Staring At The Sun chords by U2

MANY VERSIONS FOLLOW!!!!

 U2, "Staring at the sun", from album "Pop"
--------------------------------------------

[Intro]: Am G F E   Am G F E


[Verse 1]:
Am        G      F       E
Summer ..
Am        G      F          E
In ..
Am     G    F       E
Over ..
Am        G
It's ..
F                    G
It's ..
   F                   G
Don't ..

[Chorus 1]:
         C         Am
I'm ...
           D             F
Afraid ..
         C            Am
Not ...
       D           F
Not ..

Am D  Am D


[Verse 2]:

[Chorus 2]:

Am D  Am D


[Verse 3]:

[Chorus 2]:

[Outro]: Am D  Am D  Am D  Am D

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VERSION 2

 Bastien Moinet (Paris, FRANCE)
--------------------------------
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moinet@penelope.itodys.jussieu.fr
From carol@ionet.net Fri Apr 18 10:29:18 1997

Staring At The Sun

   Music by U2
   Lyrics by Bono and The Edge
   Transcribed by Justin Mclaughlin



   Play in A minor



   intro electric guitar (acoustic plays Am, G, F, Em)

   1---------------------------------------------------
   2---------------5--------------------5-----------5--
   3---5---7-------------------5---7---------7---------
   4---------------------------------------------------
   5---------------------------------------------------
   6---------------------------------------------------



   Am G F Em

   Summer ..

   Am G F Em

   In ..



   there are some harmonics in the background (work with
   these):

   1----------------------
   2----------------------
   3----------------------
   4--------------------------
   5--------------------------
   6--------------------------



   Am G F Em

   Over ..

   Am G

   It's ..



   1-------------------------------------------
   2-----------------------------------------------
   3-------------------------------------------- 4
   ------------------------------------------------
   5---------------------------------------------------
   6---------------------------------------------------

   F G

   It's ..

   F G

   Don't ..



   chorus, electric guitar:

   1---------------------------------------------------
   2---15--13--15--13-------------15--15b(17)r-----13--
   3---------------------12/14-------------------------
   4---------------------------------------------------
   5---------------------------------------------------
   6---------------------------------------------------



   C Am

   I'm ..

   D Dsus4 F

   Afraid ..

   C Am

   Not ...

   D Dsus4 F

   I'm ..

   Am G

   There's ..

   F Em

   If ...



   1---------------------------
   2---------------------------
   3---2/4\2--0--2-----4---5/--
   4---------------------------
   5---------------------------
   6---------------------------



   Am G

   It's ..

   F Em

   Do ..



   1----------------------------
   2----------------------------
   3---------12/14--
   4----------------------------
   5----------------------------
   6----------------------------



   Am G

   Waves ...

   F Em

   Breaking ..

   Am G

   Will ..

   F G

   Cause ..

   F G

   And ..

   C Am

   Preach ...

   D Dsus4 F

   Afraid ..

   C Am

   Not ..

   D Dsus4 F

   I'm ..



   bridge:

   Am Dsus2 Am G



   1----------------
   2---------13\10--
   3---12-----------
   4----------------
   5----------------
   6----------------



   with fill:

   1-------------
   2-----------------------------
   3-----------------------------
   4-----------------------------
   5-----------------------------
   6-----------------------------



   1---x--x--x--x--
   2---x--x--x--x--
   3---x--x--x--x--
   4---x--x--x--x--
   5---x--x--x--x--
   6---x--x--x--x--



   Intransigence ..
   Armour ..
   Daddy ..
   Referee ..
   GOD ..?
   I'm ..



   F G

   I ..

   F G

   You ..

   C Am

   You're ..

   D Dsus4 F

   Afraid ..

   C Am

   I'm ..

   D Dsus4 F

   Not ..



   Outro:

   1-----------------------------------------------------------
   2---5-------5---------------5-------5------5------5---------
   3-------7-----------5---7-------7--------------7------12\5--
   4-----------------------------------------------------------
   5-----------------------------------------------------------
   6-----------------------------------------------------------


   1----------------------------------------------------
   2---------------------------------------------5--5---
   3---5p4-------------5--7--7--7--------5--7-----------
   4----------7-----------------------------------------
   5----------------------------------------------------
   6----------------------------------------------------




	Justin Mclaughlin   mclaugj@juno.com
From con1@fyi.net Fri Apr 18 10:35:46 1997



Staring at the Sun by U2
Transcribed by Chris Choncek (choncek@alltel.net)

I'll post lyrics later.

