Ascent Of Man chords by R.E.M.

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Novice

A       B
So hesitation pulled me back
          A
I'm stronger when I don't attract
          B
In your eyes I'm a lamb without a rack
          A
And I am getting confused
   B            A
I'm a cactus trying to be a canoe

As you pan for ore
        B
In the desert, floored

I say to you

               F#         G#m
That I could never imagine a place so beautiful
            F#   B
I could never steal your gold away.

    E        C#m
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
E                  C#
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

I came across like a battering ram
E                  C#
I try to float like a telegram sam

I'm trying to divine you

F#  E  B
                 F#
My book is called "The Ascent Of Man"
                  G#m
I marked your chapter with a catamaran

The accent's off
   F#    B
But I am what I am

    E         C#
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
E                  C#m
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

I came across like a battering ram
E                  C#
I try to float like a telegram sam

I'm trying to divine you.)

F#

B A D G F# E

B                  F#
I looked for you, it's my last grandstand
               G#m
A motorscootered goat legged pan
          F#  B
Figure eighting in quicksand

   E          C#m
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
E                 C#m
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

I try to float like a telegram sam
E                  C#m
I came across like a battering ram

I'm trying to divine you.)
E                  C#m
(I try to walk like a big wham bam

I try to float like a telegram sam
E                  C#m
I came across like a battering ram

I'm trying to divine you.)

A            B
So hesitation pulled me back
         A
I'm so in love I don't attract
      B            A
And with my hands tied I won't crack
B
('Cause in my mind I called you back.)

A B