R.E.M. - Saturn Return: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Saturn Return" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. 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.

Learn Saturn Return Guitar Chords and Lyrics by R.E.M.

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Saturn Return" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

F#m	C#m	       Bm	    A
Easy to poke yourself square in the eye
F#m	  C#m		  Bm         A
Harder to like yourself, harder to try
F#m	    C#m	    Bm		  A
These Elvis poses, postcards and neopryn
F#m	C#m       Bm A
Roses a dollar a stem
F#m	    C#m	        Bm	  A
Everyone's sleeping or pulling a long haul,
    F#m		C#m	    Bm	   A
the keys in the cooler, it's 3 A.M.

Chorus:
    F#m	      C#m	F#m
and Saturn is beckoning no one
   Bm	      F#m
is off on its own
   Bm	    F
is offering up

Late shift convenience store
Cut out the lights
Telescope roof towards the
northwestern sky
You pull the ladder up
no one's the wiser
You find your sights and discover

Chorus:
Saturn is orbiting nothing
Is off on its own
Is breaking from home

Harder to look yourself square in the eye
Easy to take off

You found the ladder in the pattern of your wrist
You've seen and you've marked horizons
Mother was difficult, she made you cry
Cover the mirror, look to the sky
You climb into your rocketship Triumph
Lift up and hold out your hands

Chorus:
Saturn is orbiting nothing
Is off on its own
Is breaking from home
Saturn is orbiting nothing
Is off on its own
Is breaking from home

Saturn return when you chase down its moons
Throw them into a new gravity

Harder to look yourself square in the eye
Easy to poke yourself, easy as pie
Easy to take off, harder to fly
Harder to wake Galileo


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

F

Guitar chord F

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

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 "Saturn Return" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Saturn Return" by R.E.M..

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