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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 move across, innocence lost
all flashing pulsar
I move across the earth in my new pattern shirt
I pass satellites.

"You're so bitter," your complaint
I can't give you anything
I don't know who you're livin' for
I don't who you are anymore.

[PRE-CHORUS]
I'd sooner chew my leg off,
Than be trapped in this.
How easy do you think of all of this as bittersweet me

[CHORUS]
I couldn't taste it
I'm tired and naked
I don't know what I'm hungry for
I don't know what I want anymore.

[w/ VERSE]
I move across, candy floss
I move like a tank
I move across the room with a heart full of gloom,
stronger than you think

Oh my peer,
your veneer is wearing thin and cracking.
the surface informs that underneath,
underneath is lacking.

[PRE-CHORUS]

[CHORUS]

[BRIDGE]

[w/ VERSE]

You move across, innocence lost,
all static and desire,
you're blue in the face from navel gaze,
you set yourself on fire.

You strip down and lay yourself out,
I know you can't fake it,
But are you tire and naked?
Are you tire and naked?

[PRE-CHORUS]

[CHORUS]

[CHORUS]

[ENDING]:
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