Intro: Am, G5, F (sounds best if these are barred)

Verse: Am, G5, F, E

Prechorus: F, G5, F, G5

Chorus: C, Am, D, F

Interlude: Am, D, Am, G5

--
VERSION 3

That's it! Another great song by U2 (...and simple too)
From ericm@iol.ie Fri Apr 18 10:49:07 1997
Cc: ericm@iol.ie

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These may not be the exact chords but you can sing along with them!
Feel free to send corrections.

Eric Mosley -> ericm@iol.ie


:U2
:Staring At The Sun

INTRO:
-------------------------------------------------
5--3--5-----------------------3-5--3--5----------
-----------------------------5-------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
Am		D		C		G
Am		D		C		G


Am        G       C       G
Summer ...
Am        G       C         G
in ....
Am     G    C          G
over ...
Am        G           C
its ..
     G
lets ..
   C
don't ...
        G
don't ..


         C         Am
I'm ..
           D             F
afraid ..
         C            Am
not ..
       D           F
not ..

Am G Am G (??)
Am        G         C        G
there's ..
  Am       G
its ..
C         G
wanna ..
Am         G      C        G
waves ..
Am      G
will ...
    C          G
'cause ..
C          G
those ..

    C          Am
to the ..
           D            F
afraid ..
         C            Am
not ..
         D           F
I'm ..


(twice)
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------7----------777----------------------------
7-7----7----------777-7-7----5---------555-------
7-7----5----------555-7-7----5---------555-------
5-5-------------------5-5----3---------333-------


Am        G
intransigence ..
Am     G
military ..
Am      G
armour ..
Am        G
daddy ..
Am      G
referee ..
Am       G
God ..
Am             G
I'm ..
 C
I ..
G
duty ..
      C
though ..
      G
belonged ..

          C          Am
you're ..
           D             F
afraid ..
          C             Am
I'm ..
       D           F
not ..
Staring ..
U2 - POP
Transcibed by Ian Loughead


Am         G       F       Em
Summer ..
Am         G     F         Em
in ..
Am      G    F       Em
over ...
Am         G
it's ..
F
it's ..
G
let's ..
F                       G
don't ...

         C          Am
I'm ..
           D            F
afraid ...
         C            Am
not ..
       D          F
not ..

bridge
Am D (repeated)

Am        G      F        Em
There's ..
Am         G
it's ..
F              Em
do ..
Am          G
waves ..
F           Em
breaking ..
Am      G
will ..
F             G
'cause ..
F          G
those ...

         C         Am
I'm ..
           D            F
afraid ..
         C            Am
not...
       D          F
not ...

bridge
Am D (repeated)

Am        G       F    Em
intransigensce ..
Am      G         F        Em
armour ...
Am      G        F        Em
referee ...
Am
I'm ..
      G           F        G
but ..
F              G
though ..

          C         Am
you're...
           D            F
afraid ...
          C            Am
I'm ...
       D           F
not ..


These may not be the exact chords but are the right chord progression
and are in tune with my guitar
send comments to From x95cjk@juliet.stfx.ca Wed Apr 30 09:40:53 1997

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Staring at the Sun
Lyrics and Music: U2
Tabbed by Shamu Naidu
E-mail: x95cjk@stfx.ca

It's a really easy song, reminds of Oasis...
Here are the chords. Listening to the song will make it obvious how
they're being played.

Intro:

Am(1)       G(1)        F        Em
-5-        -3-       -1-        -0-
-7-        -5-       -3-        -2-
-7-        -5-       -3-        -2-
-5-        -4-       -2-        -0-
-5-        -3-       -1-        -0-
-5-        -3-        -1-        -0-

Verses:

Am(2)       G(2)        Fsus2       Em
-0-         -3-       -1-
-0-         -2-       -3-
-2-         -0-       -3-
-2-         -0-       -2-
-1-         -3-       -1-
-0-         -3-       -0-

Pre-Chorus

Go back and forth between F and G(1)

Chorus

C          Am(2)        D/F# sus2       F sus2
-0-                        -2-
-3-                        -0-
-2-                        -0-
-0-                        -2-
-1-                        -3-
-0-                        -0-


Bridge:

Am or anything in the key of Am can be played over the Bridge then go into
the pre-chorus.

