R.E.M. – Losing My Religion (Guitar Tab)

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Losing My Religion Mandolin Tab by R.E.M. Tabbed by Mike S PREFACE: THIS IS FOR A MANODLIN/TENOR GUITAR TUNING, from low to high GDAE. I spent hours watching live videos and tutorials to put this together. This is very detailed and will take you through every step of the song. I did my best to make this 110% accurate. This looks complicated but it's the first mandolin song I learned and really easy once you get a hold of the strumming. The type of chords used require minimal finger movement. Key: First row is chords, second row is strum pattern, below those are the chord diagrams and tabs D downstrum U upstrum lowercase (x) muted chuck (/) slide up

Chords used:
  F   Am  G   Dm  Em/B or Em 3 finger, which is fuller and more accurate, but harder to use.
|-1-|-0-|-3-|-1-|-0-|-0-|
|-0-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-2-|
|-3-|-2-|-0-|-0-|-2-|-5-|
|-5-|-5-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-4-|

F Am

           D x  UDU  x U   UDU           D x  UDU  x U   UDU
e|---0----|1---1-1-1---1--1-1-1|---0----|0---0-0-0---0--0-0-0|---0----|
a|-5---5-0|0---0-0-0---0--0-0-0|-5---5-0|0---0-0-0---0--0-0-0|-5---5-0|
d|--------|3---3-3-3---3--3-3-3|--------|2---2-2-2---2--2-2-2|--------|
g|--------|5---5-5-5---5--5-5-5|--------|5---5-5-5---5--5-5-5|--------|

F Am G

   D x  UDU  x U   UDU            D  D  DU  x D
e|-1---1-1-1---1--1-1-1|---0----|-0--0--0-0-|-3-|
a|-0---0-0-0---0--0-0-0|-5---5-0|-0--0--0-0-|-2-|
d|-3---3-3-3---3--3-3-3|--------|-2--2--2-2-|-0-|
g|-5---5-5-5---5--5-5-5|--------|-5--5--5-5-|-0-|

[Bridge]

e|---------------|
a|-------0-------|
d|---0-2---5-2-0-|
g|-5-------------|

[Verse] PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THESE (you will make slight finger adjustments, but it's really easy). Am Em

   DUDU       DUDU    UDU    DUDU       DUDU      DUDU    UDU   DUDU
e|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0| |-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-2|
a|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0| |-2-2-2-2--0-2-0-2--2-2-2--0-2-2-2|
d|-2-2-2-2--0-2-0-2--2-2-2--0-2-2-2| |-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2|
g|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5| |-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0|

(play that three times, then) Dm G

   D x UDU x UU  x UDU c  D x UDU x U
e|-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-1-|-3--3-3-3--3|
a|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2--2|
d|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0|
g|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0--0|

The rest of the song follows this order [Bridge] [Verse] [Chorus] [Bridge] [Verse] [Bridge] [Verse] [Chorus] Then the [Solo]

e|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|
a|-3/7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3---0-0-0-0-0-|
d|-----------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------|

e|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|
a|-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3---0-0-0-0-0-|
d|---------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------|

e|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|
a|-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3---0-0-0-0-0-|
d|---------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------|

e|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-------0-----|
a|-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3---0-5---5-0-|
d|---------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------|

[Verse] [Chorus] x2 (play the full Am staff and skip the G, starting over at F. -Sounds confusing but it's the chorus repeated twice at the end of the song, so listen if you get stuck) [Bridge] [Outro] When performed live, the last 7 in each measure is replaced with a 5. Easier to count & sounds better

e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
a|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
d|-----------------|
g|-----------------|

Play that 7 times, then

Run:
e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
a|-7-5-3-0-5-3-0-3-0-|
d|-------------------|
g|-------------------|

One last note, if you want a fuller sound on the gap in the chorus, you may replace the open e with the 7th fret on the A string - a|-5-7-5-0-|