Half A World Away - R.E.M.

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[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

            
This could be 

             
the saddest du

             
sk I've ever s

   
een
           
   Turn to a m

            
iracle,     hi

          
gh alive
          
My mind is rac

             
ing,     as it

              
 always will
            
My hands tired

     
, my heart ach

es
             
I'm half a wor

         
ld away   here

   
  in my   head


[Chorus]

         
Sworn to go it

 alone, and ho

ld it along
          
Haul it along 

           
   and hold it
             
Go it alone, a

              
nd hold it alo

        
ng   Oh.......

   
......


[Verse 2]

   
Oh,       lone

            
ly deep sit ho

       
llow
            
I'm half a wor

            
ld, half a wor

     
ld away
             
My shoes are g

     
one,          

          
my life spent
             
I've had too m

              
uch to drink
            
I didn't think

            
, I didn't thi

       
nk of you
             
I guess that's

      
 all      I  n

 
eed-ed


[Chorus]

   
To go it alone

, and hold it 

along
          
Haul it along 

           
   and hold it
             
Blackbirds, ba

              
ckwards, forwa

              
rds and fall  

      
Oh............

.


[Verse 3]

   
Oh,      this 

             
lonely world i

          
s wasted
            
Pathetic eyes,

      
 high alive
             
Blind to the t

   
ide       that

             
 turns the sea
             
The storm it c

               
ame up strong
            
It shook the t

            
rees and blew 

          
away our fear
            
I couldn't eve

   
n     hear


[Chorus]

   
To go it alone

, and hold it 

along
          
Haul it along 

           
   and hold it
             
Go it alone, a

              
nd hold it alo

        
ng   Oh.......

   
......


Go it alone, a

nd hold it alo

ng
          
Haul it along 

           
   and hold it
             
Blackbirds, ba

              
ckwards, forwa

              
rds and fall  

      
Oh............

.


[Verse 4]

   
Oh,           

             
this could be 

             
the saddest du

    
sk
            
I've ever seen

            
     turn to a

           
 miracle,     

   
     high aliv


e
           
My mind is rac

        
ing,        as

    
 it al - ways 

will
            
My hands tired

     
, my heart ach

es
             
I'm half a wor

   
ld    a  -  wa

       
y to go

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