Verse 1: (* For all the verses, the F's, C's, and Am's are played as barre chords, the F's in A formation, the C's and Am's in E form. He upstrokes them in pairs, on what sounds like a big hollowbody electric. The placement of the chords over the words here is inteneded only to to denote their *approximate* temporal location. Listen to the song and you'll be able to hear and feel where they actually go.*)
This here is the place where I will be stayin'
There isn't a number you can call on the payphone, let it ring a long,long,
long, long time
If I don't pick up, hang up, call back let it ring some more
[Untranscribable Stipe yodel]
If I don't pick up, pick up, the sidewinder sleep, sleep, sleeps in a coil
Chorus 1 (*I won't even try to pretend that I know what he's
D////G//C//Am/ D////G//C//Am/ D////G//C//Am/
C Em (*play as noted above for transition*)
Verse 2:
There's scratches all around the coinslot, like a heartbeat baby, tryin' to
wake up
But this machine can only swallow money, you can't lay a patch by computer
design
With just alot of stupid, stupid signs
["Tell her" yodeled]
Tell her she can kiss my ass and say that you were
Only kidding, that way she'll know that it's really, really, really,
really me
Chorus 2: (*Same as chorus one, including transition*)
D////G//C//Am/ D////G//C//Am/ D////G//C//Am/
Verse 3: (*Short verse*)
Baby eat some soup, does it really grab me today I need something more
sub-stub-sub-substantial
A can of beans, some black eyed peas, some Nescafe and ice
A candy bar, a fall(*en/in'*) star, or a reading from Doctor Seuss
Chorus 3:
D////G//C//Am/ D////G//C//Am/ D////G//C//Am/
C Em (*Same as above*)
Bridge:
(*During the bridge, Am and Bm are played as A barres, and the picking pattern is like this:
