R.E.M. – Its The End Of The World As We Know It And I Feel Fine (Guitar)

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(lyrics from official lyric sheet) [Verse 1]
G                                 Cmaj7
  That's great, it starts with an earthquake,

                     G                          Cmaj7
birds and snakes, an aeroplane - Lenny Bruce is not afraid.

G
Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn

Cmaj7
World serves its own needs, don't misserve your own needs.

G
Speed it up a knock, speed, grunt, no, strength no.

Cmaj7
Ladder starts to clatter with fear of height, down height.

Bb
Wire in a fire, representing seven games

     Am
in a government for hire and a combat site.
[Verse 2]
G                                                            Cmaj7
Left of west and coming in a hurry with the furies breathing down your neck.

G
Team by team, reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped.

        Cmaj7
Look at that low plane!  Fine then.

G                                              Cmaj7
Uh oh, overflow, population, common group, but it'll do.
Save yourself, serve yourself.
                 G
World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed.

                 Cmaj7
Tell me with the rapture and the reverent in the right - right.

    Bb                                               Am
You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright light, feeling pretty psyched.
[Chorus]
         G          Dsus2       Am
It's the end of the world as we know it

         G          Dsus2       Am
It's the end of the world as we know it

         G          Dsus2       Am                  C
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine
[Verse 3]
G
Six o'clock - TV hour.  Don't get caught in foreign tower.

Cmaj7
Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn.

G
Lock him in uniform, book burning, blood letting.

Cmaj7
Every motive escalate.  Automotive incinerate.

G
Light a candle, light a votive.  Step down, step down.

Cmaj7
Watch a heel crush, crush.

                  G
Uh oh, this means no fear - cavalier.  Renegade and steering clear!

  Cmaj7
A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies.

Bb                                            Am
Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline.
[Chorus]
         G          Dsus2       Am
It's the end of the world as we know it

         G          Dsus2       Am
It's the end of the world as we know it

         G          Dsus2       Am                  C
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine

G         Cmaj7    G    Cmaj7    G    F    F
   I feel fine

         G          Dsus2       Am
It's the end of the world as we know it

         G          Dsus2       Am
It's the end of the world as we know it

         G          Dsus2       Am                  C
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine
[Verse 4]
    G
The other night I dreamed of knives, continental drift divide.

Cmaj7                    N.C.
Mountains sit in a line, Leonard Bernstein.

G
Leonid Breshnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs.

Cmaj7
Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom!

    Bb                                    Am
You symbiotic, patriotic, slam, but neck, right?  Right.
[Chorus]
         G          Dsus2       Am
It's the end of the world as we know it

         G          Dsus2       Am
It's the end of the world as we know it

         G          Dsus2       Am                  C
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine
G
         G          Dsus2       Am
It's the end of the world as we know it

         G          Dsus2       Am
It's the end of the world as we know it

         G          Dsus2       Am                  C
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine

         G          Dsus2       Am
It's the end of the world as we know it

         G          Dsus2       Am
It's the end of the world as we know it

         G          Dsus2       Am                  C
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine

         G          Dsus2       Am
It's the end of the world as we know it

         G          Dsus2       Am
It's the end of the world as we know it

         G          Dsus2       Am                  C
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine