REM Lifes Rich Pageant
01. Begin the Begin
02. These Days
03. Fall on Me
04. Cuyahoga
05. Hyena
06. Underneath the Bunker
07. Flowers of Guatemala
08. I Believe
09. What If We Give It Away?
10. Just a Touch
11. Swan Swan H
12. Superman
Begin The Begin
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{Intro}
G : ---------------0-2-0------|
D(2) : --0-h-2-h-4-------4-0--| F# chord
F# A
A birdy and a hand for life's rich demand
E F# {Intro}
The insurgency began and you missed it
F# A
I looked for it and I found it
E F# F#7
Miles Standish proud congratulate me
D
Philanders tie, the murders shoe
{same as before}
Life's rich demand creates supply and demand
Of the powers the only book that matters
Silence means security silence means approval
We have Zenith on the TV tiger run around the tree
Follow the leader run the churn into butter
D
Let's begin again begin the begin
F# A
Let's begin again like Martin Luther Zen
E F# {Intro}
The mythology begins the begin
F#
Answer me a question I can't itemize
A
I can't think clearly look to me for reason
E F# F#7
It's not there I can't even rhyme begin the begin
F G {keys walkdown} C#
Example the finest example is you
F G F G
Let's begin again begin the begin
F G F G
Let's begin again
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These Days
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Riff : E(1) -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-3-0-----------|
B(2) -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-----------|
G --------2-2-----------------------------------------| A chord E chord
E D A E
Now I'm not feeding off you I will rearrange your scales
G Gsus4
If I can and I can
E D A
Marching the ocean marching to the sea
G Gsus4
I had a hat I put it down into some quicksand
G
Picked it up slapped it on my head
B
All the people gather
Em Em/F# Em/G
Carry each his burden
A C Em
We are young despite the years we are concern
E/F# E/G A Asus2
We are hope despite the times
Em G A
Settle on these days
C Em
Happy throngs take this joy wherever, wherever....
"solo" E(1) : 0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
B(2) : 5-0-3-2--8-7-3-5-| x 4
{same as before}
I wish to meet each one of you
And you meet you if I can and I can
We have many things in common name three
Now I'm not feeding off you I will rearrange your scales
If I can and I can
I wish to meet each one of you and you me you
Fall On Me
Dm Am
There's a problem feathers iron
Dm Am
Bargain buildings weights and pullies
Dm Am Dm Am
Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air
Dm G C Am
G7
Buy the sky and sell the sky and tell the sky and tell the sky
{It sounds good to walk up to the C chord like this:}
(A) ---0-2--| C chord
(E) -3------|
C Dm F G
Don't Fall On Me
{it repeats this 3 or 4 times then...}
F G F Fmaj7
(It's over It's over me ..... )
There's the progress we have found
A way to talk around the problem
Building towered foresight isn't anything at all
Buy the sky and sell the sky and bleed the sky and tell the sky
Am F
Well I could keep it above
Am G Am
But then it wouldn't be sky anymore
F Dm G
So if I send it to you you've got to promise to keep it home
Dm G C Am
G C Am
Buy the sky and sell the sky and lift your arms up to the sky
Dm G
And ask the sky and ask the sky (Chorus again)
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Cuyahoga
BASS INTRO [CAN BE PLAYED ON GUITAR]
D G Em G
G|-------------7---7------------------77-77-7-|
D|--7---7-7---5---5--5----9---99-9---5--5--5--|
A|-5---5-----------------7---7--7-------------|
E|--------------------------------------------| × 1
VERSE 1
D G
Let's put our heads together
Em G
and start a new country up.
D G
Our father's father's father tried,
Em G
erased the parts he didn't like.
D G
Let's try to fill it in,
Em G
bank the quarry river, swim.
D G
We knee-skinned it you and me;
Em G
We knee-skinned that river red.
BRIDGE
Em Bm
This is where we walked,
Em Bm
this is where we swam.
Em Bm
Take a picture here,
Em D
take a souvenir.
VERSE 2
D G
This land is the land of ours,
Em G
this river runs red over it.
D G
We knee-skinned it you and me;
Em G
we knee-skinned that river red.
D G
And we gathered up our friends,
Em G
bank the quarry river, swim.
D G
We knee-skinned it you and me;
Em G
underneath the river bed.
BRIDGE
Em Bm
This is where we walked,
Em Bm
this is where we swam.
Em Bm
Take a picture here,
Em D
take a souvenir.
CHORUS
D Em G Bm A G
Cuyahoga.
D Em G Bm A G
Cuyahoga, is gone.
VERSE 3
D G
Let's put our heads together,
Em G
start a new country up.
D G
Underneath the river bed
Em G
we burned the river down.
BRIDGE
Em Bm
This is where they walked, swam,
Em Bm
hunted, danced and sang.
Em Bm
Take a picture here,
Em D
take a souvenir.
CHORUS
D Em G Bm A G
Cuyahoga.
D Em G Bm A G
Cuyahoga, is gone.
BREAK
Bm A
Rewrite the book and rule the pages,
G
saving face, secured in faith.
