Man on the Moon
Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe

R.E.M.
Automatic for the People
1992
This is a great song off Automatic.  For anyone who wonders,
Andy Kaufman was a comedian who "goofed on Elvis" and ended
up wrestling Playboy models at the end of his career.  So
that's where some of these strange lyrics come from.  Stipe
claims that his lyrics mean nothing but I don't see how that's
true.  I think you know what I mean.  Have fun with this one.
Lyrics by Jim Barry, www.stipey.com.


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CHORUS Am G Hey, Andy did you hear about this one Am G Tell me are you locked in the punch Am G C Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis, "hey baby" D Are we losing touch G Am If you believed C Bm G They put a man on the moon Am D Man on the moon G Am If you believe C Bm Am There's nothing up my sleeve (Am) Then nothing is cool
Moses went walking with the staff of wood Yeah yeah yeah yeah Newton got beaned by the apple good Yeah yeah yeah yeah Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp Yeah yeah yeah yeah Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask Yeah yeah yeah yeah CHORUS Hey Andy did you hear about this one Tell me are you locked in the punch Hey, Andy are you goofing on Elvis, "hey baby" Are you having fun? If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve Then nothing is cool
Guitar Solo Em D Em D Em D
Here's a little agit for the never-believer Yeah yeah yeah yeah Here's a little ghost for the offering Yeah yeah yeah yeah Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's Yeah yeah yeah yeah Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling (wrestling) Yeah yeah yeah yeah CHORUS Hey Andy did you hear about this one Tell me are you locked in the punch Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis, "hey baby" Are we losing touch If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve Then nothing is cool
Guitar Solo Em D Em D Em D repeat this three times: If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve Then nothing is cool Em

Created on 4-17-97 by Daniel E. Smith.