Fables Of The Reconstruction Album tab by R.E.M.

Tabs

by R.E.M.
tabbed by rem857
1."Feeling Gravitys Pull" – 4:51
2."Maps and 🏷Legends" – 3:10
3."Driver 8" – 3:23
4."Life and How to Live It" – 4:06
5."Old Man Kensey" (Jerry Ayers, Berry, Buck, Mills, and Stipe) – 4:08
6."Cant Get There from Here" – 4:10
7."Green Grow the Rushes" – 3:46
8."Kohoutek" – 3:18
9."Auctioneer (Another Engine)" – 2:44
10."Good Advices" – 3:30
11."Wendell Gee" – 3:01

FEELING GRAVITYS PULL

{opening riff}

#har denotes harmonics on that fret
(E MajorE)---7--------7--------0--------------------------5har--|
(BB)-----7--------7----0---0----------7har----------5har--|
(G+G)-------10-------10----------------7har----------5har--|
(D MajorD)----------------------------------7har----------5har--|
(A augmentedA)-------------------------9-9999-9-7har-9-9999-9-------|
(E MajorE)-------------------------7-7777-7------7-7777-7-------|

 {play the riff but start with the stuff on the 7th fret of
  the low E MajorE string}

I fell asleep and read just about every paragraph.

Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around
Peel back the mountains peel back the sky
Stomp gravity into the floor
It's a Man Ray kind of sky
Let me show you what I can do with it
Time and distance are out of place here

{The riff is like this:
(BB) ------0------0------0------0----|
(G+G) ----0------0------0------0------|
(D MajorD) --------------------------------|
(A augmentedA) -----------------------0--------|
(E MajorE) -0------2-------3---------------|

Step up, step up, step up the sky is open-armed
                    {start the riff again}
When the light is mine, I felt gravity pull

Somewhere near the end it said
"You can't do this", I said "I can too"
Shift sway rivers shift, oceans fall and mountains drift
It's a Man Ray kind of sky
Let me show you what I can do with it

Step up, step up, step up the sky is open-armed
                     C majorC      D MajorD
When the light is mine, I felt gravity pull onto my eyes,
C majorC      D MajorD
holding my head straight (looking down).
 C majorC               BB
This is the easiest task I've ever had to do...

I fell asleep and read just about every paragraph

Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around
Shift the swaying river's shift
Oceans fall and mountains drift
It's a Man Ray kind of sky
Let me show you what I can do with it
Time and distance are out of place here

Step up, step up, step up the sky is open-armed
When the light is mine, I felt gravity pull onto my eyes,
holding my head straight (looking down).
This is the easiest task I've ever had to do...

Reason had harnessed the tame
Holding the sky in their arms

{The end follows these chords: BB C majorC BB C majorC BB C majorC BB C majorC D MajorD B}
 Gravity pulls me down


MAPS AND 🏷LegendS


{intro:}
E minorEm  D2  E minorEm  (A augmentedA) --0-h-2--------|
        (E MajorE) --------3--3-0-|

He's not to be reached, he's to be reached.
He's not to be reached, he's to be reached.

D2     E minorEm      D2    E minorEm
Called the fool and the company,
 D2   E minorEm   F# minorF#m      A augmentedA
On his own where he'd rather be.
 D2    E minorEm    D2   E minorEm    D2    E minorEm  F# minorF#m     A/Asus4
Where he ought to be, he sees what you can't see, can't you see that?

E minorEm     D2      E minorEm
Maybe he's caught in the 🏷Legend
E minorEm     D2      E minorEm
maybe he's caught in the mood.
E minorEm     D2    E minorEm
Maybe these maps and 🏷Legends
E minorEm    D2   E minorEm
Have been misunderstood.

D2    E minorEm   D2   E minorEm
Down the way the road's divided,
D2      E minorEm   F# minorF#m   A augmentedA
Paint me the places you have seen.
D2    E minorEm    D2   E minorEm
Those who know what I don't know
D2  E minorEm   D2   E minorEm       F# minorF#m      A/Asus4
refer to the yellow, red and green

E minorEm     D2      E minorEm
Maybe he's caught in the 🏷Legend
E minorEm     D2      E minorEm
maybe he's caught in the mood.
E minorEm     D2    E minorEm
Maybe these maps and 🏷Legends
E minorEm    D2   E minorEm
Have been misunderstood.

{Break:}  D MajorD DmDm  FF  C majorC   D MajorD DmDm  FF F  D MajorD DmDm  FF C majorC
He's not to be reached, he's to be reached. (4 times)

D2        E minorEm    D2      E minorEm
The map that you painted didn't seem real.
D2   E minorEm    F# minorF#m   A augmentedA
He just sings whatever he's seen
D2      E minorEm   D2      E minorEm
Point to the 🏷Legend, point to the east,
D2      E minorEm   D2   E minorEm     F# minorF#m       A/Asus4
Point to the yellow, red and green

E minorEm     D2      E minorEm
Maybe he's caught in the 🏷Legend,
E minorEm     D2      E minorEm
maybe he's caught in the mood.
E minorEm     D2    E minorEm
Maybe these maps and 🏷Legends
E minorEm    D2   E minorEm
Have been misunderstood, been misunderstood. (Maps and 🏷Legends)

(Maps and 🏷Legends) Is he to be reached? He's not to be reached.
(Maps and 🏷Legends) Is he to be reached? He's not to be reached.
(Maps and 🏷Legends) Is he to be reached? He's not to be reached anymore.

DRIVER 8


riff:  (G+G) -------------------4---0---0---0---0---0---|
    (D MajorD) ---------------s-5----5---5--4---2---0-----|
    (A augmentedA) --------2-0-2-3----------------------------|
    (E MajorE) 0-0-2-3------------------------------------| repeat....

 E minorEm      A minorAm    G+G    D/f#
The walls are built up, stone by stone,
 E minorEm      A minorAm     G+G   D/f#
The fields divided one by one.
 E minorEm           A minorAm
And the train conductor says
    G+G      D/f#   E minorEm    A minorAm
"Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break
      G+G         D/f#
We've been on this shift too long".

 D MajorD     C majorC        D MajorD
And the train conductor says
    C majorC      D MajorD    C majorC      D MajorD
"Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
    C majorC       E minorEm   Em/F#   Em/GEm/G  Em/F#   E minorEm Em/F# Em/GEm/G Em/F#
We can reach our destination, but we're still a ways away"

{on that part, play the E minorEm Em/F# Em/GEm/G E minorEm chords, or this riff}:

(D MajorD)------0-------0------0--------0--|
(A augmentedA) ---2-------2------2-------2-----|
(E MajorE) -0-------2------3------2--------|

I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm.
The power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get snagged.
Bells are ringing through the town again,
Children look up, all they hear is sky-blue, bells ringing

And the train conductor says
"Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We can reach our destination, but we're still a ways away"

 A minorAm          C majorC
Way to seal the hated heat.
 G+G           D MajorD
Way to put myself to sleep.
 A minorAm          C majorC
Way to shield the hated heat.
 G+G           D/Dsus4
Way to put myself, my children to sleep.

He piloted this song in a plane like that one.
She is selling faith on the Go Tell crusade.
Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent, hear the bells ring again.
Field to weed is lookin' thin

And the train conductor says
"Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We've been on this shift too long."
And the train conductor says
"Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We can reach our destination, but we're still a ways away"

LIFE AND HOW TO LIVE IT


intro:
  "C"                      "D"
(BB)----5-------7--------5------5------5------------7----8---10----10----10-s-12
(G+G)------5--------5--------5------5--------5---------7----7----7-----7--------
(D MajorD)-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(A augmentedA)-3------3---------3-------3-------3--------3-s-5----5-----5---5-----5------

{of course repeat, end on "C" chord}

{riff}
(BB)-7--7--7--5--5--x--x--5--x--x--5--5--s--7--7--x--x--
(G+G)-5--5--5--5--5--7--7--5--7--7--5--5--s--7--7--9--7--9--7....
(D MajorD)-5--5--5--x--x--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--s--7--7--7--7--9--7.....
                       {hang on those last 2 notes}

{repeat riff as necessary or play chords over verse}

C majorC                 D MajorD
Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way
C majorC             D MajorD
To doors to go between the wall was raised today
C majorC                        D MajorD
To doors remain before your others and your own
C majorC                    D MajorD
Keep these books well stocked away and take your happy home.

