WHOLE ALBUM; ACCELERATE SONG LIST; 1. “Living Well Is the Best Revenge” 2. “Man-Sized Wreath” 3. “Supernatural Superserious” 4. “Hollow Man” 5. “Houston” 6. “Accelerate” 7. “Until the Day Is Done” 8. “Mr. Richards” 9. “Sing for the Submarine” 10. “Horse to Water” 11. “I’m Gonna DJ” (Deluxe Edition Side/ B-Side) 1. Redhead Walking 2. Airliner (still need to tab) Song: Living Well Is The Best Revenge Band: R.E.M. Album: Accelerate Chords used: B A Ab F# E D G e| x x x x 0 x x | B| x x x x 0 x x | G| 8 6 5 3 1 7 4 | D| 9 7 6 4 2 7 5 | A| 9 7 6 4 2 5 5 | E| 7 5 4 2 0 x 3 | These are just the chord progressions. Email me if you have any questions or comments: BiscuitsJoe@aol.com Intro: B e|--------2---------0-----------------------------------------------------| B|----------0-2p0-------0---0---------------------------------------------| G|------4---------4-------4-----------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--0h2-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse: B It's only when your poison spins into the life you'd hoped to live A and suddenly you wake up in a shaken panic now B You had set me up like a lamb to slaughter Garbo as a farmer's daughter Unbelievable, the gospel according to who? A I lay right down Chorus: F# All your sad and lost apostles A E hum my name and flare their nostrils F# A A/Ab/G/F# Choking on the bones you tossed to them F# now I'm not one to sit and spin A E because living well's the best revenge D A E Baby, I am calling you on that Verse: B Don't turn your talking points on me. History will set me free A The future is ours and you don't even rate a footnote now! B So who's chasing you? Where did you go? You disappear mid-sentence In a judgement crisis I see my in and go for it A You weakened shill. Chorus: F# All your sad and lost apostles A E hum my name and flare their nostrils F# A A/Ab/G/F# Choking on the bones you tossed to them F# now I'm not one to sit and spin A E because living well is the best revenge D A E and baby, I am calling you on that Verse: B You savor your dying breath I forgive but I don't forget You work it out, let's hear that argument again A Camera three... GO NOW! Chorus: F# All your sad and lost apostles A E hum my name and flare their nostrils F# A Ab/G/F# Choking on the bones you tossed to them F# now I'm not one to sit and spin A E because living well is the best revenge D A E and baby, I am calling you on that D A E Baby, I am calling you on that D A E Baby, I am calling you on that End on B Man-Sized Wreath Intro and Break Riff1 G G ||--3--3--3h5p3------| ||--3--3-------3h5p3-| ||--4--4-------------| X2 ||--5--5-------------| ||-------------------| ||-------------------| G Turning on the TV and what do I see? F# A pageantry of empty gestures all lined up for me – wow! G I’d have thought by now we would be ready to proceed But a tearful hymn to tug the heart F# And a man-sized wreath – ow! Am Throw it on the fire D Throw it in the air Bm E Kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don’t care, oh Am G D Give me some G Wave the palms, still the arms, fists in the air F# A motorcade of a night-string(?) shows the people that you care – ow! G Nature abhors a vacuum but what’s between your ears? Your judgement cluttered with fearful thoughts F# A headlights and a deer – ow! Am Throw it on the fire D Throw it in the air Bm E Kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don’t care, oh Am G D Give me some Riff1 G Well I’m not deceived by pomp and odious conceit But a tearful hymn to tug the heart F# And a man-sized wreath-ow! Am Throw it on the fire D Throw it in the air Bm E Kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don’t care, oh Am Look at what I’ve found D Everybody look around Bm E Everybody looking like they just don’t care Am Throw it on the fire D Throw it in the air Bm E Kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don’t care, oh Am G D Give me some Am G D Give me some Am G D Give me some Am G D SUPERNATURAL SUPERSERIOUS - R.E.M. Buck/Mills/Stipe D A Em A D A Everybody here ... comes from somewhere Em G D A Em A D A Em G ... That they would just as soon forget and disguise