Chords for R.E.M. - E-Bow the Letter - Live in NYC, November 1998
Tempo:
79.4 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
It is my supreme pleasure to introduce to the stage tonight the author [E] of a book which has come out this week.
[G] [B] Please welcome, Patti Smith.
[B]
[E] [G]
[D]
[G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[C] Look up, what do you [G] see?
All of you and all [E] of me, fluorescent and [Bm] starry, some of them they [C] surprise.
Bus rider, which [G] will write this, 4am, [E] this letter.
Fields of poppies, [C] little pearls.
[G] All the boys and all [Em] the girls, sweet tooth, each [Bm] and every one a little scary.
[C] [Em] I said your name, I wore it like a badge [C] of teenage.
Film [G] stars, half spars, cherry [Bm] masks and tin foil tiaras.
Truman and Maria [C] Carles, whoever she [Em] is.
The Spain thing, [C] I don't get it.
I wrap my [G] hand in plastic to try to [E] look through it.
Maybelline eyes, and girl as boy [C] moves.
I can take [G] you far, [Em] you start thing, I don't [D] get it.
[Em]
[D] I'll take you over, [Em] yeah, [D] I'll take you over, [E] yeah, [Em]
[D] I'll take you over.
[Em]
[C] Will you [G] live to 83?
[Em] Will you [Bm] ever welcome me?
[C] Will you show me something [G] that nobody else [Em] has seen?
Smoke out, [C] dream, here [G] comes the flood.
[E] Anything [Bm] within the blood, [C] these corrosives do their mass, lovely.
[Em] Phone, eat out, [C] dream, [G] just another chain.
[Bm] Cuts in dents, they catch the light.
[C] Aluminum, the weakest [Em] link.
I don't want to [C] disappoint you, I'm not [G] here to annoy you.
[B] I would lick your feet, but is that the sickest move?
I wear my [C] own crown, sadness [G] and sorrow, and who'd have [Em] thought tomorrow could be so strange?
[D] My loss, [Em] here we go [G] again.
[D] [Em] I'll [D] take you over, [Em] yeah, I'll [D] take you over, [Em] yeah, I'll take [G] you over.
[Em]
[G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[C] Look up, [G] what do you see?
[Em] All of you [Bm] and all of me, fluorescent [C] and starry.
[G] Some of them, they [Em] surprise.
[C] I can't look [G] it in the eyes, second [B] house, Spanish fly, absinthe, kerosene, cherry [C] flavored neck and collar.
I can smell [G] the sorrow on your breath, [Em] sweat, victory [E] and sorrow, the smell [D] thing.
I got it.
[Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em] [G]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] I'll [Em] just need [D] her, her, [Em] her, her, [D] her, her, her, there, [Em] [G]
[D] there, [Em] there, there,
[D] there, [Em]
[D] there, there, [Em] there, there, there, [D] there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there
there, [Em] [G]
[D] there, there, [Em] there, [D] there, [Em] there, [G] there, [D] there, [Em] there, there, there, [D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there,
[A] there, [E] there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, [Bb]
there
very special performer and [G] writer, and as an artist, Geeta Hapur living in
[G] [B] Please welcome, Patti Smith.
[B]
[E] [G]
[D]
[G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[C] Look up, what do you [G] see?
All of you and all [E] of me, fluorescent and [Bm] starry, some of them they [C] surprise.
Bus rider, which [G] will write this, 4am, [E] this letter.
Fields of poppies, [C] little pearls.
[G] All the boys and all [Em] the girls, sweet tooth, each [Bm] and every one a little scary.
[C] [Em] I said your name, I wore it like a badge [C] of teenage.
Film [G] stars, half spars, cherry [Bm] masks and tin foil tiaras.
Truman and Maria [C] Carles, whoever she [Em] is.
The Spain thing, [C] I don't get it.
I wrap my [G] hand in plastic to try to [E] look through it.
Maybelline eyes, and girl as boy [C] moves.
