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R.E.M. - Bittersweet Me (from The New Adventures in Hi-Fi)
tabbed by Brad Turnbaugh (turnbaug@uiuc.edu)
lyrics taken from The R.E.M. Resource Page
(http://radon.gas.uug.arizona.edu/~jbarenti/rem/rem.html)
lyrics are copyright R.E.M./Athens Ltd.
INTRO: Dsus4 Em Dsus4 Em 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|----------------|------0---------|----------------|------0-------0-|----------------|----4-----4---2-|----------------|----4-----4---2-|----------------|--5-----------2-|----------------|--5-----------2-|----------------|5-------------0-|----------------|5-------------0-|----------------
VERSE: Dsus4 Em Dsus4 Em 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a|--------------0-|----------0-0---|--------------0-|--0-0---0---0---|--------------0-|----------0-0---|--------------0-|--0-0---0---0---|------0-------0-|----------0-0---|------0-------0-|--0-0---0---0---|----4-----4---2-|----------------|----4-----4---2-|----------------|--5-----------2-|----------------|--5-----------2-|----------------|5-------------0-|----------------|5-------------0-|----------------
play this 4 times
PRE-CHORUS: F F/A Dm C 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a|------1---------|------1---------|------1---------|------3---------|----1-----1-----|----1-----1-----|----3-----3-----|----1-----1-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|3---------------|1---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
F F/A Dm G 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a|------1---------|------1---------|------1---------|------3---------|----1-----1-----|----1-----1-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|1---------------|----------------|----------------|3---------------
CHORUS: (heavy distortion) A5 G5 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--0-------0----- x 3, then:|7---7---5---5-0h|2-----0h2---2p0-|7---7---5---5---|----------------|5---5---3---3---|----------------
Dm C 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a |------1-------1-|------0-------0-|----3-------3---|----1-------1---|--0-------0-----|--0-------0-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
[BRIDGE]
4-measure bass solo
Here's the lyrics:
[INTRO]
[w/ VERSE]
I move across, innocence lost
all flashing pulsar
I move across the earth in my new pattern shirt
I pass satellites.
"You're so bitter," your complaint
I can't give you anything
I don't know who you're livin' for
I don't who you are anymore.
[PRE-CHORUS]
I'd sooner chew my leg off,
Than be trapped in this.
How easy do you think of all of this as bittersweet me
[CHORUS]
I couldn't taste it
I'm tired and naked
I don't know what I'm hungry for
I don't know what I want anymore.
[w/ VERSE]
I move across, candy floss
I move like a tank
I move across the room with a heart full of gloom,
stronger than you think
Oh my peer,
your veneer is wearing thin and cracking.
the surface informs that underneath,
underneath is lacking.
[PRE-CHORUS]
[CHORUS]
[BRIDGE]
[w/ VERSE]
You move across, innocence lost,
all static and desire,
you're blue in the face from navel gaze,
you set yourself on fire.
You strip down and lay yourself out,
I know you can't fake it,
But are you tire and naked?
Are you tire and naked?
[PRE-CHORUS]
[CHORUS]
[CHORUS]
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