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Did You Know? Imitation Of Life was this first single from REM's 12th studio album 'Reveal'. The music video is made out of a 20 second clip played forwards then backwards and zooming in on the various happenings within it.
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Difficulty Level Of Original Recorded Song: Orange Pick
Most Advanced Rhythm: White Pick
Most Advanced Chord Change: Orange Pick (White Pick when played with Django chords only)
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Imitation Of Life Chords And Strumming, REM
Django Chords:
Django Em Chord
Django A Chord
Django D Chord
Django G Chord
Django C Chord
Strumming:
"Bouncer": |D D U D D U |
"1 Strum" |D |
"Bouncer 1/2 bar": |D D U |
Tempo: 124 bpm
Key: G
Intro -
|Em - - - |C - - - |C - - - |
|G - - - |Em - - - |A - - - |C - D - |D - - - |D - |
Verse 1 -
||Em - - - |A - - - |G - - - |D - - - |
|Em - - - |A - - - |G - - - |D - C - || x2
|C - - - |C - |
(Em) Charades, pop (A)skill, water (G)hyacinth
(D) Named by a (Em)poet, imi(A)tation of (G)life (D½) (C½)
(Em) Like a (A)koi in a (G)frozen pond, (D)like a goldfish (Em)in a bowl
(A)I don't want to (G)hear you cry (D½) (Cx2)
Chorus -
||G - - - |Em - - - |A - - - |C - D - || x2
|D - - - |D - |
That (G)sugarcane that (Em)tasted good
That's (A)cinnamon, that's (C½)Holly(D½)wood
Come (G)on, come on, no (Em)one can see you (A)try (C½) (Dx2)
Verse 2 -
||Em - - - |A - - - |G - - - |D - - - |
|Em - - - |A - - - |G - - - |D - C - || x2
|C - - - |C - |
(Em) You want the (A)greatest thing, the (G)greatest thing since (D)bread came sliced
(Em) You've got it (A)all, you've got it (G)sized (D½) (C½)
(Em) Like a (A)Friday fashion (G)show teenager, (D)freezing in the (Em)corner
(A)Trying to look (G)like you don't (D½)try (Cx2)
Chorus -
||G - - - |Em - - - |A - - - |C - D - || x2
|D - - - |D - |
That (G)sugarcane that (Em)tasted good
That's (A)cinnamon, that's (C½)Holly(D½)wood
Come (G)on, come on, no (Em)one can see you (A)try (C½) (Dx2)
Middle 8 -
||C - - - |C - - - |D - - - |D - - - || x2
|C - - - |C - - - |C - - - |C - - - |
(Cx2) (Dx2) (Cx2) (Dx2) No one can see you (Cx4)cry
Final Chorus -
||G - - - |Em - - - |A - - - |C - D - || x2
|D - - - |D - |
||G - - - |Em - - - |A - - - |C - D - || x2
(Root Note/Root Note/Root Note/Root Notes)
||G - - - |Em - - - |A - - - |C - D - || x2
(1 Strum/1 Strum/1 Strum/1 Strum)
||G - - - |Em - - - |A - - - |C - D - || x4
|D - - - |D - |
That (G)sugarcane that (Em)tasted good
That's (A)freezing rain, that's (C½)what you (D½)could
Come (G)on, come on, no (Em)one can see you (A)cry (C½) (Dx2)
This (G)sugarcane, this (Em)lemonade
This (A)hurricane, I'm (C½)not a(D½)fraid
Come (G)on, come on, no (Em)one can see me (A)cry (C½) (D½)
This (G)lightning storm, this (Em)tidal wave
This (A)avalanche, I'm (C½)not a(D½)fraid
Come (G)on, come on, no (Em)one can see me (A)cry (C½) (D½)
That (G)sugarcane that (Em)tasted good
That's (A)who you are, that's (C½)what you (D½)could
Come (G)on, come on, no (Em)one can see you (A)cry (C½) (D½)
That (G)sugarcane that (Em)tasted good
That's (A)who you are, that's (C½)what you (D½)could
