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/ U2 / The Joshua Tree (1987) / Running To Stand Still guitar tab
Tabbed by Issac Lee 


U2 - Running To Stand Still

Chords: D G A A? G
Intro: / = slides, and ~ = fast strumming (listen to the song)

Guitar 1:
E--------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
B--------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
G--------|-----------0-------|------------------|----------------------|
D-0------|---------0--------0|------------12---0|---------------0-----0|
A-------5|-5/8/9-/-10--------|-10/11/12---------|-9/10/12\10-\9--\8----|
E--------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
Guitar 2:
E---7~7--|---------------7~7/|----------14------|---3~3-----------3~3\-|
B---7~7--|---------------7~7/|------------15----|---3~3-----------3~3\-|
G--------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
D--------|-------------------|---------------0--|----------------------|
A--------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
E--------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|


Guitar 1:
E---------|
B---------|
G---------|
D---------|
A-8-\-7---|
E---------|
Guitar 2:
E-5-5-5-5-|
B-0-0-0-0-|
G-7-7-7-7-|      then, segue...
D-5-5-5-5-|
A---------|
E---------|



Verse 1: (Guitar)
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
B-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|  (Repeat)
D-7-----7---------|
A-----------------|
E-----------------|

E-5-5-5-----------|
B-3-3-3-3-3---3---|
G-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-|  (Repeat)
D-5-----5-----5---|
A-----------------|
E-----------------|

E-5-5-5-5-5---5---|-5-5-5-3-3---3---|
B-5-5-5-5-5---5---|-5-5-5-3-3---3---|
G-6-6-6-6-6---6---|-5-5-5-4-4---4---|	(Repeat-slide back up)
D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A-----------------|-----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|

Verse 2: Repeat with second guitar playing:
E------------------|
B----------*7*-----|   * = harmonic
G------------------|    over and over
D------------------|
A------------------|
E------------------|

Additional Second Guitar:
("You gotta cry without weeping..." and "Woo-ooo...")
E------------------|
B-------7---7---7--|
G---------7---7----|
D------------------|
A------------------|
E------------------|

("She walks through the streets...")
E-5-----5----------|
B------------------|
G---7-----7--------|	   (Repeat)
D------------------|
A------------------|
E------------------|



E-------5----------|-------5----------
B-------------0----|------------------
G---7-------7------|---7---------7p0--
D-5----------------|-5----------------
A------------------|------------------
E------------------|------------------


Over the harmonica, strum
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
B-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|  (Repeat)
D-7-----7---------|
A-----------------|
E-----------------|

 	
Running to Stand Still
------- -- ----- -----
chords by: Jacob Mattison, jacob@cs.swarthmore.edu

D                                  G    
  And so she woke up, woke up from where she was lying still, said I
D                                     G
got to do something about where we're going.
D                      G
Step on a steam train,   step out of the driving rain, maybe
D                                G
  run from the darkness in the night, singing
A            C     G 
ah, ah la la la de day
A          C     G           D         G
  ah la la la de day, ah la la de day

Sweet the sin, but bitter the taste in my mouth.
I see seven towers, but I only see one way out.
You got to cry without weeping, talk without speaking,
scream without raising your voice, you know I took the poison,
from the poison stream, then I floated out of here, singing
ah, ah la la la de day
ah la la la de day, ah la la de day

 G      D     G
oooh, oooh, oooh

D
  She runs through the street with her eyes painted red
G
  under black belly of cloud in the rain
D
  in through the doorway she brings me
G                                                   D
white gold and pearls, stolen from the sea, she is raging
                       G  
she is raging, and the storm blows up in her eyes, she will
A                C    G
    suffer the needle chill
A                    C     G    D         G  D  G  D
    she's running to stand      still
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Running To Stand Still by U2 (Zoo TV Version)

Tabbed by Danny Zigman
daniel.zigman@bialik.netaxis.qc.ca

Edge improves on the riff a bit in the concert but this is basically it.
At the end of song I like to just jam on the D and G 10th (and 12th fret A)
fret bar-chords avoiding the bass strings.

Tuned down 1 semi-tone (half-step)

    Main Riff
                       D
e|-------------------|----10-------10-------------------|
B|-10-12-12-13-12-10-|-------10-------10-12-12-13-12-10-|
G|-------------------|-11-------11----------------------|
D|-------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-------------------|----------------------------------|
    G
e|----------10-------10-------10-------|
B|----10-------10-------10-------10----|
G|-12----12-------12-------12-------12-|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

 Verse
   And so she woke up...
   D                                   G                               4x
e[----------10-------10-------10-------|----------10-------10-------10-------]
B[----10-------10-------10-------10----|----10-------10-------10-------10----]
G[-11----11-------11-------11-------11-|-12----12-------12-------12-------12-]
D[-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------]
A[-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------]
E[-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------]

 Chorus
    Singing Hahh...                                   
    A                      G                2X
e[-----------12----------|----------10----------]
B[-----14-------14----14-|----12-------12----12-]
G[--14----14-------14----|-12----12-------12----]
D[-----------------------|----------------------]
A[-----------------------|----------------------]
E[-----------------------|----------------------]






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