D A Em A At the summer camp where you volunteered D A Em G No one saw your face, no one saw your fear D A Em A If that apparition, it just appeared D A Em G Took you up and away from this space D A Em A D A Em G In sheer humiliation, of your teenage station D A Em A Nobody cares, no one remembers D A Em G And nobody cares Em G D A And you cried and you cried Em G D A He's alive, he's alive Em G D A And you cried and you cried and you cried and you cried D A Em A D A Em G D A Em A If you call out safe, then I'll stop right away D A Em G If the premise buckles, and the rope starts to shake D A Em A For the detail's marked, but the story's the same D A Em G You don't have to explain, you don't have to explain D A Em A D A Em G Humiliation ... of your teenage station Em G D A Yeah you cried and you cried Em G D A He's alive, he's alive Em G D A Ah you cried and you cried and you cried Fmaj7 Em And you realize your fantasies Fmaj7 Em Are dressed up in travesties Fmaj7 Em C B C A Enjoy yourself with no regrets, uh uh D A Em A D A Em G D A Em A D A Everybody here ... comes from somewhere Em G D A Em A D A Em G ... That they would just as soon forget ... a disguise Em G D A And you cried and you cried Em G D A He's alive, he's alive Em G D A Yeah you cried and you cried and you cried and you cried D A Em A Ah, you cried and you cried D A Em G Ah, you cried and you cried D A Em A Now, there's nothing dark and there's nothing weird D A Em G Don't be afraid, I will hold you near D A Em A From the seance where you first betrayed D A Em G An open heart on a darkened stage: D A Em A D A Em G A celebration of your teenage station D A Em A Zen experience, sweet delirious D A Em G Supernatural superserious D A Em A Inexperienced, sweet delirious D A Em G Supernatural superserious D Wow! SONG: HOLLOW MAN Verse Riff: Part 1: E D A E-----0--0---0---0-----2------------| B------0------0----------3---3------| G---0---1---1--1-----2--------3-----| D----------2-------0------0----3----| A-2--------2--------------------0-0-| E-0------------------------------0--| Part 2: E D E E-----0--0---0---0----2---------0-0-0-| B------0------0--------3--------0-0-0-| G---0---1---1--1----2---2---1-1-1-1-1-| D----------2-------0-----0--2-2-2-2-2-| A-2--------2----------------2-2-2-2-2-| E-0-----------------------------------| [Intro] (Only strum chords once during keyboard intro and only strum 3 strings for each.) E (Use only 3 strings; x221xx) I've been lost D(xx023x) A (x033xx) inside my head, E (x221xx) D (xx023x) A (x033xx) Echoes fall off me... [Verse] Verse Riff Part 1: (E, D, A) I took the prize last night for complicated mess. Verse Riff Part 2: (E, D, E) For saying things I didn't mean and don't believe in... [Chorus] A D C#m Bm Believe In Me, believe in nothing, A D C#m Bm Corner Me, and make me something, A D C#m Bm I've become the hollow man, A D C#m Bm E (Back intro configuration)... Have I become the hollow man I see? [Bridge] E (x221xx) D (xx023x) A (x033xx) I see this echoing, [Verse] Verse Riff Part 1: (E, D, A) You had placed your trust in me, Verse Riff Part 1: (E, D, A) I went upside down, Verse Riff Part 1: (E, D, A) I emptied out the room in 30 seconds flat, Verse Riff Part 2: (E, D, E) I can't believe you held your ground [Chorus] A D C#m Bm Believe in me, believe in nothing, A D C#m Bm Corner me and make me something, A D C#m Bm I've become the Hollow Man, A D C#m Bm E Have I become the Hollow Man I see? [Solo Link] E--0---0----0-0-0-0--0--0--0------------| B---0---0---0-0-0-0---0--0--0-----------| G-9---7-----6-4-7-6-7--7--7-------------| D---------------------------------------| A-----------------------------5-4--5-4--| E--------------------------------5----5-| [Chorus] A D C#m Bm I'm overwhelmed, I'm on repeat, A D C#m Bm I'm emptied out, I'm incomplete, A D C#m Bm You trusted me, I want to show you, A D C#m Bm I don't want to be the Hollow Man... [Chorus] A D C#m Bm Believe in me, believe in nothing, A D C#m Bm Corner me, and make me something, A D C#m Bm I've become the Hollow Man, A D C#m Bm Have I become the Hollow Man I see?... A D C#m Bm I see... A D C#m Bm (x2) End on A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Houston - R.E.M. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: MisterJones Email:misterjones987@yahoo.de Any comments or questions are welcome. Tuning: Standard D5 xx023x Am7 x0201x C x3201x G 32000x F5/D xx056x E5/D xx045x D* xx7710x C* xx558x Intro: | F5/D | E5/D | Verse: | D5 | Am7 | C | G | | D5 | Am7 | Fill1 | Chorus: | D* | C* | (3x) | F | G | Fill1: C G e|-----------------| B|-----------------| G|-----------------| D|-----------------| A|-------3-2-0-2---| E|-----------------| Fill2: C e|---------5-7-----| B|-------8---------| G|-----------------| D|-----------------| A|-----------------| E|-----------------| Notes: In the verse it seems that Peter does not hit the high e string but he strums every chord once and then the stays at the melodic strings til the next chord. D5 Am7 If the storm doesn't kill me C G the government will D5 Am7 Fill1 I've gotta get that out of my head D Am7 C G It's a new day today and the coffee is strong D Am7 Fill11 I finally got some rest So a man's put to task and challenges I was taught to hold my head high Collect what is mine, Make the best of what today has D* C* Fill2 Houston is filled with promise D* C* Laredo's a beautiful place D* C* Fill2 and Galveston sings like that song that I loved F G Its meaning has not been erased And so there are claims forgiven And so there are things that are gone Houston is filled with promise Laredo is a beautiful place and Galveston sings like that song that I loved Its meaning has not been erased F And some things, they fall to the wayside G D5 Their memory is yet to be stilled F Belief has not failed me G D5 And so I am put to the test Song: Accelerate Album: Accelerate Artist: R.E.M. Chords used E-a-d-g-b-e (Strings) A5 5-7-7-x-x-x G5 3-5-5-x-x-x F# x-9-11-11-x-x G x-10-12-12-x-x A x-12-14-14-x-x Intro e- xxxxxxxxxxxx B- 0 G- 0 x2 D- 11 A- 9 E - xxxxxxxxxxx Verse chords *F#* *G* Chorus Chords *F#* *G*--*A*----*G* END OF CHORUS A5 G5 (Verse chords) Sinking fast, the weight chained to my feet No time to argue with belief I'm not alone, a thousand others dropping Faster than me What put me here? Nothing to hold on to Nowhere to brake (Chorus Chords) Where is the ripcord, the trapdoor, the key? Where is the cartoon escape-hatch for me? No time to question the choices I make (END OF CHORUS chords) I've got to follow another direction (although fall down is much cooler) (Verse chords) The last thing I remember was climbing up the stairs I threw the window open in challenge and despair I don't know what I needed I needed time I needed to escape I saw the future turn Upside-down and hesitate. (Chorus Chords) Where is the ripcord, the trapdoor, the key? Where is the cartoon escape-hatch for me? No time to question the choices I make (END OF CHORUS chords) I've got to follow another direction *F#* *A* *G* Accelerate. (Verse chords) The vista I see now is changing Uncertainty is suffocating Our hope has never felt so great and Lit up down A pounding pulse To make it go Make it slow down, Go. (Chorus Chords) Where is the ripcord, the trapdoor, the key? Where is the cartoon escape-hatch for me? No time to question the choices I make (END OF CHORUS chords) I've got to follow another direction. (Verse chords) The city's burning, it's like it's ready to explode Accelerate to make it slow Make it go Accelerate to make it slow Make it go (END OF CHORUS chords) I'm incomplete I'm incomplete I'm incomplete. Outro e- xxxxxxxxxxxx B- 0 G- 0 x2 D- 11 A- 9 E - xxxxxxxxxxx Just mess around with the outro to make it like the CD does Any questions or comments? Riley_rousseau_allen@yahoo.com REM Until The Day is Done Tuning- DADGBD Intro : D C G D D C G D The battle's been lost, the war is not won D C G D An addled republic, a bitter refund D C G D The business first flat earthers licking their wounds D C G D The verdict is dire, the country's in ruins C G D Providence blinked, facing the sun C G D Where are we left to carry on Am7 G D Until the day is done A7 G D Until the day is done D C G D As we've written our stories to entertain D C G D These notions of glory and bull market gain D C G D The teleprompt flutters, the