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

PREFACE: THIS IS FOR A MANODLIN/TENOR GUITAR TUNING, from low to high GDAE.

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 a hold 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   
|-1-|-0-|-3-|-
|-0-|-0-|-2-|-
|-3-|-2-|-0-|-
|-5-|-5-|-0-|-

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


           F                             Am

           D x
e|---0----|1--
a|-5---5-0|0--
d|--------|3--
g|--------|5--

  UDU  x U   U
-1-1-1---1--1-
-0-0-0---0--0-
-3-3-3---3--3-
-5-5-5---5--5-

DU           D
1-1|---0----|0
0-0|-5---5-0|0
3-3|--------|2
5-5|--------|5

 x  UDU  x U  
---0-0-0---0--
---0-0-0---0--
---2-2-2---2--
---5-5-5---5--

 UDU
0-0-0|---0----
0-0-0|-5---5-0
2-2-2|--------
5-5-5|--------

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   F                              Am          G

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

 U   UDU      
-1--1-1-1|---0
-0--0-0-0|-5--
-3--3-3-3|----
-5--5-5-5|----

      D  D  DU
----|-0--0--0-
-5-0|-0--0--0-
----|-2--2--2-
----|-5--5--5-

  x D
0-|-3-|
0-|-2-|
2-|-0-|
5-|-0-|


[Bridge]

e|------------
a|-------0----
d|---0-2---5-2
g|-5----------

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-0-|
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[Verse] PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THESE (you will make slight finger adjustments, but it's really easy).

   Am                                  Em

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

DUDU    UDU   
0-0-0--0-0-0--
0-0-0--0-0-0--
2-0-2--2-2-2--
5-5-5--5-5-5--

 DUDU       DU
0-0-0-0| |-0-0
0-0-0-0| |-2-2
0-2-2-2| |-2-2
5-5-5-5| |-0-0

DU      DUDU  
-0-0--0-0-0-0-
-2-2--0-2-0-2-
-2-2--2-2-2-2-
-0-0--0-0-0-0-

  UDU   DUDU
-0-0-0--0-0-0-
-2-2-2--0-2-2-
-2-2-2--2-2-2-
-0-0-0--0-0-0-

2|
2|
2|
0|


(play that three times, then)

   Dm                     G

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

U  x UDU c  D 
-1--1-1-1-|-3-
-0--0-0-0-|-2-
-0--0-0-0-|-0-
-2--2-2-2-|-0-

x UDU x U
-3-3-3--3|
-2-2-2--2|
-0-0-0--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|-0-0-0-0---0
a|-3/7-7-7---5
d|------------
g|------------

-0-0-0-0---0-0
-5-5-5-5---3-3
--------------
--------------

-0---0-0-0-0-0
-3---0-0-0-0-0
--------------
--------------

-|
-|
-|
-|

e|-0-0-0---0-0
a|-7-7-7---5-5
d|------------
g|------------

-0-0-0---0-0-0
-5-5-5---3-3-3
--------------
--------------

---0-0-0-0-0-|
---0-0-0-0-0-|
-------------|
-------------|

e|-0-0-0---0-0
a|-7-7-7---5-5
d|------------
g|------------

-0-0-0---0-0-0
-5-5-5---3-3-3
--------------
--------------

---0-0-0-0-0-|
---0-0-0-0-0-|
-------------|
-------------|

e|-0-0-0---0-0
a|-7-7-7---5-5
d|------------
g|------------

-0-0-0---0-0-0
-5-5-5---3-3-3
--------------
--------------

-------0-----|
---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|-0-0-0-0-0-0
a|-7-7-7-7-7-7
d|------------
g|------------

-0-0-|
-7-7-|
-----|
-----|


Play that 7 times, then

Run:
e|-0-0-0-0-0-0
a|-7-5-3-0-5-3
d|------------
g|------------

-0-0-0-|
-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-|