  G5G5         Gsus4Gsus4      G+G       Gsus4Gsus4   D MajorD
My carpenter's out and running about, talking to the street
{same as before}
My pockets are out and running about
Barking in the street to tell what I have hidden there

Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way
Two doors to go between the wall was raised today
Raise the walls and shout its flaws, a carpenter should rest
So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best

My carpenter's out and running about, talking to the street
My pockets are out and running about
Barking in the street to tell what I have hidden there

{somewhere around her, there's that little break "Listen to the holler..."

chords are: FF Fsus4Fsus4   C majorC   D MajorD

The hills ringing hear the words in time
Listen to the holler, listen to my walls within my tongue
Can't you see you made my ears go tin?
the air quicken tension building inference suddenly
Life and how to live it

Raise the walls and shout its flaws, a carpenter should rest
So that when you tire of one side the other serves you best
Read about the wisdom lost, a knock, a knock, a knock
A augmentedA secret knock one hammer's locked the other wisdom lost

My carpenter's out and running about, talking to the street
My pockets are out and running about
Barking in the street to tell what I have hidden there
My carpenter's out and running about, barking in the, listen to the holler
My pockets are out and running about
Barking in the street to tell what I have hidden there

Listen, listen to the holler,
If I write a book it will be called "Life and How to Live It"

OLD MAN KENSEY


first four measures (on bass, if posssible):

BB |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A augmentedA |----------------|------2h3--h4---|----------------|------4h5--p4---|
S |2----------0----|2---------------|2-----------0---|2---------------|
S |------3---------|----------------|------3---------|----------------|
                           |        |
                        e(1) |----------------|
                        B(2) |----------------|
                        G(3) |----------------|
                        D(4) |----------------|
                        A(5) |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
                        E(6) |----------------|

then the guitar repeats this a few times:

e|| ----------------|          |----------------|---------------- ||
BB|| ----------------|          |------4-------2-|2--------------- ||
G+G||.----------------|          |----------------|----------------.||
D MajorD||.----------------|          |----------------|----------------.||
A augmentedA|| 0h2-------------|2-0---2-5-4-----2-0h|2---------------|--------------0- ||
E MajorE||  \______________/ slide ^ up from 4 |----------------|---------------- ||

the verse riff is:

e|| ---------------- ||
BB|| ---------------- ||
G+G||.----4-------4---.||
D MajorD||.--4-------4---4-.||
A augmentedA|| 2--------------- ||
E MajorE|| ------3--------- ||

the chorus riff is:
          _________________ _________________
          |1st, 2nd, 3rd   |last
e|| ----------------|---------------- ||0---------------|
BB|| ----------------|---------------- ||0---------------|
G+G||.----------0-----|--0-----0-----0-.||2---------------|
D MajorD||.------4-----4---|----2-----2-----.||2---------------|
A augmentedA|| ----2---------2-|------2-----2--- ||----------------|
E MajorE|| 0---------------|0--------------- ||----------------|

the bridge is like this:

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|------0---------|
BB|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|0---------0-----|
G+G|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----1-----1-----|--1---------1---|
D MajorD|--4---------4---|--4---------4---|--2---------2---|----2---------2-|
A augmentedA|--------------4-|--------------4-|--------------2-|----------------|
E MajorE|2---------------|2---------------|0---------------|----------------|


Old Man Kensey wants to be a sign painter
First he's got to learn to read
He's gonna be a clown on TV
Flags at his elbow, time to breathe
That's my folly, I believe
Drink up the lake Kensey's awake
That's my folly, that's my mistake

Old Man Kensey wants to be a goalie
First he's got to learn to count
He's gonna be a clown on a circus mount
Letters to be signed in sopped-up tar
Kensey's going far
John, Bill and Ed, stand on your head
That's my folly, I'm ready to go

Old Man Kensey wants to be a dog catcher
First he's got to learn to stand
He's gonna be a clown in a marching band
Letters to be signed ransom greed
That's my folly, I believe
Drink up the lake, John, Bill and Ed,
That's my folly, that's my mistake
Kensey's awake, stand on your head
That's my folly, I'm ready to go


CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE

Intro:

(E MajorE)----------------1212--12-1212--|
(BB)-------------------------------|
(G+G)-----------------9-9---9--9-9--|
(D MajorD)-------------------------------|
(A augmentedA)--2--0-------------------------|
(E MajorE)--------3--0-------------------|


Bm7Bm7 B minorBm C# minorC#m    BB
When the world is a monster
Bm7Bm7 B minorBm  C# minorC#m    BB
Bad to swallow you whole
E MajorE              BB   G#G# (open BB and E MajorE strings)
Kick the clay that holds the teeth in
G6G6            F#F# (open BB and E MajorE strings)
Throw your trolls out the door