I can take [G] you far, [Em] you start thing, I don't [D] get it.
[Em]
[D] I'll take you over, [Em] yeah, [D] I'll take you over, [E] yeah, [Em]
[D] I'll take you over.
[Em]
[C] Will you [G] live to 83?
[Em] Will you [Bm] ever welcome me?
[C] Will you show me something [G] that nobody else [Em] has seen?
Smoke out, [C] dream, here [G] comes the flood.
[E] Anything [Bm] within the blood, [C] these corrosives do their mass, lovely.
[Em] Phone, eat out, [C] dream, [G] just another chain.
[Bm] Cuts in dents, they catch the light.
[C] Aluminum, the weakest [Em] link.
I don't want to [C] disappoint you, I'm not [G] here to annoy you.
[B] I would lick your feet, but is that the sickest move?
I wear my [C] own crown, sadness [G] and sorrow, and who'd have [Em] thought tomorrow could be so strange?
[D] My loss, [Em] here we go [G] again.
[D] [Em] I'll [D] take you over, [Em] yeah, I'll [D] take you over, [Em] yeah, I'll take [G] you over.
[Em]
[G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[C] Look up, [G] what do you see?
[Em] All of you [Bm] and all of me, fluorescent [C] and starry.
[G] Some of them, they [Em] surprise.
[C] I can't look [G] it in the eyes, second [B] house, Spanish fly, absinthe, kerosene, cherry [C] flavored neck and collar.
I can smell [G] the sorrow on your breath, [Em] sweat, victory [E] and sorrow, the smell [D] thing.
I got it.
[Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em] [G]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] I'll [Em] just need [D] her, her, [Em] her, her, [D] her, her, her, there, [Em] [G]
[D] there, [Em] there, there,
[D] there, [Em]
[D] there, there, [Em] there, there, there, [D] there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there
there, [Em] [G]
[D] there, there, [Em] there, [D] there, [Em] there, [G] there, [D] there, [Em] there, there, there, [D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there,
[A] there, [E] there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, [Bb]
there
very special performer and [G] writer, and as an artist, Geeta Hapur living in
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_ _ _ It is my supreme pleasure to introduce to the stage tonight the author [E] of a book which has come out this week. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [B] Please welcome, Patti Smith. _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[C] Look up, what do you [G] see?
All of you and all [E] of me, fluorescent and [Bm] starry, some of them they [C] surprise.
Bus rider, which [G] will write this, 4am, [E] this letter.
Fields of poppies, [C] little pearls.
[G] All the boys and all [Em] the girls, sweet tooth, each [Bm] and every one a little scary.
[C] _ _ [Em] I said your name, I wore it like a badge [C] of teenage.
Film [G] stars, half spars, cherry [Bm] masks and tin foil tiaras.
Truman and Maria [C] Carles, _ whoever she [Em] is.
The Spain thing, [C] I don't get it.
I wrap my [G] hand in plastic to try to [E] look through it.
Maybelline eyes, and girl as boy [C] moves.
I can take [G] you far, [Em] you start thing, I don't [D] get it.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] I'll take you over, _ [Em] yeah, _ [D] I'll take you over, _ [E] yeah, [Em] _
[D] I'll take you over.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] Will you [G] live to 83?
[Em] Will you [Bm] ever welcome me?
[C] Will you show me something [G] that nobody else [Em] has seen?
_ Smoke out, [C] dream, here [G] comes the flood.
[E] Anything [Bm] within the blood, [C] these corrosives do their mass, lovely.
_ [Em] _ Phone, eat out, [C] dream, [G] just another chain.
[Bm] Cuts in dents, they catch the light. _
[C] Aluminum, the weakest [Em] link.
I don't want to [C] disappoint you, I'm not [G] here to annoy you.
[B] I would lick your feet, but is that the sickest move?
I wear my [C] own crown, sadness [G] and sorrow, and who'd have [Em] thought tomorrow could be so strange?
