R.E.M. - Ignoreland: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Ignoreland" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
 D These bastards stole their power from The victims of the us v. them years Wrecking all things virtuous and true The undermining social democratic Downhill slide into abysmal Lost lamb off the precipice into The trickle down run-off pool C D They hypnotized the summer, C D nineteen seventy-nine. C D F Marched into the capital brooding duplicitous, G wicked and able, media-ready, F heartless, and labeled. Super U.S. citizen, super achiever, G mega ultra power dosing. Relax. Defense, defense, defense, defense. Yeah yeah, G D (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah)(Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Their clues from all the sound-bite gluttons 1980, '84, '88 '92 too, too How to be what you can be Jump jam junking your energies How to walk in dignity With throw-up on your shoes They amplified the autumn 1979 Calculate the capital Up the republic my skinny ass, TV tells a million lies The paper's terrified to report, anything that isn't handed On a presidential spoon, I'm just profoundly frustrated By all this, so fuck you, man Chorus: (Fuck 'em) (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland If they weren't there we would have created them Maybe, it is true But I'm resentful all the same Someone's got to take the blame I know that this is vitriol No solution, spleen-venting But I feel better having screamed Don't you? They desecrate the winter 1979 Capital collateral Brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready Heartless and labeled, super U.S. citizen, super achiever Mega ultra power dosing, relax, defense, defense, defense, defense Yeah, yeah, yeah, fuck Chorus: (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland (Yeah, yeah, yeah) (And that takes us out of the record, and into the revolution. Take it.) You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsC  D  F  G  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Ignoreland" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Ignoreland" by R.E.M..