Document Album chords by R.E.M.

Chords with lyrics

Finest Worksong
    ===============


    Intro : 'B'
    Bass : |D MajorD D D MajorD F#F# BB| (the 'Ds' are octaves from each other)

    BB
    The ...
    You're ..
    I'm ..
    I ...


    Chorus :

    E MajorE  F#F#
    oh., ooho..
         Your ..
    E MajorE  F#F#
    oh., ooho..
         Your ..

    Another ..
    To ..
    You ..
    I ..

    Chorus
    Bridge: | A augmentedA |

    Take ..
    Your ..
    What ..
    Has ..

    Chorus



    Finest Worksong
    ===============


    {on this song, it is often effective to raise the finger that you're
    barring the BB chord with to give it a suspended feel and create an
    A augmentedA note in the bass! This song is about 90% style. The chords alone
    don't cut it! Oh well.....}

     BB
    The ..
    You're ..
    I'm ..
    I ...
     E MajorE F#F#           E MajorE F#F#
         Your ..

    {same as before}

    Another ..
    To ..
    You ..
    I ..
    Your ...

    {break A augmentedA single notes:  A augmentedA G+G F#F# G+G A}

    Take ..
    Your ..
    What ..
    Has ..
    Your ..

    {end with E minorEm and various harmonics}

    Welcome To The Occupation
    =========================


    The intro goes like this:

    E--0--     X=Mute this string
    B--0--
    G--0--     I don't know the name of this chord
    D--2--     but i'm sure it has one. anybody?
    A--0--
    E--X--     Anyways, the intro is this chord, then
           a Dsus2:  E--0--
     |            B--3--
     |            G--2--
     |-------------->    D--0--
                 A--0--

    Then the, verses go:


    E minorEm    G+G   E minorEm   Dsus2Dsus2 (either strum or pick the 1,2 & 3
    Hang ..strings)
    Hang ..
    Listen ..
    Listen ..

      note- When going from the E minorEm to the G+G and back again,
         walk the bass notes up (eg. A augmentedA
            and back down too  E--0--2--3--
                        E minorEm  G+G

    [the "Man educated" part is the 1st chord of the intro (maybe Am7Am7)
    [again, followed by this chord, which may not be correct
    [and, again, I don't know what it's called:

     E--0--    It's sort of like the shape of an augmented
     B--3--    chord.
     G--4--
     D--4--
     A--5--
     E--X--


    Man educated primitive and wild
    Welcome to the occupation

    E minorEm   G+G   E minorEm     Dsus2Dsus2
    Here ..
    All ..
    Held ...
    Listen ..




    (as above i.e. "Man educated . . .")

    Offering ..
    Welcome ..
    Hang ..
    Hang ..
    Listen ..
    Listen ..
    Where ..
    Primitive ..
    Fire ..

      - at this point, there is an instrumental break where
       you play:

      Fmaj7Fmaj7  E minorEm  (x2) (I think)

       then, coming out of this and into the final verse,
       play (rather aggressively):

      G+G   D MajorD

    (back to this again)

    E minorEm   G+G    E minorEm   Dsus2Dsus2
    Sugar ..
    Copper ..
    An ..

    (same as before)

    Where ..
    Freedom ..
    Fire ..

          E minorEm G+G E minorEm Dsus2Dsus2
    Listen ..

    then the "outro" tagged on the end goes:
       E minorEm Dsus2Dsus2 E minorEm (maybe Em7?)




    Exhuming McCarthy
    =================


         G#G#  C#C#    G#G#  C#C#      G#G# C#C#
    You're ..
        F#F#       G#G#   C#C#      G#G# C#C#
    You're ..
     G#G#   C#C#  D#D#    C#C#
    Loyal ..

    You can kind of fake the bass line here.....

    (A augmentedA) --------0-2-0-4-4-4-2-0-------
    (E MajorE) -0-2-2------------------2-0----   repeat as necessary

    It's ..

         F#F#     BB   F#F#      BB
    You're ..
     F#F#  BB      C#C#  BB
    To ..

     G#G#   C#C#   G#G#   C#C#  G#G#   C#C#   F#F#
    Vested ..

     G#G#    C#C#    G#G# C#C# G#G#   C#C#  D#D#  C#C#
    Look ...

    It's a ..

    Enemy ..
    Look ..

    {the break is:  C majorC / / / C majorC / / / Eb MajorEb / / /Eb / / / X 3
    then walkdown   FF Eb MajorEb  C#C#  BB

    "Let ..
    but ...
    At ..

     {The last verse is a little bit different, it goes: }

        F#F#     BB   F#F#     BB
     You're ..
     F#F#  BB      E MajorE
     To .....

     F#F#     BB     F#F#    BB
    You've ..
     F#F#    BB      E MajorE
    I ..
     F#F#     BB     F#F#  BB   F#F#   BB      E MajorE
    Exhuming ..

    {end on F#}


    Disturbance At The Heron House
    ==============================


    {The main riff goes something like this:}

    (BB) --keep a finger on the 3rd fret
    (G+G) ---2-0-(0)-4-2-2-2-4---0---
    (D MajorD) -0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-2---0-
    (A augmentedA) -every other time, play this string open...

    {I'm pretty sure that Peter is just picking a Dsus2Dsus2 chord throughout
    the whole verse, but Mills is doing other "stuff" on the bass. I play
    the chords Dsus2Dsus2 and Dsus2/C just to make it interesting. I probably
    should pull out McCabe's Guitar Shop and see what they did there, huh?}

         D MajorD   D/C    D MajorD    D/C
    "They're ..
       D MajorD   D/C  D MajorD     D/C
    At ..
        D MajorD  D/C   D MajorD
    "The ..
         D MajorD  D/C    D MajorD  D/C
    They're ..
       D MajorD  D/C     D MajorD  D/C
    The ..
       D MajorD   D/C   D MajorD
    The ..

