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U2 - Running to Stand Still

Chord diagram for D
Chord diagram for G
Chord diagram for A
Chord diagram for C/G
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Awesome song that uses basic chord progression. Keepin' it simple!! Listen to song to
exact chord changes.
D and G to start with some slide guitar and piano
Verse 1:
D G
So she woke up, woke up from where she was, lyin' still
D G
Said "I, I gotta do somethin' about where we're goin'"
D
Stepped on steam train
G
Stepped out of the driving rain, maybe
D G
Run from the darkness, in the night.
Chorus:
Singing
A
Ah,
C/G G
Ah-la-la-la-de-day
A C/G G
Ah-la-la-la-de-day
D G
Ah-la-la-de-day
Verse 2:
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/u/u2/running_to_stand_still_crd_ver_3.html )
D G
Sweet the sin, bitter the taste in my mouth
D G
I see seven towers, but I only see one way out
D
You gotta cry without weeping, talk without speaking
G
scream without raising your voice
D
You know I took the poison
G
From the poison stream, then I floated, out of here
Chorus:
Singing
A
Ah,
C/G G
Ah-la-la-la-de-day
A C/G G
Ah-la-la-la-de-day
D
Ah-la-la-de-day
Interlude/Bridge:
D G
Oooooooooooo, Ooo Ooo Ooo Oooooo
D G
Oooooooooooo, Ooo Ooo Ooo Oooooo
Verse 3:
D
She runs through the streets with eyes painted red
G
Under a black belly of clouds in the rain
D
in through a doorway, she brings me
G
white gold and pearls stolen from the sea
D G
she is raging she is raging and storm blows up in her eyes
Ending Chorus:
She will,
A C/G G A
suffer the needle chill,
C/G G D
She's running to stand, still.
Harmonica Riff played over D and G chord progression to end song.
E A D G B E
C/G 3 3 5 5 5 x

Source: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/u/u2/running_to_stand_still_crd_ver_3.html

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