Written by Bill Berry/ Michael Stipe/ Mike Mills/ Peter Buck
INTRO
F# Bbm Ab
Ab Bbm
Oh, life is bigger
Fm
It's bigger than you
Bbm
And you are not me.
Fm
The lengths that I will go to,
Bbm
The distance in your eyes,
Fm Ebm
Oh no, I've said too much,
Ab
I set it up.
Bbm
That's me in the corner,
Fm
That's me in the spotlight
Bbm
Losing my religion.
Fm
Trying to keep up with you.
Bbm
And I don't know if I can do it.
Fm Ebm
Oh no, I've said too much,
Ab
I haven't said enough.
Ab Fm
I thought that I heard you laughing,
Ebm Ab Bbm
I thought that I heard you sing.
Fm Ebm Ab Bbm
I think I thought I saw you try.
Ab Bbm Fm
Every Whisper of every waking hour
Bbm
I'm choosing my confessions,
Fm
Trying to keep an eye of you
Bbm
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool
Fm Ebm
Oh no, I've said too much,
Ab
I set it up.
Ab F#
I thought that I heard you laughing,
Ebm Ab Bbm
I thought that I heard you sing.
F# Ebm Ab Bbm G
I think I thought I saw you try.
Here you can play the mandolin fill or just the chords.
C# Eb
But that was just a dream,
C# Eb
That was just a dream.
Bbm
That's me in the corner,
Fm
That's me in the spotlight
Bbm
Losing my religion.
Fm
Trying to keep up with you.
Bbm
And I don't know if I can do it.
Fm Ebm
Oh no, I've said too much,
Ab
I haven't said enough.
Ab Fm
I thought that I heard you laughing,
Ebm Ab Bbm
I thought that I heard you sing.
F# Ebm Ab Bbm
I think I thought I saw you try.
F# Ebm Ab
But that was just a dream,
Bbm
Try, cry, why, try.
F# Ebm Ab Bbm Ab
That was just a dream, just a dream, just a dream, dream.
Bbm
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