Come (G)on, come on, no (Em)one can see you (A)cry (C½) (Dx2)
Final Chord Strum: Em
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Orange Pick Level
Imitation Of Life Chords And Strumming, REM
Open Chords:
Open Em Chord
Open Am Chord
Open D Chord
Django D Chord (dD)
Open Dsus2 Chord: xx0230
Open G Chord
Open C Chord
Open Cadd9 Chord: x32030
Strumming:
1st 3 bars:
|D D D D U | U D D D U |
| U D D D U |
"Everyman": |D D U U D U |
"Passenger*": | U D U U D U |
"1 Strum" |D |
"(1/2 bar)":| U D |
Tempo: 124 bpm
Key: G
Intro -
|Em - - - |Cadd9 - - - |Cadd9 - - - |
Strummed -
|G - - - |Em - - - |Am - - - |C -D- - | - -dD- -D| - - |
Strummed & Picked -
Verse 1 -
||Em - - - |Am - - - |G - - - |D - - - |
|Em - - - |Am - - - |G - - - |D -Cadd9- - || x2
|Cadd9 - - - |Cadd9 - |
(Em) Charades, pop (Am)skill, water (G)hyacinth
(D) Named by a (Em)poet, imi(Am)tation of (G)life (D⅜) (Cadd9⅝)
(Em) Like a (Am)koi in a (G)frozen pond, (D)like a goldfish (Em)in a bowl
(Am)I don't want to (G)hear you cry (D⅜) (Cadd9x2)
Chorus -
||G - - - |Em - - - |Am - - - |C -D- - || x2
|- -dD- -D| - - |
That (G)sugarcane that (Em)tasted good
That's (Am)cinnamon, that's (C⅜)Holly(D⅝)wood
Come (G)on, come on, no (Em)one can see you (Am)try (C⅜) (Dx2)
Verse 2 -
||Em - - - |Am - - - |G - - - |D - - - |
|Em - - - |Am - - - |G - - - |D -Cadd9- - || x2
|Cadd9 - - - |Cadd9 - |
(Em) You want the (Am)greatest thing, the (G)greatest thing since (D)bread came sliced
(Em) You've got it (Am)all, you've got it (G)sized (D⅜) (Cadd9⅝)
(Em) Like a (Am)Friday fashion (G)show teenager, (D)freezing in the (Em)corner
(Am)Trying to look (G)like you don't (D⅜)try (Cadd9x2)
Chorus -
||G - - - |Em - - - |Am - - - |C -D- - || x2
|- -dD- -D| - - |
That (G)sugarcane that (Em)tasted good
That's (Am)cinnamon, that's (C⅜)Holly(D⅝)wood
Come (G)on, come on, no (Em)one can see you (Am)try (C⅜) (Dx2)
Middle 8 -
||Cadd9 - - - |Cadd9 - - - |Dsus2 - - - |Dsus2 - - - || x2
|Cadd9 - - - |Cadd9 - - - |Cadd9 - - - |Cadd9 - - - |
(Cadd9x2) (Dsus2x2) (Cadd9x2) (Dsus2x2) No one can see you (Cadd9x4)cry
Final Chorus -
||G - - - |Em - - - |Am - - - |C -D- - || x2
|- -dD- -D| - - |
||G - - - |Em - - - |Am - - - |C -D- - || x2
(Root Note/Root Note/Root Note/Root Notes)
||G - - - |Em - - - |Am - - - |C -D- - || x2
(1 Strum/1 Strum/1 Strum/1 Strum)
||G - - - |Em - - - |Am - - - |C -D- - || x4
|- -dD- -D| - - |
That (G)sugarcane that (Em)tasted good
That's (Am)freezing rain, that's (C⅜)what you (D⅝)could
Come (G)on, come on, no (Em)one can see you (Am)cry (C⅜) (Dx2)
This (G)sugarcane, this (Em)lemonade
This (Am)hurricane, I'm (C⅜)not a(D⅝)fraid
Come (G)on, come on, no (Em)one can see me (Am)cry (C⅜) (D⅝)
This (G)lightning storm, this (Em)tidal wave
This (Am)avalanche, I'm (C⅜)not a(D⅝)fraid
Come (G)on, come on, no (Em)one can see me (Am)cry (C⅜) (D⅝)
That (G)sugarcane that (Em)tasted good
That's (Am)who you are, that's (C⅜)what you (D⅝)could
Come (G)on, come on, no (Em)one can see you (Am)cry (C⅜) (D⅝)
That (G)sugarcane that (Em)tasted good
That's (Am)who you are, that's (C⅜)what you (D⅝)could
Come (G)on, come on, no (Em)one can see you (Am)cry (C⅜) (Dx2)
Final Chord Strum: Em
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