Its The End Of The World As We Know It And I Feel Fine - R.E.M.

Its The End Of The World As We Know It And I Feel Fine

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ITS THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (AND I FEEL FINE)
(Bass Tab)
 
From: Ralf Siemon (siemon@Mathematik.Uni-Marburg.DE)
 
verse: (G-C)
 
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|-5-5----|--------|--------|
A|--------|5-----5-|3-3---2-|3-----5-|
E|3-3-----|--------|--------|--------|
 
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|-5-5----|--------|--------|
A|--------|5-----5-|3-3---2-|3--3--5-|
E|3-3-----|--------|--------|--------|
 
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|-5-5----|--------|--------|
A|--------|5-----5-|3-3---2-|3-----5-|
E|3-3-----|--------|--------|--------|
 
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|-5-5----|--------|--------|
A|--------|5-----5-|3-3---2-|3-------|
E|3-3-----|--------|--------|------3-|
 
prechorus: (Bb-Am)
 
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A|1-----1-|1--3--5-|0--0--2-|3---5---|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|
 
verse
 
prechorus
 
chorus:
 
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|-------5|7-------|7--9--9-|
A|-------3|5-----5-|--------|--------|
E|3-----3-|--------|--------|--------|
 
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|5-------|-------5|7-------|7-------|
A|-------3|5-----5-|--------|---5--7-|
E|------3-|--------|--------|--------|
 
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|5-------|-------5|7-------|7--7--7-|
A|------3-|5-----5-|--------|--------|
E|---3----|--------|--------|--------|
 
G|--------|--------|5--3--2-|-0------|
D|--------|--------|--------|----320-|
A|3-3--3--|3-3--3--|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|
 
verse
 
prechorus
 
chorus: without last line
 
bridge:
 
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A|3-3---3-|3--2--3-|--------|---0--2-| 3x
E|--------|--------|3-----3-|3-------|
 
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|3-----3-|--------|3--2--3-|-2--3---|
A|--------|3--3--3-|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|
 
chorus
 
verse: only last 2 lines, and of course,
don't forget the L.Bernstein break.
 
prechorus
 
chorus,then end on
 
G|-----
D|-----
A|-----
E|3---- ...
 
a-capella-chorus: here you can blow your nose etc.
 
chorus several times (fades out)
 
each '-' represents one beat.

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