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.

INTRO:

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Play this twice as the intro, and play it during the verses.

Mott the Hoople and the game of Life
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Monopoly Twenty-One checkers and chess
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Mister Fred Blassie in the breakfast mess
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Let's play Twister let's play Risk
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
See you heaven if you make the list
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

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