R.E.M. – Sing For The Submarine (Guitar Tab)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: stonegolem13 Album: Accelerate Tuning: Standard (EADGBe) Intro:
e|-----0---------0-------0---------0----|---0--------0--------0---------0----|
B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
e|-----0---------0-------0---------0----|---0--------0--------0---------0----|
B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
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A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    It feels in dreams                   That everything is there for you

e|-----0---------0-------0---------0----|---0--------0--------0---------0----|
B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
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A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
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    The city breathes and pulses         It's fuel electron blue

e|-----0---------0-------0---------0----|---0--------0--------0---------0----|
B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
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E|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
    I knew            that you           could see right through it

e|-----0---------0-------0---------0----|---0--------0--------0---------0----|
B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
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A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

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A|--2--------3--------5--------7--------|2--------3--------5--------3--------|
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    So this           is where           I give in to the machine

e|-----0---------0-------0---------0----|---0--------0--------0---------0----|
B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

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A|--2--------3--------5--------7--------|2--------3--------5--------10-------|
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    Lift up your voice feel gravity's pull, drown out the siren's ring

e|-----0---------0-------0---------0----|---0--------0--------0---------0----|
B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|

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e|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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A|--9--------(9)-----(9)------(9)----9-7|-9-------(9)------9-7-9------(9)----|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    Oh________________________________
Chorus:
    Am                                   Dm
e|--5-----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
B|-----5--------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
G|--------5----5h7----5-----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    It's all here where I keep it        It's all in the submarine

    Am                                   Dm
e|--17----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
B|-----17-------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
G|--------17--17h19---17----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    It's all a lot less frightening      than you would have had it be 

    Am                                   Dm
e|--5-----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
B|-----5--------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
G|--------5----5h7----5-----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    And that's the good news my darling  It is what it's going to be

    C                 C                  B        G        Em
e|--8-----------------------------------|7-----------------------------------|
B|-----------8--------------------------|---------8--------------------------|
G|--------------------9-----------------|------------------9-----------------|
D|-----------------------------10-------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
So  sing,             sing       for the sub______mar______ine
Verse 2:
e|-----0---------0-------0---------0----|---0--------0--------0---------0----|
B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

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D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--2--------3--------5--------7--------|2--------3--------5--------3--------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

e|-----0---------0-------0---------0----|---0--------0--------0---------0----|
B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

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A|--2--------3--------5--------7--------|2--------3--------5--------10-------|
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    I tried to explain how it all begins, How its all destroyed and built again

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B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
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E|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|

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A|--9--------(9)-----9-7-9------(9)--9-7|-9-------(9)------(9)------(9)-/12\-|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    I knew            that you        could not      be____lieve   me

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B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
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A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

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B|--7--------(7)------(7)------(7)------|(7)------(7)------(7)------(7)------|
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    But now you're here and it's different, How the light shines in your eyes

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B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

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e|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|--7--------(7)------(7)------(7)------|(7)------(7)------(7)------(7)------|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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    In every second or situ,             It's then that I realised

e|-----0---------0-------0---------0----|---0--------0--------0---------0----|
B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|

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e|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|9-7--------(7)-----7-5-7------(7)-----|7--------(7)-----7-5-7------(7)-----|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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    That the world as we know it, The High speed train, We'll pick it all up and start again
Chorus:
    Am                                   Dm
e|--5-----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
B|-----5--------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
G|--------5----5h7----5-----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    It's all here where I keep it,       It's all in the submarine

    Am                                   Dm
e|--17----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
B|-----17-------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
G|--------17--17h19---17----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    It's all a lot less frightening,     than we would have had it be 

    Am                                   Dm
e|--5-----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
B|-----5--------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
G|--------5----5h7----5-----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    But that's the good news my darling, It is what it's going to be

