U2 - Running to Stand Still

      
 
 Tabbed by Issac Lee <ez050918@peseta.ucdavis.edu>
 
 U2 - Running To Stand Still
 
 Chords: D G A A? G
 Intro: / = slides, and ~ = fast strumming (listen to the song)
 
 Guitar 1:

 E--------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
 B--------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
 G--------|-----------0-------|------------------|----------------------|
 D-0------|---------0--------0|------------12---0|---------------0-----0|
 A-------5|-5/8/9-/-10--------|-10/11/12---------|-9/10/12\10-\9--\8----|
 E--------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
 

 Guitar 2:

 E---7~7--|---------------7~7/|----------14------|---3~3-----------3~3\-|
 B---7~7--|---------------7~7/|------------15----|---3~3-----------3~3\-|
 G--------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
 D--------|-------------------|---------------0--|----------------------|
 A--------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
 E--------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
 

 
 Guitar 1:

 E---------|
 B---------|
 G---------|
 D---------|
 A-8-\-7---|
 E---------|
 

 Guitar 2:
 E-5-5-5-5-|
 B-0-0-0-0-|
 G-7-7-7-7-| then, segue...
 D-5-5-5-5-|

 A---------|
 E---------|
 

 
 
 Verse 1: (Guitar)

 E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 B-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
 G-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| (Repeat)
 D-7-----7---------|
 A-----------------|
 E-----------------|
 E-5-5-5-----------|
 B-3-3-3-3-3---3---|
 G-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-| (Repeat)
 D-5-----5-----5---|
 A-----------------|
 E-----------------|
 E-5-5-5-5-5---5---|-5-5-5-3-3---3---|
 B-5-5-5-5-5---5---|-5-5-5-3-3---3---|
 G-6-6-6-6-6---6---|-5-5-5-4-4---4---| (Repeat-slide back up)
 D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 A-----------------|-----------------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|
 

 
 Verse 2: Repeat with second guitar playing:

 E------------------|
 B----------*7*-----| * = harmonic
 G------------------| over and over
 D------------------|
 A------------------|
 E------------------|
 

 
 Additional Second Guitar:
 ("You gotta cry without weeping..." and "Woo-ooo...")

 E------------------|
 B-------7---7---7--|
 G---------7---7----|
 D------------------|
 A------------------|
 E------------------|
 

 
 ("She walks through the streets...")

 E-5-----5----------|
 B------------------|
 G---7-----7--------| (Repeat)
 D------------------|
 A------------------|
 E------------------|
 E-------5----------|-------5----------
 B-------------0----|------------------
 G---7-------7------|---7---------7p0--
 D-5----------------|-5----------------
 A------------------|------------------
 E------------------|------------------
 

 
 Over the harmonica, strum

 E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 B-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
 G-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| (Repeat)
 D-7-----7---------|
 A-----------------|
 E-----------------|
 

 
 Running to Stand Still

 ------- -- ----- -----
 

 chords by: Jacob Mattison, jacob@cs.swarthmore.edu
 
 D                                 G                                
  And so she woke up, woke up from where she was lying still, said I
 D                                     G     
 got to do something about where we're going.
 D                      G                                   
 Step on a steam train,  step out of the driving rain, maybe
 D                               G           
  run from the darkness in the night, singing
 A            C     G  
 ah, ah la la la de day
 A         C     G           D       G 
  ah la la la de day, ah la la de day
 
 Sweet the sin, but bitter the taste in my mouth.
 I see seven towers, but I only see one way out.
 You got to cry without weeping, talk without speaking,
 scream without raising your voice, you know I took the poison,
 from the poison stream, then I floated out of here, singing
 ah, ah la la la de day
 ah la la la de day, ah la la de day
 
  G      D     G 
 oooh, oooh, oooh
 
 D                                                     
  She runs through the street with her eyes painted red
 G                                      
  under black belly of cloud in the rain
 D                                    
  in through the doorway she brings me
 G                                                   D    
 white gold and pearls, stolen from the sea, she is raging
                        G                                   
 she is raging, and the storm blows up in her eyes, she will
 A             C    G    
  suffer the needle chill
 A                 C     G D    G D G D 
  she's running to stand  still

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 Running To Stand Still by U2 (Zoo TV Version)
 
 Tabbed by Danny Zigman
 daniel.zigman@bialik.netaxis.qc.ca
 
 Edge improves on the riff a bit in the concert but this is basically it.
 At the end of song I like to just jam on the D and G 10th (and 12th fret A)
 fret bar-chords avoiding the bass strings.
 
 Tuned down 1 semi-tone (half-step)
 
 Main Riff
 D 
  

 e|-------------------|----10-------10-------------------|
 B|-10-12-12-13-12-10-|-------10-------10-12-12-13-12-10-|
 G|-------------------|-11-------11----------------------|
 D|-------------------|----------------------------------|
 A|-------------------|----------------------------------|
 E|-------------------|----------------------------------|
 

 G 
  

 e|----------10-------10-------10-------|
 B|----10-------10-------10-------10----|
 G|-12----12-------12-------12-------12-|
 D|-------------------------------------|
 A|-------------------------------------|
 E|-------------------------------------|
 

 
 Verse
 And so she woke up...
 D G 4x

 e[----------10-------10-------10-------|----------10-------10-------10-------]
 B[----10-------10-------10-------10----|----10-------10-------10-------10----]
 G[-11----11-------11-------11-------11-|-12----12-------12-------12-------12-]
 D[-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------]
 A[-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------]
 E[-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------]
 

 
 Chorus
 Singing Hahh...
 A G 2X

 e[-----------12----------|----------10----------]
 B[-----14-------14----14-|----12-------12----12-]
 G[--14----14-------14----|-12----12-------12----]
 D[-----------------------|----------------------]
 A[-----------------------|----------------------]
 E[-----------------------|----------------------]