Song: U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close), acoustic live version
Tuning: EADGCF (1st & 2nd string one semitone up)
For original key, tune 2 steps down.
Fig 1
Green light, ....
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Play 3 times
Fig 2
You say when ...
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h = hammer on, p = pull off
Because when he hurts you, you feel alive.
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Oh now. Is that what it is?
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Fig 3
Red light, grey morning…
Strum
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Fig 4
And if you look... And if you talk...
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And when I touch you You ..
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Fig 5
If I could stay…
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Play 2 times
Stay, ...
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Faraway, so close...
Repeat Fig 1, quietly
And if you listen, I can’t call...
Repeat Fig 4
If I could stay...
Repeat Fig 5 two times
Stay, ....
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Stay, ...
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Fig 7
Ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh…
Strum
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Artist: U2
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