Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 12:09:21 +0100 (BST)
From: "Peter Cox" 


"Strange Currencies"

REM - from the Album "Monster"

Initial tab by Steve Krulewtz (skrul@csugrad.cs.vt.edu)
Another initial tab by Chris Barran (C.D.Barran@shef.ac.uk)

Combined and corrected by Peter Cox (pdc194@soton.ac.uk)

Fill:
E|-----------
B|-----------
G|-----------
D|--2p0---0--
A|------3----
E|-----------

Pattern 1:
    C           Fmaj7         C           Fmaj7
E|--------3-----------3-----|-------3-----------3-----|
B|----------1-------1---1---|---------1-------1---1---|
G|------0-----0---2-------0-|-----0-----0---2-------0-|
D|----2---------3-----------|---2---------3-----------|
A|--3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|

Pattern 2:

    C           Fmaj7 Am7    Dm           G 
E|--------3-----------------|-------1-----------3-----|
B|----------1-------1-----1-|-----3---3-----------3---|
G|------0-----0---2-----0---|---2-------2-----0-----0-|
D|----2---------3-----2-----|-0-------------0---------|
A|--3-----------------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------3-----------|

[Fill] [Pattern 1]

[Pattern 1]
I don't know why you're mean to me

[Pattern 2]
When I call on the telephone,

[Pattern 1]
And I don't know what you mean to me, but I want to turn you on

[Pattern 2]
Turn you up, figure you out, I wanna take you on.

CHORUS

  C     G     F     C       F           G
E|--3-----3-----1-----3---|-------1-----------3-----|
B|----5-----3-----1-----5-|-----1---1-------3---3---|
G|5-----------------5-----|---2-------2---0-------0-|
D|5-----5-----3-----5-----|-3-----------------------|
A|3-----5-----3-----3-----|-------------------------|
E|------3-----1-----------|-------------3-----------|
 These words,              "You will be mine"

  C     G     F     C      Dm                       G
E|--3-----3-----1-----3---|------1-----1-----1-----|3-----3-----3-----------|
B|----5-----3-----1-----5-|3---3---3-----3-----3---|3---3---3---3-----------|
G|5-----------------5-----|2-2-------2-----2-----2-|0-0-------0-0-----------|
D|5-----5-----3-----5-----|0-----------------------|----------------2p0---0-|
A|3-----5-----3-----3-----|------------------------|--------------------3---|
E|------3-----1-----------|------------------------|------------3-----------|
 These words,              "You will be mine,"      All the time,

[Pattern 1]
"The Fool" might be my middle name

[Pattern 2]
But I'd be foolish not to say

[Pattern 1]
Gonna make whatever it takes, ring you up, call you down, sign your name,
Make it rhyme,

[Pattern 2]
Take you in and make you mine?

CHORUS

  C     G     F     C       F           G
E|--3-----3-----1-----3---|-------1-----------3-----|
B|----5-----3-----1-----5-|-----1---1-------3---3---|
G|5-----------------5-----|---2-------2---0-------0-|
D|5-----5-----3-----5-----|-3-----------------------|
A|3-----5-----3-----3-----|-------------------------|
E|------3-----1-----------|-------------3-----------|
 These words,              "You will be mine"

  C     G     F     C      Dm                       G
E|--3-----3-----1-----3---|------1-----1-----1-----|3-----3-----3-----3-----|
B|----5-----3-----1-----5-|3---3---3-----3-----3---|3---3---3-----3-----3---|
G|5-----------------5-----|2-2-------2-----2-----2-|0-0-------0-----0-----0-|
D|5-----5-----3-----5-----|0-----------------------|------------------------|
A|3-----5-----3-----3-----|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------3-----1-----------|------------------------|------------------------|
 These words,              "You will be mine,"       all the time,   oh

  Am          G           Am           G
E|------0-----3-----3-----|------0-----3-----3-----|
B|1-------1---3-------3---|1-------1---3-------3---|
G|2---------2-0---------0-|2---------2-0---------0-|
D|2-----------0-----------|2-----------0-----------|
A|0-----------X-----------|0-----------X-----------|
E|X-----------3-----------|X-----------3-----------|

  I tripped and fell,      did I fall?

  Am          F     C      Dm                       G
E|------------------------|1-----1-----1-----1-----|3-----3-----3-----------|
B|1-----------------------|3---3---3-----3-----3---|3---3---3---3-----------|
G|2-----------------5-----|2-2-------2-----2-----2-|0-0-------0-0-----------|
D|2-----------3-----5-----|0-----------------------|0-----------0-----------|
A|0-----------3-----3-----|------------------------|------------------------|
E|X-----------1-----------|------------------------|3-----------3-----------|
  What I want to feel,                              I want to feel it now.

[Pattern 1]
You know with love comes strange currencies,

[Pattern 2]
And here is my appeal:

[Pattern 1]
I need a chance, a second chance, a third chance, a fourth chance, a word,
a signal, a nod, a little breath

[Pattern 2]
Just to fool myself, to catch myself, to make it real, real

CHORUS
  
  C     G     F     C       F           G
E|--3-----3-----1-----3---|-------1-----------3-----|
B|----5-----3-----1-----5-|-----1---1-------3---3---|
G|5-----------------5-----|---2-------2---0-------0-|
D|5-----5-----3-----5-----|-3-----------------------|
A|3-----5-----3-----3-----|-------------------------|
E|------3-----1-----------|-------------3-----------|
 These words,              "You will be mine"

  C     G     F     C      Dm                       G
E|--3-----3-----1-----3---|------1-----1-----1-----|3-----3-----3-----3-----|
B|----5-----3-----1-----5-|3---3---3-----3-----3---|3---3---3-----3-----3---|
G|5-----------------5-----|2-2-------2-----2-----2-|0-0-------0-----0-----0-|
D|5-----5-----3-----5-----|0-----------------------|------------------------|
A|3-----5-----3-----3-----|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------3-----1-----------|------------------------|------------------------|
 These words,              "You will be mine,"       all the time,

  C     G     F     C       F           G
E|--3-----3-----1-----3---|-------1-----------3-----|
B|----5-----3-----1-----5-|-----1---1-------3---3---|
G|5-----------------5-----|---2-------2---0-------0-|
D|5-----5-----3-----5-----|-3-----------------------|
A|3-----5-----3-----3-----|-------------------------|
E|------3-----1-----------|-------------3-----------|
 These words,              "You will be mine"

  C     G     F     C      Dm                       G
E|--3-----3-----1-----3---|------1-----1-----1-----|3-----3-----3-----3-----|
B|----5-----3-----1-----5-|3---3---3-----3-----3---|3---3---3-----3-----3---|
G|5-----------------5-----|2-2-------2-----2-----2-|0-0-------0-----0-----0-|
D|5-----5-----3-----5-----|0-----------------------|------------------------|
A|3-----5-----3-----3-----|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------3-----1-----------|------------------------|------------------------|
These words haunt me, hunt me down, catch in my throat make me pray, say, 
Love's combined, oh

[Repeat above tab (without lyrics) again, finishing with a [fill] and a C 
Chord.]

Lyrics from the REM web site at http://www.halcyon.com/rem/

Happy Picking. :-)

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