U2 – Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Capo 1st 184 bpm 4/4 Strumming [Zooropa 1993]
Intro
D D D D E7 E7 G G D D
Verse 1
D D E7 E7
Green light… seven-eleven…
G G D D
You stop in… for a pa-aaa-ck of cigarettes…
D D E7 E7
You don't smoke… Don't even want to…
G G D D
Hey-yyy now… check your change…
D D E7 E7
Dressed up… like a car crash…
G G D D
Your wheels are-eee turning but you're upside down…
Bridge
Em Em Em Em
You say when he hits you…
D D D D
you don't mind-ddd…
Em Em Em Em
because when he hurts you…
D D E7 E7
you feel a-aaa-live-eee… Hey-yyy now…
G G D D
is that what it is…
Verse 2
D D E7 E7
Red light… grey morning…
G G D D
you stumble… out of a hole in the ground…
D D E7 E7
A vampire… or a victim…
G G D D
It depends on… who's around…
D D E7 E7
You used to stay in… to watch the adverts…
G G D D
You could lip-synch… to the talk shows…
Pre Chorus 1
Em Em Em Em
and if you look… you look through me…
F#m F#m F#m F#m
and when you talk… you talk at me…
G G G G
and when I touch you…
A A A A
you don't feel-lll a thing…
Chorus
Em Em Em Em
If i could stay-yyy… then the night-ttt would-ddd give
D D D D
you up-ppp…
Em Em Em Em
Stay… and the day-yyy would-ddd keep
D D D D
its trust-ttt…
Em Em G G
Stay… and the night-ttt would-ddd be…
D D D D
enough-hhh…
Verse 3
D D E7 E7
Faraway… so close…
G G D D
up with the static… and the radio…
D D E7 E7
with satellite… television…
G G D D
you go can anywhere…
D D E7 E7
Miami… New Orleans…
G G D D
Lon-nnn-don… Bel-lll-fast and-ddd Berlin…
Pre Chorus 2
Em Em Em Em
and if you listen… I can't call…
F#m F#m F#m F#m
and-ddd if you jump you just might fall…
G G G G A A A A
and if you shout… I'll only hear you…
Refrain
Em Em Em Em
If i could stay-yyy… then the night-ttt would-ddd give
D D D D
you up-ppp…
Em Em Em Em
Stay… and the day-yyy would-ddd keep
D D D D
its trust-ttt…
Em Em F#m F#m
Stay… stay with the demons you-uuu drowned…
G G A A
Stay… with the spirits I-iii found…
Em Em G G
STAY-YYY-YYY… and the night-ttt would-ddd be
D D D D
enough-hhh… Woo-ooo…
Solo
D D Em Em G G D D
Ooo-ooo-ooo… Woo-ooo… Ooo-ooo… Wo-ooo…
D D Em Em G G D D
Ooo-ooo-ooo… Woo-ooo… Ooo-ooo…
Outro
D D E7 E7
3 o'clock… in the morning…
G G D D
It's quiet… and there's no one around…
D D E7 E7
Just the bang… and the clatter…
G G D D
as an angel… runs to ground…
D D E7 E7
Just the bang… and the clatter…
G G ^ D
as an angel… hits the ground…