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Song title:       Imitation Of Life
Original Album:   Reveal

Words and Music by Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe
Copyright © 2001 Warner Brothers Records
Published by Warner Music Publishing Limited

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Timing is 4/4.


INTRO
Chords:
Em  022000    Am     x02210
C   x32010    D      xx0232
G   320033    Dsus4  xx0233

[play: 4/4| Em | C | % | G | Em | Am | C D | D Dsus4 D |]


VERSE1:
Chords:
Em  022000    C      x32010
Am  x02210    D      xx0232
G   320033


   Em         Am           G        D
Charades, pop skill, water hyacinth,

           Em       Am        G    D  C
Named by a poet, imitation of life,

Em       Am       G            D               Em
  Like a koi in a frozen pond, like a goldfish in a bowl

Am              G            D  C
I don't want to hear you cry_____


CHORUS1:
Chords:
G   320033    C      x32010
Em  022000    D      xx0232
Am  x02210    Dsus4  xx0233


       G              Em
That's sugarcane that tasted good

       Am                C   D
That's cinnamon, that's Hollywood

   G             Em            | Am  C | D  Dsus4  D
C'mon, c'mon, no one can see you try


VERSE2:
Chords:
Em  022000    C      x32010
Am  x02210    D      xx0232
G   320033


Em             Am
  You want the greatest thing,

    G                    D
the greatest thing since bread came sliced.

Em              Am                 G      D  C
  You've got it all, you've got it sized.

Em       Am             G              D                 Em
  Like a friday fashion show teenager,   freezing in the corner,

Am                  G            | D  C
Trying to look like you don't try_____


[repeat CHORUS]


[Instrumental over:]

[play: 4/4| C | D | C | D | C | % |]


CHORUS2:
Chords:
G   320033    C      x32010
Em  022000    D      xx0232
Am  x02210    Dsus4  xx0233


       G              Em
That's sugarcane that tasted good

       Am                    C        D
That's freezing rain, that's what you could

   G             Em              Am  C | D  Dsus4  D
C'mon, c'mon, no one can see you cry_____



CHORUS3:
Chords:
G   320033    C      x32010
Em  022000    D      xx0232
Am  x02210    Dsus4  xx0233

     G               Em
This sugarcane, this lemonade

     Am             C    D
This hurricane, I'm not afraid.

   G             Em             Am  C  D
C'mon, c'mon, no one can see me cry_____


     G                     Em
This lightning storm, this tidal wave
     Am             C    D
This avalanche, I'm not afraid.
   G             Em              Am  C  D
C'mon, c'mon, no one can see you cry_____


       G              Em
That's sugarcane that tasted good
       Am                  C        D
That's who you are, that's what you could
   G             Em              Am  C  D
C'mon, c'mon, no one can see you cry_____


       G              Em
That's sugarcane that tasted good
       Am                  C        D
That's who you are, that's what you could
   G             Em              Am  C | D  Dsus4  D
C'mon, c'mon, no one can see you cry_____


[end on Em]