Bm7Bm7 B minorBm  C# minorC#m     BB
If you're needing inspiration
Bm7Bm7  C# minorC#m       BB   B7B7
Philomath is where I go by dawn
E MajorE            BB  G#G#
Lawyer Jeff he knows the lowdown
G6G6            F#F#
He's mighty bad to visit home

E MajorE     A augmentedA    F#F#   BB
I've been there I know the way
         Can't get there from here
I've been there I know the way
         Can't get there from here
I've been there I know the way
         Can't get there from here
I've been there I know the way
             .......F#

{same as other verse}
When your hands are feeling empty
Stick head jumpin off the ground, 'round
Tris is sure to shirr the deers out
Brother Ray can sing my song

I've been there I know the way
         Can't get there from here
I've been there I know the way
         Can't get there from here
I've been there I know the way
         Can't get there from here
I've been there I know the way

BB      D MajorD         A augmentedA  BB
Hands down, Calechee bound
BB      D MajorD         A augmentedA  BB
Landlocked kiss the ground
Dirt of seven continents going round and round
Go on ahead Mr. Citywide hypnotized, suit and tied
Gentlemen, testify
           .....F#

{same as before}
If your world is a monster
Bad to swallow you whole
Philomath they know the lowdown
Throw your trolls out the door

I've been there I know the way
         Can't get there from here
I've been there I know the way
         Can't get there from here
I've been there I know the way
         Can't get there from here
I've been there I know the way

Thank you, Ray.


{ending}  E MajorE E MajorE E7E7 E7 E7E7


GREEN GROW THE RUSHES (Version 1)


The song opens with this, the chorus (3 times):
E---0----------------0-----0-----------------|
B-----2-3-SL-5-5-0-----3-----3---3-----------|    SL - slide up
G------------------4-----4-----4-------------|    sl - slide down
D--------------------------------------------|     H - hammer on
A-0------------------------------------------|     h - hammer off
E--------------------------------------------|

Then, after the third time through:
E---2-----2-----2-2-2-2-2-----------|
B-----3-----3---3-3-3-3-3-0---------|
G-4-----4-----4-4-4-4-4-4-0---------|
D-----------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|

The chords are D MajorD DsusDsus D MajorD G+G B minorBm E MajorE with some picking thrown in (2 times):
E-2-2-3-2-2-3-3-3-----------2-----------0-0---------0------------------|
B-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------3-----------0---0---------0----------------|
G-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-----------4-----------1-----1-H-2-----0--------------|
D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------0-4-----------2------------------------------|
A-----------2-2-2---0-H-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------------|
E-----------3-3-3-3---------------------0------------------------------|

Then:
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-14-14-14-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-11-9-9-9-11-11-11-9-7-7-7-H-9-h-7-4-7-7-|
D--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Go through this twice, then back to the chords, and then the chorus
again. All the verses have this structure until the last one.

In the last verse, after the chords, it goes like:
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-14-14-14-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-12-11-11-11----|
D--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|

E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------7---7--------------------------------------------------------|
G-12-11-7---7---14-14-14-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-11-9-9-9-12-11-9-11-9-7--|
D--0--0-0---0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0--|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|

E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-9-9-9-11-9-7-14-14-14-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-14-14-14---|
D-0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|

E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------7---7--------------------------------------------|
G-12-11-11-11-12-11-7---7---14-14-14-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-11-9-9-9-12--|
D--0--0--0--0--0--0-0---0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0--|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|

E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-11-9-11-9-7-9-9-9-11-9-7-12-11-9-11-9-7-9-9-9-11-9-7-12-11-9-11-9-7--|
D--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0--|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|

E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-9-9-9-11-9-7-11-11-11-11-11-12-11-11---------------------------------|
D-0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|


The wheelbarrow's fallen
Look at my hands
They've found some surplus cheaper hands
Rubbing palms and pick and choose,
who will they choose? Here is the news.

Look at that building, look at this man
Haloed and whitewashed
Gone to find a cheaper hand
he'll offer a pound, offer a pound.

Green grow the rushes go
Green grow the rushes go
Green grow the rushes go
The compass points the workers home

Pay for your freedom, find another gate
Guilt by associate, the rushes wilted a long time ago
Guilty as you go

Stay off that highway, word is it's not so safe
The grasses that hide the greenback
The amber waves of gain again
The amber waves of gain

Green grow the rushes go
Green grow the rushes go
Green grow the rushes go
The compass points the workers home


KOHOUTEK


From: Steve-o Bananafish

Tuning: DADGBE (that's dropped D MajorD)
[Note: The solo guitar line is marked as being tuned EADGBE. It's a different
guitar. It doesn't really matter, however: since the solo line doesn't go
down to the 6th string, you can play both parts on the same guitar without
trouble.]
chords used: E minorEm (222000), D MajorD (000232), G+G (550003), B minorBm (x44322)


E minorEm - - -/Em - - -/Em - - -/

G+G    -   -  -/
Who will stand alone?

