YOU'RE IN THE AIR From: Tom Davies (raoul2001@hotmail.com) Here is a tab for some bits of "You're In the Air" - probably one of my favourite tracks off of "Up", and therefore, the one no-one has transcribed yet. (If these tabs don't look like they make sense, it's because of the unequal spacing for letters in my e-mail program - in a plain text format (i.e. in Notepad or something like that), the number of dashes is fine!) Some of the guitar parts are swamped underneath keyboards and organs and other antiquated analogue noise, so I haven't got them (yet!). The main verse riff that accompanies "you wanted a challenge that's calling you higher" is something like this.... E-------------------|----------------- B-------------------|----------------- G-------------------|------------7-9-- D---7-10-7----9-----|---7-10-7-9------ A-0--------10---10--|-0--------------- E-------------------|----------------- (The two sections are split up so you can easily read them - it's not an attempt to use bars or anything musical!) This call and response pattern repeats throughout the verse until, "You say you want me..." which is then kinda blasted out by the organs and bass. The general chord pattern is, however.... E-3---3---0---0---3---0----0--------0-- B-2---2---1---1---0---1----1--------1-- G-3---3---0---0---0---2----2--------0-- D-0---0---2---2---0---2----0--------2-- A-X---X---3---3---2---0----2--------3-- E-X---X---X---X---3---0----0--------0-- D / D / C / C / G / Am / Am w/B / C You may want to just arpeggio these chords loosely until someone knows what the actual pattern is. Then into verse two - "brighten the stars, the weather is lifting". Verse pattern is used again. The second chorus is the same until the end when there's a little solo bit (dead easy) which I think Peter plays on his electric sitar. It goes... E-------------------------------------------- B-----------------------------13------------- G--14-14-12-14-14-12-14-14-12----14-12-12-14- (last two notes performed in a sweet hammer-on) D-------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------- This is repeated twice and then a final time, with a bit on the end. E--------------------------------------------|--------- B-----------------------------13-------------|--------- G--14-14-12-14-14-12-14-14-12----14-12-12-14-|-7-9-9--- (more hammer-ons) D--------------------------------------------|--------- A--------------------------------------------|-------0- E--------------------------------------------|--------- This open A string then goes straight back into the verse pattern for verse three - "I want the stars to know they've won". Etcetera, etcetera. At the end, as Pete's doing his 'cer-azy' feedback, etc., there is an alternate bit to the verse pattern, which goes. E-------------- B-------------- G-------------- D---7-10-7--9-- A-0--------10-- E-------------- And that's as much as I know! Please - someone with a sampler get rid of all those organs and find out what the nice jangly bits are in the chorus and the solo bits! Lyrics: you wanted a challenge that's calling you higher I landed on my feet by crawling I remember standing alone trying to forget you idling I hate to admit that that's my reference point but there it is you say you want me I'm what you found I'm upside sown you're in the air you're in the air and I am breathing brighten the staars the weather is lifting the heavens love a love like this it's pulling you higher twist it and turn this around it lights from within it dribbles your chin now brings a smile I'm lost again I'm lost again I'm what you found I'm upside sown you're in the air you're in the air and I am breathing you I want the stars to know they've won if only to beguile the sky has opened up again in heaven reconciled I want you naked I want you wild I want the stars to know they win give me that smile just give it me just turn it on I'm lost again I'm what you found I'm upside down you're in the air I'm what you found I'm upside down you're in the air I'm what you found I'm upside down you're everywhere you're in the air and I am breathing you From lochasdogface@yahoo.com Wed Nov 10 11:13:52 1999 Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 21:07:01 -0700 (PDT) From: memo gonzalez To: zenandjuice@gmail.com Subject: YOU'RE IN THE AIR Resent-Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 08:29:14 -0500 (CDT) Resent-From: Chris Bray Resent-To: cbray@daddy-o.uark.edu Resent-Subject: YOU'RE IN THE AIR YOU'RE IN THE AIR FROM ALONSO ACOSTA NEARLY CLOSE TO THE VERSION A GREAT SONG E---------------------------------------------------------------------------0 B---13-12~--------1--------------0-----------------1-----------0---3---- G----------------2------2-------0-----0----------2------2----------------- D---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A------------0--------------------0----------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------- you wanted a challenge that's calling you higher I landed on my feet by crawling I remember standing alone trying to forget you idling I hate to admit that that's my reference point but there it is you say you E--------------------------3--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B-----3------------------------3----------------3------------1-----4-----5-------------------------------- G--------2-------------------------0---------------0---------2-----4-----5-------------------------------0 D-----------0--------------------------------2---------------2-----2-----3-------------------------------2 A-0--------------------2------------------2---------------------------------------------------------------2 E------------------3----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0 want me I'm what you found I'm upside sown you're in the air you're in the air and I am breathing E----------------------------------------------------------------0 B--------1--------------0-----------------1-----------0---3---- G-----2------2-------0-----0----------2------2----------------- D----------------------------------------------------------------- A-0--------------------0----------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------ brighten the stars the weather is lifting the heavens love a love like this it's pulling you higher twist it and turn this around it lights from within it dribbles your chin now brings a smile I'm lost again E--------------------------3--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B-----3------------------------3----------------3------------1-----4-----5-------------------------------0 G--------2-------------------------0---------------0---------2-----4-----5-------------------------------2 D-----------0--------------------------------2---------------2-----2-----3-------------------------------2 A-0--------------------2------------------2---------------------------------------------------------------0 E------------------3----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm lost again I'm what you found I'm upside sown you're in the air you're in the air I'm what you found I'm upside sown you're in the air you're in the air and I am breathing E--5----3--5--3----3--5--3-----5--3----8--5---3--5-------1-----1----------1^0-----1^0-----1^0 B----------------------------------------------------------0-----O----0-----0-------0-------0-------- G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I want the stars to know they've won if only to beguile the sky has opened up again in heaven reconciled I want you naked I want you wild I want the stars to know they win give me that smile just give it me just turn it on I'm lost again I'm what you found I'm upside down you're in the air I'm what you found I'm upside down you're in the air I'm what you found I'm upside down you're everywhere you're in the air and I am breathing you E--5----3--5--3----3--5--3-----5--3----8--5---3--5-------1-----1----------1^0-----1^0-----1^0 B-----------------------------------------------------------0-----O----0-----0-------0-------0---- G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------ B------1^0-------------------------3-----------------------0---- G------2------------------------------------2--------------------- D------2--------------------0----------------------0------------- A----------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------ E--------------------------------------------------------------- B-----------1----------0-------------1----------0------------- 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Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com From mango_64@hotmail.com Wed Nov 10 11:15:30 1999 Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 21:17:40 -0500 (CDT) From: James Hancock To: zenandjuice@gmail.com Subject: You're in the Air. Resent-Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 13:25:41 -0500 (CDT) Resent-From: Chris Bray Resent-To: Chris Bray Resent-Subject: You're in the Air. ---------------------------------- Time: Sat Sep 18 21:17:39 CDT 1999 Browser: Mozilla/4.61 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Link: http://zenandjuice.com/music/rem/ IP: 205.240.72.39 Host: ---------------------------------- Hi. I'm a huge fan, and I love your site. I have the Automatic for the People songbook, and I'm going to get Out of Time. I play guitar, and I'm going to start mandolin. Your site has been very helpful to me. I think I figured out at least part of You're in the Air. Right after the chorus, that sitar (I think that's what it is) plays a really cool riff. I think this is how it is (on