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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FEELING GRAVITY'S PULL
{opening riff}
#har denotes harmonics on that fret (E)---7--------7--------0--------------------------5har--| (B)-----7--------7----0---0----------7har----------5har--| (G)-------10-------10----------------7har----------5har--| (D)----------------------------------7har----------5har--| (A)-------------------------9-9999-9-7har-9-9999-9-------| (E)-------------------------7-7777-7------7-7777-7-------|
{play the riff but start with the stuff on the 7th fret of the low E string}
I fell asleep and read just about every paragraph.
Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around Peel back the mountains peel back the sky Stomp gravity into the floor It's a Man Ray kind of sky Let me show you what I can do with it Time and distance are out of place here
{The riff is like this: (B) ------0------0------0------0----| (G) ----0------0------0------0------| (D) --------------------------------| (A) -----------------------0--------| (E) -0------2-------3---------------|
Step up, step up, step up the sky is open-armed {start the riff again} When the light is mine, I felt gravity pull
Somewhere near the end it said "You can't do this", I said "I can too" Shift sway rivers shift, oceans fall and mountains drift It's a Man Ray kind of sky Let me show you what I can do with it
Step up, step up, step up the sky is open-armed CD When the light is mine, I felt gravity pull onto my eyes, CD holding my head straight (looking down). CB This is the easiest task I've ever had to do...
I fell asleep and read just about every paragraph
Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around Shift the swaying river's shift Oceans fall and mountains drift It's a Man Ray kind of sky Let me show you what I can do with it Time and distance are out of place here
Step up, step up, step up the sky is open-armed When the light is mine, I felt gravity pull onto my eyes, holding my head straight (looking down). This is the easiest task I've ever had to do...
Reason had harnessed the tame Holding the sky in their arms
{The end follows these chords: BCBCBCBCDB} Gravity pulls me down