Belong chords by R.E.M.

¨Belong¨

Chords by: David A. Grimmer (golias@winternet.com)


GUITAR 1:

The chords for the verses are always strummed with a slow downstroke near
the bridge on the first beat of each measure. They are G, C/G, Dsus4/G,
and back to G. At the same time the backup vocalist sings G, C, D, and
rests for the 4th measure.

       G		  C/G		  G5
     ----------	-----------	-----------
     E A D G B e  E A D G B e   E A D G B e
Head   _ _ 0 0 _ _	_ _ _ 0 _ 0   _ X 0 0 _ _
Fret 1  _ _ _ _ _ _	_ _ _ _ * _	_ _ _ _ _ _
Fret 2  _ * _ _ _ _	_ _ * _ _ _	_ _ _ _ _ _
Fret 3  * _ _ _ * *	* * _ _ _ _	* _ _ _ * *

The Refrain uses the same chords, but is strummed with the following
rhythm pattern:
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
s s s s e _ s e _ s s s s s s s

You can mess around with this pattern a little bit as the muse inspires
you, but since repetition is what really drives this song, you should
mostly stick to it.


GUITAR 2:
The part that was listed as the ¨guitar into¨ on your web page is
basically it. That part is also played during the first two verses. If
you want to give your second guitarist a little more to do, they can strum
along with the Guitar 1 during the refrain using another chord voicing. I
personally like this one (do not strum either E-string):

        G          C/G        Dsus4/G

Fret 10  _ * _ _ _ _      _ * * _ _ _     _ * _ _ _ _
Fret 11  _ _ _ _ _ _      _ _ _ _ _ _     _ _ _ _ _ _
Fret 12  _ _ * * * _      _ _ _ * _ _	    _ _ * * X _
Fret 13  _ _ _ _ _ _      _ _ _ _ * _     _ _ _ _ _ _


BASS:
The meat & potatoes of this song, but not too tough to play. You may want
to let some of the vocal duties be handled by the bassist (but *not* the
spoken word part! The bass must stay on the beat, and the spoken vocals
must remain independent of it... This can become a lot like the old ¨pat
your head and rub your stomache¨ trick).

During the into & verses, stay put on the low G (yes, you are a petal
tone) using the following rhythm:

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
q _ _ _ e _ s e _ (rest)

For the refrain, play on G for the first measure, C on the second, and
back to G for the next two, using the following rhythm (mess around with it
a lot):

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
q _ _ _ e _ s e _ e _ s e _ e _

There are also two bass fills that are used un the refrian, both at the
end of a phrase. The first, and more frequest, is this:

   q   e se  se e e
e	 |3---3-33-30-1-2|

	The other is simply a desending G-maj scale:
   e e se  e e e se
g |----------------|
d |----54-2--------|
a |---------5-3-2--|
e |3-3-----------5-|

These fills can be inserted at will during the refrain, as long as some
tasteful restraint is used.




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BELONG (from the songbook)


G: 3x000x  Gsus4: 3x001x  G5: 3x0033


Intro riff:

E-|--------------------------------------------------|
B-|--------------------------------------------------|
G-|------------0--------------0--------------0-------| x 4
D-|----0-h-4----------0-h-4--------0-h-4----------4--|
A-|-5------------------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------------------|


{The following chords are only strummed once, unless otherwise noted.}

G             Gsus4
Her ...
          G5
She ..
              G
folded ...
G              Gsus4           G5        G
Those ...


{Then strum G5 6 times}

{Chorus:}
G5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}
Oh............


G                   Gsus4
Those ...
     G5                    G
She ...,

stood ...
Gsus4              G5               G
She ...


{Then strum G5 6 times}

{Chorus:}
G5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}
Oh............


G      Gsus4                   G5    G
    She ...
G          Gsus4                G5
    She ..;  belong.


{Then strum G5 6 times}

{Chorus:}
G5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}
Oh............

G                 Gsus4
These ...
               G5
Her ...
              G
She ..;
G            Gsus4            G5     G
a ...

{Then strum G5 6 times}

{Chorus:}
G5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}
Oh............

{Chorus:}
G5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}
Oh............

{Chorus:}
G5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}
Oh............

{Chorus:}
G5 {strum repeatedly for 4 bars}
Oh............


| G | Gsus4 | G5 | G | G | Gsus4 | G5 | G |

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