How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
U2
this is the chord book for how to dismantle an atomic bomb a great album with good guitar rifts please rate this highly cos i’m only 11 josh:0) 1//VERTIGO Unos dos tres catorce! (Turn it up loud captn’) {verse} Lights go down it’s dark The jungle is your head Can’t rule your heart a feeling’s so much stronger than a thought your eyes are wide and though your soul it can’t be bought your mind can wander {chorus} Hello hello (Hola!) I’m at a place called Vertigo (Donde esta) It’s everything I wish I didn’t know Except you give me something I can feel feel {verse} The night is full of holes As bullets rip the sky Of ink with gold They twinkle as the Boys play rock and roll They know they can’t dance At least they know.... I can’t stand the beat I’m asking for the cheque The girl with crimson nails Has Jesus round her neck Swinging to the music Swinging to the music / Oh oh oh oh {chorus} Hello hello / I’m at a place called Vertigo It’s everything I wish I didn’t know But you give me something I can feel feel { ~ Check mated Shots fall ... shove me in yeah~) {Solo break w/basic riff x 4} All of this all of this can be yours All of this all of this can be yours All of this all of this can be yours Just give me what I want and no-one gets hurt... {chorus} Hello hello (hola!) / We’re at a place called Vertigo (Donde esta) Lights go down and all I know is that / you give me something I can feel your love teaching me ho-o-o-o-o-ow Your love is teaching me how how to kneel... kneel {Basic riff} Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah / Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah ... Yeah {end on E} 2// MIRACLE DRUG Intro: x2 Verse I: D A Bm I want to trip inside your head Spend the day there To hear the things you haven’t said And see what you might see Verse II: I want to hear you when you call Do you feel anything at all I want to see your thoughts take shape And walk right out Prechorus: G A Freedom has a scent D Em Like the top of a new born baby’s head Chorus: G A The songs are in your eyes D Em I see them when you smile G A I’ve seen enough I’m not giving up Bm (use intro/verse chords to fill) On a miracle drug Verse III: Of science and the human heart There is no limit There is no failure here sweetheart Just when you quit I am you and you are mine Love makes nonsense of space Prechorus: And time will disappear Love and logic keep us clear Reason is on our side love Chorus: The songs are in your eyes I see them when you smile I’ve had enough of romantic love I’d give it up yeah I’d give it up For a miracle drug a miracle drug A miracle drug Bridge: Bm A G Oh God I need your help tonight Guitar solo-use chorus chords Last chorus lead-in: Beneath the noise Below the din I hear a voice It’s whispering In science and in medicine I was a stranger You took me in Chorus The songs are in your eyes I see them when you smile I’ve had enough of romantic love Bm Em I’d give it up yeah I’d give it up For a miracle drug for a miracle drug Miracle miracle drug Chord definitions: Asus4 (x02230) Bm7sus4 (x20230) G2add6 (3x0230) Em7 (022030) or Em7sus4 (022230) 3//SOMETIMES YOU CAN’T MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN Intro: / / #/ Dsus2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------------| B -----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2-----2-2-3-2-| G -----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-| D --------------------------------------------------------------0----------| A --0-----------0----------------------------------------------------------| E --------------------------3-----------3-----------2----------------------| VERSE ONE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tough you think you’ve got the stuff F#/A Dsus2 You’re telling me and anyone You’re hard enough You don’t have to put up a fight You don’t have to always be right F#/A Dsus2 Let me take some of the punches For you tonight PRE-CHORUS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listen to me now I need to let you know You don’t have to go it alone CHORUS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And it’s you when I look in the mirror And it’s you when I don’t pick up the phone Sometimes you can’t make it on your own VERSE TWO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We fight all the time F#/A Dsus2 You and I...that’s alright We’re the same soul I don’t need...I don’t need to hear you say F#/A Dsus2 That if we weren’t so alike You’d like me a whole lot more PRE-CHORUS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listen to me now I need to let you know You don’t have to go it alone CHORUS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And it’s you when I look in the mirror And it’s you when I don’t pick up the phone Sometimes you can’t make it on your own BRIDGE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I know that we don’t talk I’m sick of it all Can - you - hear - me - when - I - Sing you’re the reason I sing You’re the reason why the opera is in me... Well hey now! I’ve got to let you know A house still doesn’t make a home Don’t leave me here alone... FINAL CHORUS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And