Staring At The Ground Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays334

Staring At The Ground by Roxette is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B, A, D, F# and C#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: E B E B A E B 
 
         E             B 
 I'm staring at the ground 
        E                B 
 I'm bloodless, thrown away from the sun 
          E              B 
 What's lost cannot be found 
     A                B 
 I can't return your tears 
        A                 E        B 
 If I ever live to be a thousand years  
 
       E              B 
 I'm staring at the ground 
     E                   B 
 I never wished you a broken heart 
   E                  B 
 Coincidence put you down 
      A                    B 
 He won't withdraw those tears 
         A                   E         B 
 If you ever lived to be a thousand years 
 
 
 f#                 f#               D     B 
 What do I have to say to make you stay? 
 f#                 A                E     B 
 What do I have to do to make you happy? 
 
 Solo: E B E B E B A B A E B 
 
      F#              C# 
 I'm staring at the ground 
     F#                     C# 
 I wish I could bring the spring to your door 
          F#             C# 
 To the coldest side of town 
     B                   C# 
 I carry your wounded dreams 
            B                    F#            C# 
 Like the devil's deeds in the pocket of my jeans 
 
 
 g#                g#                E    C# 
 What do I have to say to make you stay? 
 g#                 B                F#   C# 
 What do I have to do to make you happy? 
 
 f#                f#               D    B 
 What do I have to say to make you stay? 
 f#                 A                E   B 
 What do I have to do to make you happy? 
 
 E   B                        E                       B 
       I'm staring at the ground  (staring at the ground) 
                              E   B 
       I'm staring at the ground   
                              E                       B 
       I'm staring at the ground  (staring at the ground) 
 
                 E                   B 
       I never wished you a broken heart 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante