The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight chords by R.E.M.

Chords with lyrics

I saw a request awhile back for this, and haven't seen a response. Here's
my try, constructive criticisms are appreciated.

REM

The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight
-----------------------------

Intro, same as chorus:

D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/

The transition to the verses:
 C majorC        E minorEm
e---------0-----|---------0---------
B-------------1-|-------------0-----
G---------------|-------------------
D-----2---------|-------------------
A-3-------------|-----2-------------
E---------------|-0-----------------

Verse 1:
(* For all the verses, the F's, C's, and Am's are played as barre
chords, the F's in A augmentedA formation, the C's and Am's in E MajorE form. He
upstrokes them in pairs, on what sounds like a big hollowbody electric.
The placement of the chords over the words here is inteneded only to
to denote their *approximate* temporal location. Listen to the song
and you'll be able to hear and feel where they actually go.*)

   FF FF      FF FF        C majorC  C majorC    C majorC  C majorC
This ..
FF FF              FF FF           C majorC C majorC      C majorC C majorC
There ...

long, ..
FF FF     FF FF      A minorAm A minorAm      C majorC C majorC
If I ..
FF FF    FF FF      C majorC  C majorC       C majorC C majorC
[Untranscribable Stipe yodel]
   FF FF      FF FF          A minorAm A minorAm            C majorC C
If I ..

Chorus 1 (*I won't even try to pretend that I know what he's

D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/

C majorC E minorEm   (*play as noted above for transition*)

Verse 2:
     FF FF         FF FF            C majorC C majorC    C majorC  C majorC
There's ..

wake up
FF FF      FF FF    C majorC C majorC      C majorC C majorC
But ...

design
FF FF    FF FF   A minorAm A minorAm    C majorC C majorC
With ..
FF FF    FF FF   C majorC C majorC     C majorC C majorC
["Tell her" yodeled]
FF FF     FF FF    C majorC C majorC     C majorC C majorC
Tell ..
FF FF              FF FF       A minorAm A minorAm
Only ..
     C majorC C
really ..

Chorus 2: (*Same as chorus one, including transition*)

D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/

C majorC E minorEm

Verse 3: (*Short verse*)
    FF FF             FF FF      C majorC C majorC
Baby ..
C majorC C majorC
sub-..
FF FF        FF FF             C majorC C majorC     C majorC C majorC
A augmentedA can ..
   FF FF         FF FF         A minorAm A minorAm      C majorC C
A augmentedA ..

Chorus 3:

D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/

C majorC E minorEm  (*Same as above*)

Bridge:

(*During the bridge, A minorAm and B minorBm are played as A augmentedA barres, and the picking
pattern is like this:

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

The C majorC below is picked in the same pattern, i.e. A augmentedA str, D MajorD str, e str, BB str*)

B minorBm        B minorBm          A minorAm       A minorAm
The cat ..
B minorBm                   B minorBm   A minorAm    A minorAm
On ..
B minorBm                   B minorBm      A minorAm          C majorC
That ..
        E minorEm      E minorEm
The ..

Chorus 3 and outro:

(*The chorus is the same*)

D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/

(*But now this transition thing changes to what we'll call the New Transition*)
 C majorC        E minorEm
e---------0-----|-0-------0-----|
B-------------1-|-0-------0-----|
G---------------|-0-------0-----|
D-----2---------|-2-------2-----|
A-3-------------|-2-------2-----|
E---------------|-0-------2-----|

D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/

C majorC E minorEm (*New transition*)

D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/

C majorC E minorEm (*New transition*)

D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/

C majorC     E minorEm        D MajorD    D MajorD
We got a boogy-woogy groove on this one


Chorus:
D MajorD D/F#D/F# D MajorD      D/F#D/F#    G5G5   C9C9  G5G5         A minorAm
  Call me ..
D MajorD D/F#D/F# D MajorD      D/F#D/F#    G5G5   C9C9  G5G5         A minorAm
  Call me ..
D MajorD D/F#D/F# D MajorD      D/F#D/F#    G5G5   C9C9  G5G5         A minorAm
  Call me ..

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