R.E.M. – Revolution (Guitar)

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[Intro]
E  A  (x4)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 1]
E                    A           E  A
Your revolution is a silly idea, yeah

E                    A          E  A
All your friends are feeling sad

     E                            A            E  A
It's like you need a reason to be feeling bad, yeah

     E                           A             E  A
You sport an armband when you're good and mad, yeah
[Chorus]
B      G          A
La-la, la-la, revolution (the future never happened)

B      G          F#
La-la, la-la, revolution
[Instrumental] E A (x2) [Verse 2]
E                    A
I don't know why I'm feeling bad, yeah

E             A
I picked up a bad vibration

E               A
Oliver North is running for Senate

E           A
  Bomb the abortion clinic

E                       A
Reagan's defense is the deficit

E           A
  The virus was invented

E                 A
  Black men can't get acquitted

E                  A
Of the crimes that we've committed

E            A
  The future never happened

E          A
  It never happened
[Chorus]
B      G          A
La-la, la-la, revolution (the future never happened)

B      G          F#    E
La-la, la-la, revolution
[Verse 3]
E                    A           E  A
Your revolution is a silly idea, yeah

E                        A
You tried to look like a punk rock girl

  E           A
A whole lotta sneer, a little curl

    E                     A        E  A
But I don't have time for your theatrics

E                    A              E  A
Everybody knows that you're a bad actress

E                    A             E  A
We've been sorry for way too long, yeah

E               A       E  A
But the scum is rising, yeah
[Chorus]
B      G          A
La-la, la-la, revolution (the future never happened)

B      G          A
La-la, la-la, revolution

B      G          A
La-la, la-la, revolution (the future never happened)

B      G          F#      E
La-la, la-la, revolution, yeah