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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/FNo 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

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The Stairs

by INXS

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C/F

F/G

INXS

The Stairs (From the album "X")

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C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5

INTRO:

F G F G C C F C C/F C C/F C C/F C

(Bass kicks in) /

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 C C/F C C/F C C F C C/F C

No Chord, then: /

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:

-----------------

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

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