Man On The Moon Chords And Strumming:
Did You Know? Man On The Moon is a tribute to the comedian Andy Kaufman and is full of references to his career and stunts. It was on the sound track to the film Man On The Moon about Andy Kaufman's life staring Jim Carrey.
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Difficulty Level Of Original Recorded Song: Orange Pick
Most Advanced Rhythm: Yellow Pick
Most Advanced Chord Change: Orange Pick
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Orange Pick Level
Man On The Moon Chords And Strumming, REM
Open Chords:
Open C Chord
Open D Chord
Open Am Chord
Open Em Chord
Open G Chord
plus Open C/B: x20010
& Dadd6add9 Chord:
x54030
Strumming:
"Everyman": |D D U U D U |
"Bouncer": |D D U D D U |
"& Skank*": |D U U U D U |
"Zero Gravity":|D U D |
"Passenger*": | U D U U D |
"Strum 2": | D |
Tempo: 118bpm
Key: G
Intro -
||C - - - |C→Dadd6add9 - -|Dadd6add9←C - - |C - - - ||x2
(Everyman) x 8
Verse 1 -
||C - - - |C→Dadd6add9 - -|Dadd6add9←C - - |C - - - ||x2
(Everyman) x 48
(C)Mott the Hoople and the (C→Dadd6add9)Game of Life (Dadd6add9←C) (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (C)
(C)Andy Kaufman in the (C→Dadd6add9)wrestling match (Dadd6add9←C) (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (C)
Mo(C)nopoly, twenty-one, (C→Dadd6add9)checkers, and chess (Dadd6add9←C) (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (C)
Mister Fred Blassie in a (C→Dadd6add9)breakfast mess (Dadd6add9←C) (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (C)
(C)Let's play Twister, (C→Dadd6add9)let's play Risk (Dadd6add9←C) (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (C)
(C)See you heaven if you (C→Dadd6add9)make the list (Dadd6add9←C) (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (C)
PreChorus -
||Am - - - |G - - - || x2
(Everyman) x 4
|Am - - - |G - C - |D - - - |D - - - |
(Everyman/Bouncer /Everyman/Passenger*)
Now, (Am)Andy did you hear about (G)this one?
(Am)Tell me, are you locked in the (G)punch?
(Am)Andy are you goofing on (G)Elvis? Hey, (C)baby?
(D) Are we losing (D)touch?
Chorus -
|G - Am - |C -C/B- - |G - Am - |D - - - |
(Bouncer/& Skank*/Bouncer/Zero Gravity)
|G - Am - |C -C/B- - |Am - - - |Am - - - |
(Bouncer/& Skank*/Zero Gravity/Strum 2)
(G)If you be(Am)lieve (C) they put a (C/B)man on the (G)moon, (Am)man on the (D)moon
(G)If you be(Am)lieve (C) there's nothing (C/B)up his (Am)sleeve, then nothing is cool (Am)
Verse 2 -
||C - - - |C→Dadd6add9 - -|Dadd6add9←C - - |C - - - ||x4
(Everyman) x 16
(C)Moses went walking with the (C→Dadd6add9)staff of wood (Dadd6add9←C) (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (C)
(C)Newton got beaned by the (C→Dadd6add9)apple good (Dadd6add9←C) (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (C)
(C)Egypt was troubled by the (C→Dadd6add9)horrible asp (Dadd6add9←C) (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (C)
(C)Mister Charles Darwin had the (C→Dadd6add9)gall to ask (Dadd6add9←C) (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (C)
PreChorus -
||Am - - - |G - - - || x2
(Everyman) x 4
|Am - - - |G - C - |D - - - |D - - - |
(Everyman/Bouncer /Everyman/Passenger*)
Now, (Am)Andy did you hear about (G)this one?
(Am)Tell me, are you locked in the (G)punch?
(Am)Andy are you goofing on (G)Elvis? Hey, (C)baby?
(D) Are we losing (D)touch?
Chorus -
|G - Am - |C -C/B- - |G - Am - |D - - - |
(Bouncer/& Skank*/Bouncer/Zero Gravity)
|G - Am - |C -C/B- - |Am - - - |Am - - - |
(Bouncer/& Skank*/Zero Gravity/Strum 2)
(G)If you be(Am)lieve (C) they put a (C/B)man on the (G)moon, (Am)man on the (D)moon
(G)If you be(Am)lieve (C) there's nothing (C/B)up his (Am)sleeve, then nothing is cool (Am)
Middle 8 -
||Em - - - |D - - - ||x3
(Everyman) x 6
|D - - - |
(Everyman) x 16
Verse 3 -
||C - - - |C→Dadd6add9 - -|Dadd6add9←C - - |C - - - ||x4
(Everyman) x 16
(C)Here's a little agit for the (C→Dadd6add9)never-believer (Dadd6add9←C) (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (C)
(C)Here's a little ghost for the (C→Dadd6add9)offering (Dadd6add9←C) (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (C)
(C)Here's a truck stop in(C→Dadd6add9)stead of Saint Peter's (Dadd6add9←C) (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (C)
(C)Mister Andy Kaufman's gone (C→Dadd6add9)wrestling (Dadd6add9←C) (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (C)
PreChorus -
||Am - - - |G - - - || x2
(Everyman) x 4
|Am - - - |G - C - |D - - - |D - - - |
(Everyman/Bouncer /Everyman/Passenger*)
Now, (Am)Andy did you hear about (G)this one?
(Am)Tell me, are you locked in the (G)punch?
(Am)Andy are you goofing on (G)Elvis? Hey, (C)baby?
(D) Are we losing (D)touch?
Final Chorus -
|G - Am - |C -C/B- - |G - Am - |D - - - |
(Bouncer/& Skank*/Bouncer/Zero Gravity)
|G - Am - |C -C/B- - |Am - - - |Am - - - |x3
(Bouncer/& Skank*/Zero Gravity/Strum 2)
(G)If you be(Am)lieve (C) they put a (C/B)man on the (G)moon, (Am)man on the (D)moon
(G)If you be(Am)lieve (C) there's nothing (C/B)up his (Am)sleeve, then nothing is cool (Am) x 3 (Em)
Final Chord Strum: Em
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