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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro 1

(Intro Riff)

e|--------------------|------------------------| play
B|--------------------|------------------------| 3
G|--------------------|------------------------| times
D|----------4s6--3----|----------4s6-3---------| and
A|----1-3-4-----------|----1-3-4---------------| then
E|--------------------|------------------------| go on to
e|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|
D|----------4s6--3----|----------4s6-------|
A|----1-3-4-----------|----1-3-4------1----|
E|--------------------|--------------------|

Verse

(Main Riff)

e|--------------------|--------------------|
B|-----------7s9--6---|---------7s9--6h7p6-|
G|---2s3-5-6----------|-2s3-5-6------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|

Intro 2

Guitar 1 (strum): Bbm|Gb|Ab|Bbm|Bbm|Gb|Ab|Bbm| --> go on to verse

Guitar 2 : play main riff --> go on to verse

[Verse] (both guitars strum chords)

Bbm Gb

Nothing could bring me closer.

Ab Ab Bbm Ab Bbm <-- hit Ab once

Nothing could bring me near.

Gb

Where is the road I follow

Ab Bbm

To leave, leave?

Bbm Gb

It's Under, under, under my feet

Ab Ab Bbm Ab Bbm <-- hit Ab once

The sea spread out there before me.

Gb

Where do I go when the land touches sea.

Ab Bbm

There is my trust in what I believe.

[Chorus] (both guitars strum chords)

Db

That's what keeps me,

Bbm

That's what keeps me,

Db Ab

That's what keeps me down.

Db Bbm Ab

To leave it, believe it,

Gb5 F5 Gb5 <-- hit F5 once

Leave it all behind.

(Guitar 1 strums chords, guitar 2 plays main riff)

Shifting the dream.

Nothing could bring me further from my old friend time.

Shifting the dream.

It's charging the scene.

I know where I marked the signs.

(Both guitars strum chords)

I Suffer the dreams of a world gone mad.

I like it like that and I know it.

I know it well, ugly and sweet

That temper madness with an even extreme.

(Both guitars strum chords)

That's what keeps me

That's what keeps me

That's what keeps me down

I say that I'm a bantam lightweight

I say that I'm a phantom airplane

That never left the ground.

That's what keeps me,

that's what keeps me,

that's what keeps me down,

to leave it, believe it,

leave it all behind.

(Bass only)

Lift me, lift me,

I'll attain my dream.

I lost myself, I lost the,

Heartache calling me.

(Only guitar 2 strumming chords)

I lost myself in sorrow.

I lost myself in pain.

I lost myself in clarity.

Memory, leave, leave, leave.

(Both guitars strum chords)

That's what keeps me,

That's what keeps me,

That's what keeps me down,

To leave it, believe it,

Leave it all behind.

That's what keeps me,

That's what keeps me,

That's what keeps me down,

To leave it, believe it,

Leave it all behind.

(Both guitars strum chords)

Lift my hands, my eyes are still

I'll walk into the sea

Shoot myself in a different place

And leave it.

(Guitar 1 strums, guitar 2 picks power chords, haven't figured out yet)

I've longed for this to take me,

I've longed for my release.

I've waited for the calling,

To leave, leave

(Guitar 2 plays this at the end)

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--------4s6-3---------------4s6-3h4p3--|
A|--1-3-4-------------0h1-3-4------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--------4s6-3--------------------------|
A|--1-3-4-------------1---2-3-1----------|
E|----------------------4----------------|

Leave, leave, leave, leave

Leavin', leavin'

Ending

Bbm|Gb|Ab|Bbm|Bbm|Gb|Ab|Bbm <-- strum and let ring

Chords used

Bbm Gb Ab Db F5

e|---6---2---4---9----X---|
B|---6---2---4---9----X---|
G|---6---3---5---10---X---|
D|---8---4---6---11---3---|
A|---8---4---6---11---3---|
E|---6---2---4---9----1---|

Text from: http://www.retroweb.com/rem/lyrics/index.html

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Tabbed by germanwing

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