The stairs

C – F C – F C – F C – F (…)

C F C F

1. In a room above a busy street the echoes of a life,

C F C F

the fragments and the accidents separated by incidents.

F Bb F Bb

Listened to by the walls we share the same spaces,

F Bb F Bb

repeated in the corridors, performing the same movements.

C F

Storey to storey, building to building,

C F

street to street, we pass each other.

C F

Storey to storey, building to building,

C F

street to street, we pass each other.

F Bb F Bb

Listened to by the walls, we share the same spaces,

F Bb F Bb

repeated in the corridors, performing the same movements.

C F C F

2. The nature of your tragedy is chained around your neck,

C F Bb F

do you lead or are you led, are you sure that you don't care ?

C F C F

There are reasons here to give your life and follow in your way,

C F C F

the passion lives to keep your faith though all are different, all are great.

F Bb C F Bb C

Climbing as we fall, we dare to hold on to our fate.

F Bb C F Bb C

And steal away our destiny, to catch ourselves with quiet grace.

C Bb

Storey to storey, building to building,

C F - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

street to street, we pass each other on the stairs - - -

+ C – F C – F C – F C – F C – F C – F

F Bb C F Bb C

Listened to by the walls, we share the same spaces,

F Bb C F Bb C

repeated in the corridors, performing the same movements.

C Bb

Storey to storey, building to building,

C F - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

street to street, we pass each other on the stairs - - -

(INXS)