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E-Bow The Letter Chords

Music by: R.E.M. · 1996
Genre Rock Tone E minor BPM 76 Views 1771
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[Intro 1]
[G][Em][G][Em]
[G][Em]

[Verse 1]
Look [C]up and what do you see?
[G]All of you and all of me
[Em]Fluorescent and starry,
[Bm]some of them, they surprise
[C]The bus ride, I went to wri[G]te this,
4:00 a.m, [Em]this letter
Fields of poppies, little [C]pearls,
[G]all the boys and all the girls
[Em]Sweet-toothed,
each and every [Bm]one a little scary
[C]I s[G]aid your name,[Em]
I wore it like a badge of teen[C]age film stars
Hash [G]bars, cherry mash and tin[Em]foil tinfoil
[Bm]Dreaming of Maria Callas,
[C]whoeve[G]r she is
[Em]This fame thing, I don't get it[C]
I wrap my hand in [G]plastic
to try to look through it
[Em]Maybelline eyes and girl- [Bm]as- boy moves
[C]I can take you far[G],
this [Em]star thing, I don't get it

[Chorus 1]
[D][Em]
(I'll [G]take you [D]over [Em]there)
(I'll take you...) A[D]luminum tastes like fear
A[Em]drenaline it pulls [G]us near
[D]It tastes like fear
[Em]it pulls us near

[Verse 2]
[C]Will you live to eighty-[G]three?
[Em]Will you ever welcome [Bm]me?
Will you [C]show me something
that no[G]body else has seen?
[Em]Smoke it, drink,
[C]here comes the flo[G]od,
[Em]anything to thin [Bm]the blood
These corro[C]sives do their magic
slow[G]ly and [Em]sweet
Phone, eat it, [C]drink, [G]just another chink
[Em]Cuts and dents, they catch the [Bm]light
[C]Alu[G]minum, the weakest link
[Em]I don't want to disappoint you,[C]
I'm not [G]here to anoint you
I would [Em]lick your feet,
but is that the [Bm]sickest move?
I wear my own [C]crown of sadness and [G]sorrow
And who'd have thought to[Em]morrow

[Chorus 2]
would be so strange?
[D]My loss, and her[Em]e we go again
(I'll [G]take you [D]over [Em]there)
(I'll take you...) A[D]luminum tastes like fear
A[Em]drenaline it pulls [G]us near
[D]It tastes like fear
[Em]it pulls us near

[Interlude 1]
[G][Em][G][Em]
[G][Em]

[Verse 3]
Look [C]up and [G]what do you see?
[Em]All of you and all of [Bm]me,
florescent and star[C]ry
And [G]some of them, they [Em]surprise
Oh, [C]I can't look it in t[G]he eyes,
Seconal, [Em]Spanish fly, absinthe, ke[Bm]rosene
Cherry-flavored neck [C]and collar
I can smell the sor[G]row on your breath
The [Em]sweat, the victory and sorrow,

[Chorus 3]
the smell of fear
[D]I got it [Em](I'll take [G]you...)
A[D]luminum tastes like fear
A[Em]drenaline it pulls us near
A[D]luminum tastes like fear
A[Em]drenaline it pulls [G]us near
[D]It tastes like fear,
[Em]it pulls us near
[D]It tastes like fear,
[Em]it pulls us ne[G]ar

[Outro 1]
[D]Pulls us [Em]near (it tastes like fear)
[D]Tastes like [Em]fear[G]
[D]Pulls us [Em]near
[D]Over, over, [Em]over, [G]o ver
[D]Over, over, [Em]yeah
[D](I'll take you over[Em])[G]
[D](I'll take you over[Em], I'll take you the[D]re)
[Em](I'l[G]l take you there[D])
[Em]
(I'll take you o[D]ver)
(I'll take you [Em]there)
[G]The[D]re, bab[Em]y
[D]
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