R.E.M. – Outsiders (Guitar)

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The Outsiders - R.E.M. [Intro] | N.C. | % | | Em D | Em | Em D | Em | [Verse 1
Em                   D                   Em
  You took me to the restaurant where we first met

Em                           D            Em
  You knocked a future shock crowbar upside my head

Em                      D          G          A          Em
  I got caught with the stop of the tick-tock, tick-tock clock

                D         Em
When you told me what you knew
[Pre-Chorus]
Em          D
Lost in the moment

    G           A      Em
The day that the music stopped

           D      Em
And I do remember you
[Chorus]
C                                   D
Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth

G              D        Em
  Promising volcanic change of plot

C                               D
  Where will this lead us?  I'm scared of the storm

    Em            D            Em
The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born
[Verse 2]
Em                D         Em
  I tried to tell you I am not afraid

Em                  D           Em
  You looked up and saw it all across my face

Em        D           Em
  So am I with you or am I against? 

  Em                    D            Em
I don't think it's that easy - we're lost in regret

        Em          D
Now I'm trying to remember 

      G              A     Em
The feeling when the music stopped

           D      Em
When you told me what you knew
[Pre-Chorus]
Em          D
Lost in the moment

    G           A      Em
The day that the music stopped

           D      Em
And I do remember you
[Chorus]
C                                     D
  Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth

G              D        Em
  Promising volcanic change of plot

C                               D
  Where will this lead us?  I'm scared of the storm

    Em            D            Em
The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born
[Chorus]
C                                     D
  Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth

G              D        Em
  Promising volcanic change of plot

C                               D
  Where will this lead us?  I'm scared of the storm

    Em            D            Em
The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born

    Em            D            Em
The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born

    Em            D            Em   N.C.
The outsiders are gathering
| N.C. | % | [Rap]
  Em                        Bm
A man walks away when every muscle says to stay

    G 
How many yesterdays - they each weigh heavy

Em                              Bm 
Who says what changes may come?

G
Who says what we call home?

  Em                                Bm
I know you see right through me, my luminescence fades

    G 
The dusk provides an antidote, I am not afraid

     Em                         Bm
I've been a million times in my mind

                      G
This is really just a technicality, frailty, reality

    Em                    Bm
Uh, it's time to breathe, time to believe

G
Let it go and run towards the sea

     Em                           Bm  
They don't teach that, they don't know what you mean

     G 
They don't understand, they don't know what you mean

Em                 Bm
They don't get it, I wanna scream

  G
I wanna breathe again, I wanna dream

  Em                       Bm
I wanna float a quote from Martin Luther King

     G                                             Em  Bm
I am not afraid, I am not afraid, I am not afraid

     G                                             Em  Bm
I am not afraid, I am not afraid, I am not afraid
[Coda]
| Em Bm | G  |   x6 
| G |           (fade)