Inxs - the Stairs

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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