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- Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 14:59:43 -0500 (CDT)
- Subject: CHORD: (Correction): "Circus Envy" by R.E.M.
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- <A NAME="CE">CIRCUS ENVY</A>
- <PRE>
- Chords by: Trygve Sandven Haaland (db39@oliven.bih.no) and
- Bryan Killingsworth (akilling@pen.k12.va.us)
- Corrections by: Michael Cummings (gt3677a@prism.gatech.edu)
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- Use Drop-D tuning: DADGBE
-
- {Use power chords: A: 777xxx G: 555xxx etc,}
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- Riff:
- d--0-0-10-12---0-0-10-12--13-12-10-
- A--0-0-10-12---0-0-10-12--13-12-10- (repeat)
- D--0-0-10-12---0-0-10-12--13-12-10-
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- [Riff]
- Here comes that awful feeling again
- Welcome the ugly animal.
- I hold my breath to what you sing,
- My pyro b-ba-ba ball and chain,
- I'm not afraid, I messed it, messed it, messed it, messed it up
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- A G
- I've got my telescope head in the haystack
- A G
- I'm getting tired of your dodgeball circus act
- A G NC
- Put pepper in my coffee, I forgot to bark on command
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- [Riff]
- Here comes that awful feeling again
- Make way for monster jealousy
- The strong man kicked sand into my breakfast cereal bowl
- I'd spelled your name with Oatios,
- he messed it, messed it, messed it, messed it up
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- A G
- I've got my telescope head in the haystack
- A G
- I'm getting tired of your dodgeball circus act
- A G NC
- Put pepper in my coffee, I forgot to bark on command
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- Bridge: | D | F | A | C | | D | F | G | A |
- | D | F | A | C | | D | F | G | A |
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- [Riff]
- If I were you I'd really run from me
- I really really wish that I were you
- I'd give this a crunchy
- and drop a load on your head
- This monster in me makes me wish you'd messed it, messed it up
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- A G
- I've got my telescope head in the haystack
- A G
- I'm getting tired of your dodgeball circus act
- A
- Put pepper in my coffee, I forgot to bark
- A G NC
- Put pepper in my coffee, I forgot to bark on command
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- Bridge: | D | F | A | C | | D | F | G | A |
- | D | F | A | C | | D | F | G | A |
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- (you're mean, mean, mean
- you tease, tease, tease me)
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- {Continue with the bridge progression until end.}
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- If I were you I'd really run from me
- I'd really really wish that I were you
- When I get loose I'll climb a tree
- and drop a load on your head
- This monster in me makes me retch, you messed it, messed it up
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- (you're mean, mean, mean
- you tease, tease, tease me)
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- Do you smell jealousy?
- Do you smell jealousy, jealousy, jealousy?
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- {End on riff.}
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- csb1@engr.uark.edu | Chris Bray
- cbray@comp.uark.edu | University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
- cbray@nyx.cs.du.edu | WWW: http://comp.uark.edu/~cbray/
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- You don't know how you move me, deconstruct me, and consume me, I'm all
- used up, I'm out of luck, I am starstruck, By something in your eyes.
- That is keeping my hope alive. - Matthew Sweet
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