The Outsiders by R.E.M.





Intro: Em D Em







Em                 D                   Em                              

You took me to the restaurant where we first met   

Em            D            Em           

You knocked a future shock crowbar upside my head       







Em                    D          G          Am         Em

I got caught with the stop of the tick-tock, tick-tock clock

                      

                D        Em                                               

When you told me what you knew                                            

    

Em          D                                                            

Lost in the moment                                 

       

    G           Am     Em                                                 

The day that the music stopped 

               

         D      Em

And I do remember you 





C                                   D

Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth     

G         D        Em               

Promising volcanic change of plot                                     

C                             D     

Where will this lead us - I'm scared of the storm                           

    Em            D            Em

The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born 



(Chords are the same as 1st verse)

 

I tried to tell you I am not afraid                                     

You looked up and saw it all across my face            

So am I with you or am I against                             

I don't think it's that easy - we're lost in regret



Now I'm trying to remember

The feeling when the music stopped                   

When you told me what you knew              

Lost in the moment                                                          

The day that the music stopped 

And I do remember you 



                                                                            

Drawing patterns with  cork on the tablecloth

                                 

Promising volcanic change of plot                     

Where does this leave us - I'm scared of the storm     

The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born    





Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth                      

Promising volcanic change of plot                       

Where does this leave us - I'm scared of the storm         

The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born   



    Em            D            Em

The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born 

    Em            D            Em

The outsiders are gathering 





Chords for the rap: Em D G Am



RAP



A man walks away when every muscle says to stay 

How many yesterdays - they each weigh heavy 

Who says what changes may come? 

Who says what we call home? 

I know you see right through me, my luminescence fades 

The dusk provides an antidote, I am not afraid 

I've been a million times in my mind 

This is really just a technicality, frailty, reality 



Uh, it's time to breathe, time to believe 

Let it go and run towards the sea 

They don't teach that, they don't know what you mean 

They don't understand, they don't know what you mean 

They don't get it, I wanna scream 

I wanna breathe again, I wanna dream 

I wanna float a quote from Martin Luther King 

I am not afraid 

I am not afraid 

I am not afraid 



I am not afraid 

I am not afraid 

I am not afraid 

I am not afraid



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