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Running to stand still.
It comes in on the second verse on "you gotta cry with-out weeping..."
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D--------/-----------/---------/--------/-5-------/-5-------/
A-5------/-5---------/---------/--------/---------/---------/
E--------/-----------/-3-------/-3------/---------/---------/
D-------/---------/------7/------------/-5-----------------/------------------/----------/
A-------/---------/-------/-----2-3-4--/-----5-------------/-5---3--5-----3--5/-5-3-5-5-5/
E-5-5-5-/-3-3-3-3-/-5-5-5-/-3---33-----/---------3---3--3-3/--------------5---/----------/
D---------/-5--------------/
A---------/----5-----------/
E-3---3--3/-------3--3-3-3-/
Then it should go (if you got the timing right, it's not that easy...)
"she walks through the streets..."
D-------------------/-----------------/--------/--------/-----------------/
A-5-5--3--5-----3--5/-5--5-3-5---3-5-5/--------/--------/-5--5-3-5----3--5/
E---------------5---/-----------------/-3-33--0/-3--3--3/-----------5-----/
D---------------/-------------/--------5-/---------------/----------------/
A-5-5-3-5--3-5-5/-------------/----------/-5-5-3-5--3-5-5/-5-5-3-5----3--5/
E---------------/-3-3---3----0/--3--3----/---------------/-------------5--/
("She will...")
D-5--5-------------/-5--------/--------/------3--5-5/------/-----/---/---/-5-/-5-/
A-------5----------/------5---/--------/------------/------/-----/-5-/-5-/---/---/
E----------3--0-3-3/---------3/-5----5-/-3--3-------/-5---5/-3--3/---/---/---/---/
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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they call me to Average |
#1 by they call me tommy K at Aug 8, 1975 at 1:01 AM EST |
| not to be pedantic - they are the Ballymun towers in North Dublin, they have just been demolished Ballymena is in northern Ireland and the only thing there are addicted to up there is bigotry. | |
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sam Wanna Be |
#2 by sam smith at Nov 28, 1993 at 12:18 PM EST |
| I think it's about salvation through Jesus. "sweeter the sin bitter the taste in my mouth" he's saying that he hates sinfulness now. "I see seven towers but i only see one way out" the seven towers are the seven deadly sins, and the only way out is Jesus. "I took the poison from the poison stream" refers to God taking away sin from a sinful world. | |
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shawna Badass |
#3 by shawna lykins at Sep 9, 1995 at 9:05 AM EST |
| In this song, I have to agree with nuancecaveat it actually is about jesus and how he is the only way out. Im not exactly sure what the meanings of everything is but it is out of the book of revelations i believe. or so I am told. So if anyone has a good knowledge of the bible might wanna check it up in Revelations. It might not all be from it maybe just some. cheers. rok on U2 | |
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Jake Average |
#4 by Jake Innis at Jul 4, 2003 at 6:24 AM EST |
| Does anyone have any idea about the "cry without weeping, talk without speaking, scream without raising your voice" bit? It's obviously a reflection of the contradiction "running to stand still", which is a bit more obvious, but surely these phrases have their own meanings too. | |
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Moctezum@ Average |
#5 by Moctezum@ The Great at Jan 28, 2006 at 6:16 PM EST |
| I didn't realize this song was about drugs until a few years ago, and needless to say it ruined my vision of it. But it is still one of the best U2 songs, and my most listened to on The Joshua Tree. | |
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