Outro

Am(2)       D/F#      Am(2)     G(2)


The outro might be wrong.
From pro1509@a2points.com Thu May 8 10:12:09 1997

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Staring at the sun
	U2
-POP-

Intro:
Am G F Em  (52)


 Am 		    G 		F	     Em
SUMMER ..
 Am 		  G		F	     Em
in ..
Am 	     G		F	     Em
over ..
Am 		 G
it's ..
	F
it's ..
	G
let's ..
	F				G
don't ...

		C		  Am
I'm ..
		    D			   F
afraid ...
		  C			  Am
not ..
	     D		    F
not ..


there's ..
it's ..
do ..
waves ..
breaking ..
will ..
'cause ..
those ..

to ..
afraid ..
not ..
I'm ..

Am D Dsus4 D

intransigence ..
armour ..
referee ..
I'm ..
but ..
though ..

you're ...
afraid ..
I'm ..
not ...



From al442035@academ01.cem.itesm.mx Mon May 12 13:23:28 1997


"STARING AT THE SUN"

U2 FROM THE AMBUM "POP"

Transcribed by Francisco Escobedo

Well, this is a very cool song, to play the strumming correctly
listen to the song....

INTRO.
Am

Am     G   F  Em
SUMMER ..
Am     G   F     Em
in ..
Am     G   F     Em
Over ..
Am       G
its ..
 F         G
its ..
 F             G
don't ..

CHORUS
       C    Am
I'm ...
    D  F
afraid ...
     C    Am
not ...
    D  F - Am
not ...


Am     G   F    Em
there's ..
Am       G
it's ...
 F   Em
do ...
Am       G
waves ..
F       Em
braking ...
Am     G
will ..
F         G
'cause ..
F      G
those ..

CHORUS
 C  Am
to ..
    D  F
afraid ...
       C   Am
not ..
   D   F
I'm ..

Am-D x2
Am

Am  G   F   Em
intansigence ..
Am   G   F   Em
armour ..
Am  G    F    Em
referee ..
Am
I'm ..
  G   F  G
but ..
   F    G
though ..


CHORUS
    C   Am
you're ..
  D  F
afraid ..
    C     Am
I'm ..
    D    F
not ...

Am-D


Any corrections are welcome.......
(al442035@academ01.cem.itesm.mx)
(zorzi@hotmail.com)
           ........POPMART TOUR.......
"Staring at the Sun" by U2
Music by U2, lyrics by Bono and The Edge

Transcribed by Casey M. Campbell
e-mail: U2freak@aol.com

This song is the second release from the Pop album, and is by
far the best--this is my first time to tab a song, so if there
are any errors, by all means let me know. Now let's play some
guitar:

Intro:
Am  G(1)  F(1)  G(2) repeat 2x

G(1) is:     F(1) is:     G(2) is:
E---3---     E---1---     E---3---
B---3---     B---1---     B---0---
G---4---     G---2---     G---4---
D---5---     D---3---     D---5---
A---0---     A---0---     A---0---
E---X---     E---X---     E---X---

Verse 1:
Am        G       F       Em
summer ..
Am        G      F         Em
in ..
Am     G    F       Em
over ..
Am           G
it's ..
   F
it's ..
     G
let's ...
   F                   G
don't ..


Chorus:
         C         Am
I'm ..
           D             F
afraid ..
         C            Am
not ...
       D           F
not ..

Am  G  F  Em


Verse 2 (same as verse 1)


Repeat Chorus as above


Am  D (Pattern 1)  Am  G      Pattern 1:
                          E--2--2-h3p--
Am  G(1) D (Pattern 1 twice)	          B--3---------
 						  G--2---------
 						  D--0---------
						  A--X---------
						  E--X---------

Bridge:
(Play 7 times)
E-----------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------
G------2-------0-------2------------------
D---------0-h2------------0-h2p-----------
A---0---------------0-------------3p0-----
E-----------------------------------------

intransigence ...
armour ..
referee ..
I'm ..
but ..

F        G
I ...
      F            G
though ..


Repeat chorus
you're ..
afraid ..
I'm ..
not ..

