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Swan Swan H by R.E.M.

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SWAN SWAN H


The Rhythm guitar is played on a 12 - string while the other part is
played on a regular 6 - string.

  This song is in 6/8 time. In the intro, Peter plays an Am chord. On
beat four, he lifts up his finger on the second fret of the D string
then hammers it right back on. Its an old trick but one of my
favorites.  He also does it on the Dm chord when it's played for a
whole 6 beats - except of course, he lifts his finger off of the G
string.


Am          Dm           G
Swan..
   Am              Dm
Hurrah, ..
      Am               Dm    G
What ..
         Am                   Dm
Girl ..

Am          Dm           G
Swan, ..
   Am              Dm
Hurrah..
   Am       Dm    G   Am
A long, ..

Em                     F
Johnny ...
Em                F
Forty ..
      Em              F
Hey ..
     Em              C    G
Some ..

{same as first verse}
Night .,..
...,
Long, ..talk to me

   G         Bm
A ..
    C                     D
The ..
G                Bm                   C             C/B
Marching ...

{Em to F progression}
Six ..
Tell ..
Hey ..
Some ..

Night ..
Swan, ..
Hurrah, ..
What ..
Long, ..
A ..
The ..

{end on Am}


Here's what goes on in the background:

   Swan Swan...

   Am           Dm    G     Am          Dm
(D)--------0-2-|-0---|-----|-------0-2-|-0-|
(A)-0-2-3------|---0-|-----|-0-2-3-----|---| Back over
(E)------------|-----|-3---|-----------|---|

   Johnny rep...

   Em        F       Em        F
(A)-2---0-2-|-3-0---|-2---0-2-|-3-|
(E)---3-----|-----1-|---3-----|---|

When switching from #1 to #2 or #3 do this

...some bones, chains...

   Em        F    Em    Am
(A)-2---0-2-|-3--|-2---|-0-2-3-|
(E)---3-----|----|-----|-------| ...                    1st time
                       | G          D         C           D
 This on       (G)-----|-0-0-0-----|---------|---------|---------|
A Pistol...    (D)---0-|-------4-2-|-4-2-0-0-|---------|-0-0-2-4-|
(#3)           (A)-----|-----------|---------|-3-3-2-3-|---------|
                                                       |2nd time
                                                       |D       Em
                                                   (D) |-0-0-0-|Six...
                                                   (A) |-------|


Submitted by: Meantabber90