Bm A
Bury, burn the waste
G
Behind you.
D G Em G
G|-------------7---7------------------77-77-7-|
D|--7---7-7---5---5--5----9---99-9---5--5--5--|
A|-5---5-----------------7---7--7-------------|
E|--------------------------------------------| × 1
VERSE 4
D G
This land is the land of ours,
Em G
this river runs red over it.
D G
We are not your allies,
Em G
we can not defend.
BRIDGE
Em Bm
This is where they walked,
Em Bm
this is where they swam.
Em Bm
Take a picture here,
Em D
take a souvenir.
CHORUS × 2
D Em G Bm A G
Cuyahoga.
D Em G Bm A G
Cuyahoga, is gone.
D Em G Bm A G
Cuyahoga.
D Em G Bm A G
Cuyahoga, is gone.
HYENA
(tab: r. muncada, lyr: Ron Henry, rgh3@cornell.edu / rec.music.rem)
P. Buck's verse riffs (not timed properly, you should know, clean, muted)
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---------0-0-0-2-3-3-3-3-3-2\0/2-2-2-2-2-2-|
-2-2-2-3-----------------------------------|
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E A2 A
Night time fell at the opening,
In the final act of the beginning of time.
Hyena take your role, the stage is set.
The town is safe again tonight
E|-----0-3--3--2--2--0--0-----0-3--3--2--2--0--0-|
B|-2-3--------------------2-3--------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
G D A
Hyena (I see the day ahead)
Hyena (and all that I've cried through)
Hyena (God knows you're doin' that, don't you?)
[The open chord sequence with the moving bass line is:
D(strummed repeatedly) Am D Am E
{lyr: don't you?}
E A2 A
Hyena, sister look to your hand
Man you serve communal interest,
She'll tell you when and where and how and why you'd hurt
A beautiful young lady
Hyena (I see the day ahead)
Hyena (and all that I've cried through)
Hyena (God knows you're doin' that, don't you?)
The only thing to fear is fearlessness
The bigger the weapon the greater the fear
Hyena is ambassador to here
Night time fell like the closing
Meager pay, but recognition
Hyena crawls on his belly out
The town is safe again tonight
Hyena (I see the changes, man)
Hyena (Goin' on 'cross the way)
Hyena (I see my road ahead)
Hyena (Don't know if I should stay)
Hyena (I see you holding him,)
Hyena (and all that I've cried through)
Hyena (God knows you're doin' that, don't you?)
Underneath The Bunker
The First Part
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--3-4-5-4-3-5-4-------------------------4-2-0-----------------------| x2
D----------------4-5-7-5-4-7-5---5-4-1---------1-2-------------------|
A--------------------------------------2-----------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
The Second Part
E--7-8-10-8-7-10->15-12---15-14-12------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------15-13->15-13-12--------12-13-12----|
G--------------------------------------------------14--14----------14-|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rem/lifes_rich_pageant_album_crd.html ]
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--12-12-12-12-10-8-10-10-10-10-8-7-5-4--------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
(FIRST PART AGAIN) end on E
I will hide and you will hide
And we shall hide together again
Underneath the bunker in the night
I have water I have rum
Waiting for cold and dark shall come
Underneath the bunker in the night
The Flowers Of Guatemala
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(Intro: E A)
(Buck plays E on 7th fret, A on 5th fret, I believe)
(verse)
E A
I took a picture that I'll have to send
E A
People here are friendly and content
E A
People here are colorful and bright
E A
The flowers often bloom at night
(chorus)
D C G
Amanita is the name
D C G
The flowers cover everything
D C G A
The flowers cover everything
(repeat pattern for verse)
There's something here I find hard to ignore
There's something that I've never seen before
Amanita is the name they
Cover over everything
(chorus)
(bridge)
G# A E
Don't look into the sun
G# A B
Don't look into the sun
(solo)
(play verse chords)
(B)-5-7--5-7--5-7--10--9--7-----------------| }
(G)----------------------------9 } play--| 2x
E A G
(B)-5-7--5-7--5-7--10--9--7----8--7--5------|
(G)----------------------------9----------7-|
repeat chorus
repeat verse
I Believe
{On this song, you can simulate that little guitar melody by starting
off with a plain jane E-chord, then playing an Esus4, and then stretch
your pinky down to the 4th fret of the D string to make that F# note.}
E
When I was young and full of grace
E
and spirited a rattlesnake
E
When I was young and fever fell
E
My spirit I will not tell
A F#m
You're on your honor not to tell
E
I believe in coyotes and time as an abstract
E A
Explain the change the difference between
F#m B
What you want and what you need there's the key
G#m
Your adventure for today what do you do
A B
Between the hours of the day
E Esus4 E B E
E B E Esus4 B F#m
I --- I -------- I ---- believe my shirt is wearing thin
A
And change is what I believe in
{same as before}
When I was young and give and take
And foolish said my fool awake
When I was young and fever fell
My spirit I will not tell
You're on your honor on your honor
Trust in your calling make sure your calling's true
Think of others the others think of you
Silly rule golden words make practice practice makes perfect
Perfect is a fault and fault lines change
I believe my humor's wearing thin
And change is what I believe in
{break C#m A C#m A
A B}
I believe my shirt is wearing thin
And change is what I believe in
When I was young and full of grace
And spirit hid a rattlesnake
When I was young and fever fell
My spirit I will not tell
You're on your honor not to tell
B
I believe in example
G#m
I believe my throat hurts
A B
Example is the checker to the key
I believe my humor's wearing thin
And I believe the holds are slipping
I believe my shirt is wearing thin
And change is what I believe in
{I Believe it ends on a C#m}
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WHAT IF WE GIVE IT AWAY?