    C                 C                  B        G        Em
e|--8-----------------------------------|7-----------------------------------|
B|-----------8--------------------------|---------8--------------------------|
G|--------------------9-----------------|------------------9-----------------|
D|-----------------------------10-------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
So  sing,             sing       for the sub______mar______ine
Breakdown:
    F#m               Bbm                C#m               Em
e|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|--4-------4/9-------8-------8/12------|11------11/12-----14---\----7-------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

    F#m               Bbm                C#m               Em
e|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|--4-------4/9-------8-------8/12------|11------11/12-----14---\----12------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

    F#m               Bbm                C#m               Em
e|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|--4-------4/9-------8-------8/12------|11------11/12-----14---\----7-----9-|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

e|-----0---------0-------0---------0----|---0--------0--------0---------0----|
B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

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e|--(14)-----(14)-----(14)-----(14)-----|(14)-----(14)-----(14)-----(14)-----|
B|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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Verse 3:
e|-----0---------0-------0---------0----|---0--------0--------0---------0----|
B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    The city did not collapse in a shudder, The rain it never came

e|-----0---------0-------0---------0----|---0--------0--------0---------0----|
B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

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B|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--2--------3--------5--------7--------|2--------3--------5--------10-------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    At least my confessions made you laugh, I know it's a little crazed

e|-----0---------0-------0---------0----|---0--------0--------0---------0----|
B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|

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e|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--9--------(9)------9-7-9------(9)----|-9-------(9)------9-7-9------(9)----|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    But these dreams, they seem          so real             to me
Chorus:
    Am                                   Dm
e|--5-----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
B|-----5--------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
G|--------5----5h7----5-----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    It's all here where I keep it,       It's all in the submarine

    Am                                   Dm
e|--17----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
B|-----17-------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
G|--------17--17h19---17----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    It's all a lot less frightening,     than we would have had it be 

    Am                                   Dm
e|--5-----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
B|-----5--------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
G|--------5----5h7----5-----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    And that's the good news my darling, It is what it's going to be

    C                 C                  B        G        Em
e|--8-----------------------------------|7-----------------------------------|
B|-----------8--------------------------|---------8--------------------------|
G|--------------------9-----------------|------------------9-----------------|
D|-----------------------------10-------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
So  sing,             sing       for the sub______mar______ine

    Am                                   Dm
e|--5-----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
B|-----5--------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
G|--------5----5h7----5-----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    So this is where you trust me,       And this where it begins

    Am                                   Dm
e|--17----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
B|-----17-------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
G|--------17--17h19---17----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    It's all a lot less frightening,     Your tear you let it in 

    Am                                   Dm
e|--5-----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
B|-----5--------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
G|--------5----5h7----5-----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    Tyrel and his mechanical owl,        A moth disguised as a leaf... 

    C                 C                  B        G        Em
e|--8-----------------------------------|7-----------------------------------|
B|-----------8--------------------------|---------8--------------------------|
G|--------------------9-----------------|------------------9-----------------|
D|-----------------------------10-------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    Don't tell me what tomorrow brings,  Climb into the hidden machine and

    C                 C                  B        G        Em
e|--8-----------------------------------|7-----------------------------------|
B|-----------8--------------------------|---------8--------------------------|
G|--------------------9-----------------|------------------9-----------------|
D|-----------------------------10-------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    Sing,    sing,    sing,              sing,    sing,    sing

    C                 C                  B        G        Em
e|--8-----------------------------------|7-----------------------------------|
B|-----------8--------------------------|---------8--------------------------|
G|--------------------9-----------------|------------------9-----------------|
D|-----------------------------10-------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    sing,             sing       for the sub______mar______ine

    Am
e|--5-------(5)------(5)------(5)-------|
B|--b10-----(10)-----(10)-----(10)------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
************************************ | Legend | ************************************ | | | / slide up | | \ slide down | | h hammer-on | | p pull-off | | ~ vibrato | | x Mute note | | b Bend | | pb Pre-bend | | br Bend release | | pbr Pre-bend release | | brb Bend release bend | | () ghost/hold | | | ************************************ Any suggestions for improvements, feel free to comment and/or PM me. Enjoy!