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R.E.M. - Bittersweet Me  (from The New Adventures in Hi-Fi)

tabbed by Brad Turnbaugh (turnbaug@uiuc.edu)

lyrics taken from The R.E.M. Resource Page
       (http://radon.gas.uug.arizona.edu/~jbarenti/rem/rem.html)
lyrics are copyright R.E.M./Athens Ltd.


INTRO:
 Dsus4         Em                  Dsus4         Em
 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a
|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|----------------
|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|----------------
|------0---------|----------------|------0-------0-|----------------
|----4-----4---2-|----------------|----4-----4---2-|----------------
|--5-----------2-|----------------|--5-----------2-|----------------
|5-------------0-|----------------|5-------------0-|----------------



VERSE:
 Dsus4         Em                  Dsus4         Em
 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a
|--------------0-|----------0-0---|--------------0-|--0-0---0---0---
|--------------0-|----------0-0---|--------------0-|--0-0---0---0---
|------0-------0-|----------0-0---|------0-------0-|--0-0---0---0---
|----4-----4---2-|----------------|----4-----4---2-|----------------
|--5-----------2-|----------------|--5-----------2-|----------------
|5-------------0-|----------------|5-------------0-|----------------

play this 4 times



PRE-CHORUS:
 F                F/A              Dm               C
 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a
|------1---------|------1---------|------1---------|------3---------
|----1-----1-----|----1-----1-----|----3-----3-----|----1-----1-----
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------
|----------------|0---------------|----------------|3---------------
|1---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------

 F                F/A              Dm               G
 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a
|------1---------|------1---------|------1---------|------3---------
|----1-----1-----|----1-----1-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------
|----------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------
|1---------------|----------------|----------------|3---------------



CHORUS:  (heavy distortion)
 A5      G5
 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a
|----------------|----------------
|----------------|----------------
|----------------|--0-------0-----   x 3, then:
|7---7---5---5-0h|2-----0h2---2p0-
|7---7---5---5---|----------------
|5---5---3---3---|----------------

 Dm               C
 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a
|------1-------1-|------0-------0-
|----3-------3---|----1-------1---
|--0-------0-----|--0-------0-----
|----------------|----------------
|----------------|----------------
|----------------|----------------



[BRIDGE]
4-measure bass solo



Here's the lyrics:

[INTRO]

[w/ VERSE]
I ..
all ..
I ..
I ...

"You're ..
I ..
I ..
I ...

[PRE-CHORUS]
I'd ..
Than ...
How ..

[CHORUS]
I ..
I'm ..
I ..
I ...

[w/ VERSE]
I ..
I ..
I ..
stronger ..

Oh ..
your ...
the ..,
underneath is ..

[PRE-CHORUS]

[CHORUS]

[BRIDGE]

[w/ VERSE]

You ..
all ..
you're ..
you ...

You ..,
I ..,
But ..
Are ..

[PRE-CHORUS]

[CHORUS]

[CHORUS]

[ENDING]:
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