it’s you when I look in the mirror And it’s you that makes it hard to let go Sometimes you can’t make it on your own Sometimes you can’t make it The best you can do is to fake it Sometimes you can’t make it on your own (Play ’A’ to fade) NOTE: Play over the start of the bridge (leading up to Bono’s high note): e ----------------------------------------------------------8-10-12-10----| G --10-9-7------7-----10-9-7------------10-9-7------7--9-10---------------| D ---------10-7--------------10-5h7------------10-7-----------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| 4//LOVE AND PEACE OR ELSE |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| A|*-----------*|*3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-3--2--3*| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| A|*3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-3--2--3*| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| A|*3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-3--2--3*| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| A|*3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-3--2--3*| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| First Verse: D|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-|-------------|3-3~--------5-3*| A|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----|-3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5----*| |-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| D|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-|-------------|3-3~--------5-3*| A|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----|-3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5----*| |-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| D|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-|-------------|3-3~--------5-3*| A|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----|-3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5----*| |-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| D|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-|-------------|3-3~--------5-3*| A|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----|-3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5----*| |-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| Pre-Chorus: D|*--10---10-|---10---10-|---10---10-|---10---10*|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-| A|*----------|-----------|-----------|----------*|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----| E|\8----8----|-8----8----|-8----8----|-8----8----|-------------|----------------| G|----14----14-|----14----14-|----14----14-|----14----14-| A|*12----12----|-12----12----|-12----12----|-12----12---*| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| D|*-----------------------*|-17--16---------|-17--16---------|-17--16--------*| A|*15--15--15\17---17-\-19*|---------17--15-|---------17--15-|---------15/---*| |-------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| Chorus: D|*------------|3-3~------------|-------------|3-3~-----------*| A|*5~--------5-|----5---3--2--3-|-5~--------5-|----5---3--2--3*| |-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| D|*------------|3-3~------------|-------------|3-3~-----------*| A|*5~--------5-|----5---3--2--3-|-5~--------5-|----5---3--2--3*| |-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| Second Verse: D|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-|-------------|3-3~--------5-3*| A|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----|-3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5----*| |-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| D|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-|-------------|3-3~--------5-3*| A|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----|-3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5----*| |-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| Pre-Chorus: D|*--10---10-|---10---10-|---10---10-|---10---10*|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-| A|*----------|-----------|-----------|----------*|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----| E|\8----8----|-8----8----|-8----8----|-8----8----|-------------|----------------| G|----14----14-|----14----14-|----14----14-|----14----14-| A|*12----12----|-12----12----|-12----12----|-12----12---*| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| D|*-----------------------*|-17--16---------|-17--16---------|-17--16--------*| A|*15--15--15\17---17-\-19*|---------17--15-|---------17--15-|---------15/---*| |-------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| Chorus: D|*------------|3-3~------------|-------------|3-3~-----------*| A|*5~--------5-|----5---3--2--3-|-5~--------5-|----5---3--2--3*| |-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| D|*------------|3-3~------------|-------------|3-3~-----------*| A|*5~--------5-|----5---3--2--3-|-5~--------5-|----5---3--2--3*| |-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| Interlude (no bass) Guitar Solo: