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Lifes Rich Pageant

R.E.M.
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
D(2) : --0-h-2-h-4-------4-0- F# chord{eot}
The insurgency began and you missed it
{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
The mythology begins the begin
Example the finest example is you
Begin The Begin (Another interpretation)
{sot} 0-2-4-------4-0-------- This is the part that begins the song and
------0-2-0------------ is used in most of it{eot}
And the rest of it follows this pattern
These Days
{section: Riff}
{sot}E(1) -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-3-0-
B (2 fr.) -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-
{sot} "solo" E(1) : 0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-
B(2) : 5-0-3-2--8-7-3-5- x 4{eot}
{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
{section: Intro}
a little ditty around a C chord
{section: Chorus}
(What is it up in the air for)
(It's gonna fall)
(If it's there for long) (It's gonna fall)
Fall on me
(It's over it's over me) (It's gonna fall)
There's the progress we have found
A way to talk around the problem
Building towered foresight isn't anything at all
Chorus
{section: Bridge}
Chorus to fade
Fall On Me
{It sounds good to walk up to the C chord like this:}
{sot} A ---0-2- C chord
Don't Fall On Me
{it repeats this... what... 3 or 4 times then...}
{ same as before}
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
Underneath The Bunker
Here is a transcription to Underneath The Bunker!!! The first part
is played 2 times at the beginning and then the second part 2 times
and then finally play the first part twice again. The song then ends
on the E chord.
The First Part
{sot} E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------
G--3-4-5-4-3-5-4-------------------------4-2-0-----------------------
D----------------4-5-7-5-4-7-5---5-4-1---------1-2-------------------
A--------------------------------------2-----------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------{eot}
The Second Part
{sot} 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--------------------------------------------------------------------{eot}
{sot} E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--12-12-12-12-10-8-10-10-10-10-8-7-5-4------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------{eot}
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
(Buck plays E on 7th fret, A on 5th fret, I believe)
(verse)
(chorus)
(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)
{sot} (solo)
(play verse chords)
B -5-7--5-7--5-7--10--9--7 }
G ----------------------------9 } play 2x{eot}
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.}
{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
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
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}
Swan Swan H
{section: Verse}
{section: Chorus}
{section: Bridge}
Swan swan hummingbird
Hurrah we are all free now
What noisy cats are we
Girl and dog he bore his cross
A long low time ago people talk to me
Johnny Reb what's the price of pans
Forty a piece or three for one dollar
Hey captain don't you want to buy
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
A pistol hot cup of rhyme
The whiskey is water the water is wine
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
The whiskey is water the water is wine
Swan Swan H
{ 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.}
A -0-3--------- -0- -0-3---------{eot}
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
{sot} {On this Em/Johnny Reb part, you can play:}
counts: 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
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
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)
{section: Intro}
{section: Chorus}
I am I am I am Superman and I can do anything
Chorus
{section: Bridge}
{section: Chorus}
Superman (The Clique)
If you go a million miles away I'll track you down girl
Trust me when I say I know the pathway to your heart
{break}

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Arrangement source for Lifes Rich Pageant by R.E.M.

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{sot}       [G] :  ------------0-2-0----
       D(2) :  --0-h-2-h-4-------4-0-  F# chord{eot}

       [F#]A birdy and a hand for l[A]ife's rich demand
              [E]                     [F#]       {Intro}
       The insurgency began and you missed it
       [F#]I looked for it and I f[A]ound it
       Miles Standish p[E]roud congratulate m[F#]e     [F#7]
       When [D]the land and sky murders you    (???)

       {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#]Let's begin again like Ma[A]rtin Luther Zen
             [E]               [F#]           {Intro}
       The mythology begins the begin
       [F#]Answer me a question I can't itemize
       I can't think cle[A]arly look to me for reason
       It's not there I can't even r[E]hyme begin the begi[F#]n    [F#7]

       [F]                             [G] {keys walkdown}   [C#]
       Example the finest example is you

       [F]Let's begin a[G]gain be[F]gin the b[G]egin
       [F]Let's begin [G]again [F]        [G]

       Begin The Begin (Another interpretation)

{sot}       0-2-4-------4-0--------    This is the part that begins the song and
       ------0-2-0------------    is used in most of it{eot}

       And the rest of it follows this pattern

       Bi[F#]rdie in the hand, for the l[A]ights which demand
       The insug[E]ency which began and we m[F#]issed it
       The phil[D]anderers tied the murderer's shoes

       These Days

{section: Riff}
{sot}E(1) -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-3-0-
                  B (2 fr.) -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-
                  [G] -----------------2-2-------------------   Achord Echord{eot}

       [E]Now I'm not feeding off you [D]I w[A]ill [E]rearrange your scales
       If I [G]can and I[Gsus4] can
       [E]Marching the ocean ma[D]rc[A]hing to the sea

       I had a hat I [G]put it down into some  qui[Gsus4]cksand
       Picked it up sla[G]pped it on my head
       [B]All the people gather
       [Em]Carry ea[Em/F#]ch his [Em/G]burden
       We are y[A]oung despite the y[C]ears we are con[Em]cern
       We are[E/F#] hope desp[E/G]ite the ti[A]mes [Asus2]
       [Em]Set[G]tle on these d[A]ays
       Happy t[C]hrongs take this j[Em]oy wherever, wherever....

