Chords with lyrics
As performed at Glastonbury 2011, acoustically by The Edge backing and harmonising with Bono.
Performance notes
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A augmentedA 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 augmentedA step - 
Eb MajorEb 
AbAb 
C#C#
F#F# 
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
NB the chords are named according to the fingering below - but as the guitar is detuned,
E MajorE is actually an Eb!
Chords
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E MajorE 022100
F#m11F#m11 244300
A/F# 2x2200
E/G 4x2100
Aadd9Aadd9 577600
Bsus4Bsus4 799800
Intro
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E MajorE F#m11F#m11 Aadd9Aadd9 E MajorE
Verse I
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E MajorE F#m11F#m11
Green light Seven E-leven
Aadd9Aadd9 E MajorE
You stop in for a pack of cigarettes
E MajorE F#m11F#m11
You don't smoke don't even want to
Aadd9Aadd9 E MajorE
Hey now check your change
E MajorE F#m11F#m11
Dressed up like a car crash
Aadd9Aadd9 E MajorE
The wheels are turning but you're upside down
A/F# E MajorE
You say when he hits you you don't mind
A/F# E MajorE
Because when he hurts you you feel a-live
F#F# Aadd9Aadd9 E MajorE
Oh yeah is that what it is?
Verse II
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E MajorE F#m11F#m11
Red lights grey morning
Aadd9Aadd9 E MajorE
You stumble out of a hole in the ground
E MajorE F#m11F#m11
A augmentedA vampire or a victim
Aadd9Aadd9 E MajorE
It de-pends on who's a-round
E MajorE F#m11F#m11
You used to stay in to watch the adverts
Aadd9Aadd9 E MajorE
You could lip synch to the talk shows
A/F# E/G#
And if you look you look through me
Aadd9Aadd9
And when you talk it's not to me
Bsus4Bsus4
And when I touch you you don't feel a thing
Chorus I
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A/F# E MajorE
If I could stay then the night would give you up
A/F# E MajorE
If I could stay then the day would keep its trust
F#m11F#m11 Aadd9Aadd9 E MajorE
Stay and the night would be e-nough
Verse III
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E MajorE F#m11F#m11
Far away so close
Aadd9Aadd9 E MajorE
Up with the static and the radio waves
E MajorE F#m11F#m11
With satell-ite tele-vision BBC
Aadd9Aadd9 E MajorE
You can go anywhere
E MajorE F#m11F#m11 Aadd9Aadd9 E MajorE
Miami New Orl-eans London Belfast Glastonbury
A/F# E/G#
And if you listen I can't call
Aadd9Aadd9
And if you jump you just might fall
Bsus4Bsus4
And if you shout I'll only hear you
Chorus II
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A/F# E MajorE
If I could stay then the night would give you up
A/F# E MajorE
If I could stay then the day would keep its trust
A/F# E/G#
If I could stay with the spirit I found
Aadd9Aadd9 Bsus4Bsus4
Stay with the demons I drowned
F#m11F#m11 Aadd9Aadd9 E MajorE
Stay and the night would be e-nough
Break (over verse chords)
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E MajorE F#m11F#m11
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Aadd9Aadd9 E MajorE
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
E MajorE F#m11F#m11
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Aadd9Aadd9 E MajorE
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Outro (truncated verse)
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E MajorE F#m11F#m11
Three o'clock in the morning
Aadd9Aadd9 E MajorE
It's quiet and there's no-one around
E MajorE F#m11F#m11
Just the bang and the clatter
Aadd9Aadd9 E MajorE
As an angel hits the ground
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2011
[email protected]
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