R.E.M. – How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us (Guitar)

Piano riff:
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G|--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|
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Verse riff:
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A|-----------------------------------|
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Em           Em6     Em7         Em6
Blood from a stone,  water from wine.

Em                Em6
Born under an ill-placed sign

Em7             Em6    Em                 Em6
A stroke of bad luck,  wrong place, wrong time.

Em7                 Em6
This flyer is out of the line.

    D                   G          Em
The story is a sad one, told many times.

    D                   G        Em
The story of my life in   trying times.

D               G       Em
Just add water, stir in lime.

D                                    A
How the west was won and where it got us. Ahhh.

Em         Em6      Em7          Em6
Canary got trapped, the uranium mine.

Em                                 Em6
A stroke of bad luck, now the bird has died.

Em7         Em6  Em                 Em6
a marker to mark where my tears run dry.

Em7                  Em6
I cross it, bless it, alkaline.

    D                   G          Em
The story is a sad one, told many times.

    D                   G        Em
The story of my life in   trying times.

D               G       Em
Just add water, stir in lime.

D                                    A
How the west was won and where it got us. Ahhh.

Em            Em6             Em7              Em6
I didn't wear glasses cause I thought it might rain.

Em              Em6
Now I can't see anything.

Em7         Em6   Em                 Em6
I made a mistake, chalked it up to design.

Em7                                        Em6
I cracked through time, space, godless and dry.

Em7        Em6     Em           Em6
I point my nose to the northern star,

Em7                                   Em6
And watch the decline from a hazy distance.

    D                   G          Em
The story is a sad one, told many times.

    D                   G        Em
The story of my life in   trying times.

D               G       Em
Just add water, stir in lime.

D                                    A
How the west was won and where it got us. Ahhh.