{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":154404,"song":"Belong","artist":"R.E.M.","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11215423-belong-chords-by-r-e-m/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/154404?type=chord","rating":4.78174,"votes":13,"content":"GUITAR 1:\r\n\r\nThe chords for the verses are always strummed with a slow downstroke near\r\nthe bridge on the first beat of each measure.  They are G, C/G, Dsus4/G,\r\nand back to G.  At the same time the backup vocalist sings G, C, D, and\r\nrests for the 4th measure.\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\t\t   [ch]C/G[/ch]\t\t    [ch]G5[/ch]\r\n         ----------\t-----------\t-----------[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHead     _ _ 0 0 _ _\t_ _ _ 0 _ 0     _ X 0 0 _ _[/tab]\r\nFret 1   _ _ _ _ _ _\t_ _ _ _ * _\t_ _ _ _ _ _\r\nFret 2   _ * _ _ _ _\t_ _ * _ _ _\t_ _ _ _ _ _\r\nFret 3   * _ _ _ * *\t* * _ _ _ _\t* _ _ _ * *\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Refrain uses the same chords, but is strummed with the following\r\nrhythm pattern:\r\n[tab]1  [ch]E[/ch]  +  [ch]A[/ch]  2  [ch]E[/ch]  +  [ch]A[/ch]  3  [ch]E[/ch]  +  [ch]A[/ch]  4  [ch]E[/ch]  +  [ch]A[/ch]\r\ns  s  s  s  e  _  s  e  _  s  s  s  s  s  s  s[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou can mess around with this pattern a little bit as the muse inspires\r\nyou, but since repetition is what really drives this song, you should\r\nmostly stick to it.\r\n\r\n\r\nGUITAR 2:\r\nThe part that was listed as the \"guitar into\" on your web page is\r\nbasically it.  That part is also played during the first two verses.  If\r\nyou want to give your second guitarist a little more to do, they can strum\r\nalong with the Guitar 1 during the refrain using another chord voicing.  I\r\npersonally like this one (do not strum either E-string):\r\n\r\n               [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C/G[/ch]                [ch]Dsus4[/ch]/[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\nFret 10    _ * _ _ _ _            _ * * _ _ _          _ * _ _ _ _\r\nFret 11    _ _ _ _ _ _            _ _ _ _ _ _          _ _ _ _ _ _\r\nFret 12    _ _ * * * _            _ _ _ * _ _\t       _ _ * * X _\r\nFret 13    _ _ _ _ _ _            _ _ _ _ * _          _ _ _ _ _ _\r\n\r\n\r\nBASS:\r\nThe meat & potatoes of this song, but not too tough to play.  You may want\r\nto let some of the vocal duties be handled by the bassist (but *not* the\r\nspoken word part!  The bass must stay on the beat, and the spoken vocals\r\nmust remain independent of it... This can become a lot like the old \"pat\r\nyour head and rub your stomache\" trick).\r\n\r\nDuring the into & verses, stay put on the low G (yes, you are a petal\r\ntone) using the following rhythm:\r\n\r\n[tab]1  [ch]E[/ch]  +  [ch]A[/ch]  2  [ch]E[/ch]  +  [ch]A[/ch]  3  [ch]E[/ch]  +  [ch]A[/ch]  4  [ch]E[/ch]  +  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nq  _  _  _  e  _  s  e  _  (rest)[/tab]\r\n\r\nFor the refrain, play on G for the first measure, C on the second, and\r\nback to G for the next two, using the following rhythm (mess around with it\r\n[ch]A[/ch] lot):\r\n\r\n1  [ch]E[/ch]  +  [ch]A[/ch]  2  [ch]E[/ch]  +  [ch]A[/ch]  3  [ch]E[/ch]  +  [ch]A[/ch]  4  [ch]E[/ch]  +  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nq  _  _  _  [ch]E[/ch]  _  s  [ch]E[/ch]  _  [ch]E[/ch]  _  s  [ch]E[/ch]  _  [ch]E[/ch] _\r\n\r\nThere are also two bass fills that are used un the refrian, both at the\r\nend of a phrase.  The first, and more frequest, is this:\r\n\r\n[tab]      q      [ch]E[/ch] se   se  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\ne\t |3---3-33-30-1-2|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]\tThe other is simply a desending G-maj scale:\r\n     [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] se   [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  se\r\ng  |----------------|\r\nd  |----54-2--------|\r\na  |---------5-3-2--|\r\ne  |3-3-----------5-|[/tab]\r\n\r\nThese fills can be inserted at will during the refrain, as long as some\r\ntasteful restraint is used.\r\n\r\n\r\nLyrics:\r\n\r\nHer world collapsed early Sunday morning.\r\nShe got up from the kitchen table,\r\nfolded the newspaper and silenced the radio.