F

^CI used to th^Amink as birds take w^Eming they sing through ^Flife so why can't we?

^Cyou cling to t^Amhis, you claim your ^Embest if this is wh^Fat you're offering

^CI'll take the ^Amrain, I'll take the ^Emrain ^F repeat verse/chorus

Instrumental: w/ appropriate phase/echo/reverb/vibrato effect G Bm G Bm Bm E--------------------------------------------------------------| B--------------------------------------------------------------| G--------------------------------------------------------------| D------------------------------------------------------4-------| A-------5-3-0-2----------5-3-0-2----3--5--------2-3-\5---------| E--3-----------------3---------------------3-------------------| G F G F Fmaj7 E-------------------------------| B-------------------------------| G-------------------------------| D-----4-5---3-------------------| A---5---------------------------| E----------------3---1----------| back to verse/chorus end on C. BEACHBALL intro/verse chords: Bb C# Bb C# Bb C# Eb G chorus: Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7 the chords are same for the rest of the song. towards the end of the song, a lead acoustic guitar plays: E-3-------3-------4--------4------------| B---3---3---3---3---(3)-(3)--(3)-(3)----| G-----3-------3--------3--------3-------| i put parentheses around those 3s b/c i'm not sure that he plays 3rd fret there, and i'm not sure what he plays. after a while he just repeats the... E-3-------3-------| B---3---3---3---3-| G-----3-------3---| ...over and over. the songs ends on E-3- B-3- G-3- Fmaj7: 133210 G6: 320030 (or 355430) Bb: 688766 C#: x46664 Eb: x65343 (or x68886) G: 355433 Tonight's alive The beachball is set to fly Those well-tequilla-guzzled smiles of strangers. I ____________ I ____________ You give a little sneeze and dance the rhu-rhu-rhu-rhu-rhumba This life is sweet. You're dancin' in the street. Who knows who we might meet? You're too fine. The little weekend's here. Thursday has an ear. Her coffee-clash career, she talks to strangers. And kissing by the sea. Particular to me. Tea ___________ sing and dance the rhu-rhu-rhu-rhu-rhumba. This life is sweet. You're dancin' in the street. Who knows who, you and me You're too fine. We flash the seaside sky with starfish butterflies to cast a spell and welcome locals weekenders and strangers. You're too fine. You're too fine. You're too fine.

R.E.M. - Reveal