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Exhuming Mccarthy

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From: [email protected]
Subject: TAB:"exhuming McCarthy" by R.E.M - correction

 			Exhuming McCarthy by R.E.M
>From the Album 'Document' Transcribed by Wayne Ellis ([email protected])

Verse 1

E--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
B--------X--6-6-6-6--|--------X--6-6-6-6--|--------X--6-6-6-6--|--------------------|--------X--6-6-6-6--|--------X--6-6-6-6--|--------X--6-6-6-6-s-|
G--5--5--X--6-6-6-6--|--5--5--X--6-6-6-6--|--5--5--X--6-6-6-6--|--3--3--3--3--3-3-s-|--5--5--X--6-6-6-6--|--5--5--X--6-6-6-6--|--5--5--X--6-6-6-6-s-|
D--6--6--X--6-6-6-6--|--6--6--X--6-6-6-6--|--6--6--X--6-6-6-6--|--4--4--4--4--4-4-s-|--6--6--X--6-6-6-6--|--6--6--X--6-6-6-6--|--6--6--X--6-6-6-6-s-|
A--6--6--------------|--6--6--------------|--6--6--------------|--4--4--4--4--4-4-s-|--6--6--------------|--6--6--------------|--6--6---------------|
E--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|--2--2--2--2--2-2-s-|--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|--4--4---------------|

You're beautiful   More beautiful   	than me   		You're honourable  More honourable	than me			   Loyal to the

E--------------------|--------------------------------|------2---------------------|---------------------------|---2-----------------|--------------|
B-s-8--8-8-X-6-6-6-6-|--------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|-2-------------------|--------------|
G-s-8--8-8-X-6-6-6-6-|------4b5-(4b5)-4-2----------2--|--4b5---4b5--4b5r4-p2----2--|-----2---2----2----2--4b5--|-----4b5-4--2--------|-2------------|
D-s-8--8-8-X-6-6-6-6-|---------------------4--2--4----|-----------------------4----|--4----4---4----4----------|--------------4-2--4-|---4--4p2-4-2-|
A---6--6-6---4-4-4-4-|--------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|--------------|
E--------------------|-0--2---------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|--------------|

Bank of America									     (It's a sign of the times)  (It's a sign of the times)

CHORUS
		    X			  X			  X
E--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B-------4--6--6--4---------|--4--6--6--4-----------|--4--6--6--4-----------|--4--6--6--4-----------|
G--3-3--4--6--6--4--2-3-3--|--4--6--6--4--2--3--3--|--4--6--6--4--2--3--3--|--4--6--6--4-----------|
D--4-4--4--6--6--4--2-4-4--|--4--6--6--4--2--4--4--|--4--6--6--4--2--4--4--|--4--6--6--4-----------|
A--4-4--2--4--4--2--2-4-4--|--2--4--4--2--2--4--4--|--2--4--4--2--2--4--4--|--2--4--4--2--4--5-----|
E--2-2----------------2-2--|-----------------3--3--|-----------------3--3--|--------------2--3-----|

You're  	Walking   To improve your 	You're  	Walking    To improve your
sharpening 	on coals  business acumen	sharpening 	on coals   business acumen
stones 						stones 





Verse 2

E--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
B--------X--6-6-6-6--|--------X--6-6-6-6--|--------X--6-6-6-6--|-------------------|--------X--6-6-6-6--|--------X--6-6-6-6--|--------X--6-6-6-6-s-|
G--5--5--X--6-6-6-6--|--5--5--X--6-6-6-6--|--5--5--X--6-6-6-6--|--3--3--3--3---3-s-|--5--5--X--6-6-6-6--|--5--5--X--6-6-6-6--|--5--5--X--6-6-6-6-s-|
D--6--6--X--6-6-6-6--|--6--6--X--6-6-6-6--|--6--6--X--6-6-6-6--|--4--4--4--4---4-s-|--6--6--X--6-6-6-6--|--6--6--X--6-6-6-6--|--6--6--X--6-6-6-6-s-|
A--6--6--------------|--6--6--------------|--6--6--------------|--4--4--4--4---4-s-|--6--6--------------|--6--6--------------|--6--6---------------|
E--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|--2--2--2--2---4-s-|--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|--4--4---------------|

