The Outsiders chords by R.E.M.

Intro: Em-D-Em


Em          D            E
You took me to the restaurant where we first met
Em         D             Em
You knocked a future shock crowbar upside my head
Em           D      G     D
I got caught with the stop of the tick-tock tick-
   D
tock clock
Em        D    Em
When you told me what you knew

Em      D
Lost in the moment
   G      D    Em
The day that the music stopped
      D   Em
And I do remember you


C                   D
Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth
G      D         Em
Promising volcanic change of plot
C         Am             D
Where will this lead us - I'm scared of the storm
   G       D       D
The outsiders are gathering a new day is born


Same progression-

Ver2: I tried to tell you I am not afraid
    You looked up and saw it all across my face
    Now I'm trying to remember
    The feeling when the music stopped
    When you told me what you knew

Lost in the moment
The day that the music stopped
And I do remember you

Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth
Promising volcanic change of plot
Where does this leave us - I'm scared of the storm
The outsiders are gathering a new day is born




Em             D
A man walks away when every muscle says to stay
G            D
How many yesterdays - they each weigh heavy

 (Em-D-G-Em progression continues..)


Who says what changes may come?
Who says what we call home?
I know you see right through me, my luminescence fades
The dusk provides an antidote, I am not afraid
I've been a million times in my mind
This is really just a technicality, frailty, reality


Uh, it's time to breathe, time to believe
Let it go and run towards the sea
They don't teach that, they don't know what you mean
They don't understand, they don't know what you mean
They don't get it, I wanna scream
I wanna breathe again, I wanna dream
I wanna float a quote from Martin Luther King..

I'm not afraid...




Mallika Sehajpal
e.mail: mallikasehajpal@yahoo.co.in