{sot}       "solo"   E(1) : 0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-
                B(2) : 5-0-3-2--8-7-3-5-   x 4{eot}

       {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

{section: Intro}
a little ditty around a C chord

       [Dm]There's a problem [Am]feathers iron
       [Dm]Bargain buildings w[Am]eights and pulleys
       [Dm]Feathers hit the gro[Am]und before the [Dm]weight can leave the[Am] air
       [Dm]Buy the sk[G]y and [C]sell the [F]sky and [Dm]tell the sky and [G]tell the sky

{section: Chorus}
       Don't f[C]al[Dm]l on [F]me[G]
       (What is it up in the air for)
       (It's gonna fall)
{sot}       [C]Fa[Dm]ll on[F] m[G]e
       (If it's there for long) (It's gonna fall)
       C Dm   F G -------------> F{eot}
       Fall on me
       (It's over it's over me) (It's gonna fall)

       There's the progress we have found
       A way to talk around the problem
       Building towered foresight isn't anything at all
       [Dm]Buy the sk[G]y and [C]sell the [F]sky and [Dm]bleed the sky and [G]tell the sky

       Chorus

{section: Bridge}
       [Am]Well I could [F]keep it above
       [Am]But then it [Em]wouldn't be sky an[Am]ymore
       So if I [F]send it to you, you've got to [Dm]promise to keep it[G] home

       [Dm]Buy the [G]sky and [C]sell the [F]sky and [Dm]lift your [G]arms up [C]to the [F]sky
       And a[Dm]sk the sky and [G]ask the sky

       Chorus to fade

       Fall On Me

        T[Dm]here's a problem f[Am]eathers iron
        B[Dm]argain buildings w[Am]eights and pullies
        F[Dm]eathers hit the gr[Am]ound before the we[Dm]ight can leave the a[Am]ir
        B[Dm]uy the sk[G]y and se[C]ll the s[Am]ky and te[Dm]ll the sky and te[G7]ll the sky

       {It sounds good to walk up to the C chord like this:}

{sot}        A  ---0-2- C chord
        E  -3----{eot}

       {walk}    [C]    [Dm]            [F]    [G]
        Don't   Fall        On     Me
        {it repeats this... what... 3 or 4 times then...}
        (It's ov[F]er It's ov[G]er m[F]e ..[Fmaj7]...   )

       { same as before}

        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

        W[Am]ell I could k[F]eep it above
        B[Am]ut then it wou[G]ldn't be sky anymore  [Am]
        So if I s[F]end it to you you've got to pro[Dm]mise to keep it h[G]ome

        B[Dm]uy the s[G]ky and s[C]ell the s[Am]ky and l[Dm]ift your ar[G]ms up t[C]o the s[Am]ky
        And a[Dm]sk the sky and a[G]sk the sky

       Underneath The Bunker

       Here is a transcription to Underneath The Bunker!!!   The first part
       is played 2 times at the beginning and then the second part 2 times
       and then finally play the first part twice again.  The song then ends
       on the E chord.

                               The First Part

{sot}       E--------------------------------------------------------------------
       B--------------------------------------------------------------------
       G--3-4-5-4-3-5-4-------------------------4-2-0-----------------------
       D----------------4-5-7-5-4-7-5---5-4-1---------1-2-------------------
       A--------------------------------------2-----------------------------
       E--------------------------------------------------------------------{eot}

                               The Second Part

{sot}       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--------------------------------------------------------------------{eot}

{sot}       E--------------------------------------------------------------------
       B--12-12-12-12-10-8-10-10-10-10-8-7-5-4------------------------------
       G--------------------------------------------------------------------
       D-------------------------------------------------------------------
       A--------------------------------------------------------------------
       E--------------------------------------------------------------------{eot}

       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

        (Intro:  [E]  [A])

        (Buck plays E on 7th fret, A on 5th fret, I believe)

                             (verse)
        I took a pictu[E]re that I'll have to se[A]nd
        People here a[E]re friendly and content  [A]
        People here a[E]re colorful and brig[A]ht
        The flowers often bl[E]oom at night           [A]

                            (chorus)
        Amanita [D]is the name    [C]           [G]
        The flowers cover e[D]verything         [C]               [G]
        The flowers cover [D]everything        [C]               [G]                   [A]

