The Stairs
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#Date: Mon, 29 Aug 94 22:03:24 -0500
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#Subject: CRD: The Stairs (INXS)
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#The Stairs (From the album "X")
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#INTRO: C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5
# F G F G (Bass kicks in) C C/F C C/F C C/F C C/F C
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#In a room above a busy street the echoes of a life
CCCC/F
The fragments and the accidents separated by incidents
CCCC/F
Listened to by the walls We share the same spaces
FGFG
Repeated in the corridors Performing the same movements
FGFG
Storey to storey Building to building Street to street
CCCF
We pass each other
C/F
Storey to storey Building to building Street to street
CCCF
We pass each other
C/F
Listened to by the walls We share the same spaces
FGFG
Repeated in the corridors Performing the same movements
FGFG
The nature of your tragedy is chained around your neck
CCCC/F
Do you lead or are you led Are U sure that you don't care
CCFD2
There are reasons here to give your life and follow in your way
FFCC/F
The passion lives to keep your faith though all are different all are great
CCC/F
Climbing as we fall We dare to hold on to our fate
FGFG
And steal away our destiny To catch ourselves with quiet grace
FGFG
Storey to storey Building to building Street to street
CCCF
We pass each other on the stairs
C/F No Chord, then: C C/F C C/F C C/F C C/F C
Listened to by the walls We share the same spaces
FGFG
Repeated in the corridors Performing the same movements
F G F G
Storey to storey Building to building Street to street
CCCF
We pass each other
C/F
Storey to storey Building to building Street to street
CCCF
We pass each other on the stairs
C/F
CHORD FORMATIONS:
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C5 x 3 0 0 1 x
F5 x x 3 0 1 x
C 0 3 2 0 1 x x = mute string
C/F 0 3 3 2 1 x numbers signify fret number
F x 0 3 2 1 1
F/G x 0 3 2 1 3
G 3 2 0 0 3 x
D2 x x 0 2 3 x