U2 – Stay Faraway So Close (Guitar Tab)

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As Performed Live Acoustically on the Elevation Tour from Boston Transcribed by Eden Kung ([email protected]) This is the acoustic version of Stay (Faraway, So Close!) that U2 played on their Elevation tour DVD. It’s drastically different from the original and sounds better in my humble opinion. Tune down a half step 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 oh. Is that what it is?
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Fig 3 Red light, grey morning…
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Fig 4 And if you look, you look through me. And ...
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And if 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 Fig 6 If I could stay…
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Play 2 times
Stay, ....
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Stay, ...
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Fig 7 Ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh…
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