Running to Stand Still — U2
Chords and lyrics for Running to Stand Still by U2 (key of D).
Intro
[Dm] [G] [A5] [Dm] [G/D] [D]
Verse 1
So, she woke up, woke up from where she was, [G/D]lying still.
Said, I [D]gotta do something about where we're [G]going.
Step [D]on a steam train, step [G/D]out of the driving rain, maybe.
Run [D]from the darkness in the night, [G/D]seen in the night.
Chorus
[A]Ah la la la di [C]di, [G/D]ah [A]la la la di [G]di, ah la la di [D]di.
Interlude
[G] [D]
Verse 2
[D]Sweet the scent, bitter the taste in my mouth.
[G]I see seven towers, but I only see one way out.
[D]You gotta cry [G]without weeping, talk without speaking, scream without raising your voice.
[D]You know I took the poison from the poison stream, then I floated out [G]of here.
Chorus
[D/A]Ah [A]la la la [C/G]di di, [G][A]ah la la la [C/G]di di, [G]ah la la di [D]di.
Interlude
Ooh, ooh, ooh, [G5]ooh, [D]ooh ooh.
Verse 3
Oh, she [G/D][D]runs through the streets with eyes painted red
[G/D]under black velvet cloud and the rain in [D]through her doorway
she brings me white golden pearls stolen [G]from a sea she's raging
She [D]is raging and the storm blows up [G]in her eyes.
Outro
She will suffer [A]the needle [G]chill.
She's [A]running to stand [G/B]still.
[D] [G5] [D] [G/D] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G5] [Dm]
She's running to stand still.