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/ R.E.M. / New Adventures In Hi-Fi (1996) / Bittersweet Me guitar tab

BITTERSWEET ME

original tab by Steve Vetter [vettersj@mindspring.com]
Corrections, etc. from: amorse@waterw.com and Joshua J.B. Smith 


			      Cmaj7                C        
{Riff A}: E-------------------0--------------------0-----
          B-------------------0--------------------1-----
          G-------------------0--------------------0-----
          D-------4--5--4-\2--2--------4--5--4-\2--2-----
          A--0-h5-------------3--0-h5--------------3-----
          E----------------------------------------0-----



Riff B:
E----------------------------
B----------------------------
G-------0-------------------
D-0--2-----2--0------------
A----------------------------
E----------------------------

(w/ Riff A)
I move across, innocence lost
All flashing pulsar
I move across the earth in my new pattern shirt
I pass satellites

"You're so bitter," your complaint
I can't give you anything.
I don't know who you're livin for
I don't know you at all anymore

F          Bb
I'd sooner chew my leg off,
Dm       C
Than be trapped in this cell
F           Bb              Dm            G
How easy to think of all of this as bittersweet me

Am    C    G      (Riff B)
I can't taste it
I'm tired and naked.
I don't know what I'm hungry for
I don't know what I want anymore

Move across, candy floss
I move like a tank
Move across the room
With heart full of glue, I'm stronger than you think

Oh my peer,
Your venier is wearing thin and cracking.
The surface and forms underneath,
Underneath is lacking

I'd sooner chew my leg off,
Than be trapped in this cell
how easy to think of all of this as bittersweet me

I couldn't taste it
I'm tired and naked.
I don't know what I'm hungry for
I don't know what I want anymore

You move across, innocence lost,
All static and desire,
You're blue in the face from a makeup case,
You set yourself on fire

You strip down, lay yourself out
I know you can't fake it,
But are you tired and naked?
Are you tired and naked?  Well,

I'd sooner chew my leg off,
Than be trapped in this cell
how easy to think of all of this as bittersweet me

I couldn't taste it
I'm tired and naked
I don't know what I'm hungry for
I don't know what I want anymore


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version tabbed by Brad Turnbaugh (turnbaug@uiuc.edu)

INTRO:
 Dsus4         Em                  Dsus4         Em              
 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a
|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|----------------
|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|----------------
|------0---------|----------------|------0-------0-|----------------
|----4-----4---2-|----------------|----4-----4---2-|----------------
|--5-----------2-|----------------|--5-----------2-|----------------
|5-------------0-|----------------|5-------------0-|----------------



VERSE:
 Dsus4         Em                  Dsus4         Em
 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a
|--------------0-|----------0-0---|--------------0-|--0-0---0---0---
|--------------0-|----------0-0---|--------------0-|--0-0---0---0---
|------0-------0-|----------0-0---|------0-------0-|--0-0---0---0---
|----4-----4---2-|----------------|----4-----4---2-|----------------
|--5-----------2-|----------------|--5-----------2-|----------------
|5-------------0-|----------------|5-------------0-|----------------

play this 4 times



PRE-CHORUS:
 F                F/A              Dm               C
 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a
|------1---------|------1---------|------1---------|------3---------
|----1-----1-----|----1-----1-----|----3-----3-----|----1-----1-----
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------
|----------------|0---------------|----------------|3---------------
|1---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------

 F                F/A              Dm               G
 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a
|------1---------|------1---------|------1---------|------3---------
|----1-----1-----|----1-----1-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------
|----------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------
|1---------------|----------------|----------------|3---------------



CHORUS:  (heavy distortion)
 A5      G5                   
 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  
|----------------|----------------
|----------------|----------------
|----------------|--0-------0-----   x 3, then:
|7---7---5---5-0h|2-----0h2---2p0-
|7---7---5---5---|----------------
|5---5---3---3---|----------------

 Dm               C
 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a  
|------1-------1-|------0-------0-
|----3-------3---|----1-------1---
|--0-------0-----|--0-------0-----
|----------------|----------------
|----------------|----------------
|----------------|----------------



[BRIDGE]
4-measure bass solo



Here's the lyrics:

[INTRO]

[w/ VERSE]
I move across, innocence lost
all flashing pulsar
I move across the earth in my new pattern shirt
I pass satellites.

"You're so bitter," your complaint
I can't give you anything
I don't know who you're livin' for
I don't who you are anymore.

[PRE-CHORUS]
I'd sooner chew my leg off,
Than be trapped in this.
How easy do you think of all of this as bittersweet me

[CHORUS]
I couldn't taste it
I'm tired and naked
I don't know what I'm hungry for
I don't know what I want anymore.

[w/ VERSE]
I move across, candy floss
I move like a tank
I move across the room with a heart full of gloom,
stronger than you think

Oh my peer,
your veneer is wearing thin and cracking.
the surface informs that underneath,
underneath is lacking.

[PRE-CHORUS]

[CHORUS]

[BRIDGE]

[w/ VERSE]

You move across, innocence lost,
all static and desire,
you're blue in the face from navel gaze,
you set yourself on fire.

You strip down and lay yourself out,
I know you can't fake it,
But are you tire and naked?
Are you tire and naked?

[PRE-CHORUS]

[CHORUS]

[CHORUS]

[ENDING]:
---------
---------
-------0-
-----4---
---5-----
-5-------


-----

From: Daniel Stayskal (danno1@airmail.net)

Here are some corrections/Suggestions

{Riff 1}: E----------------------------------------3-----
          B----------------------------------------5----
          G-------------------5--------------------5-----
          D-------4--5--4--0--5--------4--5--4--0--5-----
          A--0--5-------------3--0--5--------------3-----
          E-----------------------------------------3----
(Riff 3}: 
E-----------3---------------------------
B---3--5-----5--3--------------------------

F             Bb
I'd sooner chew my leg off
Dm          C
than get trapped in this cell
F             Bb
How easy to think of all of this
Dm          G (320033)
as Bittersweet me

Am - C - G (355433) with riff#3
I couldn't take it
I'm tired and Naked
I don't know what I'm hungry for
I don't know what I want anymore




R.E.M. albums
2004 Around the Sun
2001 Reveal
1998 Up
1996 New Adventures In Hi-Fi
1994 Monster
1992 Automatic For The People
1991 Out Of Time
1988 Green
1987 Eponymous
1983 Murmur
New Adventures In Hi-Fi tabs
01How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us tabbass tab
02The Wake-Up Bomb tabbass tab
03New Test Leper tabbass tab
04Undertow tabbass tab
05E-Bow The Letter tabbass tab
06Leave tabbass tab
07Departure tabbass tab
08Bittersweet Me tabbass tab
09Be Mine tabbass tab
10Binky The Doormat tabbass tab
11Zither tabbass tab
12So Fast, So Numb tabbass tab
13Low Desert tabbass tab
14Electrolite tabbass tab

 

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