Staring at the Sun

U2 - Staring At The Sun
 
Live & Tour Version
 
Pop Mart Tour 1997
Foro Sol Autodromo
Mexico City
 
 
[Intro]
 
G#m F# E D#m x5
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
G#m                       F#      E            D#m
Summer stretching on the grass, summer dresses pass
G#m                F#            E                 D#m
In the shade of a willow tree, creeps a crawling over me
G#m          F#         E                    D#m
Over me and over you, stuck together with God's glue
G#m                  F#                    E
It's going to get stickier too, it's been a long hot summer
           F#                E                                     F#
Let's get undercover, don't try too hard to think, don't think at all
 
 
[Chorus 1]
 
                  B                 G#m
I'm not the only one starin' at the sun
                      C#                   E
Afraid of what you'd find you step back inside
                          B                   G#m
You're not just deaf and dumb, staring at the sun
                     C#                     E
You're not the only one who's happy to go blind
 
 
[Bridge]
 
G#m F# E D#m
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
G#m                       F#       E              D#m
There's an insect in your ear, if you scratch it won't disappear
G#m            F#                        E                 D#m
Gonna itch and burn and sting, you want to see what the scratching brings
G#m                 F#                E                         D#m
Waves that leave me out of reach, breaking on your back like a beach
G#m          F#
Will we ever live in peace?
       E                        F#
'Cause those that can't do often have to
E                           F#
Those that can't do often have to preach
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
        B                  G#m
To the ones starin' at the sun
                      C#                   E
Afraid of what you'd find you step back inside
                           B                  G#m
You're not just deaf and dumb, staring at the sun
                    C#                      E
You're not the only one who's happy to go blind
 
 
[Bridge 2]
 
G#m C#
 
G#m F#
 
G#m F#
 
C#
Mexico
 
G#m     G#m
Mexico  Mexico
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
G#m                    F#       E              D#m
Intransigence is all around, military still in town
G#m                      F#     E                    D#m
Armour plated suits and ties, Daddy just won't say goodbye
G#m                      F#       E                      D#m
Referee won't blow the whistle, God is good but will he listen
G#m
I'm nearly great but there's something I'm missing
  E            F#
I left in the duty free
     E                    F#
She never really belonged to me
 
 
[Chorus 3]
 
                 B                  G#m
I'm not the only one starin' at the sun
                      C#                   E
Afraid of what you'd find you step back inside
                          B                   G#m
You're not just deaf and dumb, staring at the sun
                     C#                     E
You're not the only one who's happy to go blind
             B                  G#m
Happy to go blind, happy to go blind
              C#                   E
Happy to go blind, happy to go, happy to go
             G#m
Happy to go blind
 
 
(Fade Out)
 
G#m          C#
Oh oh oh oh  Oh oh oh oh
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