OUT OF TIME: COUNTRY FEEDBACK

Michael Stipe has often said that this is his favorite song.  When they played it live, which was often, the song  usually morphed into a 7 to 10 minute epic with Peter Buck wailing away over the ending.  Surprisingly the album version is really only a 4 minute repeat of five chords and relatively few lyrics.  Below adheres closely to the published lyric sheet, but I have one issue.  I believe in the recording Michael is saying "Loose clothes don't fit us right."  In translation to lyric sheets, I don't think the error was caught.  I know Michael's accent can make "These" sound like "Loose" a little bit, but to my ears he is not saying "These."  However, I am pressed to go with the official version as it is all that he used after recording ...
  For my money, this is a bit of a downer ... but perhaps that's the point.

COUNTRY FEEDBACK

1, 2, 3, 4

This flower is scorched, this film is on,
On a maddening loop
These clothes …
These clothes don't fit us right
And I'm to blame
It's all the same
It's all the same

You come to me with a bone in your hand
You come to me with your hair curled tight
You come to me with positions
You come to me with excuses
Ducked out in a row
You wear me out
You wear me out

We've been through fake a breakdown
Self hurt
Plastics, collections
Self help, self pain,
EST, psychics, fuck all
I was central
I had control
I lost my head
I need this
I need this

A paper weight, a junk garage
Winter rain, a honey pot
Crazy, all the lovers have been tagged
Hotline, a wanted ad
Crazy what you could've had

It's crazy what you could've had
It's crazy what you could've had
I need this
I need this

It's crazy what you could've had
Crazy what you could've had
I need it
I need this

It's crazy what you could've had
It's crazy what you could've had
I need this
I … I need this

It's crazy what you could've had
I need this
I need this

It's crazy what you could've had
Crazy what you could've had
I need this
I need this

Crazy what you could've had

Crazy what you could've had

  This is actually a pretty simple song chord-wise, the strum is really basic.  Live performances have added more picking to the chords, but the recording is basically 1 long lead and a bit of slide.  I was avoiding this because of the lead, but now that I'm finished I must admit it was very enjoyable!  Don't be intimidated by the length ... it's really just doodling in the same formations over and over ... 

COUNTRY FEEDBACK

Strum

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B|-0---3---3---1---3---3---0---|

G|-0---0---2---0---0---2---0---|

D|-2---0---0---2---0---0---2---|

A|-2---2-------3---2-------3---|

E|-0---3-------0---3-------0---|

Slide Intro

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G|-------------------6>9<7------------|

D|------------------------------------|

A|------------------------------------|

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Lead

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B|---15-13-15-13-0--------0-5-|

G|----------------------------|

D|----------------------------|

A|----------------------------|

E|----------------------------|

“These clothes don’t …”

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A|-----------------------------------|

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“You come to me …”

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B|-------------------------0-7-5-|

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“You come to me with excuses …”

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“We’ve been through …”

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“A paperweight …”

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“It’s crazy …”

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