G A G A
On the outside underneath the wall
All the money couldn't buy
You're mistaken no one's standing there
For the record no one tried
Em A Em A
Oh... I..... try to
G D
What if we give it away...?
Overlooking with a hollow eye
What's pretending is it right
Eye for order a hand for what's in line
Couldn't follow couldn't write
Em A Em A
Oh... I..... try to
G D
What if we give it away...?
A D C G
And our life is fine here
A D C Em
Stitch it on your tie here
Here's the trailer Tom
A year has come and gone
We're not moving was it right
Take the order sew it on your tie
We couldn't follow couldn't try
These are basic runs from D chord to G, something like:
|------------ |-----------------3--|
|-3-2-0------ |-3-3-3-3-3-2-0---2--|
|-------2-0-2 and |---------------2-0--|
|------------ |--------------------|
|------------ |--------------------|
|------------ |--------------------|
JUST A TOUCH
From: Richard Hall
Corrections by: Mike (I lost the email address)
Intro: A D G x 4
A G A G
Well what in the world? Women in black
A G A G
Don't you remember send us back
A D G A D G
A day in the life well nobody laughed
A D G A D G
Look to the days how long can this last
C#m A
Kevin heard it on the radio
C#m A
Hugh informed word of mouth
C#m A
Carla read it in the news
C#m A
Caught it all just a touch
A D G x 2
A G A G
You set the pace of what was to come
A G A G
I have to carry on now that you're gone
A D G A D G
A day in the life well nobody laughed
A D G A D G
Look to the days how long can this last
C#m A
Kevin heard it on the radio
C#m A
Hugh informed word of mouth
C#m A
Carla read it in the news
C#m A
Caught it all just a touch
E D E
There's someone in our dreams
D E D E D
In our preassembled dream
Lord! Dave! William!
{Organ break: Play A D G progression a few times}
A G A G
Well what in the world? Women in black
A G A G
Don't you remember send towering part back
A D G A D G
A day in the life well nobody laughed
A D G A D G
Look to the days how long can this last
C#m A
Kevin heard it on the radio
C#m A
Hugh informed word of mouth
C#m A
Carla read it in the news
C#m A
Caught it all just a touch
A D G (repeat to end over these lyrics:)
I can't see where to worship Popeye, love Al Green,
I can't see, I'm so young, I'm so god damn young
Swan Swan H
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{ 6/8 time. In intro, play Am chord. On beat four, lift up finger on
second fret of D string & hammer back on. Also on Dm when it's played
for a whole 6 beats - except lift finger off G string.}
Am (D) ------0--2--- Dm Gchord Am ------0--2---| Dm
(A) -0-3--------- -0- -0-3---------|
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
Am Dm G
Swan swan hummingbird
Am Dm
Hurrah we are all free now
Am Dm G
What noisy cats are we
Am Dm
Girl and dog he bore his cross
Am Dm G Am
A long low time ago people talk to me
{On this Em/Johnny Reb part, you can play:}
Emchord (A) -----0--2-- F/C -0--| F
(E) -0-3--------------------|
counts: 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
Em F
Johnny Reb what's the price of pans
Em F
Forty a piece or three for one dollar
Em F
Hey captain don't you want to buy
Em C G
Some bone chains and toothpicks
Night weaves her hair chains
Years you wouldn't bring back sing
Wooden beams and dove tails sweep
I struck that picture ninety times
I walked that path a hundred ninety
Long low time ago people talk to me
G Bm
A pistol hot cup of rhyme
C D
The whiskey is water the water is wine
G Bm C C/B
Marching feet Johnny Reb what's the price of heroes
Six and one half dozen the other
Tell that to the captain's mother
Hey captain don't you want to buy
Some bone chains and toothpicks
Night weaves her hair chains
Swan swan hummingbird
Hurrah we are all free now
What noisy cats are we
Long low time ago people talk to me
A pistol hot cup of rhyme
{end on Am}
The whiskey is water the water is wine
Superman (The Clique)
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Intro : E
Chorus :
E A E
I am I am I am Superman and I know what's happening
I am I am I am Superman and I can do anything
E A E
You don't really love that guy you make it with now do you
E A E
I know you don't love that guy cause I can see right through you
Chorus
E A E
If you go a million miles away I'll track you down, girl
E A E
Trust me when I say I know the pathway to your heart
{break}
D D A A A (E) --0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-
E A E
If you go a million miles away I'll track you down, girl
E A E
Trust me when I say I know the pathway to your heart
Chorus --> | D A | E
