LOSING MY RELIGION ACOUSTIC by R.E.M
tabbed by Jonathan Doyle

This is an alternate way to play the song that sounds great fingerpicked
on an acoustic, especially if you're a solo guy playing around town.
It's still in the same key but sounds a little richer, I think.

*CAPO 5th Fret*

All chords relative to capo
C (x32010@1)       x32010
Dmaj6add9 x54030
Em (022000@1)      022000
Bm (x24432@1)      x2443x
Am (x02210@1)      x02210
G (320003@1)       320033

Intro X2
       C (x32010@1)                    Em-------0--0-0-0-0--00---------0--0-0-0-0--00--| (022000@1)-------1--1-1-1-1--11---------0--0-0-0-0--00--|
-0h2---0--0-0-0-0--00---0h2---0--0-0-0-0--00--|
-----0-2--2-2-0-2--22-------0-2--2-2-0-2--22--|
-------3--3-3-3-3--33---------2--2-2-2-2--22--|
------------------------------0--0-0-0-0--00--|


Dmaj6add9  Em (022000@1)                 Bm (x24432@1)       Oh life    is bigger,    it's bigger than you.
            Em (022000@1)                            BmAnd (x24432@1)you are not me, the lengths that I will go to.
                           EmThe (022000@1)distance in your eyes.
Bm (x24432@1)                       Am (x02210@1)            Dmaj6add9
   Oh no, I've said too    much, I've said enough.
                         Em (022000@1)                BmThat's (x24432@1)me in the corner,    That's me in the spot light,
                    Em (022000@1)         BmLosing (x24432@1)my religion.    Trying to keep up with you.
      EmAnd (022000@1)I don't know if I can do it.
Bm (x24432@1)                       Am (x02210@1)                  Dmaj6add9
   Oh no, I've said too    much, I haven't said enough.

                           CI (x32010@1)thought that I heard you laughing.
C (x32010@1)              Dmaj6add9     EmI (022000@1)thought that I heard     you sing.
  C (x32010@1)                   Dmaj6add9  EmI (022000@1)think I thought I saw you        try.

          EmEvery (022000@1)whisper,
             Bm (x24432@1)                               EmEvery (022000@1)waking hour, I'm choosing my confessions.
          BmTrying (x24432@1)to keep eye on you.
       EmLike (022000@1)a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool.
Bm (x24432@1)                          Am (x02210@1)          Dmaj6add9
   Oh no, I've said too much.    I said enough.
               Em (022000@1)             BmConsider (x24432@1)this,    consider this hint of the century.
               Em (022000@1)              BmConsider (x24432@1)this,    the slip, that brought me to my knees pale.
Em (022000@1)                             BmWhat (x24432@1)if all these fantasies come    flaming aground.
         Am (x02210@1)     Dmaj6add9
Now I've said too much.

                           CI (x32010@1)thought that I heard you laughing.
C (x32010@1)              Dmaj6add9     EmI (022000@1)thought that I heard     you sing.
  C (x32010@1)                   Dmaj6add9  EmI (022000@1)think I thought I saw you        try.


Interlude

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G (320003@1)               EmThat (022000@1)was just a dream.
G (320003@1)               Em (022000@1)                              Em (022000@1) That was just a dream.   That's me in the corner.
                 Bm (x24432@1)                            EmThat's (022000@1)me in the spot light, losing my religion.
          Bm (x24432@1)                     EmTrying (022000@1)to keep up with you.  And I don't know if I can do it.
Bm (x24432@1)                       Am (x02210@1)  Oh no, I've said too    much.
                 Dmaj6add9
I haven't said enough.

                           CI (x32010@1)thought that I heard you laughing.
C (x32010@1)              Dmaj6add9     EmI (022000@1)thought that I heard     you sing.
  C (x32010@1)                   Dmaj6add9  EmI (022000@1)think I thought I saw you        try.

    C (x32010@1)                   Dmaj6add9   EmBut (022000@1)that was just a dream,            try, cry, why try.
C (x32010@1)                      Dmaj6add9  Am (x02210@1)          Dmaj6add9
That was just a dream,   just a     dream, just a dream, dream.

End on Em