Lagu tersebut menjadi bagian dari album studio ketujuh mereka yang bertajuk Out of Time.
Album yang dirilis pada tahun 1991 melalui Concord Records itu sukses memenangkan Grammy Awards untuk Best Alternative Music Album.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Half a World Away” dari R.E.M.
[Intro]
Am G D Dsus4 D Dsus2 Em
[Verse]
Am G D Dsus4 D Dsus2 Em
This could be the saddest dusk I've ever seen
Am G D Dsus4 D Dsus2
turn to a miracle, high alive.
Em Am G D Dsus4 D Dsus2
My mind is racing, as it always will.
Em Am
My hands tired, my heart aches.
G D Dsus4 D Dsus2 Em F
I'm half a world away here, my head sworn to go it alone,
F D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus2
and hold it along, haul it along and hold it.
F D Dsus4 D
Go it alone, and hold it along. Oh................
[Verse 2]
Dsus4 D Dsus2 G D Dsus4 D Dsus2
Oh lonely deep sit hollow.
Em Am D G
Half a world, half a world away.
D Dsus4 D Dsus2 Em Am D
My shoes are gone, my life spent.
G D Dsus4 D Dsus2
I've had too much to drink.
Em Am D G
I didn't think, I didn't think of you.
D Dsus4 D Dsus2 Em
I guess that's all I need-ed.
F D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus2
To go it alone, and hold it along, haul it along, and hold it.
F
Backwards, blackbirds, forwards and fall.
[Verse 3]
Dsus4 D Dsus2 G D Dsus4 D Dsus2
Oh lonely world is wasted.
Em Am D G
Pathetic eyes, high alive.
D Dsus4 D Dsus2 Em Am D
Blind to the tide that turns the sea.
G D Dsus4 D Dsus2
This storm it came up strong.
Em Am D G
It shook the trees and blew away our fear.
D Dsus4 D Dsus2 Em
I couldn't even hear.
[Bridge]
F D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus2
To go it alone, and hold it along, haul it along, and hold it.
F D Dsus4 D
Go it alone, and hold it along. Oh................
F D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus2
Go it alone, and hold it along, haul it along, and hold it.
F
Blackbirds, backwards, forwards and fall.
[Outro]
D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus2
Oh.............. Oh,
G D Dsus4 D Dsus2
this could be the saddest dusk
Em Am D G D Dsus4 D Dsus2 Em
I ever seen turn to a miracle, high alive.
Am D G D Dsus4 D Dsus2 Em
My mind is racing, as it al--ways will.
Am D G
My hands tired, my heart aches.
D Dsus4 D Dsus2 Em
I'm half a world a - way.
Am D G
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