D MajorD   -     -  -/D  -     -  -/
. She carried ribbons, she wore them out
D MajorD    - -/
Courage built a bridge, . jealous tore it down
D MajorD   -     -   -/Em    -   G+G  -/
. At least it's something . you've left behind
D MajorD -   -  - / D MajorD -     -  -/
. Like Kohoutek, . you were gone

E minorEm   -   -  Bm/ E minorEm
We sat in the garden, we stood on the porch
E minorEm -   -  B minorBm / G+G  -   -  -/ D MajorD - - -/
I won't deny myself, . we never talked

She wore bangles, she wore bells
On her toes and she jumped like a fish
Like a flyin' friend, you were gone
Like Kohoutek, can't forget that

Fever built a bridge, reason tore it down
If I am one to follow... [solo guitar enters]

   who will stand alone?
e(1)|----5---3---2---|3---2---0-------|----------------|------3---2-0---|
B(2)|--3---3---3---3-|--3---3---3-0---|3b5b3-----3-0---|--3-----------2-|
G(3)|4---------------|--------------2-|------2-------2/|4---------------|
D(4)|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A(5)|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E(6)|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

                                (triplet)
e(1)|----------------|------3---2-0---|----------------|--------3--2--0--|
B(2)|3b5b3-----3-0---|--3-----------2-|3b5b3-----3-0---|--3--------------|
G(3)|------2-------2/|4---------------|------2-------2/|4----------------|
D(4)|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
A(5)|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
E(6)|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|

Maybe you're not the problem
scissors, paper, stone
If you stand and holler, these prayers will talk

She carried ribbons, she wore them out
Michael built a bridge...Michael tore it down
At least it's something you've left behind ek, you were gone

Michael built a bridge... Michael tore it down
If I stand and holler... will I stand alone?


AUCTIONEER (ANOTHER ENGINE)


Transcribed by Mike Iafrate
Lyrics from: rem857
Main Figure (intro/verses)
 E MajorE             A augmentedA
e-------------------------------------------------------------||
B-------------------------------------------------------------||
G-------------7----------------------------------------------O||(repeat)
D---------9-------9--------14--14--14--12--11----------------O||
A-----7---------------------0---0---0---0---0-----------------||
E-0-------------------0---------------------------------------||

(During the intro and breakdown, Peter sticks to this. During the verse,
however,
he adlibs a bit and instead of hitting the second "7" of the riff, he will
substitute
by hitting the high E MajorE string or some other random note.)

Pre-chorus
 FF    E5E5   FF        E5E5   FF    E5E5     FF    E5E5
Lis-ten, lis-ten to the auc-tion-eer. A-no-ther en-gine, a-no-ther en-gine.
Chord fingerings
  FF   E5E5
e--0-------0---|
B--0-------0---|
G--10------9---|
D--10------9---|
A--8-------7---|
E--8-------7---|

Chorus riff
e-0----0----0---0-0-0-0-0-0--------0----0----0----0--0--0--0--0--------|
B-8---10---12---5-5-5-5-5-5-etc.---8---10---12---15-15-15-15-15-etc.---|

End figure (coming out of chorus riff at end of song)
e-----------------------
B-----------------------
G-------------9---------
D---------9---9---------
A-----7-------7---------
E-0-----------0---------

LYRICS
She didn't want to get pinned down by her prior town
Get me to the train on time, here take this nickel make a dime
Take this penny and make it into a necklace when I leave
What is at the other end, I don't know another friend
Another wife, another morning spent
Listen, listen to the auctioneer
Another engine, another engine

We never wrote the reasons that I need explained
Some things are givens, and others get away
This time its for myself you call it what you may
Okay, we won't say goodbye so long, so much more
Listen to the auctioneer
Another engine, another engine

Listen to the bargain holler
Listen to the barter holler
Listen to the auctioneer

Get me to the train on time here take this nickel make a dime
Take this penny and make it into a necklace when I leave
What is at the other end, an I don't know another friend
Another wife, another morning spent
Listen to the auctioneer
Another engine, another engine

Do I stand the bargain holler?
Listen to the barter holler
Listen to the auctioneer


GOOD ADVICES


The basic chords for this song are E, D MajorD and A, although not the normal
open E, D MajorD and A. There's also an E minorEm and some picking as well.

