Song: The Worst Joke Ever
Artist: REM
Album: Around The Sun
Not the most exciting song around.
The end is a bit twiddly and Fade-out-ty, wouldn't worry about it too much.
As always, comments and corrections welcome.
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/ = Slide up
\ = Slide down
3h5 = Hammer on from fret 3 to fret 5
Tuning is standard
Verse 1
"You see, there's this..."
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-------------rest---------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|0-----0-3---0-------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------0-0-3---0---|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|0-----0-3---0-------------------|0-----0-3---0-------------------|
E|--------------------0-0-3---0---|--------------------0-0-3---0---|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3---------3h5---2-----------2---|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|0-----0-3---0-------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------0-0-3---0---|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|0-----0-3---0-------------------|0-----0-3---0-------------------|
E|--------------------0-0-3---0---|--------------------0-0-3---0---|
G|--------------------------------|
D|3---------3h5---2-----------2---|
A|------3-------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
Chorus 1
"Give me a minute..."
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------------0-----0-----0---|--------------------0-1-3---3---| (X2)
A|------------2-3---------------0-|3-----3-----3---1---------------|
E|3-----3-------------------------|--------------3-----------------|
Verse 2
"Now I'm floatin'..."
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------rest----------------|--------------rest--------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-------------rest---------------|3---------3h5---2-------------2-|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------0-2-----------------|------------0-2-----------------|
A|0-------0-3---------------------|0-------0-3---------------------|
E|------3-------------0-0-3---0---|------3-------------0-0-3---0---|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------0-2-----------------|3---------3h5---2-----2-2---2---|
A|0-------0-3---------------------|------3-------------------------|
E|------3-------------0-0-3---0---|--------------------------------|
Chorus 2
"Give me a minute..."
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------------0-----0-----0---|--------------------0-1-3---3---| (X4)
A|------------2-3---------------0-|3-----3-----3---1---------------|
E|3-----3-------------------------|--------------3-----------------|
G|----------------0---------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------0-2-------------0-|
A|--------------2-----------------|------0---2-----------0---2-----|
E|3-----3---3-----------3-------1-|0-----------------0-------------|
G|------------------------0-------|--------------------------------|
D|2-------------0---2---------4---|----5/7-------7-/-12-\-7----7-/-|
A|------0---2---------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|12-\-7--------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------5-4-3-2-1-0-0-----|--------------------------------|
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