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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The Outsiders by R.E.M.
Intro: EmDEm
EmDEm You took me to the restaurant where we first met EmDEm You knocked a future shock crowbar upside my head
EmDGAmEm I got caught with the stop of the tick-tock, tick-tock clock
DEm When you told me what you knew
EmD Lost in the moment
GAmEm The day that the music stopped
DEm And I do remember you
CD Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth GDEm Promising volcanic change of plot CD Where will this lead us - I'm scared of the storm EmDEm The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born
(Chords are the same as 1st verse)
I tried to tell you I am not afraid You looked up and saw it all across my face So am I with you or am I against I don't think it's that easy - we're lost in regret
Now I'm trying to remember The feeling when the music stopped When you told me what you knew Lost in the moment The day that the music stopped And I do remember you
Drawing patterns with cork on the tablecloth
Promising volcanic change of plot Where does this leave us - I'm scared of the storm The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born
Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth Promising volcanic change of plot Where does this leave us - I'm scared of the storm The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born
EmDEm The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born EmDEm The outsiders are gathering
Chords for the rap: EmDGAm
RAP
A man walks away when every muscle says to stay How many yesterdays - they each weigh heavy Who says what changes may come? Who says what we call home? I know you see right through me, my luminescence fades The dusk provides an antidote, I am not afraid I've been a million times in my mind This is really just a technicality, frailty, reality
Uh, it's time to breathe, time to believe Let it go and run towards the sea They don't teach that, they don't know what you mean They don't understand, they don't know what you mean They don't get it, I wanna scream I wanna breathe again, I wanna dream I wanna float a quote from Martin Luther King I am not afraid I am not afraid I am not afraid
I am not afraid I am not afraid I am not afraid I am not afraid