Words and Music by R.E.M. from the 2011 Album "Collapse Into Now" Start with a single strum of Am, then into the strumming pattern: Dm Am we live and dream about the future Dm Am please ask Neil I need to pow wow, now Dm Am sift through the annals of our flavored times Dm Am our heroes and all their fatal flaws C Am C Am Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I sing G Am lay me down down down down G Am lay me down down down down G Am help me off to sleep G Am take me deep again Dm Am we live and dream about our heroes Dm Am I listened closely and I said Dm Am I'm not sure where to place my self here, friend Dm Am I might pawn the gold rings in stead C Am C Am G The winners write the rule books, the histories and lullla bies G Am lay me down down down down G Am lay me down down down down G Am help me off to sleep G Am take me deep again G Am I heard what you said G Am picture brass rings in your head G Am white gold and bronze are bon bons G Am brass is mixed with End on Am