Leave Tab

Leave - R.E.M.
Album: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Released: 1996
 
I think this is how they actually play it. There are two electric guitars.
Guitar 1 chords and guitar 2 plays riff and strums chords as usual.
Guitar 2 uses e-bow.
Strum = hit once and let ring
I use high gain, high reverb, high chorus and high tone to play with the album.
 
 
[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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