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/ R.E.M. / New Adventures In Hi-Fi (1996) / New Test Leper guitar tab

NEW TEST LEPER

From: Daniel Longmire (yu176199@yorku.ca)

O.K., this should settle for once and for all the majority
of chords for "New Test Leper". Don't try to play it on an
electric (it just doesn't sound the same!)

Chords Used:

D: XX0232
A: X02220
G6:X55430
A*:X77650
Bm:X24432
Em:022000

Verse:

D   A   G6 (slide) A*
D   A   G6
D   A   G6 (slide) A*
D   A   G6

Chorus:

A   B   C#   D (like everyone else, I haven't figured out the riff yet).
A   G6

A   B   C#   D
A   G6

A   B   C#   D
A (hold)

Bridge:

I think it's:

Bm  A  D
Bm  A  D
A (hold)

Ends on Em.


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From:  David Wagner (102017.1777@CompuServe.COM)
  and  DaWhizz@aol.com


D       A          G    A
I can't say that I love Jesus
D          A           G
that would be a hollow claim.
D      A         G      A
He did make some observations
D       A            G
and I'm quoting them today.
D      A        G        A
"Judge not lest ye be judged."
D      A         G
what a beautiful refrain.
D      A         G     A
The studio audience disagrees.
D        A             G
Have his lambs all gone astray?


A B C# D   A         G
           Call me a leper
A B C# D   A         G
           Call me a leper
A B C# D   A         G
           Call me a leper
A B C# D


D        a        G       A
"You are lost and disillusioned!"
D        A             G
what an awful thing to say.
D      A          G       A
I know this show doesn't matter.
D         A         G
It means nothing to me.
D       A         G          A
I thought I might help them understand
D           A             G
but what an ugly thing to see.
D     A      G     A
"I am not an animal"
D         A         G
subtitled under the screen.



A B C# D   A         G
           Call me a leper
A B C# D   A         G
           Call me a leper
A B C# D   A         G
           Call me a leper
A B C# D


{Bridge}:  Bm  D
           Bm  D
           Bm  D  A


D      A        G       A
When I tried to tell my story
D               A          G
They cut me off to take a break.
D     A      G        A
I sat silent 5 commercials
D             A       G
I had nothing left to say
D             A        G        A
The talk show host was index-carded
D     A            G
All organized and blank
D         A           G           A
The other guests were scared and hardened
D      A   G
What a sad parade.

A B C# D
           What a sad parade
A B C# D   A         G
           Call me a leper
A B C# D   A         G
           Call me a leper
A B C# D   A         G
           Call me a leper



NEW TEST LEPER
David Wagner (wagner@mindspring.com)

try out these chords:
Dsus2: X57755
A    : XX7650
G    : XX5430
Bm   : X24432
C#m  : X46654
A(reg):X02220
intro/verse:
Dsus2  A  G (slide up to) A
Dsus2  A  G (hold)
(do as many times as it's played...)
chorus: 
(one beat for the first 4 chords; two for the final 2)  
A(reg) Bm C#m Dsus2 A G (3x)
A(reg) Bm C#m Dsus2 A (hold)
note that in the chorus, the second 'A' chord DOES NOT have '(reg)' behind it!


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NEW TEST LEPER
By Mauro Pelella (md2544@mclink.it)

D         A        G      ^ A
I can't say that I love Jesus
D              A        G
that would be a hollow claim.
D          A              G     ^A
He did make some observations
D              A            G
and I'm quoting them today.
D            A         G        ^A
"Judge not lest ye be judged."
D           A        G
what a beautiful refrain.
D           A           G    ^  A 
The studio audience disagrees.
 D              A                 G
Have his lambs all gone astray?

Bridge1: A/B-/A/D/D

   A          G        bridge1
Call me a leper
 A            G        bridge 1
Call me a leper
A              G       bridge1
Call me a leper


"You are lost and disillusioned!"
what an awful thing to say.
I know this show doesn't matter.
It means nothing to me.
I thought I might help them understand
but what an ugly thing to see.
"I am not an animal"
subtitled under the screen.

Call me a leper
Call me a leper
Call me a leper

bidge2:B-/B-/D/G/B-/B-/D/G/A

When I tried to tell my story
They cut me off to take a break.
I sat silent 5 commercuials
I had nothing left to say
The talk show host was index-carded
All organized and blank
The other guests were scared and hardened
What a sad parade.

What a sad parade

Call me a leper
Call me a leper
Call me a leper

Bridge 1 till the end....


Bridge 1 tab:
E
B         2            3              2              3
G         2            4              2        2    2
D     2            4             2         0
A  0           2             0         


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From: TIMOTHY ASH (t.ash@lancaster.ac.uk)

 Anyway, I have tabbed the little lead in from the verses to the chorus
for New Test Leper, and also the chords to strum over the tab. Here
goes.



------------------------------------------5----------0-------------0--------
-------2----------3----------5---------7-----------2---2---------2---2-----
----2----------2----------4----------------------2-------2-----0-------0----
------------------------------------0----------2----------------------------
-0----------2----------4-------------------------------------2--------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         chords to strum over the tab are....


 0 (an A)    0          0          2 (a D)      an A chord    a G chord    
 2           3          5          3
 2           2          4          2
 2           0          4          0 
 0           2          0          x
 0           x          x          x


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From: "William M. Quarles" (walrus@bellsouth.net)

Bridge correction

Bm   Bm7        D         G
Bm   Bm7        D         G         A


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R.E.M. albums
2004 Around the Sun
2001 Reveal
1998 Up
1996 New Adventures In Hi-Fi
1994 Monster
1992 Automatic For The People
1991 Out Of Time
1988 Green
1987 Eponymous
1983 Murmur
New Adventures In Hi-Fi tabs
01How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us tabbass tab
02The Wake-Up Bomb tabbass tab
03New Test Leper tabbass tab
04Undertow tabbass tab
05E-Bow The Letter tabbass tab
06Leave tabbass tab
07Departure tabbass tab
08Bittersweet Me tabbass tab
09Be Mine tabbass tab
10Binky The Doormat tabbass tab
11Zither tabbass tab
12So Fast, So Numb tabbass tab
13Low Desert tabbass tab
14Electrolite tabbass tab

 

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