R.E.M. – Cuyahoga
BASS INTRO [CAN BE PLAYED ON GUITAR]
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VERSE 1
Let's put our heads together
and start a new country up.
Our father's father's father tried,
erased the parts he didn't like.
Let's try to fill it in,
bank the quarry river, swim.
We knee-skinned it you and me;
We knee-skinned that river red.
BRIDGE
This is where we walked,
this is where we swam.
Take a picture here,
take a souvenir.
VERSE 2
This land is the land of ours,
this river runs red over it.
We knee-skinned it you and me;
we knee-skinned that river red.
And we gathered up our friends,
bank the quarry river, swim.
We knee-skinned it you and me;
underneath the river bed.
BRIDGE
This is where we walked,
this is where we swam.
Take a picture here,
take a souvenir.
CHORUS
Cuyahoga.
Cuyahoga, is gone.
VERSE 3
Let's put our heads together,
start a new country up.
Underneath the river bed
we burned the river down.
BRIDGE
This is where they walked, swam,
hunted, danced and sang.
Take a picture here,
take a souvenir.
CHORUS
Cuyahoga.
Cuyahoga, is gone.
BREAK
Rewrite the book and rule the pages,
saving face, secured in faith.
Bury, burn the waste
Behind you.
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VERSE 4
This land is the land of ours,
this river runs red over it.
We are not your allies,
we can not defend.
BRIDGE
This is where they walked,
this is where they swam.
Take a picture here,
take a souvenir.
CHORUS × 2
Cuyahoga.
Cuyahoga, is gone.
Cuyahoga.
Cuyahoga, is gone.