Vested Interest		 United ties	     Land of Gentry	  Rationalise	     Look who bought the Myth			Buy a jingle
	
									hit note (4b5)
									while bent
E--------------------|-------------------------------------|------2----------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|
B-s-8--8-8-X-6-6-6-6-|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------2-------------------------|----5----7b9-r7b9r7-----|
G-s-8--8-8-X-6-6-6-6-|--------4b5-(4b5)-4-2----------2-----|--4b5---(4b5)--4b5r4-p2---2--|-----2--4--4b----4b--2----------2---4--2-|-/6---6-----------------|
D-s-8--8-8-X-6-6-6-6-|-----------------------4--2--4-------|-----------------------4-----|--4---------------------4--2--4---4------|------------------------|
A---6--6-6---4-4-4-4-|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|
E--------------------|--0--2-------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|

Buy America

Play CHORUS again

Verse 3

E--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
B--------X--6-6-6-6--|--------X--6-6-6-6--|--------X--6-6-6-6--|-------------------|--------X--6-6-6-6--|--------X--6-6-6-6--|--------X--6-6-6-6-s-|
G--5--5--X--6-6-6-6--|--5--5--X--6-6-6-6--|--5--5--X--6-6-6-6--|--3--3--3--3---3-s-|--5--5--X--6-6-6-6--|--5--5--X--6-6-6-6--|--5--5--X--6-6-6-6-s-|
D--6--6--X--6-6-6-6--|--6--6--X--6-6-6-6--|--6--6--X--6-6-6-6--|--4--4--4--4---4-s-|--6--6--X--6-6-6-6--|--6--6--X--6-6-6-6--|--6--6--X--6-6-6-6-s-|
A--6--6--------------|--6--6--------------|--6--6--------------|--4--4--4--4---4-s-|--6--6--------------|--6--6--------------|--6--6---------------|
E--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|--2--2--2--2---4-s-|--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|--4--4---------------|

Enemy sighted		 Enemy met	   I'm addressing	the realpolotik	     Look who bought the myth			Buy a jingle





E--------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B-s-8--8-8-X-6-6-6-6-|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G-s-8--8-8-X-6-6-6-6-|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| guitar 1
D-s-8--8-8-X-6-6-6-6-|--5--5--5-5--5--5--5-5--5--5-5-s-|--8-8--8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-8-s-|--5-5--5--5-5--5--5--5-5--5--5-5-s-|
A---6--6-6---4-4-4-4-|--3--3--3-3--3--3--3-3--3--3-3-s-|--6-6--6--6--6-6--6--6-6--6--6-6-s-|--3-3--3--3-3--3--3--3-3--3--3-3-s-|
E--------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
		     |				       |				   |				       |
E--------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B--------------------|-----5-------5-------5-------5---|-------8-------8-------8-------8---|-------5-------5-------5-------5---|
G--------------------|-----5-------5-------5-------5---|-------8-------8-------8-------8---|-------5-------5-------5-------5---|  guitar 2
D--------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| (play as 
A--------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|  upstrokes)
E--------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

Buy America			  spoken quote:	     Let us not assasinate this man further than the truth,but you've done enough
											     but you've done enough, have you no

E-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D-8-8--8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-8-s--|-5-5--5--5-5--5--5--5-5--5--5-5-s-|-8-8--8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-8-s--|
A-6-6--6--6--6-6--6--6-6--6--6-6-s--|-3-3--3--3-3--3--3--3-3--3--3-3-s-|-6-6--6--6--6-6--6--6-6--6--6-6-s--|
E-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
				    |				       |				   |
sense of decency, sir, at long last 	have you left no sense of decency ?
				    |				       |				   |
E-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B----8----------8-------8-------8---|-------5-------5-------5-----5----|------8-------8-------8-------8----|
G----8----------8-------8-------8---|-------5-------5-------5-----5----|------8-------8-------8-------8----|
D-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

E--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G--10----------------|--8-----------------|--6-----------------|--4-----------------|
D--10----------------|--8-----------------|--6-----------------|--4-----------------|
A--8-----------------|--6-----------------|--4-----------------|--2-----------------|
E--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|



