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U2 - Staring at the Sun
Standard Tuning
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Opening
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DI-----77-7------I7----77-7-----7I 77----77-7------I7-------7-7-- 7I
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1st and 2nd Verses
Play 3 times
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Then Play Lead Into Chorus
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AI00000000-----------I----------------I----------------I---------------I
EI------------3333 33I11111 111 111 11I33333 3333333333I11111 1 1111111I
I'm not the only.....
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E I33333 333333333-I
Chorus 1 and 3 Play Twice
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DI---------------I----------------I---------------I33333----3--------3-35I
AI3333 3333333333I00000 000 000000I55555 035 03530I-------35----35---3---I
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After Chorus 1 only
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D I--7--7----7-5555----5--I-3--3----3--2222222-I
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Play Second Verse
2nd Chorus
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AI33333-3333333333I00000 00 0 0 000---I55555--035---03530I--------35---35---35-I
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AI33333-333-333333I000000000--000000I55555---035--03530I-----------------I
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Interlude
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3rd Verse Play this 7 times
Intransigence is all.............
G I--14 0 12 14-----------14 12----------------I
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A I-------------------12 12---------------15 14I
E I--------------------------------------------I
Then play 3rd Chorus
Outro Repeat this and fade
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Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Carter Wanna Be |
#1 by Carter Wilson at Mar 4, 1972 at 10:10 PM EST |
| Funny how no one's brought this up yet. The song is most likely based on Plato's Allegory of the Cave. The following explanation is taken verbatim from U2 fansite "U2MoL": For those that have read Plato's The Republic the analogy of the cave is familiar. In the text Plato uses this cave as an analogy of the way human nature is enlightened. Plato tells of how humans are held captive in a very dark cave, chained so they can only see one of the walls and behind them there is a fire, between the fire and the people objects and puppets pass, casting shadows on wall where people can see. People are deceived into thinking the shadows are reality, until one of the humans is suddenly set free and brought to see how the "reality" of the shadows were actually created light cast on different objects. Then he is forced outside into the bright sunlight and is at first blinded by the intensity and the pain from the brightness. But soon he realizes that the the reality of the sun and its light is much more real than the darkness and shadows of the cave. He has pity on the people in the cave and decides to show them how they are misled. The people in the cave think he is crazy and eventually kill him. Plato then relates truth and the search for enlightenment to the analogy of the cave and how humans are easily deceived and persuaded to believe in what the perceive and are not open to new ideas if they are offered outright. But knowledge can be taught in degrees to gradually allow the soul to become accustomed to the "light" of truth from the Sun. Staring at the Sun captures this idea of Plato's teaching. ~don't try to hard to think dont think at all~ Humans are not willing to think to reach their conclusions, they believe only what they see. ~there's an insect in your ear/if you scratch it won't disappear~ In the cave analogy there are voices that the people hear that they can't understand where they come from. They don't go away. ~I'm not the only one Staring at the sun~ There are actually other people that are teaching this person about the truth of the Sun. ~Afraid of what you'll find, if you step back inside~ The thought of going back in the cave to teach the people about the light of truth is frightening and afraid that they will be killed if they go back inside. ~Not just deaf and dumb, staring at the sun, Not the only one who's happy to go blind~ This is happiness due to the discovery of what real truth is. The brightness of the sun is blinding at first but soon they see the good of the light (truth) and are happy to go blind, staring at the truth. | |
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Howwhywyz Howwh Professional Badass |
#2 by Howwhywyz Howwhyam at Feb 13, 1974 at 4:42 AM EST |
| this song kicks anus!! and if U2 have a falurie album then its problay zooropa WOO U2!! | |
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The Major Rajor Rhythm Player |
#3 by The Major Rajor . at Oct 7, 1974 at 12:38 AM EST |
| It must just be mee but my favourite u2 cds are Pop and Zooropa. I love how different the songs on Pop are especially Mofo and Staring at the Sun. This song is soo beautiful. "not the only one who's happy to go blind " pefectly describes how people would rather look the otherway and go blind then face the problems that are existant on the earth and try to fix them because we are afraid of what we will find. | |
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Paula Rhythm Player |
#4 by Paula at Dec 17, 1976 at 12:42 AM EST |
| I once was singing the song in my head, and then out loud I sang "I'm not the only one who's happy to go blind". Think about that line out of context for a second. There were a few laughs from my friends. Seriously though, there are some lines in this song which just confuse me. What does the insect represent? And why does he doubt that God will listen? | |
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kick azz bass p Rhythm Player |
#5 by kick azz bass player at Oct 1, 1978 at 10:46 AM EST |
| I think "Pop" is a great wonderful album, I love it. This song is like reading a diary, you know, all these images and pictures glued together with apparently no link between each other. And "Stuck Together With God's Glue" is an album by Something Happens, an Irish pop-rock band. | |
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Joanne Average |
#6 by Joanne Mackenzie at Feb 7, 1985 at 5:38 AM EST |
| alright seriously i ahve no idea what you guys are talking about i thought we're hear to talk about the meaning of the song. the song makes no sense whatsoever. it has themes that are not connected. i only realized this cause i like the song so much but seriously, you make sense out of it. | |
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Kc Lead Player |
#7 by Kc LaTour at Oct 12, 1985 at 2:50 PM EST |
| To me, this song is about our culture ignoring the problems around us. There can be something fundamentally wrong in our lives, but we'd rather pretend than admit anything. | |
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Adam Average |
#8 by Adam Kerrison at Aug 19, 1986 at 2:12 PM EST |
| You are right about zooropa. Half of it is great but the other half... yeah... shit | |
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Grahm Cracker B Average |
#9 by Grahm Cracker Bassist at Jun 21, 1988 at 3:49 AM EST |
| Staring at the sun is about people who were unable to face themselves when it came time to do so. They were unable to look inside themselves to see all the horrors that lie there. As a result, they're stuck in this ordinary world, deaf/dumb/ and blind - unable to see the souls of other people, and unable to communicate with Others too. It's a shit existence, and i don't know if there's any cure for it. Hopefully there is... PS. Life sucks. | |
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Cody Rhythm Player |
#10 by Cody Stone at Apr 11, 1997 at 2:33 AM EST |
| Great great great song, Paul McGuiness (manager) has said it was to be there main song from Pop but was badly promoted and had a poor video to go with that, Love the acoustic live version.. Would be in my top 3 fav u2 songs | |
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Mike Wanna Be |
#11 by Mike Foster at Oct 9, 1998 at 12:29 PM EST |
| This song sounds amazing on the Slane DVD where it is just Bono, the Edge and his guitar, you can hear the crowd singing along for some of it. | |
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