As performed at Glastonbury 2011, acoustically by The Edge backing and harmonising with Bono. Performance notes ================= A slightly different take on a wonderful song. Note the top two strings ring the whole time, giving that plangent, ethereal feel. Standard tuning but detuned half A step - Eb Ab C# F# Bb Eb NB the chords are named according to the fingering below - but as the guitar is detuned, E is actually an Eb! Chords ====== E 022100 F#m11 244300 A/F# 2x2200 E/G 4x2100 Aadd9 577600 Bsus4 799800 Intro ===== E F#m11 Aadd9 E Verse I ======= E F#m11 Green light Seven E-leven Aadd9 E You stop in for a pack of cigarettes E F#m11 You don't smoke don't even want to Aadd9 E Hey now check your change E F#m11 Dressed up like a car crash Aadd9 E The wheels are turning but you're upside down A/F# E You say when he hits you you don't mind A/F# E Because when he hurts you you feel a-live F# Aadd9 E Oh yeah is that what it is? Verse II ======== E F#m11 Red lights grey morning Aadd9 E You stumble out of a hole in the ground E F#m11 A vampire or a victim Aadd9 E It de-pends on who's a-round E F#m11 You used to stay in to watch the adverts Aadd9 E You could lip synch to the talk shows A/F# E/G# And if you look you look through me Aadd9 And when you talk it's not to me Bsus4 And when I touch you you don't feel a thing Chorus I ======== A/F# E If I could stay then the night would give you up A/F# E If I could stay then the day would keep its trust F#m11 Aadd9 E Stay and the night would be e-nough Verse III ========= E F#m11 Far away so close Aadd9 E Up with the static and the radio waves E F#m11 With satell-ite tele-vision BBC Aadd9 E You can go anywhere E F#m11 Aadd9 E Miami New Orl-eans London Belfast Glastonbury A/F# E/G# And if you listen I can't call Aadd9 And if you jump you just might fall Bsus4 And if you shout I'll only hear you Chorus II ========= A/F# E If I could stay then the night would give you up A/F# E If I could stay then the day would keep its trust A/F# E/G# If I could stay with the spirit I found Aadd9 Bsus4 Stay with the demons I drowned F#m11 Aadd9 E Stay and the night would be e-nough Break (over verse chords) ========================= E F#m11 Oh oh oh oh oh oh Aadd9 E Oh oh oh oh oh oh E F#m11 Oh oh oh oh oh oh Aadd9 E Oh oh oh oh oh oh Outro (truncated verse) ======================= E F#m11 Three o'clock in the morning Aadd9 E It's quiet and there's no-one around E F#m11 Just the bang and the clatter Aadd9 E As an angel hits the ground ----------------------------------------- I hope I've done it justice! Kevin O'Brien Watford England June 2011 watfordkev@gmail.com