R.E.M. – So Fast So Numb (Guitar)

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From: Kevin Milans [Verse 1]
D             F             C            G
You're movin' through rough waters motel boy,

D         F          C
and swimming in your sleep.

D            F       C          G
 How could I be so blind, mis-sighted,

       D                  F           C
Not to see there's something wounded deep?

D    F            C         G       D 
 Anyone could scratch your surface now,

         F       C
It's all amphetamine

         D           F     C         G
You're blasting yourself into the present

 D          F           C
Learn some vast indignity, say that,
[Chorus]
F            G
 You say that you hate it,

F            G
 You want to re-create it

Em            C        G             D
  I've been around, I've been your lover.

Em         C                F
  I let it go at Kill Devil Hill,

Em                  C             G          
  You're coming onto something so fast, so numb

      D            C     C7
That you can't even feel.
[Verse 2]
D                     F      C    G    
 You're drinking the raw adrenal baby, 

D          F      C
 You do-si-do, saddo

              D                 F             C           G
You're eating cartilage, shark-eyed, shark heart, all present,

D                   F                C
Tense and boy your blood is running cold.

                 D             F           C    
Listen, this is now, this is here, this is me,

         G       D     F      C
This is what I wanted you to see.

           D        F             C            G
That was then, was that, that is gone, this is past,

         D           F           C
You cast yourself cast passed by thrown down fast, you say
[Chorus]
F            G
 You say that you hate it,

F           G
 You want to re-create it

Em                 C       G                 D
  I've played this round, I've played your lover.

Em            C          F
  I played it out to the hilt

Em                  C              G           
  You're coming onto something so fast, so numb

      D            C     C7
That you can't even feel.
[Solo] F G F G Bb C [Verse 3]
D         F  C       G    
 You love it. You hate it.

D      F      C
 You want to re-create it.

D             F             C                 
Now, this is here, this is me,

         G      D      F      C
This is what I wanted you to see.

          D          F             C            
That was then, was that, that is gone.

         G      D      F      C
That is what I wanted you to feel.
[Chorus]
F            G
 You love it. You hate it.

F                                G
 I’m spitting it out, the bitter pill.

Em           C        G               D
  I've been around, I've been your lover

Em         C                 F
  I let it go at Kill Devil Hills.

Em                  C             G        
  You're coming onto something so fast, so numb

      D            C    C7
That you can't even feel.
[Chorus]
Em                 C        G                D
  I've played this round, I've played your lover.

Em                C          F
  I've played it out to the hilt.

Em                  C              G              
  You're comin' onto something so fast, so numb

      D            C     C7
That you can't even feel.
[Outro]
Em                C        G            D
  You’ve played around, you played me lover,

Em         C                F
  I let it go at Kill Devil Hills.

Em                C          G                         
  You're moving so hard, so fast, so numb 

     D             C     C7 
That you can't even feel.
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