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Stay Faraway So Close by U2

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As performed at Glastonbury 2011, acoustically by The Edge backing and harmonising with Bono.

Performance notes
=================

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 C# 
F# 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
=====

E   F#m11  Aadd9   E

Verse I
=======

E             F#m11
Green light Seven E-leven

Aadd9                 E
You stop in for a pack of cigarettes

E           F#m11
You don't smoke don't even want to

Aadd9              E
Hey now check your change

E         F#m11
Dressed up like a car crash

Aadd9                         E
The wheels are turning but you're upside down

A/F#                                  E
   You say when he hits you you don't mind

A/F#                                    E
   Because when he hurts you you feel a-live

F#      Aadd9              E
Oh yeah is that what it is?

Verse II
========

E           F#m11
Red lights grey morning

Aadd9            E
You stumble out of a hole in the ground

E            F#m11
A vampire or a victim

Aadd9            E
It de-pends on who's a-round

E                    F#m11
You used to stay in to watch the adverts

Aadd9            E
You could lip synch to the talk shows

A/F#                                 E/G#
    And if you look you look through me

Aadd9
And when you talk it's not to me

Bsus4
And when I touch you you don't feel a thing



Chorus I
========

A/F#                               E
If I could stay then the night would give you up

A/F#                             E
If I could stay then the day would keep its trust

F#m11        Aadd9            E
Stay and the night would be e-nough

Verse III
=========

E             F#m11
Far away so close

Aadd9          E
Up with the static and the radio waves

E        F#m11
With satell-ite tele-vision BBC

Aadd9    E
You can go anywhere

E               F#m11  Aadd9           E
Miami New Orl-eans     London Belfast Glastonbury

A/F#                              E/G#
    And if you listen I can't call

Aadd9
And if you jump you just might fall

Bsus4
And if you shout I'll only hear you

Chorus II
=========

A/F#                               E
If I could stay then the night would give you up

A/F#                             E
If I could stay then the day would keep its trust

A/F#          E/G#
If I could stay with the spirit I found

Aadd9           Bsus4
  Stay with the demons I drowned

F#m11           Aadd9         E
Stay and the night would be e-nough

Break (over verse chords)
=========================

E        F#m11
Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Aadd9    E
Oh oh oh oh oh oh

E        F#m11
Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Aadd9    E
Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Outro (truncated verse)
=======================

E                   F#m11
Three o'clock in the morning

Aadd9        E
It's quiet and there's no-one around

E               F#m11
Just the bang and the clatter

Aadd9                 E
As an angel hits the ground



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I hope I've done it justice!

Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2011

watfordkev@gmail.com