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Tighten Up Chords by R.E.M.

Tighten Up chords by R.E.M.

Guitar chords with lyrics

TIGHTEN UP (Archie Bell and the Drells)


Bass Line:  (^ means to slide up on the frets)

E --------------------------|--------------------------|--
B --------------------------|--------------------------|--
G --------------------------|--------------------------|--
D --------------------------|-------------------4------|--
A -------------4--6--4--6---|--4--4--4^6--4--6-----6---|--
E --2--2--4^6---------------|--------------------------|--

  1 2  3    4     1 2  3    4


Guitar Chords: (And Brass "mellow" Line):
                           F#maj7
 F#maj7 Bmaj7   F#maj7     A         (in repeating guitar part
)
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E X-----|---6---|  -9----6------- --5---4----------- --------
B --6---|---7---|  -----------7-- ----------7---4--- --------
G --6---|---8---|  -------------- ------------------ -6------
D --8---|---9---|  -------------- ------------------ --------
A --9---|-X-----|  -------------- ------------------ --------
E X-----|-X-----|  -------------- ------------------ --------

|:  repeat  :|
           F#maj7    A
          E --1---    ---5---
          B --2---    ---5---
          G --3---    ---6---
          D --4---    ---7---
          A X-----    -X-----
          E X-----    -X-----


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R.E.M. chords for Tighten up

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