    {blah..blah..blah...}

    "They're ..
    The ..
    To ..
    "They've ..
    The ..

       G+G        A augmentedA
    The ..
     G+G    A augmentedA    G+G    A augmentedA
    "Meeting ..
     G+G       A augmentedA
    Try to ..
    {The break is:  C majorC  FF  C majorC  FF then on to opening riff...}

    "Disturbance .."
    A augmentedA ..
    To ..
    The ..
    Cogs ..
    A augmentedA ..
    "When ..
    They'll ..
    Try to ..



    Strange (Wire)
    ==============


    Intro : |G+G / // // C majorC C|

    G+G               C majorC
    There's ..
    G+G               C majorC
    There's ..
    G+G               C majorC
    Michael's ..
    G+G               C majorC
    There's ..

    E MajorE               A augmentedA
    There's ..
    Keep ..
    There's ..
    There's ..

    There's ..
    Keep ..
    No ..
    There's ..



    Strange
    =======


    {intro:  G/ G/ G/ C majorC x 4 }

     G+G                C majorC
    There's ...
     G+G                 C majorC
    There's ..
     G+G                     C majorC
    Michael's ..
     G+G                   C majorC
    There's ..

     E MajorE                Esus4Esus4
    There's ..
     E MajorE       Esus4Esus4
    Keep ..
     E MajorE                Esus4Esus4
    There's ..
     E MajorE                Esus4Esus4
    There's ..


    There's ..
    Keep ..
    No ..
    There's ..





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


    Drum intro.

    G+G               C majorC
    That's ..
                G+G
    Birds ..
              C majorC
    Lenny ..
    G+G
    Eye ..
    C majorC
    World ..
    G+G
    Speed ..
      C majorC
    The ..
    Bb majorBb
    Wire ..
      A augmentedA
    In a ..

    G+G
    Lefty ..
                C majorC
    With ..
    G+G
    Team ..
         C majorC
    Look ..
    G+G
    Uh oh ..
      C majorC
    But it'll ..
              G+G
    World ..
    C majorC
    dummy ..
      Bb majorBb                      A augmentedA
    You ..

    Chorus :
         G+G     D MajorD     A minorAm
    It's ..
    It's ..C
    It's the ..

    Six ..
    Slash ..
    And ..
    Automotive ..
    Step ..
    Uh oh ..
    A augmentedA ..
    Bb majorBb                      A augmentedA
    Offer ...

    Chorus
    Bridge | G+G | C majorC | G+G | C majorC | G+G | FF |
    Chorus


    The ..
    Mountains ..
    Leonid ..
    Birthday ..
    You ..

    Chorus --> | G+G |
    Chorus ('acapella') end this chorus with a 'jangly C'
    Chorus to fade


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

    G+G                C majorC
    That's ..
                 G+G
    Birds ..
               C majorC
    Lenny ..
     G+G
    Eye ..
     C majorC
    World ..
     G+G
    Speed ..
       C majorC
    The ..
     Bb majorBb
    Wire ..
         A augmentedA
    In a ..

    {same as before}
    Lefty ..
    With the ..
    Team by ..
    Look ..
    Uh ..
    But ..
    World ..
    Tell ..
    You ..

         G+G      D MajorD     A minorAm
    It's ..
         G+G      D MajorD     A minorAm
    It's ..
         G+G      D MajorD     A minorAm         C majorC   C/BC/B
    It's ..

    Six ..
    Slice ..
    And ..
    Automotive ..
    Step ...
    Uh ..
    A augmentedA ..
    Offer ..

    It's ..
    (It's ..
    It's ..
    (It's ..
    It's ..

     G+G   C majorC    G+G    C majorC   G+G   FF
     I feel..

    The ..
    Mount ..
    Leonid ..
    Birthday ..
    You ..



    The One I Love
    ==============


    Riff: E:  --------------0-0-0-0-0-------------
        B:  ---------3-s--5-3-5-5-3-------------
        G:  ---------2--------------------------
        D:  ---------0--------------------------
        A:  -----------------------------------
        E:  -0-0-3-5---------------------0-0-3-5-

     E minorEm        D MajorD      E minor 7Em7
    This ..
     E minorEm        D MajorD        E minor 7Em7
    This ..
     G+G / Gsus4Gsus4 D MajorD    C majorC
    A augmentedA ..
     E minorEm        D MajorD      E minor 7Em7
    This ...

    {riff}

    Fire

    This one ..
    This ..
    Another ..
    This ..

    E: --0-3-5-  D MajorD chord D#D# chord E minorEm chord



    King Of Birds
    =============


    Intro : D MajorD

    D MajorD
    A augmentedA ..
    A augmentedA mean ..
    Old ..
    There's ..
    Point ..
                      G+G
    Standing ..
    F# minorF#m              A augmentedA            D MajorD
    A augmentedA mean ..


    D MajorD
    Singer ..
    Standing ..
                      G+G
    Standing ..
    F# minorF#m              A augmentedA             BB
    A augmentedA ..
    E MajorE     BB            E MajorE     --> D MajorD
    away... awaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyieeeeeee

      (this part sung 'on top of' the 2nd line in the 2nd verse)
      There's ..
      Point ..


    D MajorD
    I am ..
    Old ..
    Old ..
    There's ...
    Point ..
                      G+G
    Standing ..
    F# minorF#m              A augmentedA           D MajorD
    A augmentedA mean ..