Words and Music by R.E.M. from the 2011 Album "Collapse Into Now"

Start with a single strum of Am, then into the strumming pattern:

[ Dm ] we live and dream about the [ Am ] future
[ Dm ] please ask Neil I need to [ Am ]  pow wow, now
[ Dm ] sift through the annals of our [ Am ] flavored times
[ Dm ] our heroes and all their fatal [ Am ] flaws

[ C ] Me, Marlon [ Am ] Brando, Marlon [ C ] Brando and [ Am ] I sing

[ G ] lay me [ Am ] down down down down
[ G ] lay me [ Am ] down down down down
[ G ] help me off to [ Am ] sleep
[ G ] take me deep [ Am ] again

[ Dm ] we live and dream about our [ Am ] heroes
[ Dm ] I listened closely and I [ Am ] said
[ Dm ] I'm not sure where to place my [ Am ] self here, friend
[ Dm ] I might pawn the gold rings in [ Am ] stead

[ C ] The winners write the [ Am ] rule books, the [ C ] histories and [ Am ] lullla [ G ]bies

[ G ] lay me [ Am ] down down down down
[ G ] lay me [ Am ] down down down down
[ G ] help me off to [ Am ] sleep
[ G ] take me deep [ Am ] again 

[ G ] I heard what you [ Am ] said
[ G ] picture brass rings in your [ Am ] head
[ G ] white gold and bronze are [ Am ] bon bons
[ G ] brass is mixed with [ Am ] 

End on Am