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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IGNORELAND
Intro:
F | G | F | G (play chords each for one measure, then riff section)
riff: (Guitar 2 plays riff, Guitar 1 plays chords above tab)
D5D7(no 3rd) G/D These bastards stole their power from the victims of the Em7D5D7(no 3rd) G/D Us v. Them years. Wrecking all things virtuous and true. D5D7(no 3rd) G/DEm7 The undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmal D5D7(no 3rd) G/DEm7 lost lamb off the precipice into the trickle down runoff pool. CDCD They hypnotized the summer, nineteen seventy-nine. CDFG Marched into the capital brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready, F heartless, and labeled. Super U.S. citizen, super achiever, G mega ultra power dosing. Relax. F(VIII)G(X) C(III)D(V)C Defense, defense, defense, defense. Yeah, yeah, yeah. F(VIII)G(X) C(III)D(V)CD Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. F(VIII)G(X) C(III)D(V)CD Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. F(VIII)G(X) C(III)D(V)C Yeah, yeah, yeah.
D5G/DEm7 The information nation took their clues from all the sound - bite gluttons. D5D7(no 3rd) G/DEm7 Nineteen eighty, eighty-four, eighty-eight, ninety-two too, too. D5D7(no 3rd) G/DEm7 How to be what you can be, jump jam junking your energies. D5D7(no 3rd) G/DEm7 How to walk in dignity with throw-up on your shoes.
CDCD They amplified the autumn, nineteen seventy-nine. CDF Calculate the capital, up the republic my skinny ass. GF T.V. tells a million lies. The papers terrified to report
anything that isn't handed on a presidential spoon, GF(VIII)G(X) C(III)D(V)C I'm just profoundly frustrated by all this. So, what to do, man. F(VIII)G(X) C(III)D(V)CD Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. F(VIII)G(X) C(III)D(V)CD Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.
CBm If they weren't there we would have created them. Maybe, it's true, BbA but I'm resentful all the same. Someone's got to take the blame. D5D7(no 3rd) G/DEm7 I know that this is vitriol. No solution, spleen-venting, D5D7(no 3rd) G/DEm7 But I feel better having screamed; don't you? CDCD They desecrated winter, nineteen seventy-nine. CDFG Capital collateral. Brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready, F heartless, and labeled. Super U.S. citizen, super achiever, G mega ultra power dosing. Relax. F(VIII)G(X) C(III)D(V)C Defense, defense, defense, defense. Yeah, yeah, yeah. F(VIII)G(X) C(III)D(V)CD Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. F(VIII)G(X) C(III)D(V)CD Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. F(VIII)G(X) C(III)D(V)C Yeah, yeah, yeah.