Am  D  (repeat to end)


Hope you enjoy!---send comments to U2freak@aol.com


From a.giai@studenti.to.it Thu May 15 17:15:48 1997

"Staring at the Sun" - U2 (Discoteque).
Chords & lyrics

Intro : Am - D

Am        G       F      Em
Summer ..
Am        G      F         Em
In ..
Am     G     F       Em
Over ..
Am        G         F
It's ..
     G
Let's ..
   F
Don't ..
       G
Don't ..

         C
I'm ..
       Am
Staring ..
          F
Afraid ..
          G
If ..

I'm ..
Staring ..
Not..
Who's ..

There's ..
If ..
It's ..
You ..

Waves ..
Breaking ..
Will ..
'Cause ..
Often ..
And ..do
Often ..

To ..
Staring ..
Afraid ..
If ..

Not ..
Staring ..
I'm ..
Who'd ..

Intransigence ..
Military ..
Armour ..
Daddy ..

Referee ..
God ..
I'm ..
But ..
I ..
But ..

You're ..
Staring ..
Afraid ..
If ..

I'm ..
I'm ..
Not ..
happy ..

*********************************************************************
Please email me at :

giaiale@hotmail.com       | Giai Alessio
a.giai@studenti.to.it      | Giai Alessio - Politecnic of Turin
*********************************************************************
From imardian@pwa.acusd.edu Fri May 16 08:06:40 1997

Staring at the Sun

by U2

Key: C major

Verse Chords: Am-G-Fmaj7-Em

Chorus Chords: C-Am-D-Fmaj7


Am        G       Fmaj7     Em
Summer ..

Am       G       Fmaj7       Em
In ..

Am     G     Fmaj7           Em
Over ..

Am       G             Fmaj7
It's ..

     G         Fmaj7
Let's ..

        G
Don't ..,

         C         Am
I'm ..

          D            Fmaj7
Afraid ..

         C            Am
Not ..

         D           Fmaj7
Your ..


Verse 2:

Chorus:

Bridge: Am-D repeated

Verse3:

Chorus:


---
From rumpole.no@spam.mortimer.com Fri May 16 08:31:00 1997

"David Keary" wrote:

>could somebody please reply with the chords and tab of u2's staring at the
>sun or the lyrics if possible!


=============Starin' At The Sun    U2===Key:Am===Tempo:70===


Am         |G         |F         |Em

[intro]

Am         |G         |F         |Em

 []

Am         |G         |F         |Em

Summer ..

Am         |G         |F         |Em

in ..

Am         |G         |F         |Em

over ..
glue

Am         |G         |F         |F

it's ..
G         |G         |F         |F

get ..

G         |G         |C         |C

all ..
Am         |Am         |D         |D

sun...-

F         |F         |C         |C

-side..
Am         |Am         |D         |D

sun..

F         |F         |Am         |G

blind............................... [organ simulation]

F         |Em         |Am         |G

......................................... There's an insect in your
ear,

F         |Em         |Am         |G

if ..
F         |Em         |Am         |G

want ..

F         |Em         |Am         |G

Breaking ...

F         |F         |G         |G

Cuz ..

F         |F         |G         |G

Those ..
C         |C         |Am         |Am

only ..

D         |D         |F         |F

you'd ..
C         |C         |Am         |Am

dumb..

D         |D         |F         |F

one...

Am       D  |D     Dsus D  |Am       G  |G

 [organ solo on bridge]

Am       D  |D         |Am         |Am

 []

Am         |G         |F         |Em

Intransigence ..

Am         |G         |F         |Em

armour-..

Am         |G         |F         |Em

Referee ..
.

Am         |G         |F         |F

nearly ...
G         |G         |F         |F

duty ...
G         |G         |C         |C

me..
Am         |Am         |D         |D

sun ...
F         |F         |C         |C

inside..

Am         |Am         |D         |D

the ..

F         |F         |Am         |D

blind................................. [organ outro]

Am         |G         |Am         |D

 [6]

Am         |G         |Am         |D

 [5]

Am         |G         |Am         |D

 [4]

Am         |G         |Am         |D

 [3]

Am         |G         |Am         |D

 [2]

Am         |G         |Am         |
....................................... [end]



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That Man to Man, the World O'er
Will Brothers Be, Fo' A' That

From shifter@hiline.net Fri May 16 08:32:04 1997


Group: U2
Song: Staring at the Sun

note: if you dowload this, download it and print it out on the
NOTEPAD!

