Staring Down Chords & Tabs
Song: Staring Down
Album: Collective Soul (Rabbit)
Words and Music: Ed Roland
(Now it’s time to turn your tuning pegs ½ step down like most of Collective Soul records)
Intro and verses chords: (keyboard arranged for guitar)
G B+ C G
Eb|--3-----3-----3-----3--------|
Bb|--3-----4-----5-----3--------|
Gb|--4-----4-----5-----4--------|
Db|--5-----------------5--------|
Ab|-----------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------|
Intro: G, B+, C, G
Verse 1:
G B+
Loosened from my pride
C G
Oh that monster he kept me so tight
G B+
I threw my aces down
C G
Just to face the here and the now
Refrain 1:
C
So here I go again
G
I want to please
C
So here I’ll go again
G
Sweet I’ll sleep
G D C
Sleep ‘til I dream
Chorus:
G
(Wo-ho-ho-ho-ho)
I’ve been looking
(Wo-ho-ho-ho-ho)
C
I’ve been staring down
G
(Wo-ho-ho-ho-ho)
I’ve been searching
(Wo-ho-ho-ho-ho)
C
I’ve been staring down
G D (G, B+, C, G)
And your love is what I’ve--- found
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/collective_soul/staring_down_crd.html ]
Verse 2:
As cautious as a thief
Oh but restless with all of my needs
Now I stand before all I want
And all that I've adored
Refrain 2:
C
So here I go again
G
I need to please
C
Yeah here I go again
G
Sweet you sleep
G D C
Sleep ‘til I dream
Chorus:
G
(Wo-ho-ho-ho-ho)
I've been looking
(Wo-ho-ho-ho-ho)
C
I’ve been staring down
G
(Wo-ho-ho-ho-ho)
I’ve been searching
(Wo-ho-ho-ho-ho)
C
I’ve been staring down
G D
And your love is what I’ve
Bridge:
Am C G
Long days, long nights
C
Just blinded by what was already in sight
Am C
Now I’ve found, found my way home
(G, B+, C, G)
Yeah, I’ve found my way home
Chorus:
G
(Wo-ho-ho-ho-ho)
I’ve been looking
(Wo-ho-ho-ho-ho)
C
I’ve been staring down
G
(Wo-ho-ho-ho-ho)
I’ve been searching
(Wo-ho-ho-ho-ho)
C
I’ve been staring down
G
(Wo-ho-ho-ho-ho)
I’ve been lurking
(Wo-ho-ho-ho-ho)
C
I’ve been staring down
G
(Wo-ho-ho-ho-ho)
I’ve been searching
(Wo-ho-ho-ho-ho)
C
I've been staring down
G D C
And your love is what I’ve found
(Outro: G- D- C)
Tabbed by: macky from Iloilo