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I Believe

R.E.M.
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
{sot}e-----------------------------------------------------|
B-------0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0------------------|
G--0-2-4-4-4-4-2-0---2->4-4-4-4-2-0---0----0-0-0------|
D-------------------slide------------2->5-5-5-5--etc--|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|{eot}
{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
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
I believe my shirt is wearing thin
And change is what I believe in
When I was young and full of grace
As spirited a rattlesnake
When I was young and fever fell
My spirit, I will not tell
You're on your honor, on your honor
I believe my humor's wearing thin
And I believe the poles are shifting
I believe my shirt is wearing thin
And change is what I believe in
End on Dm.

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Arrangement source for I Believe by R.E.M.

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
{sot}e-----------------------------------------------------|
B-------0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0------------------|
G--0-2-4-4-4-4-2-0---2->4-4-4-4-2-0---0----0-0-0------|
D-------------------slide------------2->5-5-5-5--etc--|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|{eot}

When I[F] was young and full of grace
and [F]spirited--a rattlesnake.
When I[F] was young and fever fell
My sp[F]irit, I will not tell
You're on [Bb]your honor not to [Gm]tell

I bel[F]ieve in coyotes and time as an abstract
Expl[F]ain the change, the difference be[Bb]tween
What you want and what [Gm]you need, there's the[C] key,
Your adventure fo[Am]r today, what do you do
Betw[Bb]een the horns of the [C]day?

I[F] --[Fsus4]-  I --[F]---[C]---    [F]   [Fsus4] I ---[F]-   [C]  [F] believ[Fsus4]e      my sh[C]irt is wearing th[Gm]in
And change is what I [Bb]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

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:  [Dm]  [Bb]  [Dm]  [Bb]  [D]  [Bb]  [C]}

I believe my shirt is wearing thin
And change is what I believe in

When I was young and full of grace
As spirited a rattlesnake
When I was young and fever fell
My spirit, I will not tell
You're on your honor, on your honor
I[C] believe in example
I[Am] believe my throat hurts
Exa[Bb]mple is the checker to the [C]key

I believe my humor's wearing thin
And I believe the poles are shifting

I believe my shirt is wearing thin
And change is what I believe in

End on Dm.

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