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U2 "Running to Stand Still"
Verses/Intro:
D and G chords alternate
D x x 0 2 3 2
G x x 5 4 3 5
Chorus: ("A la la la de day", and "She will suffer the needle chill....")
A Bm G A Bm G D
A x x 7 6 5 x
BM x x x 5 5 5
x's represent muted strings, #'s represent fret positions, 0's are open strings
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Fat Man Goz Lead Player |
#1 by Fat Man Goz at Jan 20, 1979 at 7:03 AM EST |
| or it could be about drugs. | |
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Jacob Lead Player |
#2 by Jacob Julian at Feb 3, 1980 at 7:19 AM EST |
| have you heard Ewan McGregor sing this on his mini-series, Long Way Round? its amazing. i actually prefer it to the original beleive it or not. he has such an amazing voice. rent the dvd and check it out. btw the actual series is unbelievable! | |
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Jon Lead Player |
#3 by Jon Shuffler at Mar 14, 1981 at 5:46 PM EST |
| In the Vertigo DVD Bono rolls up his sleeves and shows his lower arm when he sings the poison line. Quite obvious what he's hinting there I think. I like the live version of this song so much better then the studio version, much more alive. Edge plays the piano so beautifully! | |
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ryan Average |
#4 by ryan oh at Oct 17, 1985 at 4:37 PM EST |
| For a non-native English speaker like me in the far-eastern culture, it had never occurred to me that this song has something to do with drugs until I read the previous posts. I was deeply touched by the lines "You gotta cry without weeping, talk without speaking, scream without raising your voice." Before I read the previous comments, I interpreted as a kind of resistance to social norms or some sort of dominance that one wants to break through, as a strategy to resist not through protests or violence, but through influencing others in a moderate, or a less radical way. Clamor does not speak as loudly and powerfully as a hushed voice. But I have to admit that I didn't and couldn't see the whole picture of the meaning of this song as an "outsider" of a culture that I'm not familiar with. It's great to learn how people "in" the culture read this song. :-) | |
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Tavo Wanna Be |
#5 by Tavo at Jan 21, 1986 at 3:16 AM EST |
| This song is definately about drug addiction Bono came from an area called cedarwood which is in ballymun(well now its addressed glasnevin). in the 1980's dublin saw a flood of herion through out the city and many people where manipulated by drug pushers and fell into this addiction. one of the badly hit areas of dublin in the 1980's was ballymun. I believe this song is not just about herion addiction it is about Bonos acctual experience living so close to these people and how they lived.its a song about a community torn by drugs. Ballymun Towers and the ballymun area is now under redevelopment and there are only 3 towers left of the seven and soon will be none | |
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Angus Rhythm Player |
#6 by Angus Young at Oct 24, 1987 at 9:33 AM EST |
| Definitely a song about addiction. I always saw the line "I see seven towers, but I only see one way out" as being about suicide/overdose. | |
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Vinny Average |
#7 by Vinny Spano at May 30, 1988 at 1:42 PM EST |
| This song is about Bono going to visit a "lady of the night" and the events that followed. | |
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Courtney Wanna Be |
#8 by Courtney L. at Jan 8, 1990 at 9:43 PM EST |
| As a young person who has witnessed the Ballymun towers in the distance, this song is a great insight to social problems, reminds me of the Irish jounalist, Veronica Guerin and the movie loosely based on her life. (She tryed to take on Drug Pushers, publishing names, but got herself a death sentence for her work. Her death caused an outrage and revolt against Drug culture which unfortunately is still very prevalent in Ireland today.) Why didn't Bono play this at Croke Park? You used to able to see Ballymun Towers from Croke Park. | |
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Jimmy "Hoffa" Average |
#9 by Jimmy "Hoffa" at Jul 2, 1990 at 12:39 AM EST |
| This song is beautiful. | |
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Trent Average |
#10 by Trent Zelasney at Oct 10, 1991 at 10:34 AM EST |
| The song takes place in Dublin, with the reference to the 7 towers. | |
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The Mexican Who Average |
#11 by The Mexican Who's Living Under Satan's Wing at Jun 12, 1992 at 12:24 PM EST |
| This song is definately about drugs etc. But for me this song has always been about a journey and how we live our life 100 miles per hour trying to be great but in the end we all die hence running to stand still(dead) Good Furneral song I think Happy days:-) | |
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Chris Average |
#12 by Chris H... at Dec 25, 2003 at 6:17 AM EST |
| For me it is both of it. About Drugs and without Drugs this song gives a sense to me. You can, if you donīt take the word like they are written, do your own interpretation. Because today there are more "Drugs" that should come out.......... "You got to cry without weeping Talk without speaking Scream without raising your voice" means to me that there are people suffering in silence but we should hear them. We have to hear them. After i realized that this sond is about drugs I canīt hear it anymore. A friend died of that... Take care. | |
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