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The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight Chords by R.E.M.

The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight chords by R.E.M.

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I saw a request awhile back for this, and haven't seen a response. Here's
my try, constructive criticisms are appreciated.

REM

The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight
-----------------------------

Intro, same as chorus:

D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/

The transition to the verses:
 C        Em
e---------0-----|---------0---------
B-------------1-|-------------0-----
G---------------|-------------------
D-----2---------|-------------------
A-3-------------|-----2-------------
E---------------|-0-----------------
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Verse 1:
(* For all the verses, the F's, C's, and Am's are played as barre
chords, the F's in A formation, the C's and Am's in E form. He
upstrokes them in pairs, on what sounds like a big hollowbody electric.
The placement of the chords over the words here is inteneded only to
to denote their *approximate* temporal location. Listen to the song
and you'll be able to hear and feel where they actually go.*)

   F F      F F        C  C    C  C
This ..
F F              F F           C C      C C
There ...

long, ..
F F     F F      Am Am      C C
If I ..
F F    F F      C  C       C C
[Untranscribable Stipe yodel]
   F F      F F          Am Am            C C
If I ..

Chorus 1 (*I won't even try to pretend that I know what he's

D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/

C Em   (*play as noted above for transition*)

Verse 2:
     F F         F F            C C    C  C
There's ..

wake up
F F      F F    C C      C C
But ...

design
F F    F F   Am Am    C C
With ..
F F    F F   C C     C C
["Tell her" yodeled]
F F     F F    C C     C C
Tell ..
F F              F F       Am Am
Only ..
     C C
really ..

Chorus 2: (*Same as chorus one, including transition*)

D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/

C Em

Verse 3: (*Short verse*)
    F F             F F      C C
Baby ..
C C
sub-..
F F        F F             C C     C C
A can ..
   F F         F F         Am Am      C C
A ..

Chorus 3:

D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/

C Em  (*Same as above*)

Bridge:

(*During the bridge, Am and Bm are played as A barres, and the picking
pattern is like this:

 Bm       Bm        Am        Am
e---------2------|---------2------|---------0------|---------0------|
B-------------3--|-------------3--|-------------1--|-------------1--|
G----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D-----4----------|-----4----------|-----2----------|-----2----------|
A-2--------------|-2--------------|-0--------------|-0--------------|
E----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

The C below is picked in the same pattern, i.e. A str, D str, e str, B str*)

Bm        Bm          Am       Am
The cat ..
Bm                   Bm   Am    Am
On ..
Bm                   Bm      Am          C
That ..
        Em      Em
The ..


Chorus 3 and outro:

(*The chorus is the same*)

D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/

(*But now this transition thing changes to what we'll call the New Transition*)
 C        Em
e---------0-----|-0-------0-----|
B-------------1-|-0-------0-----|
G---------------|-0-------0-----|
D-----2---------|-2-------2-----|
A-3-------------|-2-------2-----|
E---------------|-0-------2-----|

D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/

C Em (*New transition*)

D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/

C Em (*New transition*)

D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/

C     Em        D    D
We got a boogy-woogy groove on this one


Chorus:
D D/F# D      D/F#    G5   C9  G5         Am
  Call me ..
D D/F# D      D/F#    G5   C9  G5         Am
  Call me ..
D D/F# D      D/F#    G5   C9  G5         Am
  Call me ..

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