Staring at the Sun by U2
from the Album POP
        -----------------
transcribed by | Billy R. Waller |
        -----------------
This is yet another great song performed by U2. It is real easy to
play but it sounds great. To achieve almost the same sound of
distortion as
U2 uses, then you should definately us a Gibson Les Paul :).


chords used:

F |--1--|  C |-----| Am |-----|  G |--3--|
 |--1--|   |--1--|   |--1--|   |-----|
 |--2--|   |-----|   |--2--|   |-----|
 |--3--|   |--2--|   |--2--|   |-----|
 |--3--|   |--3--|   |-----|   |--2--|
 |--1--|   |-----|   |-----|   |--3--|

Em |-----| D |--2--|
  |-----|  |--3--|
  |-----|  |--2--|
  |--3--|  |-----|
  |--3--|  |-----|
  |-----|  |-----|



Am-G-F-Em

...F-G-F-G

C-Am-D-F

Am-D-Am-G

Am-G-Am-G

Am-G-Am-G
From shifter@hiline.net Fri May 16 08:32:14 1997

(please disregard both previous versions I sent)




Group: U2

Song: Staring at the Sun



note: if you dowload this, download it and print it out on the

NOTEPAD!



Staring at the Sun by U2

from the Album POP

        -----------------

transcribed by | Billy R. Waller |

        -----------------

This is yet another great song performed by U2. It is real easy to

play but it sounds great. To achieve almost the same sound as

U2, then you should definately us a Gibson Les Paul :).





chords used:



Am |-----| G |--3--| F |--1--|

  |--1--|  |-----|  |--1--|

  |--2--|  |-----|  |--2--|

  |--2--|  |-----|  |--3--|

  |-----|  |--2--|  |--3--|

  |-----|  |--3--|  |--1--|



Em |-----| C |-----| D |--2--|

  |-----|  |--1--|  |--3--|

  |-----|  |-----|  |--2--|

  |--2--|  |--2--|  |-----|

  |--2--|  |--3--|  |-----|

  |-----|  |-----|  |-----|





Intro :



Am-G-F-Em x2





Verse 1 :



Am        G        F       Em

SUMMER ...

Am        G      F         Em

in ..

Am     G    F         Em

over ..

Am          G

it's..

      F

It's ..

     G

let's ..

   F                    G

don't ..





Chorus :



          C         Am

I'm ..

            D            F

afraid ..

          C            Am

not ..

        D          F

not ..





Am-G-F-Em





Verse 2 :



Am         G     F         Em

there's ..

Am          G

it's ..

    F          Em

do ..

Am         G

waves ..

F         Em

breaking ..
Am     G

will ...

   F           G

'cause ..

F          G

those ..





Chorus :



     C          Am

to ..
            D            F

afraid ..

          C           Am

not ..

          D           F

I'm ..





Am-D-Am-G

Am-D-Am





Verse 3 :



intransigence ..



armour ..



referee ..



I'm ..

                 F       G

but ..

F                  G

though ..





Chorus :



           C         Am

you're ..

            D            F

afraid ..

           C            Am

I'm ..

        D           F

not ..




*** Staring At The Sun ***
     by U2
Words by Bono and The Edge
from the U2 Pop CD 1997 (c) Polygram

Transcribed by H. Wayne Qualkinbush 6-27-97


Intro: Am G F Em Am G F Em

Am 		 G            F  		  Em
Summer ..
Am           G        F            Em
In ..
Am         G      F         Em
Over ..
Am            G
It's ..
        F
It's ..
         G
Let's ..
    F				     G
don't ..



CHORUS:
            C		   Am
I'm ..
		   D		          F
afraid ..
               C             Am
not ..
           D                F
not ...


Am G F Em

Am		 G          F              Em
there's ...
   Am         G
it's ..
      F                 Em
do ..
Am              G
waves ..
F             Em
breaking..
Am        G
will ..
  F           G
'cause ..
   F          G
and ..


[REPEAT CHORUS]

Am D Am G
Am D Am G

Am				Am
intransingence ..
Am				Am
armour ..
Am				Am
referee ..
Am
I'm ..
F       G
I ..
F                G
though ...


[REPEAT CHORUS]

Am D Am D Am D......(repeat & fade)


Hope this is good enough, I know that there are some minor
 deviations to the chords, but the basics are here.

Feel free to E-Mail me if you like : hqualkin@sprynet.com
				   Wayne Qualkinbush