[D] _ My loss, [Em] here we go [G] again. _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ I'll [D] take you over, [Em] yeah, _ I'll [D] take you over, _ [Em] yeah, I'll take [G] you over.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] Look up, [G] what do you see?
[Em] All of you [Bm] and all of me, fluorescent [C] and starry.
[G] Some of them, they [Em] surprise. _ _
[C] I can't look [G] it in the eyes, second [B] house, Spanish fly, absinthe, kerosene, cherry [C] flavored neck and collar.
I can smell [G] the sorrow on your breath, [Em] sweat, victory [E] and sorrow, the smell [D] thing.
I got it.
[Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ I'll [Em] just _ need [D] her, her, [Em] her, her, [D] her, her, her, there, _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] there, _ _ [Em] there, there, _ _
[D] there, _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] there, there, _ [Em] there, there, there, [D] there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there
there, [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] there, there, _ [Em] there, _ [D] there, _ _ _ [Em] there, [G] there, [D] there, _ _ [Em] there, there, there, [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[D] there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ there, [E] there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, _ _ [Bb] _ _
there
very special performer and [G] writer, and as an artist, Geeta Hapur living in
_ _ [G] _ _ [B] Please welcome, Patti Smith. _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[C] Look up, what do you [G] see?
All of you and all [E] of me, fluorescent and [Bm] starry, some of them they [C] surprise.
Bus rider, which [G] will write this, 4am, [E] this letter.
Fields of poppies, [C] little pearls.
[G] All the boys and all [Em] the girls, sweet tooth, each [Bm] and every one a little scary.
[C] _ _ [Em] I said your name, I wore it like a badge [C] of teenage.
Film [G] stars, half spars, cherry [Bm] masks and tin foil tiaras.
Truman and Maria [C] Carles, _ whoever she [Em] is.
The Spain thing, [C] I don't get it.
I wrap my [G] hand in plastic to try to [E] look through it.
Maybelline eyes, and girl as boy [C] moves.
I can take [G] you far, [Em] you start thing, I don't [D] get it.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] I'll take you over, _ [Em] yeah, _ [D] I'll take you over, _ [E] yeah, [Em] _
[D] I'll take you over.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] Will you [G] live to 83?
[Em] Will you [Bm] ever welcome me?
[C] Will you show me something [G] that nobody else [Em] has seen?
_ Smoke out, [C] dream, here [G] comes the flood.
[E] Anything [Bm] within the blood, [C] these corrosives do their mass, lovely.
_ [Em] _ Phone, eat out, [C] dream, [G] just another chain.
[Bm] Cuts in dents, they catch the light. _
[C] Aluminum, the weakest [Em] link.
I don't want to [C] disappoint you, I'm not [G] here to annoy you.
[B] I would lick your feet, but is that the sickest move?
I wear my [C] own crown, sadness [G] and sorrow, and who'd have [Em] thought tomorrow could be so strange?
[D] _ My loss, [Em] here we go [G] again. _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ I'll [D] take you over, [Em] yeah, _ I'll [D] take you over, _ [Em] yeah, I'll take [G] you over.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] Look up, [G] what do you see?
[Em] All of you [Bm] and all of me, fluorescent [C] and starry.
[G] Some of them, they [Em] surprise. _ _
[C] I can't look [G] it in the eyes, second [B] house, Spanish fly, absinthe, kerosene, cherry [C] flavored neck and collar.
I can smell [G] the sorrow on your breath, [Em] sweat, victory [E] and sorrow, the smell [D] thing.
I got it.
[Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ I'll [Em] just _ need [D] her, her, [Em] her, her, [D] her, her, her, there, _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] there, _ _ [Em] there, there, _ _
[D] there, _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] there, there, _ [Em] there, there, there, [D] there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there
there, [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] there, there, _ [Em] there, _ [D] there, _ _ _ [Em] there, [G] there, [D] there, _ _ [Em] there, there, there, [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[D] there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ there, [E] there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, _ _ [Bb] _ _
there
very special performer and [G] writer, and as an artist, Geeta Hapur living in