Chords for REM Shiny Happy People Guitar Chords Lesson & Tab Tutorial

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] Alright, here we have REM's Shiny Happy People.
Cool song here, it's got some time signature swaps going on.
Cool just main riff that you can just recognize immediately.
And mostly from there, just chords.
So _ we'll start right in with the intro.
And this is the intro and it also happens right in the middle too, so you'll look for that.
But it's going to start here with a different time, like I was noting there.
It's a 3-3 time.
[G#] So we're going [G] 1-2-3, 1-2-3.
So we're going to start with the G chord here. _ _ _
_ _ Two measures. _ _ _ _
[F] _ [A] _ [Em] E minor, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ B minor, [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
C.
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Alright, we'll just [G] repeat that again. _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ And when you get to that last C, [C#] you can kind of be a little more dynamic [C] with it. _ _ _ _
_ [G] Something like that, it just builds it right up into the [Em] main riff and that new time signature.
Alright, for the main riff here, mainly just going to be dealing with the high E and the
B string here. _
_ _ [E] But we're going to hit a B [Bm] bass note with that, so second fret on the A. _ _ _ _
So we'll hit
that and then we go to a _ 2 open on the E [B] and then 2 open again. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ We'll do an open B _ to _ _ _ _ [C#] second on the B, _ _ [E] open E, _ _ _ [B] open B, and then 2 to open on the E.
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Just repeat that twice. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ And then the second time around, just do an [A] open A back to that 2 on the B. _ _
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_ _ _ And at that point, you can just kind of let that high E ring. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Alright, the verse comes in here and we're going to do a [F#m] F sharp minor. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] We're just going to do a couple [F#m] of strums on that.
[F#] _ _ _ And [E] then before the measure's out, we're going to hit a quick _ E major chord.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
It's going to be pretty quick there, so we've got to get that [F#m] change down.
_ _ _ [N] _ _ Just repeat that [F#m] twice.
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ A suspended second here, _ _ _ _ _ [F#] just going to do a measure of [E] that to _ _ _ _ [D] the E major for a measure.
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Put it together [Am] so far, we've [F#m] got that.
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_ _ [B] _ And we're going to repeat that whole thing [F#m] four times.
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[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [Em] _
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [Em] _
[F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
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[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ Okay, and at this point, we do a G for a [G] measure, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] to E for _ _ _ a measure, and then to E7 for a measure. _ _ _
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And then we go right back into the main riff.
Alright, that was Shiny Happy People by REM, _ featuring some of the B-52 members, of course.
Really cool song from the 80s.
It's got that sweet little time switch up there from the 3-3 to the common.
Other than that, some straightforward chords, little cool riff.
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And until next [B] time, stay shiny and happy.
See ya. _ _ _
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