"So Far Away" is a 1985 rock song by Dire Straits. It appears on the album Brothers in
Arms. It became the band's fourth top 20 hit on the Billboard charts, peaking at #19. The
song was the lead single from Brothers in Arms in the UK and Europe on 8 April 1985. Charted
at #20 in the UK, but also reached the Top 5 in Norway (#4), Top 10 in Switzerland (#6)and
Sweden (#7) and Top 40 in Italy (#33). The single was also released in Australia and peaked
at #22. After the song climbed to #29 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in
1985, "So Far Away" was released a year later as the album's third single in North America,
where it peaked at #3 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and #19 on the Billboard
Hot 100, giving Dire Straits a third consecutive Top 20 hit from Brothers in Arms on the
Hot 100.
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Transcribed by Michael YISRAEL
A/C# 0.0.11.9.10.0
E/B 009990
B 009870
A 007650
Add9 007657
E/Ab 476454
B/F# 099870
A/E 077650
C#m/Ab 006654
Tabs Tablature
r = release
h = hammer on
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INTRO E/B h A/C# B A h & r Add9 E/Ab x2
E/Ab B/F#
Here I am again in this mean old town
E/B
And you’re so far away from me
B/F#
Now where are you when the sun goes down?
E/B | h & r A/C# E/B
And you’re so far away from me
A/E C#m/Ab
So far away from me
B/F# E/B | h & r A/C# E/B
So far I just can't see
A/E C#m/Ab
So far, away from me
B/F# A/C# E/B
Just so far from me
E/B h A/C# B A h & r Add9 E/Ab x2
E/Ab B/F#
I'm tired of being in love and being all alone
E/B
When you’re so far away from me
B/F#
I'm tired of making out on the telephone
E/B | h & r A/C# E/B
Cause you’re so far away from me
A/E C#m/Ab
So far away from me
B/F# E/B | h & r A/C# E/B
So far I just can't see
A/E C#m/Ab
So far, away from me
B/F# A/C# E/B
Just so far from me
E/B h A/C# B A h & r Add9 E/Ab x2
E/Ab B/F#
And I get so tired when I have to explain
E/B
You’re so far away from me
B/F#
See you be in the sun and I be in the rain
E/B E/B | h & r A/C# E/B
And you’re so far away from me
A/E C#m/Ab
So far away from me
B/F# E/B | h & r A/C# E/B
So far I just can't see
A/E C#m/Ab
So far, away from me
B/F# A/C# E/B
Just so far from me
E/B h A/C# B A h & r Add9 E/Ab x2
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