Stabbing Westward - So Far Away (Acoustic)
Artist: Stabbing Westward
Song: So Far Away (Acoustic)
Album: Stabbing Westward Bonus CD
Released: 2001
Standard Tuning: EADGBE
Guitars Needed: 2
Both Derek and Chris played on this version of "So Far Away."
Not too different from the original, the vibraphone and
acoustics (obviously).
Symbols/Key
-----------
x - mute string
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
-- Intro - Guitar 1
E|-----0----0---0---0---0---0---0---------------------|
B|--10---10---8---8---5---5---3----6--5---------------|
G|--------------------------------------5-5h6-5--7-4--|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
E|--0------0------0--------0------0--0---0-0-0-0-0----|
B|----0------0------0--------0-----0-0-0----0-0-0-0---|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
-- Verse 1 - Guitar 1
Play 15x
E|-------------|
B|----------1--|
G|----2--------|
D|------2------|
A|--0-----0----|
E|-------------|
Amin.
"...gently touch your face..."
E|-------------------|
B|--1-1--1-1--1-1-1--|
G|--2-2--2-2--2-2-2--|
D|--2-2--2-2--2-2-2--|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
-- Chorus 1 - Guitar 1
Rhythm Figure I:
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
B|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
G|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
A|---------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E|---------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
F G
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
B|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
G|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
D|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| -2x
A|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
Amin.
F G
But every time that I touch you...
Amin.
you feel so far away.
F G
And every time that you need me...
Amin. E (Play until Verse 2 begins)
I feel so far away.
- Guitar 2
(1:00)
Vibraphone Arranged For Guitar
E|------17--15---12--10--13-12--8---10--7--|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|--17-------------------------------------|
-- Verse 2 - Guitar 1
E|--0-0--0--0-0-0--|
B|--1-1--1--1-1-1--|
G|--2-2--2--2-2-2--|
D|--2-2--2--2-2-2--| - Play throughout verse (rhythm approximate)
A|--0-0--0--0-0-0--|
E|--0-0--0--0-0-0--|
Amin.
- Guitar 2
* Vibraphone Arranged For Guitar
E|-------------17-15--12--|
B|--8-10------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
-- Chorus 2 - Guitar 1
Guitar 1 plays Rhythm Figure 1.
- Guitar 2
(1:51)
* Organ Arranged For Guitar
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|--14---12---9---|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
(2:02)
* Vibraphone Arranged For Guitar
E|------17--15---12--10--13-12--8---10--7--|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|--17-------------------------------------|
-- Bridge - Guitar 1
"I need to find a way to break this silence..."
E|------------|
B|------------|
G|--5-------5-| - Repeat until 2:26
D|----5---5---|
A|------3-----|
E|------------|
(2:26)
E|----------|
B|--5h7p5-7-|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
E|--0-0-0-0----------------|
B|--1-1-1-1----------------|
G|--0-0-0-0-------1-1-1-1--|
D|--2-2-2-2-------2-2-2-2--|
A|--3-3-3-3-------2-2-2-2--|
E|--0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0--|
C E
- Alter between these when the chords come back in.
-- Chorus 3 - Guitar 1
Guitar 1 plays Rhythm Figure 1 until end of chorus.
- Guitar 2
*Percussive Instrument Arranged For Guitar
E|--x-x-x-x--|
B|--x-x-x-x--|
G|--x-x-x-x--|
D|--x-x-x-x--| - Repeat until Chorus 3 ends
A|--x-x-x-x--|
E|--x-x-x-x--|
-- Outro
Same as Intro for Guitars 1 & 2
And that's it.
Lyrics:
Verse 1:
Each night I feel the distance that has grown between us,
open up as lonely as the space between the stars.
I wish that I could find a way,
to smash my fists right through these walls,
Of ugliness and emptiness and gently touch your face.
Chorus:
But every time I touch you, you feel so far away.
And every time that you need me, I feel so far away.
Verse 2:
As you lay silently beside me, choking back your tears,
I wonder if you recognize silence now defines us.
Desperately I try to fight this overwhelming sense that I
May never find the strength to change how hopeless
We've become.
Chorus:
And every time that I touch you, you feel so far away.
And every time that you need me, I feel so far away!
Yeah I feel so far away.
I feel so far...
Bridge:
I need to find a way to break this silence...
I need to find a way to break this silence...
I need to find a way to break this silence, that's between us,
So I scream your name. I scream your name.
Chorus:
But every time I touch you, you feel so far away.
And every time that you need me, I feel so far away.
And every time you reach out, you feel me pull away.
And every time I touch you, I touch you, I touch you...
Yeah, you feel so far away.