Electrolite chords by
R.e.m. (Official Version)

1996Alternative2.7K views

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Key: G majorDifficulty: Easy

Intro 1

Verse 1

Your eyes are burning holes through me

I'm gasoline, I'm burnin' clean

Twentieth cen tury, go to sleep

You're pleistocene, that is obscene

Chorus 1
D6 
Am 
That is obscene, you are the star tonight
D6 
Am 
Your sun elec tric, outta sight
D6 
B7 
Your light eclipsed the moon tonight
Em 
G 
Am 
Em 
Elec trolite
G 
Am 
Em 
G 
D 
You're outta sight

Verse 2
G 
C6 
If I ev  er want to fly
G 
C6 
Mulholland Drive
G 
C6 
G 
C6 
I am alive
G 
C6 
Hollywood is under me
G 
C6 
I'm Martin Sheen
G 
C6 
G 
I'm Steve McQueen
C6 
I'm Jimmy Dean

Chorus 2
D6 
Am 
You are the star tonight
D6 
Am 
Your sun elec tric outta sight
D6 
B7 
Your light eclipsed the moon tonight
Em 
G 
Am 
Em 
Elec trolite
G 
Am 
Em 
You're outta sight
G 
D 
B7 
B7 

Solo 1

Verse 3
G 
C6 
If you ev  er want to fly
G 
C6 
Mulholland Drive
G 
C6 
G 
C6 
Up in the sky
G 
C6 
Stand on a cliff and look down there
G 
C6 
G 
C6 
G 
Don't be scared, you are alive
C6 
You are alive

Chorus 3
D6 
Am 
You are the star tonight
D6 
Am 
Your sun elec tric, outta sight
D6 
B7 
Your light eclipsed the moon tonight
Em 
G 
Am 
Em 
Elec trolite
G 
Am 
Em 
G 
D 
You're outta sight

Verse 4
G 
C6 
G 
C6 
Twentieth cen tury, go to sleep
G 
C6 
G 
C6 
Really deep, we won't blink
G 
C6 
Your eyes are burning holes through me
G 
C6 
G 
C6 
I'm not scared, I'm outta here
G 
C6 
G 
I'm not scared, I'm outta here

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsG C6 D6 Am B7...

Chords

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
C6: x-3-2-2-1-x
D6: x-x-0-2-0-2
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
B7: x-2-1-2-0-2
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
C: x-3-2-0-1-0

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

Most chord-change problems come from the strumming hand, not the fretting hand. The basic strumming course covers the patterns and timing that make any chord progression easier to play. Practice basic strumming

This is the definitive original version of Electrolite by R.E.M., transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of G major. It suits players who want to learn Electrolite the way R.E.M. intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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