Losing My Religion - R.e.m.

Losing My Religion

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Am Em
Oh life is bigger, it's bigger than you.
Am Em
And you are not me, the lengths that I will go to.
Am
The distance in your eyes.
Em Em(II) Ebm Dm G
Oh no, I've said too much, I've said enough.
Am Em
That's me in the corner, That's me in the spot light,
Am Em
Losing my religion. Trying to keep up with you.
Am
And I don't know if I can do it.
Em Em(II) Ebm Dm G
Oh no, I've said too much, I haven't said enough.
F Fsus2
I thought that I heard you laughing.
F G Am Am(II)
I thought that I heard you sing.
F Fsus2 F G Am
I think I thought I saw you try.
G Am
Every whisper,
Em Am
Every waking hour, I'm choosing my confessions.
Em
Trying to keep eye on you.
Am
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool.
Em Dm G
Oh no, I've said too much. I said enough.
Am Em
Consider this, consider this hint of the century.
Am Em
Consider this, the slip, that brought me to my knees pale.
Am Em
What if all these fantasies come flaming aground.
Em(II) Dm G
Now I've said too much.
F Fsus2
I thought that I heard you laughing.
F G Am Am(II)
I thought that I heard you sing.
F Fsus2 F G Am G
I think I thought I saw you try.
 
Interlude:
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C Am
That was just a dream.
C / C Am
That was just a dream. That's me in the corner.
Em Am
That's me in the spot light, losing my religion.
Em Am
Trying to keep up with you. And I don't know if I can do it.
Em Em(II) Ebm Dm
Oh no, I've said too much.
G
I haven't said enough.
F Fsus2
I thought that I heard you laughing.
F G Am Am(II)
I thought that I heard you sing.
F Fsus2 F G Am(II)
I think I thought I saw you try.
F Fsus2 F G Am Am(II)
But that was just a dream, try, cry, why try.
F Fsus2 F G Am G /
That was just a dream, just a dream, just a dream, dream.
 
Outro:
Am
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(Play the first measure 7 times)

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What is the starting chord?

The first identified chord is Am. You can transpose without leaving the page.

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