7 Chords used in the song: E, F, Am, G, Em, Dm, C
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Intro-
A|------------5-7-5-----------------------|
E|------------------5---------------------| F
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
A|-----------7-5-7-5----------------------|
E|------------------5---------------------| Am
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
A|-----------7-5-7-5----------------------|
E|------------------5---------------------| F
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
A|-----------7-5-7-5----------------------|
E|------------------5---------------------| Am
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
G Am
Oh, life is bigger
Em
It's bigger
Am
Than you and you are not me
Em
The lengths that I will go to
Am
The distance in your eyes
Em Dm
Oh no, I've said too much
G
I set it up
Am
That's me in the corner
Em
That's me in the spotlight
Am
Losing my religion
Em
Trying to keep up with you
Am
And I don't know if I can do it
Em Dm
Oh no, I've said too much
G
I haven't said enough
F
I thought that I heard you laughing
Dm G Am
I thought that I heard you sing
F Dm G Am
I think I thought I saw you try
G Am
Every whisper
Em
Of every waking hour
Am
I'm choosing my confessions
Em
Trying to keep an eye on you
Am
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool
Em Dm
Oh no, I've said too much
G
I set it up
Am
Consider this
Am
Consider this
Em
The hint of the century
Am
Consider this
Am
The slip that brought me
Em
To my knees failed
Am
What if all these fantasies
Em
Come flailing around
Dm G
Now I've said too much
F
I thought that I heard you laughing
Dm G Am
I thought that I heard you sing
F Dm G Am
I think I thought I saw you try
C Dm
But that was just a dream
C Dm
That was just a dream
Am
That's me in the corner
Em
That's me in the spotlight
Am
Losing my religion
Em
Trying to keep up with you
Am
And I don't know if I can do it
Em Dm
Oh no, I've said too much
G
I haven't said enough
G F
I thought that I heard you laughing
Dm G Am
I thought that I heard you sing
F Dm G Am
I think I thought I saw you try
F Dm G
But that was just a dream
Am
Try, cry
Am
Why try?
F Dm G Am G
That was just a dream, just a dream, just a dream
Dream
Ending-
A|--7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------|
E|------------------8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-------| x3
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
A|--7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5---7-5-----5-----------|
E|------------------------8-5---8-5-8-----| Am
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
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About this song: Losing My Religion
In the liner notes of 'In Time: The Best of R.E.M.' (2003) Peter Buck says that one can divide R.E.M.'s career with this song. Before the release of Losing My Religion, R.E.M. had mostly a cult following, after the release they became one of the biggest rock bands of the 90's.'Losing My Religion' is a term from the American South that means being at wits' end.It was the first song with a mandolin to reach #1 since Rod Stewart's 'Maggie May' in 1971. Read more on Last.fm.