Around The Sun Chords by R.E.M. | Songsterr Tabs with Rhythm

Standard (EADGBE)

E Em F Fm F♯ F♯m G Gm G♯ G♯m

A Am A♯ A♯m B Bm C Cm C♯ C♯m D Dm D♯ D♯m

Number on the right is the number of the guitar part

Leaving New York

Intro

It's qEmuiet now, and whD♯at it brings is Ceverything... A♯ Am

Comes cEmalling back a brD♯illiant night, I'm stCill awake A♯ Am / |

I lEmooked ahead I'm sD♯ure I saw you thCere A♯ Am __|

You dEmon't need me to tD♯ell you now, that nCothing can compA♯are Am

G You might have laughed if I tDold you

YCou might have hidden the frAmown

You mGight have succeeded in chDanging me | |

CI might have been turned arAmound /

It's eGasier to leave than to bDe left behind

LCeaving was never my prAmoud

LGeaving New York never eDasy

CI saw the life fading oAmut

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

You're Con your ear, the Focean's near

The lCight has started to fFade

Your hCigh is timed, you fFound the climb

It's hCard to focus on mFore than what's in frCont of you / |

ElFectron Blue __|

AdvCenture rings with a pFage and

When it dCawns on you,

It sFinges blue

Your bCuzz beginning to wFane.

AdvDmenture has laid its clCaim on you

It's Amall you want to dGo. | |

YDmou /

You know where to rCun

Am You run ElGectron 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

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 You took me to the rDestaurant where we fEmirst met / |

Em You knocked a future shock crDowbar upsEmide my head __|

Em I got caught with the stDop of the tGick-tock, tAmick-tock clEmock

When you told me whDat you knEmew | |

LEmost in the mDoment /

The dGay that the mAmusic stEmopped

And I do remDember yEmou

C Drawing patterns with a cork on the tDablecloth __

G Promising volcDanic chEmange of plot __|

C Where will this lead us - I'm scDared of the storm |__|

The oEmutsiders are gDathering, a nEmew day is born

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 oEmutsiders are gDathering, a nEmew day is born

The oEmutsiders are gDathering 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

End on G

Make It All Ok

Intro

You thrFew away the bAmallast and you rDmowed your boat ashCore

Didn't yGmou, now? Didn't yCou? / |

You mFade your ultimAmatum too bDmig to ignCore __|

Didn't yGmou, now? Didn't yCou?

So you wAmorked out your excuses,

turned awDay and shut the door.

The wAmorld's too vast for us now, | |

and you wDanted to explore /

It's a lEmong, long long rCoad

And I dEmon't know which way to gCo

If you Emoffered me your hand again I'd hDmave to walk awCay. 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? __|

JAmesus loves me fDine.

But his wAmords fall flat this tDime.

It's a lEmong, long long rCoad

And I dEmon't know which way to gCo

If you Emoffered me your world, did you thCink I'd really stay?

If you Emoffered me the heavens, I would hCave to turn away.

Was it mEmy imagination, or dDmid I hear you sCay,

"We don't hA♯ave a prayer between us."

Didn't yA♯ou, now? Didn't yA♯ou, now?

Didn't yoFu?

Final Straw

Play several times smth like this for the intro

and every time you see "Dm" further in this song:

A-(0)---------------------------|

As I rDmaise my head to broadcCast my objDmection

As your lDmatest triumph draws thCe final strDmaw / |

Who dDmied and lifted you up tCo perfDmection? __|

And what sDmilenced me is wrCitten into lDmaw.

I cCan't believe where circumstance has thrDmown me __

And I tCurn my head awDmay /

If I lCook I'm not sure that I could fDmace you. |__|

Not agAmain. Not todCay. Not todDmay.

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 dFon't believe and I never did

That tDmwo wrongs make a right.

If the wForld were filled with the likes of you

Then I'm pDmutting up a fight. Putting up a fFight.

Putting up a fDmight. Make it rAmight. Make it rCight. 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 whAmy.

Look me in the Ceye.

Tell me whDmy.

