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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
From: Rich Ormerod 
       Pop Song 89
       ===========
       The tab to the opening riff of Pop Song '89 is:
       (E) --8-5-------------------------------------------|
       (B) ------8--------5--------------------------------|
       (G) -----------------7--5--7-s-9--7--7-h-9-p-7------|
       (D) -------------------------------------------5--7-|
       {Intro:      A    A   D   D   A   A   D   D     Dx  3}
        HAello I saDw you I kAnow you I knDew you
        I thAink I can reDmember your naAme...naDme
       A   D   A  D
        HAello I'm soDrry I loAst mysDelf
        I thAink I thoDught you were soAmeone elsDe
                  E                  G           DBaddE
        Should we talk about the weather?
        SEhould we tGalk about the govDernment?B  
       {break:      B/ / /  B/ / /   E/ / /  E7/ / /
                    B/ / /  B/ / /  E/ / / D/Dsus4
         the melody on the break isn't too hard to pick out. The notes
         are real close to the chords - often in them.  I think its weird
         that Pete didn't play them on the acoustic version.}
        Hello my friend are you visible today?
        And no one ever knew that it could be so strange...strange
        Hello I'm sorry I lost myself
        I think I thought you were someone else
       Get Up
       ======
       {Intro:  E   B   C   G         A   E   B   C   GBb}
        ASleep delays my liDfe
        Where does the time goA...go
        I don't knDow
        Sleep sleep sleepy heaAd
        Wake it uDp...up
        You've got all your liAfe
        Way up aheDad
        DEreams tBhey coCmplicGate my liAfe
        DEreams tBhey coCmplimGent my liBbfe
        I've seen you laying pined
        I've seen you laying pined
        Life is rough...rough
        I've seen you laying down...down
        With the loving kind
        I know life is hard...hard
        Well now
        Where to turn?
       {break   A  D    A   D    w/  13  alarm clocks going off at once}
        This time there's no escape
        To dreamtime
       You Are The Everything
       ======================
       {Intro   Am}
       GSometimes I feel like I can't even Dsing
       I'm very scared for this wGorld
       I'm very scared for Dme
       Eviscerate your memGory
       Here's a Gscene
       You're Din the back seat laying down
       The Gwindows wrap around you
       The Dsound of the travel and the engine
       CAll you hear is Gtime stand still in Ctravel
       You feel such peace and abGsolue
       The stillness still that doCesn't end
       But slowly drifts iGnto sleep
       The stDars are the greatest thing you've ever seen
       And tDhey're there for you
       For yDou alone you are the everythiGng
       I thiGnk about this worlDd a lot and I cry
       And I'Gve seen the films and the Deyes
       But I'm in this kiGtchen
       Everything is beDautiful
       And she is so beGautiful
       She is so young and Dold
       I look at her and CI see the beauty
       Of the lGight of music
       The voCice is talking somewhere in the hoGuse
       Late spring and you're driCfting off to sleep
       With your teGeth in your mouth
       DYou are here with me
       DYou are here with me
       DYou have been here and you are eveAmrything
       Stand
       =====
       {intro:     E     AB}
        StEand in the pAlace where you liBve
        NAow faA/G#ce NoErth
        TEhink about diArection
        Wonder whF#y you haveBn't AbefoEre
        Now stEand in the plAace where you weBre
        NAow A/G#face WEest
        TEhink about the plaAce where you live
        WF#onder why you haBvenA't bEefore
        IEf you are confAused cheC#ck with tChe suBn
        CEarry a coAmpass to hGelp you aAloBng
        Your fEeet are goAing to bC#e on tChe gBround
        Your hEead is theAre to moGve you GaAroBund
        Your feet are going to be on the ground
        Your head is there to move you around
        If wishes were trees the trees would be falling
        Listen to reason
        The reason is calling
       {at the end of this song, it goes up a key, so the chords are:
         F#    B   C#.....
       then they go up again to:
         G#    C#   D#.....
       however, the song ends on:
       so STEAND!
       World Leader Pretend
       ====================
       {Between the Em and Bm chords play this ----
         (D) -0-2-4-2-0-                  }
       {Intro     Em     Bm     Em    Bm     Em      Bm       G   A}
        I Dsit at my taGble aCnd wage war on mysDelf
        IDt seGems like it's alCl...it's all for noDthing
        I Dknow the baGrricades, Cand
        I know the morDtar in the walDl breaks
        I recGognize the weapons, CI used them wellD  
         Em  Bm
        TEmhis is my mistake. LBmet me make it good
        I Emraised the wall, and I Bmwill be the one to knock it dGownA  
        I've a rich understanding of my finest defenses
        I proclaim that claims are left unstated,
        I demand a rematch
        I decree a stalemate
        I divine my deeper motives
        I recognize the weapons
        I've practiced them well. I fitted them myself
        It's amazing what devices you can sympathize...empathize
        This is my mistake.  Let me make it good
        I raised the walls, and I will be the one to knock it down
        RAmeach out for mCe and hold Amme tight.  Hold that meCmory
        Let Ammy machine taClk to me.  LAmet my machine tAalk to meG  
        This is my world
        And I am the world leader pretend
        This is my life
        And this is my time
        I have been given the freedom
        To do as I see fit
        It's high time I've razed the walls
        That I've constructed
        It's amazing what devices you can sympathize...emapathize
        This is my mistake. Let me make it good
        I raised the walls, and I will be the one to knock it down
        You fill in the mortar. You fill in the harmony
        You fill in the mortar. I raised the walls
        And I'm the only one
        I will be the one to knock it down
       {End on Em}
       Orange Crush
       ============
       Orange Crush goes :
       |    Em|    Em|     G|     D|  in the verses
       |     E|     B|    F#|     B|  in the chorus
       Follow me don't follow me
       I've got my spine I've got my orange crush
       Collar me don't collar me
       I've got my spine I've got my orange crush
       We are agents of the free
       I've had my fun and now its time to
       Spread your conscience overseas
       Coming in fast over me
       Paid in full
       Orange Crush
       ============
       {Intro:         Em          GD2}
        FEmollow me don't follow me
        I've gGot my spine I've gDot my orange crush
        CEmollar me don't collar me
        I've gGot my spine I've gDot my orange crush
        WEme are agents oGf the free
        I've haDd my fun and now its time to
        SEmpread your conscience overseas
        CGoming in fast oDver me
       {the break is:   Emajor     B        F#     B   as many times as necessary}
        Paid in full
       Hairshirt
       =========
       {This song repeats these 8 measures throughout the verses:
        G/ / /  G/ / /  A7/ / /  A7/ / /  C/ / /  C/ / /  G/ / /  G/ / /}
        I am not the type of dog
        That could keep you waiting
        For no good reason
        Run a carbon-black test on my jaw
        And you will find it's all been said before
        I Gcan A7swing my megaphCone and long arm the reAmst
        It's eaAmsier and better
        To just beat it from the cheCstC  
        Of desire       G
        {verse}
        I could walk into this room
        And the waves of conversation are enough
        To knock you down in the undertow
        So alone so alone in my life
        Feed me banks of light
        And hang your hairshirt on the lowest rung
        It's a beautiful life
        And I can hang my hairshirt
        Away up high in the attic of the wrong dog's life chest
        Or bury it at sea
        All my life I've searched for this
        Here I am here I am in your life
        It's a beautiful life
        My life
        It's a beautiful life
        Your life
       (Untitled) - Pieces printed in the 1988 fan club holiday card
       =============================================================
       CThis world is big and so-awake
       GI stayed up late to Chear your voice
       CThis light is here to keep you warm
       This song is here to keep you sGtrong
       I made a list of things to say
       But all I really want to say
       All I really want to say is
       Hold her and keep him strong
       While I'm away from here
       Hold her and keep her strong
       While I'm away from here
       {Break :       F7     C     F7G}
       I've seen the world and so-awake
       And stay up late to hear me sing
       Just hold her
       I've seen the world and so-awake
       And stay up late to hear me sing
       Just hold him
       Hold her and keep her strong
       While I'm away from here
       Hold him and keep him strong
       While I'm away from here

