Losing My Religion Mandolin tab

Losing My Religion Mandolin

Losing My Religion Mandolin Tab by R.E.M.
Tabbed by Mike Shaheen

I spent hours watching live videos and tutorials to put this together.
This is very detailed and will take you through every step of the song.
I did my best to make this 110% accurate.
This looks complicated but it's the first mandolin song I learned
and really easy once you get ahold of the strumming.
The type of chords used require minimal finger movement.

Key:
First row is chords, second row is strum pattern, below those are the chord diagrams and tabs
D downstrum
U upstrum
lowercase (x) muted chuck
(/) slide up

Chords used:
  F   Am  G   Dm  Em/B or Em 3 finger, which is fuller and more accurate, but harder to use.
|-1-|-0-|-3-|-1-|-0-|-0-|
|-0-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-2-|
|-3-|-2-|-0-|-0-|-2-|-5-|
|-5-|-5-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-4-|

          F                             Am

          D x  UDU  x U   UDU           D x  UDU  x U   UDU
e---0----|1---1-1-1---1--1-1-1|---0----|0---0-0-0---0--0-0-0|===0====|
a=5===5=0|0===0=0=0===0==0=0=0|=5===5=0|0===0=0=0===0==0=0=0|=5===5=0|
d--------|3---3-3-3---3--3-3-3|--------|2---2-2-2---2--2-2-2|--------|
g========|5===5=5=5===5==5=5=5|========|5===5=5=5===5==5=5=5|--------|

  F                              Am          G

  D x  UDU  x U   UDU            D  D  DU  x D
e-1---1-1-1---1--1-1-1|---0----|-0--0--0-0-|-3-|
a=0===0=0=0===0==0=0=0|=5===5=0|=0==0==0=0=|=2=|
d-3---3-3-3---3--3-3-3|--------|-2--2--2-2-|-0-|
g=5===5=5=5===5==5=5=5|========|=5==5==5=5=|=0=|

Bridge:
e---------------|
a=======0=======|
d---0-2---5-2-0-|
g=0=============|

Verse: PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THESE (you will make slight finger adjustments, but it's really easy).

  Am                                  Em

  DUDU       DUDU    UDU    DUDU       DUDU      DUDU    UDU   DUDU                                   
e-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0| |-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-2|
a=0=0=0=0==0=0=0=0==0=0=0==0=0=0=0| |=2=2=2=2==0=2=0=2==2=2=2==0=2=2=2| 
d-2-2-2-2--0-2-0-2--2-2-2--0-2-2-2| |-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2|  
g=5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5| |=0=0=0=0==0=0=0-0-=0=0=0==0=0=0=0|

(play that three times, then)

  Dm                     G        
           
  D x UDU x UU  x UDU c  D x UDU x U
e-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-1-|-3--3-3-3--3|
a=0==0=0=0==0=0==0=0=0=|=2==2=2=2==2|
d-0--0-0=0--0-0--0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0|
g=2==2=2=2==2=2==2=2=2=|=0==0=0=0==0|

The rest of the song follows this order
(Bridge)
-Verse-
Chorus
(Bridge)
-Verse-
(Bridge)
-Verse-
Chorus

Then the Solo:
e-----------------------------------------|
a=3/7=7=7===5=5=5=5=5===3=3=3===0=0=0=0=0=|

e---------------------------------------|
a=7=7=7===5=5=5=5=5===3=3=3===0=0=0=0=0=|

e---------------------------------------|
a=7=7=7===5=5=5=5=5===3=3=3===0=0=0=0=0=|

e---------------------------------0-----|
a=7=7=7===5=5=5=5=5===3=3=3===0=5===5=0=|

-Verse-
Chorus x2 (play the full Am staff and skip the G, starting over at F.
-Sounds confusing but it's the chorus repeated twice at the end of the song,
so listen if you get stuck)
(Bridge)

Outro: When performed live, the last 7 in each measure is replaced with a 5.
Easier to count & sounds better
e-----------------|
a=7=7=7=7=7=7=7=7=|

Play that 7 times, then

Run:
e-------------------|
a=7=5=3=0=5=3=0=3=0=|

One last note, if you want a fuller sound on the gap in the chorus, you may replace
the open e with the 7th fret on the A string |a=5=7=5=0|

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