R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine): chords

G                               Cmaj7
That's great, it starts with an earthquake,
                     G
birds and snakes, an aeroplane -
              Cmaj7
Lenny Bruce is not afraid.
G
Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn
Cmaj7
world serves its own needs,
don't misserve your own needs.
  G
Speed it up a knock, speed,
grunt, no, strength no.
Cmaj7
Ladder starts to clatter
with fear of height, down height.
A#
Wire in a fire, representing seven games
     Am
in a government for hire and a combat site.

Left of west and coming in a hurry
With the Furies breathing down your neck
Team by team, reporters baffled,
trumped, tethered, cropped
Look at that low plane, fine, then
Uh oh, overflow, population, common food
But it'll do, save yourself, serve yourself.
World serves its own needs,
listen to your heart bleed
Tell me with the Rapture
and the reverent in the right, right
You vitriolic, patriotic,
slam fight, bright light
Feeling pretty psyched

Chorus:
         G           D            Am
It's the end of the world as we know it
         G           D            Am
It's the end of the world as we know it
         G           D            Am
It's the end of the world as we know it
            C
and I feel fine

Six o'clock, TV hour,
don't get caught in foreign tower
Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn
Lock him in uniform,
book burning, blood letting
Every motive escalate, automotive incinerate
Light a candle, light a votive,
step down, step down
Watch your heel crush, crushed, uh-oh
This means no fear,
cavalier renegade and steering clear
A tournament, a tournament,
a tournament of lies
Offer me solutions,
offer me alternatives, and I decline

Chorus

G        Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G F
 I feel fine

Chorus

G
The other night I dreamed of knives,
continental drift divide.
      Cmaj7
Mountains sit in a line, Leonard Bernstein.
G
Leonid Breshnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs.
Cmaj7
Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom!
     A#                                    Am
You symbiotic, patriotic, slam, but neck, right?
Right.

Chorus - x4