Boy In The Well by R.E.M.
Key: EmEm | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


 
Intro: Em	F#
Em	F#
 
Em		       F#
Look at this, it's me, walking away.
D		      C
Look at you drowning, on display. 
Em			    F#
Every time I've dropped by, I've tried to say
D
The water is rising.
    C
You don't want to stay.
 
Em			       Bm		       D
It's that sinking feeling. you know what it's bringing on.
C
You might as well say it,
Em
I see it, I feel it.
Bm		   D
This town is going wrong.
C	      Am
It's turning away.
 
G		 A#		 C
You wanted me to be someone that I could never be
G		   A#	    C
My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed
     G
It's beautiful
A#		     C	     A#	Am
I'd like for them to take me on ...
 
Em
The track mall gang went off
F#		       D
On the Tennessee goth. a lunar moth, 
    C
You chrysalis and flail.
Em			 F#
The water is rising. you try to rappel. 
D			C
A rousing cheer for the boy in the well. 
 
Em			       Bm		       D
It's that sinking feeling. you know what it's bringing on.
C
You might as well say it, 
Em
I see it, I feel it. 
Bm		   D
This town is going wrong. 
     C	      Am
It's turning away.
 
G		 A#		 C
You wanted me to be someone that I could never be
G		   A#	    C
My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed
     G
It's beautiful
    A#		     C	     A#	Am
I'd like for them to take me on ...
 
D	C
D	C
D	C
A#	Am
 
Em
Here is where I look back. 
F#
Here is where you fell. 
D
This is where I got up,
C
Shaking off my tail 
Em
This is where your rope trick
F#
Started to look stale. 
  D			 C
A greyhound pass for the boy in the well. 
 
Em
It's that sinking feeling 
Bm			    D
You know what it's bringing on
C
I might as well say it.
Em
I see it, I feel it
Bm		   D
This town is going wrong.
C	      Am
It's turning away.
 
G		 A#		 C
You wanted me to be someone that I could never be
G		   A#	    C
My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed
     G
It's beautiful
    A#		     C	     A#	Am
I'd like for them to take me on
 
G		 A#		 C
You wanted me to be someone that I could never be
G		   A#	    C
My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed
     G
It's beautiful
    A#		     C	     A#	Am
I'd like for them to take me on