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Song: U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close), acoustic live version
Tuning: EADGCF (1st & 2nd string one semitone up)
For original key, tune 2 steps down.
Fig 1
Green light, ....
*-----------0-----------------0-----------------0-----------------0----------|
*---------------0---------------0-------------------------------------0------|
*---------2-------2---------4-----4-----------7-----7-----------2-------2----|
*-------3-----------------5---------5-------8---------8-------3--------------|
*----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*-----1-----------------3-----------------6-----------------1----------------|
Play 3 times
Fig 2
You say when ...
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*---------0-----0-----------0---0---------------------------------------------|
*-------3---------3-------3-------3-----------2-------2h3p2h3p2------------2--|
*------3------------3----3----------3-------3-------3-----------3--------3----|
*-----------------------------------------------------------------3-----------|
*----3-----------------3------------------1-------------------------1---------|
h = hammer on, p = pull off
Because when he hurts you, you feel alive.
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*---------0-----0-------------0---------------------0-------------------------|
*-------3---------3-------3-----3-------------2-------2-----------------------|
*------3------------3----3--------3---------3---------------------------------|
*-----------------------------------1-----------------------------------------|
*----3-----------------3-----------------1------------------------------------|
Oh now. Is that what it is?
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*-------------0------------------------------------0-------|
*---------4-----4-----------7-----7-----------2-------2----|
*-------5---------5-------8---------8-------3--------------|
*----------------------------------------------------------|
*-----3-----------------6-----------------1----------------|
Fig 3
Red light, grey morning…
Strum
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*-----0-----------------0-----------------0-----------------0-------|
*-----2-----------------4-----------------7-----------------2-------|
*-----3-----------------5-----------------8-----------------3-------|
*-----3-----------------5-----------------8-----------------3-------|
*-----1-----------------3-----------------6-----------------1-------|
Fig 4
And if you look... And if you talk...
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*--------------0-----------0----------------0---------0---0-------0---0-----|
*----------3-----3-----3-----3----------------------------------------------|
*--------3-----------3---------3--------7-----7-----7-------7---7-------7---|
*-------------------------------------8---------8---------------------------|
*----1-3-----------3-------------1--5-------------5-----------5-----------5-|
And when I touch you You ..
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*-----------0-----------------------------------0---0---0---0---0---0---------|
*-------7-----7-----------7-----7---------9-------9-------9-------9-----------|
*-----8---------8-------8---------8-----10------------------------------------|
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*---6-----------------6---------------8---------------------------------------|
Fig 5
If I could stay…
*---------0-----------------0-----------------0------------------------0-----|
*-----------0-------------0---0------------------------------------------0---|
*-------3-----3----------3-------3----------2-------2h3p2h3p2----------------|
*------3--------3------------------3-------3------3------------3-------------|
*-----------------1------------------1---------------------------3---3-------|
*----3----------------3------------------1-------------------------1---------|
Play 2 times
Stay, ...
*-----------0-----------------0-----------------0------------------|
*---------0-----0---------------0-------------------0--------------|
*-------3---------3---------7-----7-----------2---------2h3p2h3p2--|
*-------------------3-----8---------8-------3----------------------|
*-------------------------------------8----------------------------|
*----3------------------6-----------------1------------------------|
Faraway, so close...
Repeat Fig 1, quietly
And if you listen, I can’t call...
Repeat Fig 4
If I could stay...
Repeat Fig 5 two times
Stay, ....
*---------0-------------------0------------------0------------------0----------|
*-----------0--------------------0-----------------0---------------------------|
*-------3-----3-------------------------------7------7----------9-----9--------|
*------3--------3---------7--------7--------8----------8-----10--------10------|
*-----------------------8------------8-----------------------------------10----|
*----3------------3---5----------------5--6--------------6--8---------------8--|
Stay, ...
*-----------0-----------------0-----------------0-------------------------|
*---------0-----0---------------------------------------------------------|
*-------3---------3---------7-----7-----------2---------2h3p2h3p2---------|
*-------------------3-----8---------8-------3----------------------3------|
*-------------------------------------8---------------3--------------3----|
*-----3-----------------6-----------------1----------------------------1--|
Fig 7
Ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh…
Strum
*-----0-----------------0-----------------0-----------------0-------|
*-----0-----------------0-----------------0-----------------0-------|
*-----2-----------------4-----------------7-----------------2-------|
*-----3-----------------5-----------------8-----------------3-------|
*-----3-----------------5-----------------8-----------------3-------|
*-----1-----------------3-----------------6-----------------1-------|