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Song title:       Shiny Happy People
Original Album:   Out Of Time

Words and Music by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe
Copyright © 1993 Warner Brothers Records
Published by Warner Music Publishing Limited

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


INTRO:
Notes:
Play initial chord sequence in 6/8; Guitar Figure 1 is in 4/4.
The C-B-A-G lead-in to the guitar figure is just to emulate the
string-arrangement (you should probably stay on C).
But whatever sounds best for you...

Chords:
G  355433    C  x35553
Em 022000    B  x24442
Bm x24432    A  x02220
   
6/8

[play: | G | Em | Bm | C |

       | G | Em | Bm | C - B - A - G |]


[play: Guitar Figure 1a and 1b]

4/4
Guitar Figure 1a

|-----2p0h2---0------------------|-----0-----------2-------0------|
|-----------------0-------0---0--|-2------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------4------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


Guitar Figure 1b

|-----2p0h2---0------------------|-----0--------------------------|
|-----------------0-------0---0--|-2------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


VERSE:
Chords:
F#m  244222
E    022100
Asus2  x02200
G    355433
E7   020130


[Guitar Figure 1a]          [Guitar Figure 1a]
Shiny happy people laughing.


17
 F#m                Esus4         F#m                Esus4    F#m
|-2-------2-----------0-------0--|-2-------2---2-------0-------2--|
|-2-------2-----------0-------0--|-2-------2---2-------0-------2--|
|-2-------2-----------2-------2--|-2-------2---2-------2-------2--|
|-4-------4-----------2-------2--|-4-------4---4-------2-------4--|
|-4-------4-----------2-------2--|-4-------4---4-------2-------4--|
|-2-------2-----------0-------0--|-2-------2---2-------0-------2--|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

  Meet    me  in          the      crowd.
  Throw   your love       a    -   round.
  Take    it   in    -    to       town.
  Put     it   in         the      ground

19
 Asus2                             E
|-0-------0---0____-0-0---0-0-0--|-0-------0---0____---0---0-0-0--|
|-0-------0---0____-0-0---0-0-0--|-0-------0---0____---0---0-0-0--|
|-2-------2---2____-2-2---2-2-2--|-1-------1---1____---1---1-1-1--|
|-2-------2---2____-2-2---2-2-2--|-2-------2---2____---2---2-2-2--|
|-0-------0---0____-0-0---0-0-0--|-2-------2---2____---2---2-2-2--|
|--------------------------------|-0-------0---0____---0---0-0-0--|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

  People,                          people.
  Love me,                         love me.
  Happy,                           happy.
  Where the                        flowers          grow.

  G
|-3-----------3---3-------3-3-3--|-3-----------3------------------|
|-3-----------3---3-------3-3-3--|-0---0---0-----------0---0---0--|
|-0-----------0---0-------0-0-0--|-0-------------------2---2---2--|
|-0-----------0---0-------0-0-0--|-0-------------------0---0---0--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

                          Gold and silver


  E                                E7
|-0-------0-------0-------0------|-0---0-------0____---0----------|
|-0-------0-------0-------0------|-0---0-------0____---0----------|
|-1-------1-------1-------1------|-1---1-------1____---1----------|
|-2-------2-------2-------2------|-0---0-------0____---0----------|
|-2-------2-------2-------2------|-2---2-------2____---2----------|
|-0-------0-------0-------0------|-0---0-------0____---0----------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

 shine.



CHORUS:
[Guitar Figure 1a]
Shiny happy people holding hands.
Shiny happy people holding hands.

[Guitar Figure 1a]
Shiny happy people laughing.


VERSE:
Everyone around, love them, love them.
Put it in your hands, take it, take it.
There's no time to cry, happy, happy.
Put it in your heart where tomorrow shines.
Gold and silver shine.


[repeat CHORUS]


[play: | G | Em | Bm | C |

       | G | Em | Bm | C - B - A - G |]


[play: Guitar Figure 1a]  [x2]


CODA (repeat to fade):

Here we go:

[Guitar Figure 1a]
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing

Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing

People, happy people
People, happy people