Josh Pyke – Staring Down The Sun (Guitar)

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Written by Josh Pyke 6 beats per chord (6/8 time) ` = 6 beats ' = 3 beats INTRO: D ` Bm7 `

D  `  Bm7  ` 
VERSE:

D             `      Bm7              `
  I know it's foolish__ and I feel so wrong__

D                     `                         Bm7              `
__ but I've been hold-ing this candle up to the sun for much too long

Dadd9          `
  but when the day takes its leave of the

F#7         Bmadd4
night I can cast aside the flame but the

Eadd9             `              Gmaj7              Eadd9
morning brings ob-session and ob-session brings that  vigil on a-

REFRAIN: D D* E7 'Em/G 'D/G gain aah___________ VERSE:

D                `     Bm7                  `
__ not too senti-mental__ but I want you to know__

D                    `                        Bm7                   `
__ that I drove past your street tonight on my  way back from a show__

Dadd9            `                          F#7                 Bmadd4
  and I was less than one hundred footsteps away from you I sup-pose and

Eadd9                        `
I could feel your sweet eyes watching headlights roll by

Gmaj7                 Eadd9
maybe you noticed one swept by a little too

CHORUS: G ` ` 'D 'A6/C# slow and on down that road______

Em7  `            `   `
__   on down that road__ oh

REFRAIN-LONG: D D* E7 'Em/G 'D/G aah___________ D D* E7 'Em/G 'D/G __ aah___________

D  `
__

VERSE:

D                 `        Bm7                  `
  so we ask these questions__ then we cover our ears__

D                `
__ but I think a question unanswered's much

Bm7                      `
worse than an answer you don't want to hear when your

Dadd9                        `
silence grows wings and your doubts start to travel now the

F#7                           Bmadd4
seams between the virtual and real they unravel now__

Eadd9  `                 Gmaj7             Eadd9
__     what have you done__ don't you know not to stare into the

CHORUS-LONG: G ` ` 'D 'A6/C# sun but on down that road______ G ` 'D 'A6/C# __ on down that road__ G ` 'D 'A6/C# __ on down that road__

Em7  `                 `                `
__   what have you done  don't you know not to stare into the

REFRAIN: D D* E7 'Em/G 'D/G sun aah___________ D D* E7 'Em/G 'D/G __ aah___________

D
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CHORDS:
    D  Bm7  Dadd9  F#7  Bmadd4  Eadd9  Gmaj7  D*  E7  Em/G  D/G  G  A6/C#
E|--2---2-----0-----0-----0-------2------2----2---0----0-----2---3----2--|
B|--3---3-----3-----2-----3-------0------0----3---0----0-----3---0----2--|
G|--2---2-----2-----3-----4-------1------0----2---1----0-----2---0----2--|
D|--4---4-----4-----4-----4-------2------0----0---0----2-----0---0----2--|
A|--5---2-----5-----4-----2-------2------2--------2-------------------4--|
E|-----------------.2-------------0------3--------0----3----.3---3-------|
. thumb plays 6th-string
Passing Gm-chord between two D-chord voicings:

   D              Gm   D*
   1  2  3  4  5  6    1  2  3  4  5  6

E|-2--------2-----3--|-2-------(2h3p2)---|  sus4-lick timing varies
B|-3--------3-----3--|-3-----------------|  h = hammer-on
G|-2--------2-----3--|-2-----------------|  p = pull-off
D|-4--------4--\-----|-0-----------------|  \ = position-shift slide
A|-5--------5--------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
May 2006