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-----------------
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 ..
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight by R.E.M.