\r\n\r\nThose creatures jumped the barricades\r\nand have headed for the sea,\r\nsea.\r\n\r\n{Chorus:}\r\nOh............\r\n\r\nThose creatures jumped the barricades\r\nand have headed for the sea.\r\nShe began to breathe, to breathe at the thought of such freedom,\r\n\r\nstood and whispered to her child, belong.\r\nShe held the child and whispered with calm, calm;\r\nbelong.\r\n\r\n{Chorus:}\r\nOh............\r\n\r\nShe stood and whispered to her child, belong.\r\nShe held the child and whispered with calm, calm;\r\nbelong.\r\n\r\n{Chorus:}\r\n\r\nThose barricades can only hold for so long.\r\nHer world collapsed early Sunday morning.\r\nShe took the child, held tight, opened the window;\r\na breath, this song, how long, and knew, knew; belong.\r\n\r\n{Chorus:}\r\nOh............\r\n(2X & End with Verse chords)\r\n\r\n\r\n-----\r\n[ch]G[/ch]: 3x000x   [ch]Gsus4[/ch]: 3x001x    [ch]G5[/ch]: 3x0033\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro riff:\r\n\r\n[tab]E-|--------------------------------------------------|\r\nB-|--------------------------------------------------|\r\nG-|------------0--------------0--------------0-------|  x 4\r\nD-|----0-h-4----------0-h-4--------0-h-4----------4--|\r\nA-|-5------------------------------------------------|\r\nE-|--------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n{The following chords are only strummed once, unless otherwise noted.}\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Gsus4[/ch]\r\nHer world collapsed early Sunday morning.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G5[/ch]\r\nShe got up from the kitchen table,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfolded the newspaper and silenced the radio.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Gsus4[/ch]                     [ch]G5[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThose creatures jumped the barricades and have headed for the sea, sea.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n{Then strum G5 6 times}\r\n\r\n{Chorus:}\r\nG5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}\r\nOh............\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]Gsus4[/ch]\r\nThose creatures jumped the barricades and have headed for the sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G5[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe began to breathe, to breathe at the thought of such freedom,[/tab]\r\n\r\nstood and whispered to her child, belong.\r\n[tab][ch]Gsus4[/ch]                            [ch]G5[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe held the child and whispered with calm, calm; belong.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n{Then strum G5 6 times}\r\n\r\n{Chorus:}\r\nG5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}\r\nOh............\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Gsus4[/ch]                                     [ch]G5[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n        She stood and whispered to her child, belong.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Gsus4[/ch]                                [ch]G5[/ch]\r\n        She held the child and whispered with calm, calm;    belong.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n{Then strum G5 6 times}\r\n\r\n{Chorus:}\r\nG5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}\r\nOh............\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]Gsus4[/ch]\r\nThese barricades can only hold for so long.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G5[/ch]\r\nHer world collapsed early Sunday morning.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe took the child held tight, opened the window;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Gsus4[/ch]                       [ch]G5[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\na breath, this song, how long, and knew, knew; we belong.[/tab]\r\n\r\n{Then strum G5 6 times}\r\n\r\n{Chorus:}\r\nG5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}\r\nOh............\r\n\r\n{Chorus:}\r\nG5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}\r\nOh............\r\n\r\n{Chorus:}\r\nG5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}\r\nOh............\r\n\r\n{Chorus:}\r\nG5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}\r\nOh............","plain_text":"GUITAR 1:\n\nThe chords for the verses are always strummed with a slow downstroke near\nthe bridge on the first beat of each measure.  