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Green

by R.E.M.

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A/G#

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #

#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

From: Rich Ormerod

Pop Song 89

===========

The tab to the opening riff of Pop Song '89 is:

(E) --8-5-------------------------------------------|

(B) ------8--------5--------------------------------|

(G) -----------------7--5--7-s-9--7--7-h-9-p-7------|

(D) -------------------------------------------5--7-|

A A D D A A D D D

{Intro: x 3}

A D A D

Hello I saw you I know you I knew you

A D A D

I think I can remember your name...name

A D A D

Hello I'm sorry I lost myself

A D A D

I think I thought you were someone else

E G D

BaddE

Should we talk about the weather?

E G D B

Should we talk about the government?

B B E E7

{break: / / / / / / / / / / / /

B B E

/ / / / / / / / / D/Dsus4

the melody on the break isn't too hard to pick out. The notes

are real close to the chords - often in them. I think its weird

that Pete didn't play them on the acoustic version.}

Hello my friend are you visible today?

And no one ever knew that it could be so strange...strange

Hello I'm sorry I lost myself

I think I thought you were someone else

Get Up

======

E B C G A E B C G

{Intro: Bb}

A D

Sleep delays my life

Where does the time go...go

I don't know

Sleep sleep sleepy head

Wake it up...up

You've got all your life

Way up ahead

E B C G A

Dreams they complicate my life

E B C G Bb

Dreams they compliment my life

I've seen you laying pined

Life is rough...rough

I've seen you laying down...down

With the loving kind

I know life is hard...hard

Well now

Where to turn?

