Begin the Begin — R.E.M.
Chords and lyrics for Begin the Begin by R.E.M. (key of D).
Intro
[D] [F#]
Verse 1
I'm going to go to the
birdie in the hand,
born [A]in life's rich demand,
[F#m7]the insurgency [B/D#][E]began
and you missed [F#]it.
[G]I [F#]looked for you and I [F#7]found [A]it.
Miles Stans Brown,
[B/D#][E]congratulate me.
Verse 2
[F#][B]The lander's [D]thigh
murder shoot.
The [F#maj7]lives rich demand
create supply [A]in the hand
of [E]the powers.
The only both matters.
Chorus
[F#maj7] [D]
Silence [F#maj7]means security, silence means approval.
All who [A]see this on the TV, tiger run around the tree,
[B/D#]follow [E]the leader, run to turn into butter.
[F#]Let's [Bm][D]begin again.
Begin the begin.
Let's [F#maj7]begin again.
Verse 3
Like [A]Martin Luther's
and the mythology [B/D#][E]begins again.
[F#]I answer [G][F#maj7]me a question.
I can't out of my eyes.
I can't [F#m7/A]think clearly to me for [A]reason.
It's not there.
[E]I can't even run.
Verse 4
The lander's [F#][D]thigh
murder shoot.
Interlude
[F] [G] [Em] [G] [Cmaj7] [C#] [G#m] [F#m/C#] [C#]
Verse 5
The birdie in the hand,
[F#]
born in life's rich demand no longer.
The lander's thigh
On the lander's thigh
murder shoot.
hand for life's [F#m7/A]rich demand the insurgency [B]began [E]and he [F#maj7]was still
still I [Dm][F#]looked for it and I found [F#m7/A]it my outstanding sprout
Outro
[B] [F#] [B/F#] [D]
icle
tissue. let's [F]begin again [Bm7]and
[Fmaj7] [E/G#] [F] [B] [F] [G] [F] [G] [Dm/F]