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Stay Faraway So Close

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U2 is an Irish alternative rock band from Dublin formed in 1976. The group consists of Bono (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), the Edge (lead guitar, keyboards, and backing vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar), and Larry Mullen Jr. (drums and percussion). Initially rooted in post-punk, U2's musical style evolved throughout their career, yet has maintained an anthemic sound built on Bono's expressive vocals and the Edge's effects-based guitar textures.

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

Performance notes
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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 Db
Gb 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]
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E F#m11 Aadd9 E

[Verse 1]
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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 2]
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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 1]
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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 3]
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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 2]
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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)
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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)
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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

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