{break A D A D w/ 13 alarm clocks going off at once}

This time there's no escape

To dreamtime

You Are The Everything

======================

{Intro Am}

G D

Sometimes I feel like I can't even sing

I'm very scared for this world

I'm very scared for me

Eviscerate your memory

Here's a scene

You're in the back seat laying down

The windows wrap around you

The sound of the travel and the engine

C G C

All you hear is time stand still in travel

You feel such peace and absolue

The stillness still that doesn't end

But slowly drifts into sleep

The stars are the greatest thing you've ever seen

And they're there for you

D G

For you alone you are the everything

G D

I think about this world a lot and I cry

G D

And I've seen the films and the eyes

But I'm in this kitchen

Everything is beautiful

And she is so beautiful

She is so young and old

I look at her and I see the beauty

Of the light of music

C G

The voice is talking somewhere in the house

Late spring and you're drifting off to sleep

With your teeth in your mouth

You are here with me

D Am

You have been here and you are everything

Stand

=====

E A

{intro: B}

E A B

Stand in the place where you live

A A/G# E

Now face North

E A

Think about direction

F# B A E

Wonder why you haven't before

E A B

Now stand in the place where you were

A A/G# E

Now face West

E A

Think about the place where you live

F# B A E

Wonder why you haven't before

E A C# C B

If you are confused check with the sun

E A G A B

Carry a compass to help you along

E A C# C B

Your feet are going to be on the ground

E A G G A B

Your head is there to move you around

Your feet are going to be on the ground

Your head is there to move you around

If wishes were trees the trees would be falling

Listen to reason

The reason is calling

{at the end of this song, it goes up a key, so the chords are:

F# B C#

.....

then they go up again to:

G# C# D#

.....

however, the song ends on:

so STAND!

World Leader Pretend

====================

{Between the Em and Bm chords play this ----

(D) -0-2-4-2-0- }

Em Bm Em Bm Em Bm G A

{Intro }

D G C D

I sit at my table and wage war on myself

D G C D

It seems like it's all...it's all for nothing

D G C

I know the barricades, and

D D

I know the mortar in the wall breaks

G C D

I recognize the weapons, I used them well

Em Bm

This is my mistake. Let me make it good

Em Bm G A

I raised the wall, and I will be the one to knock it down

I've a rich understanding of my finest defenses

I proclaim that claims are left unstated,

I demand a rematch

I decree a stalemate

I divine my deeper motives

I recognize the weapons

I've practiced them well. I fitted them myself

It's amazing what devices you can sympathize...empathize

This is my mistake. Let me make it good

I raised the walls, and I will be the one to knock it down

Am C Am C

Reach out for me and hold me tight. Hold that memory

Am C Am A G

Let my machine talk to me. Let my machine talk to me

This is my world

And I am the world leader pretend

This is my life

And this is my time

I have been given the freedom

To do as I see fit

It's high time I've razed the walls

That I've constructed

It's amazing what devices you can sympathize...emapathize

This is my mistake. Let me make it good

I raised the walls, and I will be the one to knock it down

You fill in the mortar. You fill in the harmony

You fill in the mortar. I raised the walls

And I'm the only one

I will be the one to knock it down

{End on Em}

Orange Crush

============

Orange Crush goes :

Em Em G D

E B F# B

Follow me don't follow me

I've got my spine I've got my orange crush

Collar me don't collar me

I've got my spine I've got my orange crush

We are agents of the free

I've had my fun and now its time to

Spread your conscience overseas

Coming in fast over me

Paid in full

Orange Crush

============

Em G

{Intro: D2}

Follow me don't follow me

G D

I've got my spine I've got my orange crush

Collar me don't collar me

G D

I've got my spine I've got my orange crush

Em G

We are agents of the free

I've had my fun and now its time to

Spread your conscience overseas

G D

Coming in fast over me

{the break is: Emajor B F# B as many times as necessary}

Paid in full

Hairshirt

=========

{This song repeats these 8 measures throughout the verses:

G G A7 A7 C C G G

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /}

I am not the type of dog

That could keep you waiting

For no good reason

Run a carbon-black test on my jaw

And you will find it's all been said before

G A7 C Am

I can swing my megaphone and long arm the rest

It's easier and better

C C

To just beat it from the chest

Of desire G

{verse}

I could walk into this room

And the waves of conversation are enough

To knock you down in the undertow

So alone so alone in my life

Feed me banks of light

And hang your hairshirt on the lowest rung

It's a beautiful life

And I can hang my hairshirt

Away up high in the attic of the wrong dog's life chest

Or bury it at sea

All my life I've searched for this

Here I am here I am in your life

It's a beautiful life

My life

It's a beautiful life

Your life

(Untitled) - Pieces printed in the 1988 fan club holiday card

=============================================================

This world is big and so-awake

G C

I stayed up late to hear your voice

This light is here to keep you warm

This song is here to keep you strong

I made a list of things to say

But all I really want to say

All I really want to say is

Hold her and keep him strong

While I'm away from here

Hold her and keep her strong

While I'm away from here

F7 C F7

{Break : G}

I've seen the world and so-awake

And stay up late to hear me sing

Just hold her

I've seen the world and so-awake

And stay up late to hear me sing

Just hold him

Hold her and keep her strong

While I'm away from here

Hold him and keep him strong

While I'm away from here

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