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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AmG We'll stumble through the yard AmG We'll stumble through the yard AmG We'll stumble through the A-P-T. AmG We'll stumble through the yard DC Force fields. Explorer racing home, the ancient star. DC Yellow mixed with golden hue. Scan the graveyard, dead there be. AmGAmG Ball and chain. Ball and chain. AmGAmG Ball and chain. Ball and chain.
AmG We'll stumble through the yard AmG We'll stumble through the yard AmG We'll stumble through the A-P-T. AmG We'll stumble through the yard DC Force fields. Explorer racing home, the ancient star. DC Yellow mixed with golden hue. Scan the graveyard, dead there be. AmGAmG Ball and chain. Ball and chain. AmGAmG Ball and chain. Ball and chain.
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AmG We'll stumble through the yard AmG We'll stumble through the yard AmG We'll stumble through the A-P-T. AmG We'll stumble through the yard DC Force fields. Explorer racing home, the ancient star. DC Yellow mixed with golden hue. Scan the graveyard, dead there be. AmGAmG Ball and chain. Ball and chain. AmGAmG Ball and chain. Ball and chain.
{drums/random guitar noise} It was round about midnight. Hipster town. Imagine going for a walk. Things get around to taking place. It's not a waste of time. The rich got a little poorer. Things get around to taking place. If they're gonna happen at all. Don't need that jazz. Don't need that stuff. It was round about midnight. Hipster town. It was round about midnight. Hipster town.
AmG (x 2)
AmG We'll stumble through the yard AmG We'll stumble through the yard AmG We'll stumble through the A-P-T. AmG We'll stumble through the yard DC Force fields. Explorer racing home, the ancient star. DC Yellow mixed with golden hue. Scan the graveyard, dead there be. AmGAmG Ball and chain. Ball and chain. AmGAmG Ball and chain. Ball and chain.
Em (Bm) X X 9 9 8 7 ---------------- X X 9 9 5 7 (4th time before "force field part)
RIFF 1 (for "force fields" part) e ------------------------------------------------| B 5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5--5--5--5--5--5-------| G 9-9-7--7-7-9-9-7--7-7-11-11-11-11-11-12-14/////-|
RIFF 2 (for chorus "Ball and chain") e 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5- | --10----10----10----10--| B 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5- | -8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-| (one measure) (one measure)