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Losing My Religion

Losing My Religion is a song by the band R.E.M., released as the lead single from their seventh studio album, Out of Time, in 1991. The phrase losing my religion is a saying from the Southern United States that means losing ones temper or becoming frustrated. Michael Stipe mentioned that the song was written about an unrequited romantic obsession and features a distinctive mandolin arrangement. The song became one of the bands most popular, achie ... ving worldwide hit status and solidifying the band in the mainstream. See more [+]

Key: Em

Introduction:  C   D   Em   Em/B   C   D   Em   D9  

           Em 
Oh, life is bigger
 Bm 
      It' s bigger than you
                           Em 
And you are not me
                                                   Bm 
The lengths that I will go to
                                               Em 
The distance in your eyes
 Bm                                             Am 
      Oh, no I' ve said too much
                   D9 
I set it up
                                     Em 
That' s me in the corner
                                       Bm 
That' s me in the spot light
                           Em 
Losing my religion
                       Bm 
Trying to keep up with you
               Em 
And I don' t know if I can do it
 Bm                                             Am 
      Oh no, I' ve said too much
                                   D9 
I haven' t said enough
                                                         C 
I thought that I heard you laughing
                                     D                 Em     Em/B 
I thought that I heard you sing
         C                                       D       Em   D9 
I think I thought I saw you try
                       Em 
Every whisper
                                   Bm 
Of every waking hour
                                         Em 
I' m choosing my confessions
                       Bm 
Trying to keep an eye on you
                 Em 
Like a hurt, lost and blinded fool, fool
 Bm                                             Am 
      Oh, no I' ve said too much
                   D9 
I set it up
                       Em 
Consider this, consider this
           Bm 
The hint of the century
                       Em 
Consider this
                                 Bm 
The slip that brought me
To my knees failed
   Em 
What if all these fantasies
           Bm 
Come       flailing around
                     Am             D9 
Now I' ve said too much
                                                         C 
I thought that I heard you laughing
                                     D                 Em     Em/B 
I thought that I heard you sing
         C                                       D       Em   D9 
I think I thought I saw you try
             G                             A9 
But that was just a dream
     G                             A9 
That was just a dream
                                     Em 
That' s me in the corner
                                       Bm 
That' s me in the spot light
                           Em 
Losing my religion
                       Bm 
Trying to keep up with you
               Em 
And I don' t know if I can do it
 Bm                                             Am 
      Oh, no I' ve said too much
                                   D9 
I haven' t said enough
                                                         C 
I thought that I heard you laughing
         D                                             Em     Em/B 
I thought that I heard you sing
         C                                       D       Em   Em/B 
I think I thought I saw you try
             C                                     D 
But that was just a dream
     Em                             Em/B 
Try, cry, why, try
     C 
That was just a dream
   D             Em                       D9                 Em/B 
Just a dream, just a dream, dream

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