R.E.M. – The One I Love (Guitar Tab)

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Song: The One I Love Artist: R.E.M. Album: Document Gtr. 1: Rickenbacker 360/12, moderately distorted Gtr. 2: acoustic The acoustic guitar just plays chords so I'll just put that. The tab:

Gtr. 1 [intro, chorus] (Riff 1):
e|--------------0--0-0------0--0-0-----|
B|--------------5--3/5--0---5--3/5---0-|
G|----------------------4------------4-|
D|----------0--------------------------| Play 2x
A|--------0----------------------------|
E|-0--0-3------------------------------|
  "Fire..............................."

Gtr. 2 intro, verse part 1, chorus Em D Em

Gtr. 1 [verse part 1] (Riff 2):
e|---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0----0---0---0---|
B|-----3-----3---------3-----3---------3-----3----3---3-----|
G|-4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4----------4-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------| Play 2x
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

  "This one goes out to the one I love....."
  "This one goes out to the one I left behind......"
Gtr. 1 verse part 2 (Riff 3):
e|--------3-3--2-2-2-3-2---0--0-----3-3-|
B|-------3--3--3-3-3-3-3---1--1-----3-3-|
G|------0---0--2-2-2-2-2---2--2-----0-0-|
D|-----0----0--0-0-0-0-0---2--2-----2-2-| Play once
A|----2-----2------------0-0--0--3--3-3-|
E|-3-3------3---------------------------|
  "A simple prop       to occupy my time"
Gtr. 2 verse part 2:
     G         D           Am       C

Then repeat verse part 1 once. Then the intro... I'll explain the structure later.

Gtr. 1 [solo:]
e|----0-----0-0-----0---0-0--0---0---0-0-0-0-----------------------------|
B|-0--3--0--5-3--0--3-0-5-3--5-0-3-0-5-3-5-3-0-------------------0-------|
G|-4-----4-------4----4--------4---4---------4-2-0-------0---0-2-4-2-0---|
D|-------------------------------------------------2-0-2---2-----------2-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

The solo is played over the second part of the verse (G-D-Am-C-Em-D-Em) The structure: Intro (Riff 1 2x) Verse (Riff 2 2x, Riff 3 1x, Riff 2 1x) Chorus (Riff 1 2x) Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Solo Chorus 2x Then:

e|------------------|
B|------------3-4-5-|
G|------------2-3-4-|
D|----------0-0-1-2-|
A|--------0---------|
E|-0--0-3-----------|

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