THE GREAT BEYOND

From: greedo@newmail.net

VERSE
    Am7                     Dsus2
E||--0------0------0--0--|--0------0----0--0--0--|--0------0------0--0--|
B||--1------1------1--0--|--3------3----3--3--0--|--1------1------1--0--|
G||--0------0------0--0--|--2------2----2--2--0--|--0------0------0--0--|
D||--2------2------2--0--|--0------0----0--0--0--|--2------2------2--0--|
A||--0------0------0--0--|-----------------------|--0------0------0--0--|
E||----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|



--0------0------0--0--||
--3------3------3--0--||
--2------2------2--0--|| guitar 1
--0------0------0--0--||
----------------------||
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-----0----------------||
---------3------------||
--------------2-------||
----------------------||  guitar 2 (riff A)  the guitar is absent from most
----------------------||   of the verse, but this riff is played
----------------------||

I've watched the stars fall silent from your eyes
Oh the sights that I have seen  (riff A)
I can't believe that I believed
I wish that you could see (riff A)
that there's a new planet in the solar system
there is nothing up my sleeve (riff A)

CHORUS

C     C/B        Am7
 I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs
 I?m tossing up punchlines that were never there
Over my shoulder a piano falls
G(strum)
crashing to the grouououond

And all this talk of time
Talk is fine
And I don?t want to stay around
Why can?t we pantomime, just close our eyes
And sleep sweet dreams
Being here with wings on our feet

I?m pushing an elephant up the stairs
I?m tossing up punchlines that were never there
Over my shoulder a piano falls
Crashing to the ground

I?m breaking through
I?m bending spoons
I?m keeping flowers in full bloom
I?m looking for answers from the great beyond

I want the hummingbirds, the dancing bears
Sweetest dreams of you
Look into the stars
Look into the moon

I?m pushing an elephant up the stairs
I?m tossing up punchlines that were never there
Over my shoulder a piano falls
Crashing to the ground

I?m breaking through
I?m bending spoons
I?m keeping flowers in full bloom
I?m looking for answers from the great beyond

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The Great Beyond

from: Gabor Fazekas ( murmur@nograd.net )

intro:

A9    Dsus2
A9    Dsus2
A9    Dsus2
A9    Dsus2


A9		    Dsus2
 I've watched the sun spot silent
A9	       Dsus2
from your eyes
A9		     Dsus2
all the sights that I have seen
A9    Dsus2



A9	   Dsus2
 I can't believe that
    A9		       Dsus2
I believed I wish that you could see
A9			    Dsus2
Desert need no cloud in the summer zest
A9		 Dsus2
there is nothing up my sleeve



C    Cmaj9(B)	Am
 I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs,
C    Cmaj9(B)	 Am
 I'm tossing out punchlines that were never there
C	 Cmaj9(B)     Am
 over my shoulder a piano falls,
G
chrashing to the ground.



A9	      Dsus2
 and all this talk of time
A9	     Dsus2
talk is fine
    A9		    Dsus2
but I don't want to stay around
A9     Dsus2



A9	      Dsus2
 why can't we pat some on
     A9 		 Dsus2
just close your eyes and sleep sweet dreams
A9     Dsus2
in the place on offing
A9     Dsus2



C    Cmaj9(B)	Am
 I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs,
C    Cmaj9(B)	 Am
 I'm tossing out punchlines that were never there
C	 Cmaj9(B)     Am
 over my shoulder a piano falls,
G
chrashing to the ground.


Am   C	      G 	   D
 I'm breaking through, I'm bending
  Am	    C	    G
spoons, I'm keeping flowers in full
  Am	   C	       G		D	C
bloom, I'm looking for answers from the great beyond



A9     Dsus2
A9     Dsus2
A9     Dsus2
A9     Dsus2


	   A9		   Dsus2
I want the hummingbirds to dance in their
A9		   Dsus2
sweetest dreams of you
A9	      Dsus2
look into the stars
A9	       Dsus2
look into your eyes



C    Cmaj9(B)	Am
 I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs,
C    Cmaj9(B)	 Am
 I'm tossing out punchlines that were never there
C	 Cmaj9(B)     Am
 over my shoulder a piano falls,
G
chrashing to the ground.


2x   Am   C	   G		D
      I'm breaking through, I'm bending
	Am	  C	  G
      spoons, I'm keeping flowers in full
	Am	 C	     G		      D       C
      bloom, I'm looking for answers from the great beyond


Am   C	      G 	   D
 I'm breaking through, I'm bending
  Am	    C	    G
spoons, I'm keeping flowers in full
  Am	   C	       G		D
bloom, I'm looking for answers from the great...
   C
...answers from the great


Am   C	      G 	   D
 I'm breaking through, I'm bending
  Am	    C	    G
spoons, I'm keeping flowers in full
  Am	   C	       G		D
bloom, I'm looking for answers from the great...
   C
...answers from the great   ...answers


Am  Cmaj9(B)  C  Cmaj9(B)   G	D
Am  Cmaj9(B)  C  Cmaj9(B)   G
Am  Cmaj9(B)  C  Cmaj9(B)   G	D   C


Am  Cmaj9(B)  C  Cmaj9(B)   G	D
Am  Cmaj9(B)  C  Cmaj9(B)   G
Am  Cmaj9(B)  C  Cmaj9(B)   G	D   C
C  Cmaj9(B)  A9



the chords:

A9:	   x02000
Dsus2:	   xx0230
C:	   x32010
Cmaj9(B):  x20010
Am:	   x02210
G:	   320003


Great Beyond (Live).

| Am | D | Am | D |      | Am | D | Am | D |

| Am |                  | D |                    | Am |            | D |
I've watched the stars fall silent from your eyes,
| Am |                   | D |              | Am | D |
Oh, the sights that I have seen,
| Am |               | D |               | Am |                          | D |
           I can't believe that I believed I wished that you could see,
| Am |                                | D |         | Am |                 | D |
Desert in the mind of the silencist, there is nothing up my sleeve

| C           Bm |         | Am |
      I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs,
| C           Bm |         | Am |
I'm tossing up punch-lines that were never there,
| C              Bm |         | Am |
    Over my shoulder a piano falls,
| G |                         | G |
Crashing to the ground,

| Am |                | D |             | Am |      | D |
      And all this talk of time, talk is fine,
| Am |             | D |              | Am | D |
But I want to stay around
| Am |                 | D |                    | Am |                       | D |
   Why can't we pantomime, just close our eyes and sleep sweet dreams,
| Am |              | D |                   | Am | D |
Me and you, please are nothing

| C           Bm |         | Am |
      I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs,
| C           Bm |         | Am |
I'm tossing up punch-lines that were never there,
| C              Bm |         | Am |
    Over my shoulder a piano falls,
| G |                         | G |
Crashing to the ground,

| Am      C |            | G                D |           | Am
     I'm breaking through, I'm bending spoons,
         C |        | G        D |         | Am
I'm keeping flowers in full bloom,
         C |             | G                        D |          | Am | Am |
I'm looking for answers from the Great Beyond,


| Am | D | Am | D |      | Am | D | Am | D |

                    | Am |                  | D |               | Am ||                       | D |
I want the hummingbirds to dance in their sweetest dreams of you,
 | Am |               | D |   | Am|             | D  |
Look into the stars, look into the moon,

| C           Bm |         | Am |
      I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs,
| C           Bm |         | Am |
I'm tossing up punch-lines that were never there,
| C              Bm |         | Am |
    Over my shoulder a piano falls,
| G |                         | G |
Crashing to the ground,

| Am      C |            | G                D |           | Am
     I'm breaking through, I'm bending spoons,
         C |        | G        D |         | Am
I'm keeping flowers in full bloom,
         C |             | G                        D |          | Am | Am |
I'm looking for answers from the Great Beyond,

| Am      C |            | G                D |           | Am
     I'm breaking through, I'm bending spoons,
         C |        | G        D |         | Am
I'm keeping flowers in full bloom,
         C |             | G                        D |          | Am | Am |
I'm looking for answers from the Great Beyond,

| Am      C |            | G                D |           | Am
     I'm breaking through, I'm bending spoons,
         C |        | G        D |         | Am
I'm keeping flowers in full bloom,
         C |             | G                        D |          | Am | Am |
I'm looking for answers from the Great, answers from the great

| Am      C |            | G                D |           | Am
     I'm breaking through, I'm bending spoons,
         C |        | G        D |         | Am
I'm keeping flowers in full bloom,
         C |             | G                        D |          | Am | Am |
I'm looking for answers from the Great, answerrrrrsssss,

| Am  C | G  D | Am  C | G  D |     | Am  C | G  D | Am | Am |

| Am  C | G  D | Am  C | G  D |     | Am  C | G  D | Am | Am |

Am

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Author/Artist: REM
Title: The Great Beyond
Album: Man On The Moon Soundtrack
Transcribed by: Tony Crouch
Email: psalm40@nrg.com.au

Here's my version of REM's "The Great Beyond". - LIVE.
I transcribed it from when they did on the David Letterman Show.
Please use this transciption in conjuntion with the previous one on the archive.

--x-x-x-x-|-0-0-0-0-|-x-x-x-x-|-0-0-------------------------------------------
--5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-|-3--3------------------------------------------
--5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-|-2---2-----------------------------------------
--5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-|-0----0----------------------------------------
--x-x-x-x-|---------|-x-x-x-x-|-----------------------------------------------
--5-5-5-5-|---------|-5-5-5-5-|-----------------------------------------------
 Am7        D5        Am7       D5(Riff A)
This is the Intro and Verse Progression.

-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
-2-2-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
-3-3-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--
---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
 C   C/B   Am        C   C/B   Am        C   C/B   Am        G
This is the Pre-Chorus Progression
"I'm pushing elephants up the stairs.............."

-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--
-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
-2-2-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-0-0-|-0-0-2-2-|-2-2-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--
-3-3-2-2-|-2-2-----|-3-3-2-2-|-2-2-0-0-|-3-3-2-2-|-2-2-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
---------|-3-3-----|---------|-3-3-----|---------|-3-3-----|------------------
 C   C/B   G   D     C   C/B   G   Am7   C   C/B   G   D     C
This is the Chorus Progression
"Im breakin' through..........."

-0-0-0-0-|-0-x-x--------------------------------------------------------------
-1-1-1-1-|-1-5-5--------------------------------------------------------------
-0-0-0-0-|-0-5-5--------------------------------------------------------------
-2-2-2-2-|-0-5-5--------------------------------------------------------------
-3-3-3-3-|-2-x-x--------------------------------------------------------------
---------|---5-5--------------------------------------------------------------
 C        C/B  Am7
This is the outro progression, try to accent the C/B chord, as this is what he does.