R.E.M. – Be Mine (Guitar)

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The riff repeated throughout the verses can be played several different ways. There's not a lot of footage of the boys playing this song live, so it's hard to tell what they actually play. I like the first better for solo acoustic, and the second for dirty electric. Either way, pick one, and play the A and Esus4 riffs when it says A and Esus4, respectively.
  A riff:                                    Esus4 riff:
e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--9h11-11--11--9h11-|-13--14---13-13p11--|--------------------|--------------------|
A|--0----0---0---0----|-0---0----0--0------|-9h11--11--11-----9h|11------11-------11-|
E|--------------------|--------------------|-0-----0---0------0-|--------0--------0--|
or
  A riff:                        Esus4 riff:
e|--0--------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|--0h2-2--2--0h2--4--5--5p4p2-|-----------------------------|
G|--2---2--2--2----------------|--2---------2----------------|
D|--2---2--2--2----------------|--4s6-6--6--4s6-----6--------|
A|--0--------------------------|--2---x--x--2-------x--------|
E|-----------------------------|--0---0--0--0-------0--------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Verse]
A                        Esus4
I never thought of this as funny

A                        Esus4
It speaks another world to me

A                       Esus4
I wanna be your Easter bunny

D        B                 Esus4
 I wanna be your Christmas tree

                                    A
I'll strip the world that you must live in

Esus4                   A
Of all its godforsaken greed

Esus4                        A
I'll ply the tar out of your feathers

Esus4                              D    B
I'll pluck the thorns out of your feet
[Refrain]
        E    B
You and me

        G#m  A
You and me

        F#m F#  Bsus2
You and me
[Verse 2]
A                        Esus4
And if I choose your sanctuary

A                         Esus4
I'll want to wash you with my hair

A                            Esus4
I'll want to drink of sacred fountains

D              B             Esus4
 And find the riches hidden there

                        A
I'll eat the lotus and peyote

Esus4                         A
I want to hear the caged bird sing

Esus4                      A
I want the secrets of the temple

Esus4                       D     B
I want the finger with the ring
[Refrain]
        E    B
You and me

        G#m  A
You and me

        F#m F#  Bsus2
You and me
[Interlude] E B G#m A F#m F# Bsus2 [Verse 3]
A                       Esus4
And if you make me your religion

A                            Esus4
I'll give you all the room you need

A                          Esus4
I'll be the drawing of your breath

D       B                 Esus4
I'll be cup if you should bleed

                          A
I'll be the sky above the Ganges

Esus4                        A
I'll be the vast and stormy sea

Esus4                              A
I'll be the lights that guide you inward

Esus4                         D   B    E
I'll be the visions you will see

B                G#m  A
Visions you will see

         F#m F#
You will see

         Bsus2
You will see
[Refrain] (x2)
        E    B
You and me

        G#m  A
You and me

        F#m  F#  Bsus2
You and me
[Outro] E B G#m A F#m F# Bsus2 (x2) E