{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1487151,"song":"Staring Down The Sun","artist":"Josh Pyke","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11271195-staring-down-the-sun-chords-by-josh-pyke/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1487151?type=chord","rating":4.2775,"votes":3,"content":"STARING DOWN THE SUN\r\nWritten by Josh Pyke\r\n\r\n6 beats per chord (6/8 time)\r\n` = 6 beats\r\n' = 3 beats\r\nINTRO:\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  `  [ch]Bm7[/ch]  `\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]  `  [ch]Bm7[/ch]  ` \r\nVERSE:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             `      [ch]Bm7[/ch]              `\r\n  I know it's foolish__ and I feel so wrong__[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     `                         [ch]Bm7[/ch]              `\r\n__ but I've been hold-ing this candle up to the sun for much too long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dadd9[/ch]          `\r\n  but when the day takes its leave of the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#7[/ch]         [ch]Bmadd4[/ch]\r\nnight I can cast aside the flame but the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eadd9[/ch]             `              [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]              [ch]Eadd9[/ch]\r\nmorning brings ob-session and ob-session brings that  vigil on a-[/tab]\r\nREFRAIN:\r\nD   D*  E7  'Em/G  'D/G\r\ngain    aah___________\r\nVERSE:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                `     [ch]Bm7[/ch]                  `\r\n__ not too senti-mental__ but I want you to know__[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    `                        [ch]Bm7[/ch]                   `\r\n__ that I drove past your street tonight on my  way back from a show__[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dadd9[/ch]            `                          [ch]F#7[/ch]                 [ch]Bmadd4[/ch]\r\n  and I was less than one hundred footsteps away from you I sup-pose and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eadd9[/ch]                        `\r\nI could feel your sweet eyes watching headlights roll by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gmaj7[/ch]                 [ch]Eadd9[/ch]\r\nmaybe you noticed one swept by a little too[/tab]\r\nCHORUS:\r\nG        `            `  'D  'A6/C#\r\nslow and on down that road______\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]  `            `   `\r\n__   on down that road__ oh[/tab]\r\nREFRAIN-LONG:\r\nD  D*  E7  'Em/G  'D/G\r\n       aah___________\r\nD  D*  E7  'Em/G  'D/G\r\n__     aah___________\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]  `\r\n__[/tab]\r\nVERSE:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 `        [ch]Bm7[/ch]                  `\r\n  so we ask these questions__ then we cover our ears__[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                `\r\n__ but I think a question unanswered's much[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch]                      `\r\nworse than an answer you don't want to hear when your[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dadd9[/ch]                        `\r\nsilence grows wings and your doubts start to travel now the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#7[/ch]                           [ch]Bmadd4[/ch]\r\nseams between the virtual and real they unravel now__[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eadd9[/ch]  `                 [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]             [ch]Eadd9[/ch]\r\n__     what have you done__ don't you know not to stare into the[/tab]\r\nCHORUS-LONG:\r\nG       `            `  'D  'A6/C#\r\nsun but on down that road______\r\nG  `           'D  'A6/C#\r\n__ on down that road__\r\nG  `           'D  'A6/C#\r\n__ on down that road__\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]  `                 `                `\r\n__   what have you done  don't you know not to stare into the[/tab]\r\nREFRAIN:\r\nD  D*  E7  'Em/G  'D/G\r\nsun    aah___________\r\nD  D*  E7  'Em/G  'D/G\r\n__     aah___________\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n__[/tab]\r\n[tab]================================================================================\r\nCHORDS:\r\n    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Bm7[/ch]  [ch]Dadd9[/ch]  [ch]F#7[/ch]  [ch]Bmadd4[/ch]  [ch]Eadd9[/ch]  [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]*  [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]Em/G[/ch]  [ch]D/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A6/C#[/ch]\r\nE|--2---2-----0-----0-----0-------2------2----2---0----0-----2---3----2--|\r\nB|--3---3-----3-----2-----3-------0------0----3---0----0-----3---0----2--|\r\nG|--2---2-----2-----3-----4-------1------0----2---1----0-----2---0----2--|\r\nD|--4---4-----4-----4-----4-------2------0----0---0----2-----0---0----2--|\r\nA|--5---2-----5-----4-----2-------2------2--------2-------------------4--|\r\nE|-----------------.2-------------0------3--------0----3----.3---3-------|\r\n. thumb plays 6th-string\r\nPassing Gm-chord between two D-chord voicings:[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]*\r\n   1  2  3  4  5  6    1  2  3  4  5  6[/tab]\r\n[tab]E|-2--------2-----3--|-2-------(2h3p2)---|  sus4-lick timing varies\r\nB|-3--------3-----3--|-3-----------------|  h = hammer-on\r\nG|-2--------2-----3--|-2-----------------|  p = pull-off\r\nD|-4--------4--\\-----|-0-----------------|  \\ = position-shift slide\r\nA|-5--------5--------|-------------------|\r\nE|-------------------|-------------------|\r\nMay 2006[/tab]","plain_text":"STARING DOWN THE SUN\nWritten by Josh Pyke\n\n6 beats per chord (6/8 time)\n` = 6 beats\n' = 3 beats\nINTRO:\nD  `  Bm7  `\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREFRAIN:\nD   D*  E7  'Em/G  'D/G\ngain    aah___________\nVERSE:\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\nG        `            `  'D  'A6/C#\nslow and on down that road______\n\nREFRAIN-LONG:\nD  D*  E7  'Em/G  'D/G\n       aah___________\nD  D*  E7  'Em/G  'D/G\n__     aah___________\n\nVERSE:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS-LONG:\nG       `            `  'D  'A6/C#\nsun but on down that road______\nG  `           'D  'A6/C#\n__ on down that road__\nG  `           'D  'A6/C#\n__ on down that road__\n\nREFRAIN:\nD  D*  E7  'Em/G  'D/G\nsun    aah___________\nD  D*  E7  'Em/G  'D/G\n__     aah___________","chords":["D","Bm7","Dadd9","F#7","Bmadd4","Eadd9","Gmaj7","E7","Em/G","D/G","G","A6/C","Em7","A6/C#","E","B","A","Gm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]},"Gmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,2]}}}