R.E.M.

It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

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Tabbed By: lemmy0220

Added: Jul 10, 2008

Type: Guitar

Skill Level: Beginner

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IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (AND I FEEL FINE)
by R.E.M.

Verses 1 & 2

  G                  C            X4  Bb     Asus
e||:3-----------3-3|-0-------------:||---------------|---------------|
B||:3-----------3-3|-1---------1---:||-3-------------|-3-------------|
G||:0-----------0-0|-0----------0--:||-3-------------|-2-------------|
D||:0--------------|-2------2----2-:||-3-------------|-2-------------|
A||:2--------------|-3-----3-------:||-1-------------|-0-------------|
E||:3--------------|---------------:||---------------|---------------|        2nd
Verse
((on 3)Oh, oh…oh………………………)

Chorus
    G      D         A           X3
e||:3------2-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0000:||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B||:3------3-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2222:||1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G||:0------2-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2222:||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D||:0------0-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2222:||----------------|----------------|
A||:2--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-2000:||----------------|----------------|
E||:3--------------|---------------:||----------------|----------------|

Verse 3
  G                  C            X4  Bb     Asus
e||:3-----------3-3|-0-------------:||---------------|---------------|
B||:3-----------3-3|-1---------1---:||-3-------------|-3-------------|
G||:0-----------0-0|-0----------0--:||-3-------------|-2-------------|
D||:0--------------|-2------2----2-:||-3-------------|-2-------------|
A||:2--------------|-3-----3-------:||-1-------------|-0-------------|
E||:3--------------|---------------:||---------------|---------------|
4thx:       (Oh, oh…oh………………………)

Chorus 2
    G      D         A           X3    C                G              X3
e||:3------2-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0000:||:0---0-0-0-------|3---3-3-3------:||
B||:3------3-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2222:||:1-1-1-1-1-1-----|3-3-3-3-3--3-3-:||
G||:0------2-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2222:||:0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|0-0-0-0-0--0-0-:||
D||:0------0-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2222:||:2-2-------2-2---|0-0--------0-0-:||
A||:2--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-2000:||:3-----------3---|2-2----------2-:||
E||:3--------------|---------------:||:----------------|3------------3-:||

1. It’s the End….                     1.                  I feel Fine
2. I can’t Stop Time Alone            2:                  Ooooooooooh
3. I can’t Stop Time Alone            3.00000000000000000000000000000h

  F              F
e|-1------------|---------------|
B|-1------------|---------------|
G|-2------------|---------------|
D|-3------------|---------------|
A|-3------------|---------------|
E|-1------------|---------------|

Chorus
    G      D         A           X3
e||:3------2-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0000:||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B||:3------3-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2222:||1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G||:0------2-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2222:||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D||:0------0-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2222:||----------------|----------------|
A||:2--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-2000:||----------------|----------------|
E||:3--------------|---------------:||----------------|----------------|
    All 3 x’s: I can’t…
Bridge

  G                C
e|3-----------3-3|---------------|
B|3-----------3-3|---------------|
G|0-----------0-0|----REST!------|
D|0--------------|----REST!------|
A|2--------------|---------------|
E|3--------------|---------------|

  G                C               Bb              Asus
e|3-----------3-3|-0-------------|---------------|---------------|
B|3-----------3-3|-1---------1---|-3-------------|-2-------------|
G|0-----------0-0|-0----------0--|-3-------------|-3-------------|
D|0--------------|-2------2----2-|-3-------------|-3-------------|
A|2--------------|-3-----3-------|-1-------------|-0-------------|
E|3--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
                                                          Right!
Chorus
    G      D         A           X3
e||:3------2-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0000:||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B||:3------3-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2222:||1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G||:0------2-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2222:||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D||:0------0-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2222:||----------------|----------------|
A||:2--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-2000:||----------------|----------------|
E||:3--------------|---------------:||----------------|----------------|
    All 3 x’s: I can’t…

e|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3~~~-|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3~~~-|
G|-----------------|------|
D|-----------------|------|
A|-----------------|------|
E|-----------------|------|

Chorus (repeat and fade…first time through, no guitar?)
    G      D         A           X3
e||:3------2-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0000:||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B||:3------3-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2222:||1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G||:0------2-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2222:||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D||:0------0-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2222:||----------------|----------------|
A||:2--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-2000:||----------------|----------------|
E||:3--------------|---------------:||----------------|----------------|

G                               C
> That's great it starts with an earthquake
                          G
> Birds and snakes and aeroplanes
                       C
> Lenny Bruce is not afraid
  G
> Eye of a hurricane listen to yourself churn
  C
> World serves its own needs dummy serve your own needs
  G
> Speed it up a notch speed grunt nose street burn
      C
> The ladder starts to clatter with dinner fight down height
  Bb
> Wire in a fire room represent the southern gangs
          A
> In a government for hire and a combat site

{same as before}
> Lefty wasn't coming in a hurry
> With the furies breathing down your neck
> Team by team reporters grapple trunk tethered crop
> Look at that low plane fine then
> Uh oh overflow population cornered
> But it'll do save yourself serve yourself
> World serves its own needs listen to your heartbeat
> Tell me that the reds are in the reverend in the right right?
> You patriotic patriotic slam fight right might feeling pretty psyched
>
           G            D          Am
> It's the end of the world as we know it
           G            D          Am
> It's the end of the world as we know it
           G            D          Am                  C     C/B
> It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine
>
> Six o'clock TV hour don't get caught foreign tower
> Slice and burn return listen to yourself churn lock him in uniform
> And book-burning blood-letting every motive escalate
> Automotive incinerate light a candle light a motive
> Step down step down watching heel crush crush
> Uh oh this means no fear cavalier renegade steer clear
> A tournament a tournament a tournament of lies
> Offer me solutions offer me alternatives and I decline
>
> It's the end of the world as we know it
> (It's time I had some time alone)
> It's the end of the world as we know it
> (It's time I had some time alone)
> It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine

   G      C       G       C      G      F
  I feel fine    I feel  fine
>
> The other night I drifted nice continental trip to find
> Mount Saint Edelite Leonard Bernstein
> Leonid Brezhnev Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs
> Birthday party cheesecake jellybeans boom
> You symbiotic patriotic slam foot neck right right

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