Chords for R. E. M. | How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us | 1996
Tempo:
83.35 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
E
D
F#
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
[F#] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] [F#] [Bm]
[F#] [Bm] I'm a stone, water [E] from wine, [Bm] [E] Born under [Bm] an ill-placed [B] sign,
[Bm] Stroke [B] of bad luck won't [Bm] replace my time, [Em] This flyer is [Bm] out of the line,
This [D] story is a sad one, [G] told me many times, I'm a stone, water from wine,
The [D] story of my life in [G] [Em] trying times, [D] Just add water, [G] stir [Em] in lime,
[D] How the West was won and where it [A] got us, [Bm] I [B]
[Bm] could [F#] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] [F#] [Bm] [E] never got trapped in [Bm] the uranium [F#] mine,
[Bm] [Em] Stroke of bad luck, now [Bm] the bird has [F#] died, [Bm] A marker to [E] mark where [Bm] my tears run [E] dry,
[Bm] A [Em] crossing, a blessed, [Bm] an alkaline,
[D] The story is a sad [G] one, told many [Em] times, [D] The story of my life [G] in [Em] trying times,
[D] Just add water, [G] stir [Em] in lime, [D] How the West was won and [A] where it got us,
I [D]
[A] [E]
[A] [B]
[D] [Bm] lift my glasses cause I thought in my [E] brain, [Bm] [Em] Now I can't see [Bm] [F#] anything,
[Bm] I made [E] a mistake, [Bm] chalked it up [E] to design, [Bm] I cracked through [E] time, [Bm] space, godless and [E] dry,
[Bm] I point [E] my nose to [Bm] the northern [E] star, [Bm] Watch [E] the decline from [Bm] a hazy distance,
The [D] story is a sad [G] one, told [Em] many times, [D] The story of my life [G] in trying [Em] times,
[D] Just add water, [G] stir in [Em] lime, [D] How the West was won and where [A] it got us,
[Bm]
[F#] [Bm]
[E] [Bm] [F#] [Bm]
[B] [Bm]
[E] [Bm] [F#] [Bm]
[B] [Bm]
[E] [Bm] [F#] [Bm]
[E] [Bm] I lift my glasses
[E] [Bm] [F#] cause I thought in my [Bm]
[E] brain, Now [Bm] [E] I [Bm]
[F#] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] [F#] [Bm]
[F#] [Bm] I'm a stone, water [E] from wine, [Bm] [E] Born under [Bm] an ill-placed [B] sign,
[Bm] Stroke [B] of bad luck won't [Bm] replace my time, [Em] This flyer is [Bm] out of the line,
This [D] story is a sad one, [G] told me many times, I'm a stone, water from wine,
The [D] story of my life in [G] [Em] trying times, [D] Just add water, [G] stir [Em] in lime,
[D] How the West was won and where it [A] got us, [Bm] I [B]
[Bm] could [F#] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] [F#] [Bm] [E] never got trapped in [Bm] the uranium [F#] mine,
[Bm] [Em] Stroke of bad luck, now [Bm] the bird has [F#] died, [Bm] A marker to [E] mark where [Bm] my tears run [E] dry,
[Bm] A [Em] crossing, a blessed, [Bm] an alkaline,
[D] The story is a sad [G] one, told many [Em] times, [D] The story of my life [G] in [Em] trying times,
[D] Just add water, [G] stir [Em] in lime, [D] How the West was won and [A] where it got us,
I [D]
[A] [E]
[A] [B]
[D] [Bm] lift my glasses cause I thought in my [E] brain, [Bm] [Em] Now I can't see [Bm] [F#] anything,
[Bm] I made [E] a mistake, [Bm] chalked it up [E] to design, [Bm] I cracked through [E] time, [Bm] space, godless and [E] dry,
[Bm] I point [E] my nose to [Bm] the northern [E] star, [Bm] Watch [E] the decline from [Bm] a hazy distance,
The [D] story is a sad [G] one, told [Em] many times, [D] The story of my life [G] in trying [Em] times,
[D] Just add water, [G] stir in [Em] lime, [D] How the West was won and where [A] it got us,
[Bm]
[F#] [Bm]
[E] [Bm] [F#] [Bm]
[B] [Bm]
[E] [Bm] [F#] [Bm]
[B] [Bm]
[E] [Bm] [F#] [Bm]
[E] [Bm] I lift my glasses
[E] [Bm] [F#] cause I thought in my [Bm]
[E] brain, Now [Bm] [E] I [Bm]
