Its The End Of The World As We Know It And I Feel Fine - R.E.M.


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That's great, 

              
it starts with

              
 an earthquake

 
,
              
birds and snak

              
es, an airplan

             
e - Lenny Bruc

              
e is not afrai

              
d. 

Eye of a hurri

cane, listen t

o yourself chu

rn

world serves i

ts own needs, 

don't misserve

 your own need

s. 

Feed it up a k

nock, speed, g

runt no, stren

gth no. 

Ladder structu

re clatter wit

h fear of heig

ht, down heigh

t. 

Wire in a fire

, represent th

e seven games
     
in a governmen

t for hire and

 a combat site

.
 
 
             
Left her, wasn

              
't coming in a

              
 hurry with th

              
e furies breat

              
hing down your

                 
 neck.
             
Team by team r

         
eporters baffl

ed, trump, tet

hered crop. 
             
Look at that l


ow plane!  Fin

e then. 
             
Uh oh, overflo

              
w, population,

              
 common group,

              
 but it'll do.

               
 
 
Save yourself, serve yourself. 
              
World serves i

           
ts own needs, 

listen to your

 heart bleed. 
              
Tell me with t

           
he rapture and


 the reverent 

in the right -

 right. 
            
You vitriolic,

              
 patriotic, sl

              
am, fight, bri

              
ght light, fee

           
ling pretty ps

yched.
 
Chorus:
             G (1)        Dsus2 (1)   Am (2)
It's the end of the world as we know it
             G (1)        Dsus2 (1)   Am (2)
It's the end of the world as we know it
             G (1)        Dsus2 (1)   Am (2)                 C (4)
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine
 
 

Six o'clock - 

TV hour.  Don'

t get caught i

n foreign towe

r. 

Slash and burn

, return, list

en to yourself

 churn. 

Lock him in un

iform and book

 burning, bloo

d letting. 

Every motive e

scalate.  Auto

motive inciner

ate. 

Light a candle

, light a moti

ve.  Step down

, step down. 

Watch a heel c

rush, crush. 
              
Uh oh, this me

              
ans no fear - 


cavalier.  Ren

egade and stee

r clear!

   A tournamen

t, a tournamen

t, a tournamen

t of lies. 
            
Offer me solut

              
ions, offer me

              
 alternatives 

                     
and I decline.
 
             G (1)        Dsus2 (1)   Am (2)
It's the end of the world as we know it
             G (1)        Dsus2 (1)   Am (2)
It's the end of the world as we know it
             G (1)        Dsus2 (1)   Am (2)              C (2)
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine
G (2)      Cmaj7 (2)     G (2)    Cmaj7 (2)   G (2)    F (4)
    I feel fine
 
Chorus
 

The other nigh

t I tripped a 

nice continent

al drift divid

e.

Mount St. Edel

ite.  Leonard 

Bernstein. 
 
Leonid Breshne

v, Lenny Bruce

 and Lester Ba

ngs.

Birthday party

, cheesecake, 

jellybean, boo

m! 
            
You symbiotic,

              
 patriotic, sl

              
am, but neck, 

                 
right?  Right.
 
Chorus
 
G (4)
 
Chorus x3  End on G

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