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Losing My Religion
REM
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00:00 Song Demo
01:46 Lesson Intro
02:24 Intro: Chords
04:25 Intro: Strumming Pattern
05:46 Intro: Putting it together
10:28 Verse: Chords
11:55 Verse: Strumming Pattern
12:59 Verse: Demo
14:22 Bridge: Chords
16:20 Bridge: Demo
16:43 Bridge: Explanation
18:38 Strumming Tips!!
19:33 Instrumental Riff
25:17 Outro Riff
27:51 Lesson Outro

It's not WHAT you strum...

...But HOW you strum it!

Not sure what to strum for these songs?

How do you come up with strumming patterns?

Fed up strumming D DU UDU all the time?

You need to LEVEL UP YOUR STRUMMING!

[INTRO]

 

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[VERSE 1]

 

   Am             

Oh, life is bigger

Em  

  It's bigger than you

           Am

And you are not me.

                        Em

The lengths that I will go to,

                     Am   

The distance in your eyes,

Em                     Dm

  Oh no, I've said too much,

        G

I set it up.

 

[CHORUS]

 

                 Am

That's me in the corner,

                 Em

That's me in the spotlight

           Am

Losing my religion.

         Em

Trying to keep up with you.

     Am                          Em

And I don't know if I can do it.

                     Dm

Oh no, I've said too much,

                G

I haven't said enough.

 

[BRIDGE]

 

                            F

I thought that I heard you laughing,

    Dm             G        Am   G/B   C   Dsus2

I thought that I heard you sing.

     F               Dm   G  Am    G

I  think I thought I saw you try.

 

 

[VERSE 2]

 

          Am                   Em

Every whisper of every waking hour

                   Am

I'm choosing my confessions,

          Em

Trying to keep an eye on you

       Am                                 Em

Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool

                     Dm

Oh no, I've said too much,

         G

I set it up.

 

[VERSE 3]

 

         Am

Consider this, consider this,

    Em

The hint of a century,

         Am

Consider this: the slip

     Em

That brought me to my knees failed.

Am

What if all these fantasies

     Em

Come    flailing around?

         Dm       G

Now I've said too much.

 

 

 

 

[BRIDGE]

 

                            F

I thought that I heard you laughing,

    Dm             G        Am   G/B   C   Dsus2

I thought that I heard you sing.

     F               Dm   G   Am   G

I  think I thought I saw you try.

 

 

[INTERLUDE]

 

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[CHORUS]

 

                 Am

That's me in the corner,

                 Em

That's me in the spotlight

            Am

Losing my religion.

          Em

Trying to keep up with you.

      Am                           Em

And I don't know if I can do it.

                     Dm

Oh no, I've said too much,

                G

I haven't said enough.

 

 

[BRIDGE]

 

                            F

I thought that I heard you laughing,

    Dm             G        Am   G/B   C   Dsus2

I thought that I heard you sing.

     F               Dm   G  Am    G

I  think I thought I saw you try.

    F               Dm   G

But that was just a dream,

Am   G/B     C    Dsus2   

Try, cry,   why,   try.

F                      Dm  G     Am            G

That was just a dream,    just a dream, just a dream, dream.

 

[OUTRO]

 

   Am                     

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