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Sing for the Submarine  R.E.M.

 
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Sing for the Submarine - REM
 
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Tabbed by: stonegolem13
Album: Accelerate
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Intro:
 
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 B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
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 A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
 E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

Verse 1:
 
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 A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
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It feels in dreams That everything is there for you
 
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 A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
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The city breathes and pulses It's fuel electron blue
 
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 E|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|

I knew that you could see right through it
 
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 A|--2--------3--------5--------7--------|2--------3--------5--------3--------|
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So this is where I give in to the machine
 
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 A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
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 A|--2--------3--------5--------7--------|2--------3--------5--------10-------|
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Lift up your voice feel gravity's pull, drown out the siren's ring
 
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 A|--9--------(9)-----(9)------(9)----9-7|-9-------(9)------9-7-9------(9)----|
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Oh________________________________
Chorus:
[Am] [Dm]  
 
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 G|--------5----5h7----5-----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
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It's all here where I keep it It's all in the submarine
[Am] [Dm]  
 
 e|--17----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
 B|-----17-------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
 G|--------17--17h19---17----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
 D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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It's all a lot less frightening than you would have had it be
[Am] [Dm]  
 
 e|--5-----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
 B|-----5--------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
 G|--------5----5h7----5-----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
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And that's the good news my darling It is what it's going to be
[C] [C] [B] [G] [Em]  
 
 e|--8-----------------------------------|7-----------------------------------|
 B|-----------8--------------------------|---------8--------------------------|
 G|--------------------9-----------------|------------------9-----------------|
 D|-----------------------------10-------|------------------------------------|
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So sing, sing for the sub______mar______ine
Verse 2:
 
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 A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
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 A|--2--------3--------5--------7--------|2--------3--------5--------3--------|
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 e|-----0---------0-------0---------0----|---0--------0--------0---------0----|
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 A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
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 A|--2--------3--------5--------7--------|2--------3--------5--------10-------|
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I tried to explain how it all begins, How its all destroyed and built again
 
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 A|--9--------(9)-----9-7-9------(9)--9-7|-9-------(9)------(9)------(9)-/12\-|
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I knew that you could not be____lieve me
 
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But now you're here and it's different, How the light shines in your eyes
 
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In every second or situ, It's then that I realised
 
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 B|9-7--------(7)-----7-5-7------(7)-----|7--------(7)-----7-5-7------(7)-----|
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That the world as we know it, The High speed train, We'll pick it all up and start again
Chorus:
[Am] [Dm]  
 
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 B|-----5--------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
 G|--------5----5h7----5-----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
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It's all here where I keep it, It's all in the submarine
[Am] [Dm]  
 
 e|--17----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
 B|-----17-------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
 G|--------17--17h19---17----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
 D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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It's all a lot less frightening, than we would have had it be
[Am] [Dm]  
 
 e|--5-----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
 B|-----5--------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
 G|--------5----5h7----5-----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
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But that's the good news my darling, It is what it's going to be
[C] [C] [B] [G] [Em]  
 
 e|--8-----------------------------------|7-----------------------------------|
 B|-----------8--------------------------|---------8--------------------------|
 G|--------------------9-----------------|------------------9-----------------|
 D|-----------------------------10-------|------------------------------------|
 A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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So sing, sing for the sub______mar______ine
Breakdown:
[F#m] [Bbm] [C#m] [Em]  
 
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[F#m] [Bbm] [C#m] [Em]  
 
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[F#m] [Bbm] [C#m] [Em]  
 
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 D|--4-------4/9-------8-------8/12------|11------11/12-----14---\----7-----9-|
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 e|-----0---------0-------0---------0----|---0--------0--------0---------0----|
 B|----3--3------3--3----3--3------3--3--|--3--3-----3--3-----3--3------3--3--|
 G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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 A|--2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|2------2h3--------2------2h3--------|
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Verse 3:
 
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The city did not collapse in a shudder, The rain it never came
 
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 A|--2--------3--------5--------7--------|2--------3--------5--------10-------|
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At least my confessions made you laugh, I know it's a little crazed
 
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 A|--9--------(9)------9-7-9------(9)----|-9-------(9)------9-7-9------(9)----|
 E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

But these dreams, they seem so real to me
Chorus:
[Am] [Dm]  
 
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 B|-----5--------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
 G|--------5----5h7----5-----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
 D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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It's all here where I keep it, It's all in the submarine
[Am] [Dm]  
 
 e|--17----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
 B|-----17-------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
 G|--------17--17h19---17----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
 D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

It's all a lot less frightening, than we would have had it be
[Am] [Dm]  
 
 e|--5-----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
 B|-----5--------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
 G|--------5----5h7----5-----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
 D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

And that's the good news my darling, It is what it's going to be
[C] [C] [B] [G] [Em]  
 
 e|--8-----------------------------------|7-----------------------------------|
 B|-----------8--------------------------|---------8--------------------------|
 G|--------------------9-----------------|------------------9-----------------|
 D|-----------------------------10-------|------------------------------------|
 A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

So sing, sing for the sub______mar______ine
[Am] [Dm]  
 
 e|--5-----------------------------------|10----------------------------------|
 B|-----5--------------------------------|---10-------------------------------|
 G|--------5----5h7----5-----------------|------10--10h12---10----------------|
 D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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So this is where you trust me, And this where it begins
[Am] [Dm]  
 
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It's all a lot less frightening, Your tear you let it in
[Am] [Dm]  
 
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Tyrel and his mechanical owl, A moth disguised as a leaf...
[C] [C] [B] [G] [Em]  
 
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 B|-----------8--------------------------|---------8--------------------------|
 G|--------------------9-----------------|------------------9-----------------|
 D|-----------------------------10-------|------------------------------------|
 A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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Don't tell me what tomorrow brings, Climb into the hidden machine and
[C] [C] [B] [G] [Em]  
 
 e|--8-----------------------------------|7-----------------------------------|
 B|-----------8--------------------------|---------8--------------------------|
 G|--------------------9-----------------|------------------9-----------------|
 D|-----------------------------10-------|------------------------------------|
 A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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Sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing
[C] [C] [B] [G] [Em]  
 
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 B|-----------8--------------------------|---------8--------------------------|
 G|--------------------9-----------------|------------------9-----------------|
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sing, sing for the sub______mar______ine
[Am]  
 
 e|--5-------(5)------(5)------(5)-------|
 B|--b10-----(10)-----(10)-----(10)------|
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| Legend |
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| / slide up |
| \ slide down |
| h hammer-on |
| p pull-off |
| ~ vibrato |
| x Mute note |
| b Bend |
| pb Pre-bend |
| br Bend release |
| pbr Pre-bend release |
| brb Bend release bend |
| () ghost/hold |
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