Dirilis pada 1996, lagu ini muncul sebagai trek ke-13 di dalam album kesepuluh mereka yang bertajuk New Adventures in Hi-Fi.
Album bergenre alternative-rock itu berhasil mendapat nominasi Grammy Award untuk kategori Best Alternative Music Album.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Low Desert” dari R.E.M:
[Intro]
D5 C5
D5 C5
D5 C5
D5 C5
[Verse 1]
D5 F5 G5
It happened fast, it's over quick
D5 F5 G5
A little dust, and the engine kicks
D5 F5 G5
Did your hands drift down off the wheel?
D5 F5 G5
Roll out, hit your windshield
D5 C5 D5 C5
An eyelash or a little bit of sleep? Time stands still
D5 C5 F5 G5 F5 D5
Just call it now, and you're on your way
[Chorus]
F5 G5 F5 D5
Hey
F5 G5 F5 D5
Hey hey
F5 G5 F5 D5
Hey
[Instrumental]
D5 C5
D5 C5
D5 C5
D5 C5
[Verse 2]
D5 F5 G5
All the ashtrays, cities, and the freeway drives
D5 F5 G5
Broken casino and water-slides
D5 F5 G5
Eighteen-wheeler, payback dice
D5 F5 G5
Gravity pulls on the power line
D5 C5 D5 C5
Jet stream cuts the desert sky, this is a land could eat a man alive
D5 C5 F5 G5 F5 D5
Say you'll leave it all behind
[Chorus]
F5 G5 F5 D5
Hey
F5 G5 F5 D5
Hey hey
F5 G5 F5 D5
Hey
[Instrumental bridge]
G Csus4 C Csus4 C
G Csus4 C Csus4 C
G
[Instrumental]
D5 C5
D5 C5
D5 C5
D5 C5
[Verse 3]
D5 F5 G5
There's a radio tower that's egging you on
D5 F5 G5
Back to the place where you never belong
D5 F5 G5
Where people thrive on their own contempt
D5 F5 G5
Whatever meaning is long gone, spent
D5 C5 D5 C5
If you had to guess or make a bet, would you place yourself inside of it?
D5 C5 F5 G5 F5 D5
The mountains yawn, the clouds let out a sigh
[Outro]
F5 G5 F5 D5
"Tricked again", let go
F5 G5 F5 D5
Okay
F5 G5 F5 D5
Hey
F5 G5 F5 D5
Hey hey
F5 G5 F5 D5
Hey
F5 G5 F5 D5
Hey hey
F5 G5 F5 D5
Hey
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