E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars) - R.E.M.
E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Tabbed by: J.P. Albuquerque
Tuning: Standard
Intro:
e|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------0-----------------------------------------------0-----|
G|-----0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0---|
D|-2-4---4---4-2-4---4---4-2-4---4---4-2-4-------4-2-4---4---4-2-4---4---4-2-4---4---4-2-4-------4-|
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------|
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------|
Verse:
BmADGAAsus2ABmADGAAsus2AE|-2-2---0-3-3-3-3-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-3-3---2-2-2-0-0-----2-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|
G|-4-4---2-3-3-0-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-4-4---2-0-0-0-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-2-2---0-----2-2-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-------------3-3---------------------|BmADGAAsus2A
There's a secret stigma, reaping wheel
BmADGAAsus2A
Diminish, a carnival of sorts
BmADGAAsus2A
Chronic town, poster torn, reaping wheel
BmADGAAsus2A
Stranger, stranger to these parts
Pre-chorus:
GABmA*
Gentlemen don't get caught, cages under cage
GA
Gentlemen don't get caught
(*Tip: Peter Buck plays this chord and adds some jangling on the high strings live, like this:
AE|-0-0-------------|
B|-2---2---3-2-0---|
G|-2-----2-------2-|
D|-2---------------|
A|-0---------------|
E|-----------------|
Also: You can jangle the other chords instead of just strumming them, sounds even
better. The last G and A chords are played by strumming quickly the low strings.)
Chorus:
BmGA*
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
BmGA*
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
BmGA*
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
BmGA*
BmGA*
(*Note: Peter seems to play the chorus jangling the strings following some pattern that
I can't figure it out, but you can make it sound fine strumming the chords loosely. Each
A chord always ends with this phrase:
AE|-0-0-0---------|
B|-2-2-2-3-2-0---|
G|-2-2-2-------2-|
D|-2-2-2---------|
A|-0-0-0---------|
E|---------------| )BmADGAAsus2A
Secret stigma, reaping wheel
BmADGAAsus2A
Diminish, a carnival of sorts
BmADGAAsus2A
Chronic town, poster torn, reaping wheel
BmADGAAsus2A
Stranger, stranger
GABmA
Gentlemen don't get caught, cages under cage
GA
Gentlemen don't get caught
BmGA
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
BmGA
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
BmGA
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
BmGABmGA
Bridge:
(Intro riff)
Cages under, cages under, cages under cage
Cages under, cages under, cages under cage
GABmA
Gentlemen don't get caught, cages under cage
GA
Gentlemen don't get caught
BmGA
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
BmGA
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
BmGA
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
BmGABmGABmADGAAsus2A
There's a secret stigma, reaping wheel
BmADGAAsus2A
Stranger, stranger to these parts
BmADGAAsus2A
Chronic town, poster torn, reaping wheel
BmADGAAsus2A
Diminish, stranger
BmGA
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
BmGA
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
BmGA
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
BmGABmGABmGABmGA
Boxcars are pulling a carnival of sorts
BmGA
Out of town, out of town