the high e string) -7-7-5-7-7-5-7-7-5-10-7-5-7- I've never written tab before, just music, so I apologize if that looks weird, but that is how it goes. Remember, it is on the high e string. If my tab is incorrect, you can probably figure it out by using the same format on the string in various places. Please mail me and tell me if you like it. Here's the tab I've found around the net, hope it helps. Dan ---------------------------------------- YOU'RE IN THE AIR From: Tom Davies (raoul2001@hotmail.com) Here is a tab for some bits of "You're In the Air" - probably one of my favourite tracks off of "Up", and therefore, the one no-one has transcribed yet. (If these tabs don't look like they make sense, it's because of the unequal spacing for letters in my e-mail program - in a plain text format (i.e. in Notepad or something like that), the number of dashes is fine!) Some of the guitar parts are swamped underneath keyboards and organs and other antiquated analogue noise, so I haven't got them (yet!). The main verse riff that accompanies "you wanted a challenge that's calling you higher" is something like this.... E-------------------|----------------- B-------------------|----------------- G-------------------|------------7-9-- D---7-10-7----9-----|---7-10-7-9------ A-0--------10---10--|-0--------------- E-------------------|----------------- (The two sections are split up so you can easily read them - it's not an attempt to use bars or anything musical!) This call and response pattern repeats throughout the verse until, "You say you want me..." which is then kinda blasted out by the organs and bass. The general chord pattern is, however.... E-3---3---0---0---3---0----0--------0-- B-2---2---1---1---0---1----1--------1-- G-3---3---0---0---0---2----2--------0-- D-0---0---2---2---0---2----0--------2-- A-X---X---3---3---2---0----2--------3-- E-X---X---X---X---3---0----0--------0-- D / D / C / C / G / Am / Am w/B / C You may want to just arpeggio these chords loosely until someone knows what the actual pattern is. Then into verse two - "brighten the stars, the weather is lifting". Verse pattern is used again. The second chorus is the same until the end when there's a little solo bit (dead easy) which I think Peter plays on his electric sitar. It goes... E-------------------------------------------- B-----------------------------13------------- G--14-14-12-14-14-12-14-14-12----14-12-12-14- (last two notes performed in a sweet hammer-on) D-------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------- This is repeated twice and then a final time, with a bit on the end. E--------------------------------------------|--------- B-----------------------------13-------------|--------- G--14-14-12-14-14-12-14-14-12----14-12-12-14-|-7-9-9--- (more hammer-ons) D--------------------------------------------|--------- A--------------------------------------------|-------0- E--------------------------------------------|--------- This open A string then goes straight back into the verse pattern for verse three - "I want the stars to know they've won". Etcetera, etcetera. At the end, as Pete's doing his 'cer-azy' feedback, etc., there is an alternate bit to the verse pattern, which goes. E-------------- B-------------- G-------------- D---7-10-7--9-- A-0--------10-- E-------------- And that's as much as I know! Please - someone with a sampler get rid of all those organs and find out what the nice jangly bits are in the chorus and the solo bits! Lyrics: you wanted a challenge that's calling you higher I landed on my feet by crawling I remember standing alone trying to forget you idling I hate to admit that that's my reference point but there it is you say you want me I'm what you found I'm upside sown you're in the air you're in the air and I am breathing brighten the staars the weather is lifting the heavens love a love like this it's pulling you higher twist it and turn this around it lights from within it dribbles your chin now brings a smile I'm lost again I'm lost again I'm what you found I'm upside sown you're in the air you're in the air and I am breathing you I want the stars to know they've won if only to beguile the sky has opened up again in heaven reconciled I want you naked I want you wild I want the stars to know they win give me that smile just give it me just turn it on I'm lost again I'm what you found I'm upside down you're in the air I'm what you found I'm upside down you're in the air I'm what you found I'm upside down you're everywhere you're in the air and I am breathing you Chords from: Trygve Sandven Håland (trygve@bitcon.no) RIff from: Ross Pickford To Chris My name is Adam Bruce and this is the first song I've posted on the net and I think this site is great. I noticed you were missing the chords and Tab for You're in