Laughing Chords

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None of the other tabs for this R.E.M. classic were quite right,
so I wanted to share how I've arranged it for solo guitar. This
aims to capture the sound of both the rhythm and lead guitars in
the song, for either an acoustic solo performance, or a band with
one guitarist, not necessarily how Buck plays it on the record,
but you could easily get that just by separating this into two
parts. Enjoy!
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Verse Chords:
C#m7:  x46457
Esus2: x79977
 
[Verse Riff]
  C#m7                         Esus2
e|-----4-----7-----7-----7---------0-----7-----7-----7---------|
B|-----5-------5-----5-----5-------0-------7-----7-----7-------|
G|-----4-4-------4-----4-----------9-9-------9-----9-----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--4---------------------------7------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Intro]
N.C.
 
[Verse 1]
C#m7                 Esus2
Laocoön and her two sons
C#m7                    Esus2
Pressured storm, try to move
C#m7                  Esus2
No other more emotion bound
C#m7           Esus2
Martyred, misconstrued
 
[Chorus]
A    E    C#m
Lighted
A    E    C#m
In a room
C#m B E
Lanky room
F#m G#m  F#m G#m
Lighted, lighted
F#m  G#m    E
Laughing in tune
F#m G#m  F#m G#m
Lighted, lighted
F#m  G#m
Laughing
 
[Verse 2]
C#m7                 Esus2
Laocoön and her two sons
C#m7                 Esus2
Run the gamut, sated view
C#m7              Esus2
Know them more, emotion bound
C#m7        Esus2
Martyred, misconstrued
 
[Chorus]
A    E    C#m
Lighted
A    E    C#m
In a room
C#m B E
Lanky room
F#m G#m  F#m G#m
Lighted, lighted
F#m  G#m    E
Laughing in tune
F#m G#m  F#m G#m
Lighted, lighted
F#m  G#m
Laughing
 
[Bridge]
G#m    E
  In a room
G#m        E
  Lock the door
G#m         E
  Latch the room
F#m G#m  F#m G#m
Lighted, lighted
F#m  G#m
Laughing
 
[Verse 3]
C#m7                 Esus2
Laocoön and her two sons
C#m7                 Esus2
Run the gamut, setled new
C#m7            Esus2
Find a place fit to laugh
C#m7               Esus2
Lock the doors and latch the room
 
[Chorus]
A    E    C#m
Lighted
A    E    C#m
In a room
C#m B E
Lanky room
F#m G#m  F#m G#m
Lighted, lighted
F#m  G#m    E
Laughing in tune
F#m G#m  F#m G#m
Lighted, lighted
F#m  G#m    E
Laughing in tune
 
[Outro]
F#m G#m  F#m G#m
Lighted, lighted
F#m  G#m    E
Laughing in tunes
F#m G#m  F#m G#m
Lighted, lighted
F#m  G#m    E
Laughing in tunes
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