#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # # For the latest collection of R.E.M. chords & tab, go to # http://www.uark.edu/~cbray/rem/ # # If you have any corrections or additions to this file, please email them # to cbray@comp.uark.edu # OLD MAN KENSEY first four measures (on bass, if posssible): B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A |----------------|------2h3--h4---|----------------|------4h5--p4---| S |2----------0----|2---------------|2-----------0---|2---------------| S |------3---------|----------------|------3---------|----------------| | | e(1) |----------------| B(2) |----------------| G(3) |----------------| D(4) |----------------| A(5) |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| E(6) |----------------| then the guitar repeats this a few times: e|| ----------------| |----------------|---------------- || B|| ----------------| |------4-------2-|2--------------- || G||.----------------| |----------------|----------------.|| D||.----------------| |----------------|----------------.|| A|| 0h2-------------|2-0---2-5-4-----2-0h|2---------------|--------------0- || E|| \______________/ slide ^ up from 4 |----------------|---------------- || the verse riff is: e|| ---------------- || B|| ---------------- || G||.----4-------4---.|| D||.--4-------4---4-.|| A|| 2--------------- || E|| ------3--------- || the chorus riff is: _________________ _________________ |1st, 2nd, 3rd |last e|| ----------------|---------------- ||0---------------| B|| ----------------|---------------- ||0---------------| G||.----------0-----|--0-----0-----0-.||2---------------| D||.------4-----4---|----2-----2-----.||2---------------| A|| ----2---------2-|------2-----2--- ||----------------| E|| 0---------------|0--------------- ||----------------| the bridge is like this: e|----------------|----------------|----------------|------0---------| B|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|0---------0-----| G|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----1-----1-----|--1---------1---| D|--4---------4---|--4---------4---|--2---------2---|----2---------2-| A|--------------4-|--------------4-|--------------2-|----------------| E|2---------------|2---------------|0---------------|----------------| Old Man Kensey wants to be a sign painter First he's got to learn to read He's gonna be a clown on TV Flags at his elbow, time to breathe That's my folly, I believe Drink up the lake Kensey's awake That's my folly, that's my mistake Old Man Kensey wants to be a goalie First he's got to learn to count He's gonna be a clown on a circus mount Letters to be signed in sopped-up tar Kensey's going far John, Bill and Ed, stand on your head That's my folly, I'm ready to go Old Man Kensey wants to be a dog catcher First he's got to learn to stand He's gonna be a clown in a marching band Letters to be signed ransom greed That's my folly, I believe Drink up the lake, John, Bill and Ed, That's my folly, that's my mistake Kensey's awake, stand on your head That's my folly, I'm ready to go