They are G, C/G, Dsus4/G,\nand back to G.  At the same time the backup vocalist sings G, C, D, and\nrests for the 4th measure.\n\n\n\nFret 1   _ _ _ _ _ _\t_ _ _ _ * _\t_ _ _ _ _ _\nFret 2   _ * _ _ _ _\t_ _ * _ _ _\t_ _ _ _ _ _\nFret 3   * _ _ _ * *\t* * _ _ _ _\t* _ _ _ * *\n\n\nThe Refrain uses the same chords, but is strummed with the following\nrhythm pattern:\n\n\nYou can mess around with this pattern a little bit as the muse inspires\nyou, but since repetition is what really drives this song, you should\nmostly stick to it.\n\n\nGUITAR 2:\nThe part that was listed as the \"guitar into\" on your web page is\nbasically it.  That part is also played during the first two verses.  If\nyou want to give your second guitarist a little more to do, they can strum\nalong with the Guitar 1 during the refrain using another chord voicing.  I\npersonally like this one (do not strum either E-string):\n\n               G                    C/G                Dsus4/G\n\nFret 10    _ * _ _ _ _            _ * * _ _ _          _ * _ _ _ _\nFret 11    _ _ _ _ _ _            _ _ _ _ _ _          _ _ _ _ _ _\nFret 12    _ _ * * * _            _ _ _ * _ _\t       _ _ * * X _\nFret 13    _ _ _ _ _ _            _ _ _ _ * _          _ _ _ _ _ _\n\n\nBASS:\nThe meat & potatoes of this song, but not too tough to play.  You may want\nto let some of the vocal duties be handled by the bassist (but *not* the\nspoken word part!  The bass must stay on the beat, and the spoken vocals\nmust remain independent of it... This can become a lot like the old \"pat\nyour head and rub your stomache\" trick).\n\nDuring the into & verses, stay put on the low G (yes, you are a petal\ntone) using the following rhythm:\n\n\n\nFor the refrain, play on G for the first measure, C on the second, and\nback to G for the next two, using the following rhythm (mess around with it\nA lot):\n\n1  E  +  A  2  E  +  A  3  E  +  A  4  E  +  A\nq  _  _  _  E  _  s  E  _  E  _  s  E  _  E _\n\nThere are also two bass fills that are used un the refrian, both at the\nend of a phrase.  The first, and more frequest, is this:\n\n\n\n\n\nThese fills can be inserted at will during the refrain, as long as some\ntasteful restraint is used.\n\n\nLyrics:\n\nHer world collapsed early Sunday morning.\nShe got up from the kitchen table,\nfolded the newspaper and silenced the radio.\n\nThose creatures jumped the barricades\nand have headed for the sea,\nsea.\n\n{Chorus:}\nOh............\n\nThose creatures jumped the barricades\nand have headed for the sea.\nShe began to breathe, to breathe at the thought of such freedom,\n\nstood and whispered to her child, belong.\nShe held the child and whispered with calm, calm;\nbelong.\n\n{Chorus:}\nOh............\n\nShe stood and whispered to her child, belong.\nShe held the child and whispered with calm, calm;\nbelong.\n\n{Chorus:}\n\nThose barricades can only hold for so long.\nHer world collapsed early Sunday morning.\nShe took the child, held tight, opened the window;\na breath, this song, how long, and knew, knew; belong.\n\n{Chorus:}\nOh............\n(2X & End with Verse chords)\n\n\n-----\nG: 3x000x   Gsus4: 3x001x    G5: 3x0033\n\n\nIntro riff:\n\n\n\n\n{The following chords are only strummed once, unless otherwise noted.}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n{Then strum G5 6 times}\n\n{Chorus:}\nG5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}\nOh............\n\n\n\n\n\nstood and whispered to her child, belong.\n\n\n\n{Then strum G5 6 times}\n\n{Chorus:}\nG5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}\nOh............\n\n\n\n\n\n\n{Then strum G5 6 times}\n\n{Chorus:}\nG5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}\nOh............\n\n\n\n\n\n\n{Then strum G5 6 times}\n\n{Chorus:}\nG5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}\nOh............\n\n{Chorus:}\nG5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}\nOh............\n\n{Chorus:}\nG5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}\nOh............\n\n{Chorus:}\nG5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}\nOh............","chords":["G","C/G","Dsus4/G","C","D","G5","E","A","B","Dsus4","Gsus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}