Am C Dm

End on Dm

I Wanted to Be Wrong

Intro

E F♯m

YEou know where I cF♯mome from

YEou know what I fF♯meel

YEou're Yul Brenner WF♯mestworld

RepEorting from the fF♯mield. / |

EI threw it into rF♯meverse, __|

Made a mEotion to repF♯meal.

You kEicked my legs from F♯munder me,

And trEied to take the whF♯meel.

AI told you I wBanted to be wrAong, | |

But everyBone is humming Aa song /

That BI don't understEand. F♯m

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. |__|

B C♯m D♯m C♯m

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. |__|

B C♯m D♯m C♯m

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

C Looks like I pulled a fFast one

C Looks like I went to tEown

C Looks like the world revFolves around me

C Looks like it's falling dEown. / |

C I thought I'd kicked the trFaces __|

C I thought the wheels would spEin

C I thought I'd jumped the fFence and bolted

C Looks like I'm back agEain

G I got my sDignals crAossed. __

G It's overwhDelming becAause /

G I'm all alDone and I cAan't get back |__|

Get bBack 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 grBmeatness

F♯ I smear it on my fBmace

F♯ I want to bathe in grBmape must

swDim the lGength of the milky wEay

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 sDignals crAossed.

G It's overwhDelming becAause

G I'm all alDone and I cAan't get back

Get bBack with my wander

BBack with my wander

BBack with my wanderlust.

End on H

The Boy in the Well

Intro

LEmook at this, it's me, wC♯malking away.

LDook at you drowning, Con display. /|

EmEvery time I've dropped by, C♯mI've tried to say |

The wDater is rising.

You dCon't want to stAmay.

It's that sEminking feeling. you knBmow what it's bringing Don.

You mCight as well say it, | |

I sEmee it, I feel it. /

This tBmown is going wrDong.

It's tCurning awAmay.

You wGanted me to bFe someone that CI could never be __

MGy new friends are Foffering thCings I've never dreamed __|

It's bGeautiful |__|

I'd lFike for them to tCake me A♯on ... Am

The track mall gang went off /|

On the Tennessee goth. a lunar moth, / |

You chrysalis and flail. |

The water is rising. you try to rappel. __|

A rousing cheer for the boy in the well.

It's that sinking feeling. you know what it's bringing on. | |

You might as well say it, /

I see it, I feel it. /

This town is going wrong. |__|

It's turning away.

You wanted me to be someone that I could never be | |

My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed __|

It's beautiful |

I'd like for them to take me on ... |__|

D C

A♯ Am

Here is where I look back.

Here is where you fell.

This is where I got up, /|

Shaking off my tail / |

This is where your rope trick |

Started to look stale. __|

A greyhound pass for the boy in the well.

It's that sinking feeling __

You know what it's bringing on | |

I might as well say it. /

I see it, I feel it /

This town is going wrong. |__|

It's turning away.

You wanted me to be someone that I could never be | |

My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed __|

It's beautiful |

I'd like for them to take me on |__|

You wanted me to be something that I could never be | |

My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed __|

It's beautiful |

I'd like for them to take me on |__|

G F C

A♯ Am

End on Em

Aftermath

Now the rFadio stutters. snAmaps to life.

Some sDmour sCong that sA♯ets it right.

And when LFondon fA♯alls

He'd lFike to cA♯all / |

But the stFars collide. __|

Am They're bDmeautifCul and mA♯uch maligned.

In a FunivA♯erse where you sFee the wA♯orst,

And it's Cup to you to fix it.

C Now you've wA♯orked it Fout

And you sCee it all __

And you've wA♯orked it Fout /

And you seCe it all |__|

And you wA♯ant to shFout

How you sCee 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♯

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 When I look into your C♯meyes.

Your drC♯mop like an anchor Geyes. / |

I scGudded and clipped the skFy __|

Just shy of mEaking it.

