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I Wanted To Be Wrong Chords

Music by: R.E.M.
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[Intro 1]
[D][Em][D][Em][D][G][D][Asus4]

[Verse 1]
[D]You know where I come from
You know what I feel
You're Yul Brynner Westworld
Reporting from the field
I threw it into reverse
Made a motion to repeal
You kicked my legs from [A]un der me
[D]And tried to take the wheel

[Verse 2]
[G]I told you I [A]wanted to be [G]wrong
But every[A]one is humming [G]a song
That [A]I don't [D]understand
[Em]Now[D]

[Verse 3]
[Em]I kn[D]ow that the sun has
shined on my side of the street
The basket of Amer[A]ica,
[D]the weevils and the wheat
The milk and honeyed congregation,
scrubbed and apple-cheeked
Salute Salute Apollo 13 from the rattle
jewelry [G]seats
Mythology's se[A]ductive and it turned

[Verse 4]
[G]
a trick [A]on me
That [G]I have just begun [A]to understand
[D][Em][G][D][Em][D]

[Verse 5]
[G]I told you
I [A]wanted to be [G]wrong
But every[A]one is humming [G]a song
That [A]I don't understand

[Interlude 1]
[D][Em][D][A][Bm][C#m][Bm]
[A][Bm][C#m][Bm][A][Bm][C#m]
[Bm][G][F]

[Verse 6]
The [D]rodeo is staged,
gold circle goat-ropers and 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 special analysts,
cells and SUV's

[Verse 7]
We [G]can't approach the [A]Al lies
'cause [G]they seem a little [A]peeved
And [G]speak a language [A]we don't
understand
[D][Em][D][Em]

[Verse 8]
[G]I told you I [A]wanted to be [G]wrong
But every[A]one is humming [G]a song
That [A]I don't understand

[Verse 9]
[D]Prop up The Omega Man, we're primed
for victory
God gave us the upper hand,
there's [Em]honor [D]among [Em]thie[G]ves
Tem[A]per it with arrogance, a dash
[Bm]of sad [A]con[C#m]ceit
The [Bm]top's down on the T-Bird, we're [A]we're the[Bm]
[A]childre[C#m]n of the fre[Bm]e[A]

[Interlude 2]
[Bm][C#m][Bm][G][F]

[Verse 10]
[D]Storm into the boardroom [G]of
the con[D]quering elite
Did you [Dsus4]recog niz[D]e the madman
who is shouting in the streets?
[G]Destro[D]y the things that I
[Em]don't understand
[D]Des[Em]troy th[D]e things that I don't un[Em]derstand

[Outro 1]
[D]
[Em][D][Em][D][Em][D][Em]
[D][Em][G][D][Em][D]
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