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Fretless by R.E.M.

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FRETLESS  (2 Versions)


FRETLESS (Version 1)

Verses:
Chords: Em/Bm (?) (I don't think its a chord, just some random Peter stuff)/G
        alternate w/:Em/Bm (?)/G/Bm (?)
tab goes like this:

E - - 0 - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 -
B - 0 - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0
G 0 - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - -

alternate with:

E - - 0 - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 -
B - 0 - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0
G 0 - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - -


Prechorus (if that is what it is): ["They come and they come..."]
B/A/D/E

Chorus: ["Don't talk to me..."]
chords: G/F/Em
tab goes like this:

E - - - 3 - - 3
B - 0 - - 0 - -
G 0 - 0 - - 0 -

E - - - 1 - - 1
B - 1 - - 1 - -
G 2 - 2 - - 2 -

E - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0
B - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - -
G 0 - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 -


Ends on Em.


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FRETLESS (Version 2)


Here's my tab for "Fretless", REM's song off the Until the End of the 
World soundtrack....a beautiful, haunting song, and one that I was 
surprised not to find already posted....here goes...

Fretless
--------

+|-----0----2----3----2----2|----0----2----3----3------|----0----------
+|----0-0----0----0----0----|---0-0----0----0----0-----|---0-0-----------
+|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------etc..-------
+|-2------2----2----2----2--|-2-----2----2----2----2---|-2-----(repeat) 
+|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------
+|-0------------------------|-0----------------------2~|-0------------

That's the basic tune, right there.

before the chorus, it just repeats -3-
				   --0-
				   ----
				   ---2-
				   -----
				   ----- which leads to
     B		(slide)   	A		D     D  A  E  
They come and they come....

     B		(slide)		A		D

pre-verse: +---0---0---|----0--------------
	   +--1---1---1|---0-0-------------
	   +-----------|---------------------
	   +-----------|-2------(back to main riff)
	   +-2---0-----|-----------------
	   +---------2-|-0-------------------

well, that's it.  I'm not too sure about the "don't talk to me" part...I 
usually just use a D with a walking down bass line, and it sounds 
alright, although it's wrong. 


Submitted by: Meantabber90