Am And you almost got awC♯may. __

I tC♯mold you I was afrGaid. /

Did GI really want to trFy |__|

You're hEolding me to my clGaim

G I jump on a high speed trBmain __

I'll nBmever look back agDain __|

I flDail like the antelFope |__|

Who jEumped from the building Am

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 trBmain

I'll nBmever look back agDain / |

I flDail like the antelFope |

Who jEumped from the building G

I jump on a high speed train | |

I'll never look back again __|

To Berlin, Kyoto or Marseilles |

I'd go anywhere for you |__|

Am G

F E

I'll bring you a big bouquet | |

I picked it myself today /

it compliments your eyes /

there's love at the end of the line |__|

I jump on a high speed train /|

I'll never look back again / |

I flail like the antelope /__|

Who jumped from the building |

I jump on a high speed train /|

I'll never look back again / |

To Berlin, Kyoto or Marseilles /__|

I'd go anywhere for you |

G And that's what I always knBmew

I'd lBmike to have hung the mDoon.

I'd wrDestle you for a spFoon inside your slEeeping bag.

Just Fus.

No war. no hEate. no past.

It's rFeal.

I'm here. I'm yEours. I'm fast.

I'm lFong in the eye

I'm crEy when I try

I jAmust want to fly

Just yAmou and I, together

End on Am

Worst Joke Ever

Intro

You sAmee there's this cat burglar who can't sEmee in the dark.

He lAmays his bets on 8 more lives, wEmalks into a bar.

SlAmips on the 8 ball, fEmalls on his knife, says:

F 'I don't know what I've done, but it dEmoesn't feel right!' / |

Am Some things don't hold up over the cEmourse of a lifetime, __|

Am Oooohhhh... Em

Am When's the first time you heard that one, Em1954?

GFet to the punch line. fEmall to the floor.

G Give me a minute and I'll tDmell you the setup for __

The wCmorst joke ever,A♯ I nFever /

G I'll tell you my version of the grDmeatest 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 /

|__|

End on Em

The Ascent of Man

A So hesitation pBulled me back

I'm stronger when I dAon't attract

In your eyes I'm a lBamb without a rack /|

And I am getting confAused |

I'm a cBactus trying to be a canAoe

As you pan for ore

In the desert, flBoored

I say to you

B That I could never imagine a plF♯ace so beautifG♯mul /

I could never steal yourA gold awBay. |__|

Yeah yeEah yeah yeah yBeah yC♯meah...

(I try to walk like a big wham bam, I came across like a

Yeah yeEah yeah yeah yBeah C♯myeah...

battering ram, I try to float like a telegram sam. I'm trying to divine you)

F♯ F♯ E E

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 |__|

Yeah yeEah yeah yeah yBeah yC♯meah...

(I try to walk like a big wham bam, I came across like a

Yeah yeEah yeah yeah yBeah C♯myeah...

battering ram, I try to float like a telegram sam. I'm trying to divine you)

F♯ F♯

Bm 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 yeEah yeah yeah yBeah yC♯meah...

(I try to walk like a big wham bam, I came across like a

Yeah yeEah yeah yeah yBeah C♯myeah...

battering ram, I try to float like a telegram sam. I'm trying to divine you)

Yeah yeEah yeah yeah yBeah yC♯meah...

(I try to walk like a big wham bam, I came across like a

Yeah yeEah yeah yeah yBeah C♯myeah...

battering ram, I try to float like a telegram sam. I'm trying to divine you)

E B

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 sGun to shine on mDe F♯m

E I want the trGuth to set me frDee A / |

E I wish the fGollowers would lDead F♯m __|

with a vEoice so strong it could knGock me to my knDees A

HGold on world 'cause yBmou don't know what's cDoming E __

HGold on world 'cause BmI'm not jumping Doff E /

HGold onto this bBmoy a little lDonger E |__|

TCake another trGip around the sDun

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 Let my drFeams set me frCee. G

BelDieveF. belCieveG.

NEmow now now now now now

NGow now now now now now

NEmow now now now now now

NGow now now now now now

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NGow now now now now now

NFow now now now now now

NCow now now now now now

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NCow now now now now now

NFow now now now now nCow