R.E.M. – Accelerate (Guitar)

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N.C. = No chords, so no instruments or voice. Just a silence. [Intro] G [Verse 1]
B                                      E     G A
Sinking fast, the weight chained to my feet

B                          G
- No time to argue with belief

          B
I'm not alone, a thousand others dropping

E             G         A      B
- Faster than me - What put me here?

                      G
Nothing to hold on to - Nowhere to brake
[Chorus]
F#                           G
-- Where is the ripcord, the trapdoor, the key?

F#                        G
-- Where is the cartoon escape-hatch for me?

F#                         G
-- No time to question the choices I make

A                                G
-- I've got to fall in another direction
[Verse 2]
B                           E               G       A
Last thing I remember I was climbing up the stairs

  B                        G
I threw the window open in challenge and despair

             B
I don't know what I needed - I needed time

  E           G     A
I needed to escape

          B                           G
I saw the future turn upside-down and hesitate
[Chorus]
F#                           G
-- Where is the ripcord, the trapdoor, the key?

F#                        G
-- Where is the cartoon escape-hatch for me?

F#                         G
-- No time to question the choices I make

A                                G
-- I've got to fall in another direction

       B     E   N.C.
Accelerate
[Verse 3]
    B                            E   G A
The vista I see now is changing

  B                          G
Uncertainty is suffocating

    B
Our hope has never felt so great and

E        G        A        B
- Lit up down - A pounding pulse to make it go

           G
To make it slow - down - go
[Chorus]
F#                           G
-- Where is the ripcord, the trapdoor, the key?

F#                        G
-- Where is the cartoon escape-hatch for me?

F#                         G
-- No time to question the choices I make

A                                G
-- I've got to fall in another direction
[Outro]
    B                                    E           A
The city's burning, it's like it's ready to explode

   B                         E           A
Accelerate to make it slow - Make it go

   B                         E           A
Accelerate to make it slow - Make it go

                           G
I'm incomplete - I'm incomplete - I'm incomplete
B