Chords for R.E.M. Boy in the Well **HQ** Video

[Am] _ This song takes [E] place in Tennessee.
This is called Boy in the Well. _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Look at this, it's me
[Db] walking [Bm] away.
_ [G] Look at you, drowning [C] on display.
_ [Em] Every time I've dropped by
I've tried to [G] say
the water is rising
[C] you don't [Am] want to stay.
[Em] It's that sinking _
feeling
you [G] know what it's bringing
[D] you _ _ [C] might as well stay [Em] here
I see here
I feel here
[G] this town is going [D] wrong
_ [C] it's [Am] turning away
[G] he wanted [F] me to be someone
[C] that I could never be
[G] my new friends [F] are offering
[C] the things I've never [E] dreamed [G] of
a beautiful [F] life for [C] them to take me
[Bb] the _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] ball game went off
on the Tennessee [Bm] guard
a lunar morphue
[C] chrysalis and flare
_ [Em] the water is rising
you [B] try to repel
[G] a rousing cheer [Em] for
the boy [A] in the well
[Em] it's that sinking _ feeling
you know what it's bringing
[D] _
you _ [C] might as well stay here
[Em] I see here
I feel here
[B] this town is [Em] going [D] wrong
it's [C] turning [Am] away
[G] he wanted me [F] to be [C] someone
that I could never [G] be
my new friends [F] are [C] offering
the things I've never dreamed [G] of
a beautiful [F] life [C] for them to take me
[Bb] here _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ [D] _
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_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] is where I look [Db] back
here is where you [G] fell
this is where I got up
[C] shaking off my tail
[Em] this is where your rope trip
started to look stale
[G] the greenhound pats for
[C] the [Am] boy in the well
[Em] it's that sinking feeling
you [G] know what it's bringing
[D]
you _ [C] might as well stay [Em] here
I see here
I feel here
this town is [Bm] going [D] wrong
_ [C] it's [Am] turning away
[G] he wanted me [F] to be someone
[C] that I could never be
[G] my new friends [F] are [C] offering
the things I've never dreamed of
[G] a beautiful [F] life [C] for them to take me
[Bb] he _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] wanted me [F] to be [C] something
that I could never [G] be
my new friends [F] are offering
[C] the things I've never [E] dreamed of
[G] a beautiful [F] life for them [C] to take me
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ [N] next song takes place in the beautiful