the air, so here is the chord sheet. The Tab may follow if I get the time. Anyway this should make the archive more complete, I think you'll find it is very close to the actual, but as I'm sure you know some REM song's will never sound perfect by anyone else because of all the technical changes and mixing. I've had a lot of music from your site and its very good so keep it up. I also have some small corrections to make to strange currencies, but I'll do this some other time. If you ever want to talk REM, or anything else E-mail me any time. Cheers! Adam Bruce (In the UK) YOU'RE IN THE AIR - taken from the fantastic album UP. Chord sheet produced by Adam Bruce (UK) adam@bruce.derbycounty.co.uk E-mail me any time to talk REM, especially with any REM news that I can't get over here in the UK. Chords used Am X 0 2 2 1 0 G 3 2 0 0 0 3 E5 0 2 2 X X X G/C X 3 X 0 0 3 D5 X X 0 2 3 X D/F# 2 X 0 2 3 X(this works best using your thumb to play the top string) D X X 0 2 3 2 C X 3 2 0 1 0 Cmaj7 X 3 2 0 0 0 Bm X 2 4 4 3 2 (BAR CHORD) F X X 3 2 1 1 E7sus 0 2 0 2 0 0 INTRO: | Am G | Am E5 | Am G | Am E5 || VERSE 1: Am G/C D E5 Am G D/F# E5 You wanted a challenge that's calling you higher. Am G/C D5 E5 Am G D/F# E5 I landed on my feet by crawling. I remember Am G/C D E5 Am G D/F# E5 standing alone trying to forget you idling. I Am G/C D E5 Am G D/F# E5 hate to admit it, that's my reference point, but there it is. You say you D C G Am Cmaj7 want me. Chorus: Cmaj7 D C G Am Cmaj7 I'm what you found. I'm upside down. You're in the air, you're in the air Cmaj7 G/C and I am breathing. Verse 2:(chords as verse 1) Brighten the stars, the weather is lifting. The heavens love a love like this. It's pulling you higher. Twist it and turn this around. It lights from within, it dribbles your chin. Now brings a smile. I'm lost again, lost again. To Chorus: Bridge: | Am Bm | C D | F | | | Am Bm | C D | F | | | Am Bm | C D | F | | | Am Bm | C D | F | E7sus || Re-Intro: | Am G | Am E5 | Am G | Am E5 || Verse 3:(chords as verse 1) I want the stars to know they've won, if only to beguile. The sky has opened up again, in heaven reconciled. I want you naked, I want you wild.. I want the stars to know they win. Give me that smile, just give it me. Just turn it on, I'm lost again. To Chorus: Coda: Cmaj7 D C G Am Cmaj7 I'm what you found. I'm upside down. You're in the air. Cmaj7 D C G Am Cmaj7 I'm what you found. I'm upside down. You're everywhere. You're in the air, I am G/C breathing | Am Bm | C D | F | | you. | Am Bm | C D | F | | | Am Bm | C D | F | | | Am Bm | C D | F | E7sus || | Am | G | Am | G | | Am | G | Am | G | | Am | G | Am | G || | Am || From pattwell@iol.ie Wed Nov 10 11:16:41 1999 Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 22:48:32 -0000 From: Martin Pattwell To: "'zenandjuice@gmail.com'" Subject: You're In The Air : Chords Resent-Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 13:22:28 -0600 (CST) Resent-From: Chris Bray Resent-To: Chris Bray Resent-Subject: You're In The Air : Chords Hello, I read you're request for the chords for this song. I don't know if you have them yet, but if you don't here they are now. Hope you enjoy. Intro Am G / Am E5 / Am G / Am E5 // Verse 1 Am G/C D E5 Am G D/F# E5 You wanted a challenge that's calling you higher. Am G/C D5 E5 Am G D/F# E5 I landed on my feet by crawling. I remember Am G/C D E5 Am G D/F# E5 standing alone trying to forget you idling. I Am G/C D E5 Am G D/F# E5 hate to admit it, that's my reference point, but there it is. You say you D C G Am Cmaj7 want me. Chorus Cmaj7 D C G Am Cmaj7 I,m what you found. I'm upside down. You're in the air, you're in the air Cmaj7 G/B and I am breathing. Verse 2 Am G/C D E5 Am G D/F# E5 Brighten the stars, the weather is lifting. Am G/C D E5 Am G D/F# E5 The heavens love a love like this. It's Am G/C D E5 Am G D/F# E5 pulling you higher. Twist it and turn this around. It lights from within, it Am G/C D E5 Am G D/F# E5 dribbles your chin. Now brings a smile. I'm lost again, I'm D C G Am Cmaj7 lost again. ( Chorus ) Bridge Am Bm / C D / F / / (x3) Am Bm / C D / F / E7sus // Intro Verse 3 Am G/C D5 E5 Am G D/F# E5 I want the stars to know they've won, if only to beguile. The Am G/C D5 E5 Am G D/F# E5 sky has opened up again, in heaven reconciled. I Am G/C D5 E5 Am G D/F# E5 want you naked, I want you wild. I want the stars to know they win. Am G/C D5 E5 Am G D/F# E5 Give me that smile, just give it to me. Just turn it on, I'm lost again (Chorus) Coda Cmaj7 D C G Am Cmaj7 I'm what you found. I'm upside down. You're in the air. Cmaj7 D C G Am Cmaj7 I'm what you found. I'm upside down. You're everywhere. You're in the air, G/B I am breathing Am Bm / C D / F / / you. Am Bm / C D / F / / Am Bm / C D / F / / Am Bm / C D / F / E7sus // Am / G / Am / G / (x3) Am