Verse 4

E--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------0----|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B--------X--4-4-4-4--|--------X--4-4-4-4--|--------X--4-4-4-4--|-------------0--|--------X--4-4-4-4--|--------X--4-4-4-4--|--------X--4-4-4-4--|
G--3--3--X--4-4-4-4--|--3--3--X--4-4-4-4--|--3--3--X--4-4-4-4--|----------------|--3--3--X--4-4-4-4--|--3--3--X--4-4-4-4--|--3--3--X--4-4-4-4--|
D--4--4--X--4-4-4-4--|--4--4--X--4-4-4-4--|--4--4--X--4-4-4-4--|--1--1--1-------|--4--4--X--4-4-4-4--|--4--4--X--4-4-4-4--|--4--4--------------|
A--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|--2--2--2-------|--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|
E--2--2--------------|--2--2--------------|--2--2--------------|--0--0--0-------|--2--2--------------|--2--2--------------|--2--2--------------|

You're sharpening stones Walking on coals  To improve your	Business acumens You're sharpening stones Walking on coals  To improve your 

E--------------------|
B-s-6--6-6-X-4-4-4-4-|
G-s-6--6-6-X-4-4-4-4-|
D-s-6--6-6-X-4-4-4-4-|
A-s-4--4-4-X-2-2-2-2-|
E--------------------|

Business acumens  

E--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------0-0--|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B--------X--4-4-4-4--|--------X--4-4-4-4--|--------X--4-4-4-4--|----------------|--------X--4-4-4-4--|--------X--4-4-4-4--|--------X--4-4-4-4--|
G--3--3--X--4-4-4-4--|--3--3--X--4-4-4-4--|--3--3--X--4-4-4-4--|----------------|--3--3--X--4-4-4-4--|--3--3--X--4-4-4-4--|--3--3--X--4-4-4-4--|
D--4--4--X--4-4-4-4--|--4--4--X--4-4-4-4--|--4--4--X--4-4-4-4--|--1--1--1-------|--4--4--X--4-4-4-4--|--4--4--X--4-4-4-4--|--4--4--X--4-4-4-4--|
A--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|--2--2--2-------|--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|
E--2--2--------------|--2--2--------------|--2--2--------------|--0--0--0-------|--2--2--------------|--2--2--------------|--2--2--------------|

Enemy sighted		 Enemy met	  I'm addressing        the realpolotik	  You've seen Stalin You've seen Dresden I always thought of you as 

E--------------------|
B-s-6--6-6-X-4-4-4-4-|
G-s-6--6-6-X-4-4-4-4-|
D-s-6--6-6-X-4-4-4-4-|
A-s-4--4-4-X-2-2-2-2-|
E--------------------|

quick

E--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------0----|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B--------X--4-4-4-4--|--------X--4-4-4-4--|--------X--4-4-4-4--|-------------0--|--------X--4-4-4-4--|--------X--4-4-4-4--|--------X--4-4-4-4--|
G--3--3--X--4-4-4-4--|--3--3--X--4-4-4-4--|--3--3--X--4-4-4-4--|----------------|--3--3--X--4-4-4-4--|--3--3--X--4-4-4-4--|--3--3--X--4-4-4-4--|
D--4--4--X--4-4-4-4--|--4--4--X--4-4-4-4--|--4--4--X--4-4-4-4--|--1--1--1-------|--4--4--X--4-4-4-4--|--4--4--X--4-4-4-4--|--4--4--X--4-4-4-4--|
A--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|--2--2--2-------|--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|--4--4--------------|
E--2--2--------------|--2--2--------------|--2--2--------------|--0--0--0-------|--2--2--------------|--2--2--------------|--2--2--------------|

Exhuming McCarthy			   Exhuming McCarthy			Exhuming McCarthy			  Exhuming 

E--------------------|--------------------|
B-s-6--6-6-X-4-4-4-4-|--------------------|
G-s-6--6-6-X-4-4-4-4-|--------------------|
D-s-6--6-6-X-4-4-4-4-|--4-----------------|
A-s-4--4-4-X-2-2-2-2-|--4-----------------|
E--------------------|--2-----------------|

McCarthy


Notes

	The main verse riff which centres around the G# and C# chords ( and later modulates down to F# and B) often has the C# chord (B chord) played as a double-
stop on the G and B strings, this gives it a more 'jangley' sound.

b - bend half a step
X - slight mute

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