SO FAST, SO NUMB R.E.M.
From: Kevin Milans (kmilans@CapAccess.org)
Solo from the-concourse-on-high
D F C G
You're movin' through rough waters motel boy,
D F C
and swimming in your sleep.
D F C G
How could I be so blind, mis-sighted,
D F C
not to see there's something wounded deep?
D F C G
Anyone could scratch your surface now,
D F C
it's all amphetamine
D F C G
you're blasting yourself into the present
D F C
learn some vast indignity, say that,
F G
You say that you hate it,
F G
you want to re-create it
Em C G D
I've been around, I've been your lover.
Emm C F
I let it go at Kill Devil Hill,
Em C G
You're coming onto something so fast, so numb
D C
that you can't even feel.
You're drinking the raw Drano baby,
You do-si-do, saddo
You're you in cartilage, shark-eyed, shock horror, all present tense,
and boy your blood is running cold.
Listen, this is now, this is here, this is me,
this is what I wanted you to see.
That was then, was that, that is gone, this is past,
you cast yourself cast, passed by, gone down fast, you say,
F G
You say that you hate it,
F G
you want to re-create it
Em C G D
I've been around, I've been your lover.
Emm C F
I let it go at Kill Devil Hill,
Em C G G
You're coming onto something so fast, so numb
C
that you can't even feel.
{Solo}: F G
Bb C
(b: bend 1/2 step, then release)
e:-----------------------------------------8--10b--12b--|
B:------8--10b--8------8--10b--12b--8--11---------------|
G:--10-------------10-----------------------------------|
You love it. You hate it.
You want to re-create it.
Now, this is here, this is me,
This is what I wanted you to see.
That was then, was that, that is gone.
That is what I wanted you to feel.
You love it. You hate it.
You spit it out, the bitter pill.
I've been around, I've been your lover
I let it go at Kill Devil Hill.
You're coming onto something so fast, so numb
that you can't even feel.
I've played this round, I've played your lover.
I've played it out to the hilt.
You're comin' on with something so fast, so numb
that you can't even feel.
you played around, you played me lover,
I let it go at Kill Devil Hill.
You're moving so hard, so fast, so numb
that you can't even feel.
{End on D5}
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The above is solely MY INTERPRETATION of this great song, in a format aimed at learning guitarists.
No attempt has been made to copy or reproduce the artist's or publisher's sheet music for the song,
if such exists.
It can be used for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. To play the song as it should be played, you should
purchase the official sheetmusic for the song. You should also purchase and listen to the song to learn
the rhythm and timing of the song - this is essential if you wish to play the song with any degree of accuracy
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