R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist/backing vocalist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe. One of the first alternative rock bands, R.E.M. was noted for Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style, Stipe's distinctive vocal quality and obscure lyrics, Mills's melodic basslines and backing vocals, and Berry's tight, economical style of drumming.
R.E.M. released its first single—"Radio Free Europe"—in 1981 on the independent record label Hib-Tone.
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Original chords by: ? Corrections from: Matthew Tanzer ([email protected])
{riff}
(B) ----1--------1----------| (G) ---(2)------(2)---------| (D) -(0)-----(0)-----2------| (A) -2------3------2------0-|..strum Am
{play riff} Listen
{continue with riff} You're funny and you don't know why You're funny and you can't even cry You're funny and you don't know why You're funny and you don't even try
FC Cause your head's shaking cause your arms are shaking FD And your feet are shaking cause the earth is shaking FC Cause your head's shaking cause your arms are shaking FD And your feet are shaking cause the earth is shaking
{ play as before with riff x 4 } [Unsure of lyrics]
{break like chorus FCFD}
{play as before with riff} You're hungry and you don't know why You're hungry and you can't even cry You're hungry and you don't know why You're hungry and you don't even cry
FC Cause your head's shaking cause your arms are shaking FD And your feet are shaking cause the earth is shaking FC Cause your head's shaking cause your arms are shaking FD And your feet are shaking cause the earth is shaking
{at this point in the song, the riff is altered slightly, it looks something like this....
(E) -- 15 -- (B) -- 15 -- (G) ---------0-----0-- -2-1-2-1-| (D) -------2---------- Am ---------| GG (A) -0-2-3------2----- ---------| {"nothing can hurt you ")
{use altered riff} You take a walk and you try to understand Nothing can hurt you Unless you want it to There are no answers Many reasons to be strong You take a walk you take a walk You take a walk and you try to understand
{break like chorus FCFD x 2}
{go back to opening riff} [Unsure of lyrics]
FC Cause your head's shaking cause your arms are shaking FD And your feet are shaking cause the earth is shaking FC Cause your head's shaking cause your arms are shaking FD And your feet are shaking cause the earth is shaking
{go back to opening riff} You're in love and you don't know why You're in love and you can't even cry You're in love and you don't know why You're in love and you don't even try