Losing My Religion

R.E.M.

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Intro

F Dm G Am Am/B Am/C Am/D Am

F Dm G Am G

Verse 1

    Am              Em

Oh, life is bigger    

It's bigger than you

Am

And you are not me.

Em

The lengths that I will go to,

                     Am      Em

The distance in your eyes,     

Dm

Oh no, I've said too much,

G

I set it up.

Chorus

Am

That's me in the corner,

Em

That's me in the spotlight

Am

Losing my religion.

Em

Trying to keep up with you.

      Am                          Em

And I don't know if I can do it.    

Dm

Oh no, I've said too much,

G

I haven't said enough.

Bridge

  G                        F        

I thought that I heard you laughing,

  Dm             G         Am   Am/B   Am/C   Am/D

I thought that I heard you sing.                  

Am   F               Dm   G   Am     G

I  think I thought I saw  you try.    

Verse 2

          Am                   Em 

Every whisper of every waking hour

Am

I'm choosing my confessions,

Em

Trying to keep an eye on you

       Am                                 Em

Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool     

Dm

Oh no, I've said too much,

G

I set it up.

Verse 3

Am

Consider this, consider this,

Em

The hint of a century,

Am

Consider this: the slip

Em

That brought me to my knees failed.

Am

What if all these fantasies

Em

Come    flailing around?

         Dm       G    

Now I've said too much.

Bridge

    G                       F       

I thought that I heard you laughing,

        Dm        G         Am   Am/B   Am/C   Am/D

I thought that I heard you sing.                   

Am   F               Dm  G   Am    G

I  think I thought I saw you try.   

   Am                      G

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   F                       G

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    C               D7sus2

But that was just a dream,

C               D7sus2

That was just a dream.

Chorus

Am

That's me in the corner,

Em

That's me in the spotlight

Am

Losing my religion.

Em

Trying to keep up with you.

      Am                           Em

And I don't know if I can do it.     

Dm

Oh no, I've said too much,

G

I haven't said enough.

Bridge

    G                        F      

I thought that I heard you laughing,

  Dm             G         Am   Am/B   Am/C   Am/D

I thought that I heard you sing.                  

Am F                  Dm  G   Am   Am/B   Am/C   Am/D   Am

I  think I thought I saw you try.                         

    F               Dm   G

But that was just a dream,

Am   Am/B   Am/C   Am/D   Am

Try, cry,   why,   try.     

F                      Dm  G      Am            G           

That was just a dream,    just a dream, just a dream, dream.

Outro

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Losing My Religion

Am♩ 125

Intro

F Dm G Am Am/B Am/C Am/D Am

F Dm G Am G

Verse 1

    Am              Em

Oh, life is bigger    

It's bigger than you

Am

And you are not me.

Em

The lengths that I will go to,

                     Am      Em

The distance in your eyes,     

Dm

Oh no, I've said too much,

G

I set it up.

Chorus

Am

That's me in the corner,

Em

That's me in the spotlight

Am

Losing my religion.

Em

Trying to keep up with you.

      Am                          Em

And I don't know if I can do it.    

Dm

Oh no, I've said too much,

G

I haven't said enough.

Bridge

  G                        F        

I thought that I heard you laughing,

  Dm             G         Am   Am/B   Am/C   Am/D

I thought that I heard you sing.                  

Am   F               Dm   G   Am     G

I  think I thought I saw  you try.    

Verse 2

          Am                   Em 

Every whisper of every waking hour

Am

I'm choosing my confessions,

Em

Trying to keep an eye on you

       Am                                 Em

Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool     

Dm

Oh no, I've said too much,

G

I set it up.

Verse 3

Am

Consider this, consider this,

Em

The hint of a century,

Am

Consider this: the slip

Em

That brought me to my knees failed.

Am

What if all these fantasies

Em

Come    flailing around?

         Dm       G    

Now I've said too much.

Bridge

    G                       F       

I thought that I heard you laughing,

        Dm        G         Am   Am/B   Am/C   Am/D

I thought that I heard you sing.                   

Am   F               Dm  G   Am    G

I  think I thought I saw you try.   

   Am                      G

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   F                       G

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    C               D7sus2

But that was just a dream,

C               D7sus2

That was just a dream.

Chorus

Am

That's me in the corner,

Em

That's me in the spotlight

Am

Losing my religion.

Em

Trying to keep up with you.

      Am                           Em

And I don't know if I can do it.     

Dm

Oh no, I've said too much,

G

I haven't said enough.

Bridge

    G                        F      

I thought that I heard you laughing,

  Dm             G         Am   Am/B   Am/C   Am/D

I thought that I heard you sing.                  

Am F                  Dm  G   Am   Am/B   Am/C   Am/D   Am

I  think I thought I saw you try.                         

    F               Dm   G

But that was just a dream,

Am   Am/B   Am/C   Am/D   Am

Try, cry,   why,   try.     

F                      Dm  G      Am            G           

That was just a dream,    just a dream, just a dream, dream.

Outro

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