R.E.M. - Sing For The Submarine: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Sing For The Submarine" 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 Sing For The Submarine 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 "Sing For The Submarine" smoothly on your guitar.

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

    Bm C      Bm C
It feels in dreams
That everything is there for you
The city breathes and pulses
It's fuel electron blue
    F#
I knew that you could see right through it

So this is where
I give in to the machine
Lift up your voice
feel gravity's pull
Drown out the siren's ring (or silent dream)

Chorus:
     Am
It's all here where I keep it
     Dm
It's all in the submarine
     Am
It's all a lot less frightening
     Dm
than you would have had it be
     Am
But that's the good news my darling
   Dm
It is what it's going to be
    C                  Bm
So sing, sing for the submarine

I tried to explain how it all begins
How its all destroyed and built again
I knew that you could not believe me
But now you're here and it's different
How the light shines in your eyes

In every second or situ
It's then that I realised
That the world as we know it
The High speed train
We'll pick it all up and start again


Chorus

The city did not collapse in a shudder
The rain it never came
At least my confessions made you laugh
I know it's a little crazed
But these dreams...
They seem so real to me

Chorus

So this is where you trust me
And this where it begins
It's all a lot less frightening
Your tear you let it in
Tyrel and his mechanical owl

A moth disguised as a leaf
Don't tell me what tomorrow brings
Climb into the hidden machine and
sing sing sing sing sing sing
sing sing for the submarine



You can simplify chords by removing barre

Transpose

Reset

Font Size

Reset

Simplify chords by removing barre

Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

F#

Guitar chord F#

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 "Sing For The Submarine" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Sing For The Submarine" by R.E.M..

R.E.M. Song List