power surge brings D C G D An easy speed message falls into routine C G D Providence blinked, facing the sun C G D Where are we left to carry on Am7 G D Until the day is done A7 G D Until the day is done G D A voice whispers "Son, G D The blessed vision comes." G D What have I done G A7 What have I done D C G D So hold tight your babies and your guns D C G D Forgive us our trespasses, father and son C G D Providence blinked, facing the sun C G D Where are we left to carry on Am7 G D Until the day is done A7 G D Until the day is done Am7 G D Until the day is done FINAL : C G D Song: Mr. Richards E5: 079900 Emaj7: 079890 Intro: E5 [Verse] E5 Emaj7 E5 Emaj7 Mr. Richards, your position is a messenger pigeon, E5 Emaj7 E5 left behind you when the camp moved on. E5 Emaj7 E5 Emaj7 You thought that you had listened but the words had never crystallized, E5 Emaj7 E5 into a truth that you might own, hey hey [Chorus] Asus2 E5 Emaj7 Mr Richards your decision, pay attention pay attention [Verse] E5 Emaj7 E5 Emaj7 Mr. Richards your forgiven for a narrow lack of vision, E5 Emaj7 E5 but the firesare still raging on... E5 Emaj7 E5 Emaj7 The public's got opinions and these consequences border on the compound that E5 Emaj7 E5 razed where zealots sang, hey, hey [Chorus] Asus2 E5 Emaj7 Mr. Richards, your decision, pay attention, pay attention [Bridge] D So listen, your intention, sign the paper, stamp the ribbon, E5 Emaj7 E5 You're mistaken if you think we'll just forget. D A You can thump your chest and rattle, stand in front of your piano but, G F#m7 E5 G F#m7 E5 We know, what's going on, Yes, we know what's going on, G F#m7 E5 We're the children of the choir hey, G F#m7 E5 And we know what's going on. [Verse] E5 Emaj7 E5 Emaj7 Mr. Richards your conviction, had us cheering in the kitchen, E5 Emaj7 E5 now the jury's eating pigeon pie, E5 Emaj7 E5 Emaj7 So tell me how is prison, have they taught you how to listen?, E5 Emaj7 E5 We've begun to bridge the schism, pay attention pay attention, [Chorus] Asus2 E5 Emaj7 Mr. Richards your decision, pay attention, pay attention. [Bridge] D A You can thump your chest and rattle,stand in front of your piano but, G F#m7 E5 G F#m7 E5 We know what's going on, Yes we know what's going on, G F#m7 E5 G F#m7 E5 We're the children of the choir hey, from the compound fire hey, G F#m7 E5 And we know what's going on, G F#m7 E5 Yes we know what's going on. Outro: G F#m7 E5 x2 Song: SING FOR THE SUBMARINE opening/verse chord progression: Bm C/Bm It feels in dreams That everything is there for you The city breathes and pulses It's fuel electron blue I knew that you could see right through it So this is where I give in to the machine Lift up your voice feel gravity's pull Drown out the siren's ring (or silent dream) Oh... Am It's all here where I keep it Dm It's all in the submarine Am It's all a lot less frightening Dm than you would have had it be Am But that's the good news my darling Dm It is what it's going to be B Bb G Em So sing, sing for the submarine Back to verse: I tried to explain how it all begins How its all destroyed and built again I knew that you could not believe me But now you're here and it's different How the light shines in your eyes In every second or situ It's then that I realised That the world as we know it The High speed train We'll pick it all up and start again Chorus Chords: It's all here where I keep it It's all in the submarine It's all a lot less frightening than you would have had it be But that's the good news my darling It is what it's going to be So sing, sing for the submarine Break Down: F# B-Bb D-C# C#-D-E5-F# Back to verse chords: The city did not collapse in a shudder The rain it never came At least my confessions made you laugh I know it's a little crazed But these dreams... they seem so real to me CHORUS: It's all here where I keep it It's all in the submarine It's all a lot less frightening than you would have had it be But that's the good news my darling It is what it's going to be So sing, sing for the submarine So this is where you trust me And this where it begins It's all a lot less frightening Your tear you let it in Tyrel and his mechanical