Chords for REM - Wendell Gee

_ _ Hey Mike Mills, guess what?
You're still in the hot seat.
This never changes. _ _ _ _
Hello.
Can I switch chairs with somebody please?
[G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ By the way, somebody _ with the REM cam told me that REM is now again in songwriting mode for the next album.
But I imagine _ _ _ with Stipe and Mills and Buck, the songwriting never stops.
It just means that there'll be an album for us sooner than later and that's always good.
Yeah, but this ain't one of them.
_ [C] _
_ [G] Alright, this is _ _ an old song.
_ _ I wrote the music for it after listening to a Fleetwood Mac song.
I don't remember which one and I wouldn't tell you if I did.
[N] _ _ _ _ But good lyrics by Michael and I'll do the best I can with them.
Edwin's gonna help me out on this one, okay?
_ _ _ One, two, three, [C] four. _ _ _ _
That's when [Dm] Wendell G.
_ _ takes a tug [G] upon _ the _ wire
That held the line of _ trees _ [C] _ _ _ behind the house [Dm] he lived in
_ He [G] was weird to give respect, _ _ but somewhere down the line
[F] He chose _ _ _ to listen as [C] the _ _ [Em] wind _ _ [F] blows
To _ listen as [C] the _ wind [G] blows through the [C] _ _ leaves
He had a [Dm] dream one _ night _ _ [G] that the tree had lost its middle
_ So he built a house of chicken wire _ [C] _
to _ try to hold [Dm] it _ up
_ _ [G] But the wire, but the wire turned to lizard skin
_ And then he [F] crawled inside
_ There wasn't [C] even time [Em] to _ say
[F] _ _
_ _ Goodbye to Wendell [C] G. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ So listen as [C] the _ wind [Em] _ _ blows
[F] _ _
_ _ Listen as [C] the _ wind [G] blows through the [C] _
leaves
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
There _ wasn't even [C] time to [Em] say
_ _ [F] _ _
_ Goodbye to [C] Wendell G. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ So listen as [C] the _ wind [Em] blows
_ _ [F] Whistle _ _ _ _ as [C] the _ wind [G] blows
_ [F] And _ _ _ if the wind [C] were colors
_ _ [Em] And _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ if the air could [C] _
speak
[G] So _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ listen as [C] the _ wind [G] _ blows
_ [F] _
_ _ _ And whistle [C] as the wind _ [G] _ blows through the [C] leaves
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _