Losing My Religion
Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe
R.E.M.
Out of Time
1991
I've had this album for about 5 years now, and it's a really great one.
I don't know much about Green, but I think this album put them on
the map as far as great musicians are concerned. They have a great
talent for taking an extremely easy song and making it sound awesome.
I hope you like it! I have tabbed two parts: the mandolin and the
acoustic guitar. Good luck! One final note: the phrase "losing my
religion" means "to lose your composure, to yell." It doesn't mean
Stipe is giving up on God (though I'm sure he has). This is where the
lines "oh no I've said too much" come from.
Lyrics
Chords
INTRO (this is also the chorus):
GUITAR 1 (Mandolin)
F Fadd9 D5
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e:-10-12-10----|-8-----8--8--8--10----8--|----8--------10-12-10----|
B:----------10-|-10----10-10-10-10----10-|----10----10----------10-|
G:-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D:-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A:-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E:-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
GUITAR 2 (Acoustic)
e:-------------|-1-----1--1--1--3-----1--|----1--------------------|
B:-------------|-1-----1--1--1--1-----1--|----1--------3-----------|
G:-------------|-2-----2--2--2--2-----2--|----2--------2-----------|
D:-------------|-3-----3--3--3--3-----3--|----3--------0-----------|
A:-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E:-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Am C/B C D5
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e:-8-----8--8--8--10----8--|----8--------10-12-10----|
B:-10----10-10-10-10----10-|----10----10----------10-|
G:-------------------------|-------------------------|
D:-------------------------|-------------------------|
A:-------------------------|-------------------------|
E:-------------------------|-------------------------|
e:-0-----0--0--0-----0--0--|-0-----0--0--------------|
B:-1-----1--1--1-----1--1--|-1-----1--1--3-----------|
G:-2-----2--2--0-----0--0--|-0-----0--0--2-----------|
D:-2-----2--2--x-----x--x--|-2-----2--2--0-----------|
A:-0-----0--0--2-----2--2--|-3-----3--3--------------|
E:-------------------------|-------------------------|
F Fadd9 D5
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e:-8-----8--8--8--10----8--|----8--------10-12-10----|
B:-10----10-10-10-10----10-|----10----10----------10-|
G:-------------------------|-------------------------|
D:-------------------------|-------------------------|
A:-------------------------|-------------------------|
E:-------------------------|-------------------------|
e:-1-----1--1--1--3-----1--|----1--------------------|
B:-1-----1--1--1--1-----1--|----1--------3-----------|
G:-2-----2--2--2--2-----2--|----2--------2-----------|
D:-3-----3--3--3--3-----3--|----3--------0-----------|
A:-------------------------|-------------------------|
E:-------------------------|-------------------------|
A________________ life
Am G
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e:-8-----8-----8--8-----7--|-------------------------|
B:-10----10----10-10----8--|-------------------------|
G:-------------------------|-------------------------|
D:-------------------------|-------------------------|
A:-------------------------|-------------------------|
E:-------------------------|-------------------------|
e:-0-----0-----0--0----^3--|-------------------------|
B:-1-----1-----1--1----^0--|-------------------------|
G:-2-----2-----2--2----^0--|-------------------------|
D:-2-----2-----2--2----^0--|-------------------------|
A:-0-----0-----0--0----^2--|-------------------------|
E:---------------------^3--|-------------------------|
VERSE:
GUITAR 2
life is bigger it's bigger than you and you are
Am Em
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B:-1---1---0-1---1-|---1-1---0-1-----|-^0---0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0-----|
G:-2---2---2-2---2-|---2-2---2-2-----|-^0---0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0-----|
D:-2---2---2-2---2-|---2-2---2-2-----|-^2---2---2-2---2-|---2-2---2-2-----|
A:-0---0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0-----|-^2---2---2-2---2-|---2-2---2-2-----|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-^0---0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0-----|
not me the lengths that I will go to the distance in your
Am Em
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B:-1---1---0-1---1-|---1-1---0-1-----|-^0---0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0-----|
G:-2---2---2-2---2-|---2-2---2-2-----|-^0---0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0-----|
D:-2---2---2-2---2-|---2-2---2-2-----|-^2---2---2-2---2-|---2-2---2-2-----|
A:-0---0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0-----|-^2---2---2-2---2-|---2-2---2-2-----|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-^0---0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0-----|
eyes Oh no I've said too
Am Em
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B:-1---1---0-1---1-|---1-1---0-1-----|-^0---0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0-----|
G:-2---2---2-2---2-|---2-2---2-2-----|-^0---0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0-----|
D:-2---2---2-2---2-|---2-2---2-2-----|-^2---2---2-2---2-|---2-2---2-2-----|
A:-0---0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0-----|-^2---2---2-2---2-|---2-2---2-2-----|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-^0---0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0-----|
much I said it all
Dm G
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B:-3-----3-3-----3-|---3-3---3---3---|-0-----0-0-----0-|-----------------|
G:-2-----2-2-----2-|---2-2---2---2---|-0-----0-0-----0-|-----------------|
D:-0-----0-0-----0-|---0-0---0---0---|-0-----0-0-----0-|-----------------|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-2-----2-2-----2-|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-3-----3-3-----3-|-----------------|
This is the interlude:
GUITAR 1
A5 D5 Am A5
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B:-10-10-10-10----10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10----10-10-10-|
G:-------------------------|-------------------------|
D:-------------------------|-------------------------|
A:-------------------------|-------------------------|
E:-------------------------|-------------------------|
A5 D5 Am A5
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G:-------------------------|-------------------------|
D:-------------------------|-------------------------|
A:-------------------------|-------------------------|
E:-------------------------|-------------------------|
That was just a dream
A5 D5 Am A5
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B:-10-10-10-10----10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10----10-10-10-|
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D:-------------------------|-------------------------|
A:-------------------------|-------------------------|
E:-------------------------|-------------------------|
That was just a dream that's me in the corner
A5 D5 Am A5
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B:-10-10-10-10----10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-------------|
G:-------------------------|-------------------------|
D:-------------------------|-------------------------|
A:-------------------------|-------------------------|
E:-------------------------|-------------------------|
This is the ending:
GUITAR 1
A5
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B:-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
G:-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D:-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A:-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E:-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A5
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e:-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-10-8-----10-8-----8-|
B:-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-------10---|
G:-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
D:-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
A:-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
E:-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
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B:-10--------------|
G:-----------------|
D:-----------------|
A:-----------------|
E:-----------------|
LYRICS:
A life is bigger
It's bigger than you and you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no I've said too much
I said it all
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losin' my religion
Tryin' to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough
CHORUS (play intro tab)
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
Every whisper of every waking hour
I'm choosin' my confession
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool
Oh no I said too much
I said it all
Consider this
Consider this
Hint of the century
Consider this
The slip that brought me to my knees failed
What if these fantasies come flailing around
And now I've said too much
CHORUS
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
INTERLUDE (play interlude tab)
But that was just a dream
That was just a dream
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losin' my religion
Tryin' to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough
CHORUS
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
But that was just a dream
Try cry why try
That was just a dream
Just a dream, just a dream, dream
Play end tab here
CHORDS:
F 103211 (thumb on 6th)
Fadd9 103213 (thumb on 6th)
D5 xx023x
C/B x2x010
To learn why these chords are named this way, check out Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.
Created on 7-4-97 by Daniel E. Smith.