        (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)
        [Ab]Don't lo[A]ok into the sun   [E]
        [Ab]Don't lo[A]ok into the sun   [B]

{sot}                             (solo)
        (play verse chords)
         B -5-7--5-7--5-7--10--9--7       }
         G ----------------------------9    } play 2x{eot}

{sot}              [E]                         [A]               [G]
         B -5-7--5-7--5-7--10--9--7----8--7--5
         G ----------------------------9----------7{eot}

        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.}

        When I[E] was young and full of grace
              and s[E]pirited a rattlesnake
        When I[E] was young and fever fell
        My sp[E]irit I will not tell
        You're on y[A]our honor not to te[F#m]ll

        I bel[E]ieve in coyotes and time as an abstract
        Expl[E]ain the change the difference bet[A]ween
        What you want and w[F#m]hat you need there's the k[B]ey
        Your adventure f[Abm]or today what do you do
        Betw[A]een the hours of the da[B]y

        I[E] --[Esus4]-  I --[E]---[B]---    [E]   [Esus4] I ---[E]-   [B]  [E] believ[Esus4]e      my sh[B]irt is wearing th[F#m]in
        And change is what I[A] 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]      [C#]  [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
        I[B] believe in example
        I[Abm] believe my throat hurts
        Exa[A]mple is the checker to the k[B]ey

        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}

       Swan Swan H

{section: Verse}
> [Am] [Dm]

{section: Chorus}
> [Em] [F]

{section: Bridge}
> [G] [Bm] [C] [D]

       Swan swan hummingbird
       Hurrah we are all free now
       What noisy cats are we
       Girl and dog he bore his cross
       A long low time ago people talk to me

       Johnny Reb what's the price of pans
       Forty a piece or three for one dollar
       Hey captain don't you want to buy
       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

       A pistol hot cup of rhyme
       The whiskey is water the water is wine
       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
       The whiskey is water the water is wine

       Swan Swan H

       { 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.}

{sot}        Am     D  ------0--2---  Dm       Gchord   Am    ------0--2---  Dm
               A  -0-3---------     -0-                  -0-3---------{eot}
        1 2        3 4  5  6     1 2 3     4 5 6   1 2    3 4  5  6     1 2 3 4 5 6

        S[Am]wan swan h[Dm]ummingbird   [G]
        Hurr[Am]ah we are all fr[Dm]ee now
        What no[Am]isy cats are we  [Dm]        [G]
        Girl and d[Am]og he bore his cross [Dm]
        A lo[Am]ng low ti[Dm]me ago[G] p[Am]eople talk to me

{sot}       {On this Em/Johnny Reb part, you can play:}
                 Emchord       A  -----0--2--   F/C   -0-   F
                               E  -0-3-------{eot}
       counts:  1 2                3 4 5  6     1 2    3    4 5 6

        J[Em]ohnny Reb what's the pr[F]ice of pans
        F[Em]orty a piece or th[F]ree for one dollar
        Hey cap[Em]tain don't you w[F]ant to buy
        Some b[Em]one chains and t[C]oothp[G]icks

        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

        A pi[G]stol hot c[Bm]up of rhyme
        The wh[C]iskey is water the wa[D]ter is wine
        M[G]arching feet Joh[Bm]nny Reb what's the pr[C]ice of heroes [C/B]

        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)

{section: Intro}
[E]

{section: Chorus}
       [E]I am I am I[A] am Superman and I know what's ha[E]ppening
       I am I am I am Superman and I can do anything

       [E]You don't really [A]love that guy you make it with now do [E]you
       [E]I know you don't [A]love that guy cause I can see right th[E]rough you

       Chorus

       [E]If you go a [A]million miles away I'll track you [E]down, girl
       [E]Trust me when I [A]say I know the pathway to your [E]heart

{section: Bridge}
  [D] [A]   [E]   [E]   [D] [A]   [E]   [E]   [D] [A]

       [E]If you go a [A]million miles away I'll track you [E]down, girl
       [E]Trust me when I [A]say I know the pathway to your [E]heart

{section: Chorus}
->  | D A | E

       Superman (The Clique)

       {Intro:   [E]    [E7]   [E]    [E7] ......}

        I[E] am I am I[Asus2] am Superman and I know what's h[E]appening    [E7]
        I[E] am I am I[Asus2] am Superman and I can do an[E]ything    [E7]

        Y[E]ou don't really lo[A]ve that guy you make it with now d[E]o you
        I[E] know you don't lo[A]ve that guy cause I can see right th[E]rough you

        If you go a million miles away I'll track you down girl
        Trust me when I say I know the pathway to your heart

       {break}

{sot}       D D  A A A       E  --0-0-3-4-0-0-3-4-{eot}

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