owl A moth disguised as a leaf... Don't tell me what tomorrow brings Climb into the hidden machine and sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing for the submarine "Horse To Water" B I could have kept my head down B I might have kept my mouth shut B I should have held my own, B You lead a horse to water and you watch him drown. SAME PROGRESSION AGAIN: You're only as big as your battles. Rattle my cage with your shadow. I'm a phantom-weight with a mouth full of feathers, Don't you know that what comes around goes around? Em B I'm not that easy, A5 B I am not your horse to water. Em B A5 I hold my breath I come around, round, round. VERSE PROGRESSION AGAIN: Don't darken my doorstep again, You're mixing up living in chin-chin, You're mixing up lose with win-win, You lead a horse to water and you watch him drown. You stumble on glass top table, TV's chewing shock-gone cable Pump me up a beanstalk fable And I'll call this entertainment 'cause Humpty's falling down. CHORUS: I'm not that easy, I am not your horse to water. I hold my breath I come around, round, round. VERSE Pick a fight an ultra-buzzy bubble Friday night fuckin' fried-up pub crawl Phantom-weight with a mouth full of feathers, Don't you know that what comes around goes around? CHORUS I'm not that easy, I am not your horse to water. I hold my breath I come around, round, round. It's not that easy I am not your horse to water I hold my breath, I come around, round, round ENDING A-B-A-G It's going down, down, down G-A-G-F# This runaround, round, round F#-G-F#-F Is bound to pound Em The daylights out of you! I’m Gonna DJ If death is pretty final, I'm collected vinyl G Bb-G-Bb C D I'm gonna DJ at the end of the world Cos if heaven does exist with a kickin' playlist G Bb-G-Bb C D I don't want to miss it at the end of the world D5 Hey steady steady, hey steady steady D5 I don't wanna go till I'm good and ready D5 E5 D5 E5 It's on my mind, it's in my mind D5 E5 D5 E5 It's what I found, it's what I find (Same progression as above) It's on my mind, it's in my mind It's what I found, oh my my my E5 When I spin my way right through it grates enthusiast Jack Pruett E5 D5 C As the moths circle the moon, as you're circling the room E5 Music will provide the light you cannot resist D5 C you cannot resist, you cannot resist G7 And the weblogs that get tangled as you bully and you wangle When you walk up in Seattle, where you fought the nascent battle G7 You threw the thread and throttle let us raise another bottle Raise another bottle, raise another bottle Because death is pretty final, I'm collecting vinyl G Bb-G-Bb C D I'm gonna DJ at the end of the world (SAME CHORD PROGRESSIONS AS MENTIONED ABOVE, BASICALLY) Hey steady steady, hey steady steady I don't wanna go till I'm good and ready It's on my mind, it's in my mind It's what I found, it's what I find It's on my mind, it's in my mind It's what I found, oh my my my Hey steady steady, hey steady steady I don't wanna go till I'm good and ready Hey steady steady, hey steady steady I don't wanna go till I'm good and ready Music will provide the light you cannot resist You cannot resist, you cannot resist Yeah Song: Redhead Walking Album: Accelerate (Deluxe Edition) RedHead Walking The whole song is just 3 chords in one constant progression Em G5 A5 G5 Listen to the song to get the strum pattern Solo: G---15b-14-12 (repeat as much as necessary) lyrics: Out there are silver dressed darlings And ramen mein delights When ginger hair gets all fired up She beats them in the night That redhead walking, uh Don't get close She'll warn you with her growl She's a bud cuttin', star studded, leather chested girl Out there a redhead walkin' Redhead walkin' The redhead walkin' Better listen keep your distance from the crimson crime warpath O kiss that girl Kiss that girl Kiss that girt Yeah, she'll cut your heart like diamonds End of story You bet you're gonna lose it to that hellbound crimson glory There — a redhead walkin' A redhead walkin' A redhead walkin' Heed what this wise man says Keep away from redheads… (Stipe Screams) AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Ow! that hurt!)