Transcription by Paul Cosgrave (paulcosgrave@eircom.net) Requests: If anybody has full lyrics and tab/chords to the song Talk About The Passion, also by R.E.M., please pass it on! Artist: R.E.M. Album : Document (1987) Track : The One I Love (Acoustic, live recording from album) Lyrics: Bill Berry/Peter Buck/Mike Mills/Michael Stipe Vocals: Michael Stipe (w/ Mike Mills?) Music : R.E.M. Chords used (as they come up): Em7 : [0 2 2 0 3 0] Em : [0 2 2 0 0 0] Dsus2 : [X X 0 2 3 0] G : [3 2 0 0 0 3] D : [X X 0 2 3 2] Intro: Em7 Em Dsus2 Em Em7 This... to... love Em Dsus2 Em Em7 This... to... I've left behind G D Am C A... prop... occupy... time Em Dsus2 Em Em7 This... to... love Em Dsus2 Em Em7 This... to... love Em Dsus2 Em Em7 This... to... I've left behind G D Am C A... prop... occupy... time Em Dsus2 Em Em7 This... to... love Em Dsus2 Em Em7 Em Dsus2 Em Em7 Fire! Fire! --------------------------------------------------------------------- For each of the; Em Dsus2 Em Em7 Fire! pieces, play 2 downstokes Em, one down of Dsus2, one down of Em, and then down up down for Em7, before repeating for the second "Fire" --------------------------------------------------------------------- Em Dsus2 Em Em7 This... to... love Em Dsus2 Em Em7 This... to... I've left behind G D Am C Another prop... occupied my time Em Dsus2 Em Em7 This... to... love Em Dsus2 Em Em7 Em Dsus2 Em Em7 Fire! Fire! Em Dsus2 Em Em7 This... to... love Em Dsus2 Em Em7 This... to... I've left behind G D Am C Another prop... occupied my time Em Dsus2 Em Em7 This... to... love Em Dsus2 Em Em7 Em Dsus2 Em Em7 Fire! Fire! Em Dsus2 Em Em7 Em Dsus2 Em Em7 Fire! Fire!
after the last "Fire!" as you are playing the Em7, strum slowly and end on a solitary downstroke, almost picking each string individually, in other words, make your final strum slow! For full R.E.M. lyrics to over 100 R.E.M. songs, http://remlyrics.tripod.com
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