The Stairs Chords
by INXS
The Stairs by INXS is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C5, F5, F, G, C, C/F, F/G and D2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO: C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5
F G F G (Bass kicks in) C C/F C C/F C C/F C C/F C
C
In a room above a busy street the echoes of a life
C C/F C C/F
The fragments and the accidents separated by incidents
C C/F C C/F
Listened to by the walls We share the same spaces
F G F G
Repeated in the corridors Performing the same movements
F G F G
Storey to storey Building to building Street to street
C C/F C
We pass each other
C/F
Storey to storey Building to building Street to street
C C/F C
We pass each other
C/F
Listened to by the walls We share the same spaces
F G F G
Repeated in the corridors Performing the same movements
F G F G
The nature of your tragedy is chained around your neck
C C/F C C/F
Do you lead or are you led Are U sure that you don't care
C C/F F/G F D2
There are reasons here to give your life and follow in your way
F/G F C C/F C C/F
The passion lives to keep your faith though all are different all are great
C C/F C C/F
Climbing as we fall We dare to hold on to our fate
F G F G
And steal away our destiny To catch ourselves with quiet grace
F G F G
Storey to storey Building to building Street to street
C C/F C
We pass each other on the stairs
C/F
No Chord, then: C C/F C C/F C C/F C C/F C
Listened to by the walls We share the same spaces
F G F G
Repeated in the corridors Performing the same movements
F G F G
Storey to storey Building to building Street to street
C C/F C
We pass each other
C/F
Storey to storey Building to building Street to street
C C/F C
We pass each other on the stairs
C/F