Here are the chords as I hear them, but due to the numerous guitar
tracks on the studio version, your guess is as good as mine:

 E MajorE   D MajorD   A augmentedA  E minorEm  D-lick
E-0------0-----0----0-----2-----0--------------------------------------|
B-0------0-----0----0-----3-3-----3---3--------------------------------|
G-9------7-----6----0-----2---2-----2----------------------------------|
D-9------7-----7----2-----0--------------------------------------------|
A-7------5-----0----2--------------------------------------------------|
E-0------X-----X----0--------------------------------------------------|

The song fades in on the E MajorE chord and the verses go:
E MajorE
When you greet a stranger,   | Verse II:
D MajorD               |  When you greet a stranger,
Look at his shoes.       |  Look at her hands,
A augmentedA            E MajorE   |  Keep your money in your hands,
Keep your money in your shoes, |  Put your travel behind.
     D-lick        |
Put your trouble behind.    |

CHORUS:
                   Who are you going to
E-0-0---0--------0-0--------------0---------0-------5-----5------------|
B-0---0-0--------0---0--------------5---------5-------5-----5---5------|
G-2-----2-slide>-4-----4-slide>-6-----6-h-7-----6-6-----6-----6--------|
D-2-----2-slide>-4--------------------------------7-----7-----7--------|
A-0-----0--------0-----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|

    call for?
E---0-----0----------0-----0-------| Chords:
B-----0-----0---0------0-----0---0-| E MajorE  A augmentedA          E MajorE
G----------------------------------|   What do you have to say?
D-7-----7-----7----7-----7-----7---|
A-0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0---|
E----------------------------------|

      Keep you hat on your head
E-0-0---0--------0-0--------------0---------0-------5-----5------------|
B-0---0-0--------0---0--------------5---------5-------5-----5---5------|
G-2-----2-slide>-4-----4-slide>-6-----6-h-7-----6-6-----6-----6--------|
D-2-----2-slide>-4--------------------------------7-----7-----7--------|
A-0-----0--------0-----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|

                            E MajorE
                  Home is a long way away
E---0-----0----------0-----0---------0-----0---------------------------|
B-----0-----0---0------0-----0---0-----0-----0-------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-7-----7-----7----7-----7-----7---7-----7-----------------------------|
A-0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse III:             | Verse IV:
At the end of the day,       | When you greet a stranger,
I'll forget your name.       | Look at his shoes.
I'd like it here if I couldn't   | Keep your memories in your shoes,
Even see you from a long way away. | Put your travel behind.

CHORUS (as above):

Break:
E minorEm
At the end of the day,
When there are no friends.

Verse V: (wierd but it works)     Verse VI:
And there are no lovers.      | Familiar face, a boring place,
Who are you going to call for?   | I'll forget your name.
What do you have to change.    | I'd like it here if I couldn't
(Mike Mills in the background)   | Even see you from a long way away.

CHORUS (as above) END


WENDELL GEE


 C majorC          DmDm
 That's when Wendell Gee takes a tug
  G+G     G7G7     E minorEm        G+G
 Upon the string that held the line of trees
 C majorC          DmDm
 Behind the house he lived in
      G+G       G7G7
 He was reared to give respect
    E minorEm         G+G    FF
 But somewhere down the line he chose
           C majorC E minorEm FF
 To whistle as the wind blows
 FF       C majorC   G+G      C majorC
 Whistle as the wind  blows, with me

{same as before}
He had a dream one night
That the tree had lost its middle
So he built a trunk of chicken wire
To try to hold it up
But the wire, the wire turned to lizard skin
And when he climbed inside

 FF         C majorC    E minorEm   FF
There wasn't even time to say
 FF         C majorC    G+G   FF
Goodbye to Wendell Gee
         C majorC  E minorEm   FF
So whistle as the wind blows
        C majorC  G+G      C majorC (second time through, play FF)
Whistle as the wind blows, with me

         C majorC   E minorEm   FF
If the wind were colors
           C majorC   G+G  FF
And if the air could speak
           C majorC   E minorEm FF
Then whistle as the wind blows
        C majorC   G+G   C majorC

Other versions of Fables Of The Reconstruction Album

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Fables of the reconstruction by R.E.M.