Key:
Bm
E
D
F#
Em
Bm
E
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _
_ _ [Bm] _ [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] I'm a stone, water [E] from wine, _ [Bm] [E] Born under [Bm] an ill-placed [B] sign,
[Bm] Stroke [B] of bad luck won't [Bm] replace my time, _ [Em] This flyer is [Bm] out of the line,
This [D] story is a sad one, [G] told me many times, I'm a stone, water from wine,
The [D] story of my life in [G] [Em] trying times, [D] Just add water, [G] stir [Em] in lime,
[D] How the West was won and where it [A] got us, _ [Bm] I [B] _
_ [Bm] could [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] [E] never got trapped in [Bm] the uranium [F#] mine,
_ [Bm] [Em] Stroke of bad luck, now [Bm] the bird has [F#] died, [Bm] A marker to [E] mark where [Bm] my tears run [E] dry,
[Bm] A [Em] crossing, a blessed, [Bm] an alkaline,
[D] The story is a sad [G] one, told many [Em] times, [D] The story of my life [G] in [Em] trying times,
[D] Just add water, [G] stir [Em] in lime, [D] How the West was won and [A] where it got us,
_ I _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] lift my glasses cause I thought in my [E] brain, _ [Bm] [Em] Now I can't see [Bm] [F#] anything,
_ [Bm] I made [E] a mistake, [Bm] chalked it up [E] to design, [Bm] I cracked through [E] time, [Bm] space, godless and [E] dry,
[Bm] I point [E] my nose to [Bm] the northern [E] star, [Bm] Watch [E] the decline from [Bm] a hazy distance,
The [D] story is a sad [G] one, told [Em] many times, [D] The story of my life [G] in trying [Em] times,
[D] Just add water, [G] stir in [Em] lime, [D] How the West was won and where [A] it got us,
_ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ [Bm] I lift my glasses _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ [F#] cause I thought in my [Bm] _ _
[E] brain, Now [Bm] _ _ [E] I [Bm] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _
_ _ [Bm] _ [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] I'm a stone, water [E] from wine, _ [Bm] [E] Born under [Bm] an ill-placed [B] sign,
[Bm] Stroke [B] of bad luck won't [Bm] replace my time, _ [Em] This flyer is [Bm] out of the line,
This [D] story is a sad one, [G] told me many times, I'm a stone, water from wine,
The [D] story of my life in [G] [Em] trying times, [D] Just add water, [G] stir [Em] in lime,
[D] How the West was won and where it [A] got us, _ [Bm] I [B] _
_ [Bm] could [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] [E] never got trapped in [Bm] the uranium [F#] mine,
_ [Bm] [Em] Stroke of bad luck, now [Bm] the bird has [F#] died, [Bm] A marker to [E] mark where [Bm] my tears run [E] dry,
[Bm] A [Em] crossing, a blessed, [Bm] an alkaline,
[D] The story is a sad [G] one, told many [Em] times, [D] The story of my life [G] in [Em] trying times,
[D] Just add water, [G] stir [Em] in lime, [D] How the West was won and [A] where it got us,
_ I _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] lift my glasses cause I thought in my [E] brain, _ [Bm] [Em] Now I can't see [Bm] [F#] anything,
_ [Bm] I made [E] a mistake, [Bm] chalked it up [E] to design, [Bm] I cracked through [E] time, [Bm] space, godless and [E] dry,
[Bm] I point [E] my nose to [Bm] the northern [E] star, [Bm] Watch [E] the decline from [Bm] a hazy distance,
The [D] story is a sad [G] one, told [Em] many times, [D] The story of my life [G] in trying [Em] times,
[D] Just add water, [G] stir in [Em] lime, [D] How the West was won and where [A] it got us,
_ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ [Bm] I lift my glasses _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ [F#] cause I thought in my [Bm] _ _
[E] brain, Now [Bm] _ _ [E] I [Bm] _ _