U2 - Stay faraway so close
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As performed at Glastonbury 2011, acoustically by The Edge backing and harmonising with Bono.
Performance notes
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A slightly different take on a wonderful song. Note the top two strings ring the whole
time, giving that plangent, ethereal feel.
Standard tuning but detuned half A step - Eb Ab Db
Gb Bb Eb
NB the chords are named according to the fingering below - but as the guitar is detuned,
E is actually an Eb!
Chords
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E 022100
F#m11 244300
A/F# 2x2200
E/G 4x2100
Aadd9 577600
Bsus4 799800
Intro
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E F#m11 Aadd9 E
Verse I
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Green Elight Seven E-F#m11leven
You Aadd9stop in for a pack of Ecigarettes
You don't Esmoke don't F#m11even want to
Aadd9Hey now check your Echange
Dressed Eup like a F#m11car crash
The Aadd9wheels are turning but you're Eupside down
A/F# You say when he hits you you don't Emind
A/F# Because when he hurts you you feel a-Elive
Oh F#yeah is Aadd9that what it is? E
Verse II
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Red Elights grey F#m11morning
You Aadd9stumble out of a Ehole in the ground
A Evampire or a F#m11victim
It de-Aadd9pends on who's a-Eround
You used to Estay in to watch the F#m11adverts
You could Aadd9lip synch to the Etalk shows
A/F# And if you look you look through E/G#me
And when you talk it's not to Aadd9me
And when I touch you you don't feel a Bsus4thing
Chorus I
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If I could A/F#stay then the night would give you Eup
If I could A/F#stay then the day would keep its Etrust
F#m11Stay and the Aadd9night would be e-Enough
Verse III
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Far Eaway so close F#m11
Up with the Aadd9static and the Eradio waves
With satell-Eite tele-F#m11vision BBC
You can go Aadd9anywhere E
EMiami New Orl-eaF#m11ns Aadd9London Belfast GElastonbury
A/F# And if you listen I can't callE/G#
And if you jump you just might fallAadd9
And if you shout I'll only hear youBsus4
Chorus II
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If I could A/F#stay then the night would give you Eup
If I could A/F#stay then the day would keep its Etrust
If I could A/F#stay with the E/G#spirit I found
Aadd9 Stay with the Bsus4demons I drowned
F#m11Stay and the nigAadd9ht would be e-Enough
Break (over verse chords)
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Oh oh Eoh oh oh F#m11oh
Oh oh Aadd9oh oh oh Eoh
Oh oh Eoh oh oh F#m11oh
Oh oh Aadd9oh oh oh Eoh
Outro (truncated verse)
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Three o'Eclock in the morningF#m11
It's quietAadd9 and there's Eno-one around
Just the Ebang and the claF#m11tter
As an Aadd9angel hits the ground E
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2011
watfordkev@gmail.com