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Staring at the Sun

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★4.3(5)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

BONO VERSE

1---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3---7/9-7-9-9---------7/9-7-9-9-12-12-12--7/9-7-9-9-------------------------|
4-------------7-7-7---------------------------------7-7-7--7-9-9/10-9-7-7-7-|
5---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
6---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Am G F Em

1--0-0-0--3-3-3--1-1-1--0-0-0-|
2--1-1-1--0-0-0--1-1-1--0-0-0-|
3--2-2-2--0-0-0--2-2-2--0-0-0-|
4--2-2-2--0-0-0--3-3-3--2-2-2-|
5--0-0-0--2-2-2--3-3-3--2-2-2-|
6---------3-3-3--1-1-1--0-0-0-|

Summer stretching on the grass

Summer dresses pass

In the shade of a willow tree

Creeps a crawling over me

Over me and over you

Stuck together with God's glue

Am G

1--0-0-0--3-3-3-|
2--1-1-1--0-0-0-|
3--2-2-2--0-0-0-|
4--2-2-2--0-0-0-|
5--0-0-0--2-2-2-|
6---------3-3-3-|

It's going to get stickier too

F Em

1--1-1-1--0-0-0-|
2--1-1-1--0-0-0-|
3--2-2-2--0-0-0-|
4--3-3-3--2-2-2-|
5--3-3-3--2-2-2-|
6--1-1-1--0-0-0-|

It's been a long hot summer

Let's get undercover

Don't try too hard to think

Don't think at all

C Am

1--0-0-0--0-0-0-|
2--1-1-1--1-1-1-|
3--0-0-0--2-2-2-|
4--2-2-2--2-2-2-|
5--3-3-3--0-0-0-|
6--0-0-0--------|

I'm not the only one

Starin' at the sun

Afraid of what you'd find

D F

1--2-2-2-3-2-3-2---1-1-1-|
2--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---1-1-1-|
3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---2-2-2-|
4--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-|
5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-|
6------------------1-1-1-|

If you took a look inside

REPEAT

Not just deaf and dumb

I'm staring at the sun

Not the only one

Who's happy to go blind

Am G F Em

1--0-0-0--3-3-3--1-1-1--0-0-0-|
2--1-1-1--0-0-0--1-1-1--0-0-0-|
3--2-2-2--0-0-0--2-2-2--0-0-0-|
4--2-2-2--0-0-0--3-3-3--2-2-2-|
5--0-0-0--2-2-2--3-3-3--2-2-2-|
6---------3-3-3--1-1-1--0-0-0-|

There's an insect in your ear

If you scratch it won't disappear

It's gonna itch and burn and sting

Do you want to see what the scratching brings?

Waves that leave me out of reach

Breaking on your back like a beach

Am G

1--0-0-0--3-3-3-|
2--1-1-1--0-0-0-|
3--2-2-2--0-0-0-|
4--2-2-2--0-0-0-|
5--0-0-0--2-2-2-|
6---------3-3-3-|

Will we ever live in peace?

F Em

1--1-1-1--0-0-0-|
2--1-1-1--0-0-0-|
3--2-2-2--0-0-0-|
4--3-3-3--2-2-2-|
5--3-3-3--2-2-2-|
6--1-1-1--0-0-0-|

'Cause those that can't do often have to

Those that can't do often have to preach

C Am

1--0-0-0--0-0-0-|
2--1-1-1--1-1-1-|
3--0-0-0--2-2-2-|
4--2-2-2--2-2-2-|
5--3-3-3--0-0-0-|
6--0-0-0--------|

To the ones

Starin' at the sun

Afraid of what you'd find

D F

1--2-2-2-3-2-3-2---1-1-1-|
2--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---1-1-1-|
3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---2-2-2-|
4--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-|
5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-|
6------------------1-1-1-|

If you took a look inside

REPEAT

Not just deaf and dumb

I'm staring at the sun

Not the only one

Who'd rather go blind

Am D Am G

1--0-0---2--2-3-2--0-0--3--3-3-3-|
2--1-1---3--3-3-3--1-1--0--0-0-0-|
3--2-2---2--2-2-2--2-2--0--0-0-0-|
4--2-2---0--0-0-0--2-2--0--0-0-0-|
5--0-0---0--0-0-0--0-0--2--2-2-2-|
6-----------------------3--3-3-3-|

Am G D

1--0-0--3--3-3-3---2--2-3-2-2--2-3-2-|
2--1-1--0--0-0-0---3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|
3--2-2--0--0-0-0---2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|
4--2-2--0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|
5--0-0--2--2-2-2---0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|
6-------3--3-3-3---------------------|
1-----------------------------------------------------|
2-----------------------------------------------------|
3-----------------------------------------------------|
4---7-5-7---7-5------------7-5-7---7-5----------------|
5-0-------0-----7-5-----0--------0------7-5------0----|
6-------------------7b8----------------------7b8------|

Intransigence is all around

Military still in town

Armour plated suits and ties

Daddy just won't say goodbye

Referee won't blow the whistle

God is good but will He listen?

I'm nearly great

But there's something I'm missing

F G

1--1-1-1--3-3-3-|
2--1-1-1--0-0-0-|
3--2-2-2--0-0-0-|
4--3-3-3--0-0-0-|
5--3-3-3--2-2-2-|
6--1-1-1--3-3-3-|

I left in the duty fee

Though you never really belonged to me

C Am

1--0-0-0--0-0-0-|
2--1-1-1--1-1-1-|
3--0-0-0--2-2-2-|
4--2-2-2--2-2-2-|
5--3-3-3--0-0-0-|
6--0-0-0--------|

You're not the only one

Starin' at the sun

Afraid of what you'd find

D F

1--2-2-2-3-2-3-2---1-1-1-|
2--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---1-1-1-|
3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---2-2-2-|
4--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-|
5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-|
6------------------1-1-1-|

If you stepped back inside

REPEAT

I'm not sucking my thumb

I'm staring at the sun

Not the only one

Who's happy to go blind

REPEAT

Happy to go blind

Happy to go blind

C Am

1--1-1-1------0-0-0-|
2--1-1-1------1-1-1-|
3--2-2-2------2-2-2-|
4--3-3-3------2-2-2-|
5--3-3-3------0-0-0-|
6--1-1-1------------|

Happy to go... blind

Am D Am D

1--0-0---2--2-3-2--0-0--2--2-3-2-|
2--1-1---3--3-3-3--1-1--3--3-3-3-|
3--2-2---2--2-2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2-|
4--2-2---0--0-0-0--2-2--0--0-0-0-|
5--0-0---0--0-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-|
6--------------------------------|

oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh...

zooman@exploit.it

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