R.E.M. – Cuyahoga (Ukulele)

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Versions (4)

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Chords

BASS INTRO [CAN BE PLAYED ON GUITAR]

   C          C          Am          C
G|-------------7---7------------------77-77-7-|
D|--7---7-7---5---5--5----9---99-9---5--5--5--|
A|-5---5-----------------7---7--7-------------|
E|--------------------------------------------| × 1

VERSE 1

      C               C
Let's put our heads together

    Am          C
and start a new country up.

    C                 C
Our father's father's father tried,

 Am                 C
erased the parts he didn't like.

      C                  C
Let's try to fill it in,

Am              C
bank the quarry river, swim.

C                  C
We knee-skinned it you and me;

Am                   C
We knee-skinned that river red.

BRIDGE

Am               Em
This is where we walked,

Am               Em
this is where we swam.

Am                  Em
Take a picture here,

Am               C
take a souvenir.

VERSE 2

     C                   C
This land is the land of ours,

     Am             C
this river runs red over it.

C                  C
We knee-skinned it you and me;

Am                   C
we knee-skinned that river red.

       C               C
And we gathered up our friends,

Am              C
bank the quarry river, swim.

C                  C
We knee-skinned it you and me;

Am             C
underneath the river bed.

BRIDGE

Am               Em
This is where we walked,

Am               Em
this is where we swam.

Am                  Em
Take a picture here,

Am               C
take a souvenir.

CHORUS

C   Am  C Em  D      C
    Cuyahoga.

C   Am  C Em     D      C
    Cuyahoga, is gone.

VERSE 3

      C             C
Let's put our heads together,

Am          C
start a new country up.

C              C
Underneath the river bed

   Am                     C
we burned the river down.

BRIDGE

Am                 Em
This is where they walked, swam,

Am                 Em
hunted, danced and sang.

Am                   Em
Take a picture here,

Am               C
take a souvenir.

CHORUS

C   Am  C Em  D      C
    Cuyahoga.

C   Am  C Em     D      C
    Cuyahoga, is gone.

BREAK

  Em                D
Rewrite the book and rule the pages,

C
saving face, secured in faith.

Em             D
Bury, burn the waste

C
Behind you.

   C          C          Am          C
G|-------------7---7------------------77-77-7-|
D|--7---7-7---5---5--5----9---99-9---5--5--5--|
A|-5---5-----------------7---7--7-------------|
E|--------------------------------------------| × 1

VERSE 4

     C                   C
This land is the land of ours,

     Am             C
this river runs red over it.

C               C
We are not your allies,

Am         C
we can not defend.

BRIDGE

Am                 Em
This is where they walked,

Am                 Em
this is where they swam.

Am                  Em
Take a picture here,

Am               C
take a souvenir.

CHORUS × 2

C   Am  C Em  D      C
    Cuyahoga.

C   Am  C Em     D      C
    Cuyahoga, is gone.

C   Am  C Em  D      C
    Cuyahoga.

C   Am  C Em     D      C
    Cuyahoga, is gone.