Man On The Moon Acoustic Guitar Lesson - REM

Here is an acoustic guitar lesson on how to play Man On The Moon originally by REM. This lesson has been done by James from the acoustic covers duo "Handsome Alvin" please check out our covers at:

http://www.youtube.com/aushandsomealvin

Capo 2nd Fret (original use open)

Intro/Verse Chord Progression:

C; Dadd2add4; C; C;

Intro two times
Verse 1 six times
Verse 2 and 3 four times

Intro/Verse Strumming:

D DU UDU; D / DU UDU; D \ DU UDU; D DU UDU;

where / is slide up and \ is slide down

Pre Chorus Chord Progression:

Am; G; Am; G;
Am; G C; D; D;

Pre Chorus Strumming:

D DU UDU and D DU D DU

Chorus Chord Progression:

G Am; C Bm; G Am; D;
G Am; C Bm; Am; Am;

out chorus repeat three times

Chorus Strumming:

D D D D; DUDUDUDU and D DU UDU;

Guitar Solo Chord Progression:

Em; D; Em; D; Em; D; D;

Guitr Solo Strumming:

D DU UDU

Lyrics:

Intro (0:00)

Verse 1 (0:16)
Mott the Hoople and the game of Life, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Monopoly, Twenty-one, checkers, and chess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister Fred Blassie, and a breakfast mess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'll see you in heaven if you make the list, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Pre-Chorus (1:05)
Now Andy did you hear about this one, tell me are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby, are we losing touch?

Chorus (1:21)
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve, then nothing is cool

Verse 2 (1:38)
Moses went walking with the staff of wood, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Newton got beaned by the apple good, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Pre-Chorus (2:10)
Andy did you hear about this one, tell me are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby, are you having fun?

Chorus (2:26)
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve, then nothing is cool

Solo (2:42)

Verse 3 (2:57)
Here's a little agit for the never believer, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's a little ghost for the offering, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Pre-Chorus (3:29)
Now Andy did you hear about this one, tell me are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby, are we losing touch?

Chorus (3:45)
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve, then nothing is cool

Solo (4:01)

Out-Chorus (4:15)
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve, then nothing is cool
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve, then nothing is cool
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve, then nothing is cool

Enjoy

James from Handsome Alvin

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[narrowhell]

Nice lesson.. I am a beginner.. the part switching from C to Bm is too hard :(

[educationalmaterials]

Thanks and yes that is tricky, just keep practicing and you will get there eventually!!

[carkeyking13]

you are an awesome teacher my friend you have single-handedly taught me 30 songs

[educationalmaterials]

Thanks, much appreciated only about another 40 songs to go :)

[REDHOTUKM]

Brilliant lesson really well explained THANK YOU

[educationalmaterials]

No problem, thanks for the comment

[dennysdigs]

Great lesson. Really appreciate the explanations/illustrations of the strumming patterns which many online guitar teachers just don't seem to bother with. Keep it up, mate!

[whpriol1]

Awesome.

[whec65]

What a novel instructional approach. And, I might add, very well executed!

[joeyjokester]

@educationalmaterials good lesson. Just thought I'd let you know that when Peter Buck plays this he plays the C in the chorus's as a C is in the 3rd position (x3555x). In the intro/verses he still does the C (x32010). It's a small change, but its more legit.

[Stratoblaster86]

@narrowhell You could play the C as a Barre chord, wouldn't have to switch betweenm open an barre then

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