The Stairs Chords by Inxs

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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 94 22:03:24 -0500
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Subject: CRD: The Stairs (INXS)

INXS

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

In a room above a busy street the echoes of a life
C               C/F           C               C/F

The fragments and the accidents separated by incidents
C                 C/F           C            C/F

Listened to by the walls     We share the same spaces
F                  G         F                 G

Repeated in the corridors    Performing the same movements
F               G            F                   G

Storey to storey     Building to building     Street to street
C                    C/F                      C

We pass each other 
C/F

Storey to storey     Building to building     Street to street
C                    C/F                      C

We pass each other
C/F


Listened to by the walls     We share the same spaces
F                  G         F                 G

Repeated in the corridors    Performing the same movements
F               G            F                   G

The nature of your tragedy is chained around your neck
C                  C/F        C                   C/F

Do you lead or are you led   Are U sure that you don't care
C              C/F                 F/G       F         D2

There are reasons here to give your life and follow in your way
          F/G     F       C         C/F      C              C/F

The passion lives to keep your faith though all are different all are great
C                 C/F                C                        C/F

Climbing as we fall          We dare to hold on to our fate
F              G             F                         G

And steal away our destiny   To catch ourselves with quiet grace
F                  G         F                             G

Storey to storey     Building to building     Street to street
C                    C/F                      C

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
F                  G         F                 G

Repeated in the corridors    Performing the same movements
F               G            F                   G


Storey to storey     Building to building     Street to street
C                    C/F                      C

We pass each other 
C/F

Storey to storey     Building to building     Street to street
C                    C/F                      C

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