D|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-|-------------|3-3~--------5-3*| A|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----|-3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5----*| |-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| D|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-|-------------|3-3~--------5-3*| A|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----|-3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5----*| |-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| D|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-|-------------|3-3~--------5-3*| A|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----|-3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5----*| |-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| Outro: |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| A|*5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7\|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8\| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------------|-------------|-------| A|*10-10-10-10-10-10-|-8-8-8-7-7-7*|*5~----| |-------------------|-------------|-------| 5//CITY OF BLINDING LIGHTS Verse: The most you see the less you know The less you find out as you go home I knew much more then then I did now Neon heart day-glow eyes city lit by fire flies They’re advertising in the sky for people like us. Pre-Chorus: And I miss you when you’re not around I’m getting ready to leave the ground. Chorus: oooooooo ooooooooo Oh you look so beautiful tonight (Play riff1 1x now) In the city of blinding lights. Verse 2 (exactly like verse 1) Don’t look before you laugh Look ugly in a photograph Etc........ Bridge: |--9---5---7---| Outro: Play Riff1 during outro. 6// ALL BECAUSE OF YOU Main riff: / / A7sus4 / ^ ^ alternate) Verse riff (=main riff w/no / alternation + little different): I was born a child of grace Nothing else about the place Everything was ugly but your beautiful face And it left me no illusion {Verse riff} I saw you in the curve of the moon / In the shadow cast across my room You heard me in my tune / When I just heard confusion Chorus riff: All because of you Verse riff picks off All because of you All because of you I am {Verse riff} I like the sound of my own voice / I didn’t give anyone else a choice An intellectual tortoise / Racing with your bullet train Some people get squashed crossing the tracks Some people got high rises on their backs I’m not broke but you can see the cracks You can make me perfect again Chorus All because of you / All because of you / All because of you {Basic riff x1} I Am... I Am Bridge: Woo-oo-aa Who-oo-oo-yee Whou-yee Interlude w/Verse riff x4 Waahh Solo w/Basic riff x4 Verse riff I’m alive I’m being born I just arrived I’m at the door Of the place I started out from And I want back inside Chorus riff All because of you x2 All because of you I am {end on E} 7// A MAN AND A WOMAN Intro: Little sister Don’t you worry about a thing today Take the heat from the sun Little sister I know that everything is not ok But you’re like honey on my tongue True love never can be rent But only true love can keep beauty innocent I could never take a chance Of losing love to find romance In the mysterious distance Between a man and a woman No I could never take a chance Cos I could never understand The mysterious distance Between a man and a woman You can run from love And if it’s really love it will find you Catch you by the heel But you can’t be numb for love The only pain is to feel nothing at all How can I hurt when I’m holding you? I could never take a chance Of losing love to find romance In the mysterious distance Between a man and a woman And you’re the one there’s no-one else That makes me wanna lose myself In the mysterious distance Between a man and a woman Brown eyed girl across the street On rue Saint Divine I thought this is the one for me But she was already mine You were already mine Little sister Ive been sleeping in the street again Like a stray dog Little sister Ive been trying to feel complete again But you’re gone and so is God The soul needs beauty for a soul mate When the soul wants the soul waits No I could never take a chance Of losing love to find romance In the mysterious distance Between a man and a woman For love and faith and sex and fear And all the things that keep us here In the mysterious distance Between a man and a woman Outro: You’ll see You’ll see / How can I hurt when Im holding you? 8// CRUMBS FROM YOUR TABLE Intro - --7--7--7-repeat--5--5--5-5--5--5--- -5-5-5-5-5-5-3-let ring----| - ---5--5------------5--5----5--5----- -7-7-7-5-5-5-5-------------| - -7--7--7---------7--7--7-6--6--6---- -7-7-7-6-6-6-4-------------| - ------------------------------------ -------------5-------------| - ------------------------------------ ---------------------------| - ------------------------------------ ---------------------------| {Verse chords x4 see below} {Verse} From the brightest star Comes the blackest hole You had so much to offer Why did you offer your soul? I was there for you baby When you needed my help Would you deny for others What you demand for yourself? {pre-chorus} Cool down mama cool off Cool down mama cool off {chorus} You speak of signs and wonders But I need something other I would believe if I was able But I’m waiting on the crumbs from your table {verse} You were pretty as a picture / It was all there to see Then your face caught up with your psychology With a mouth full of teeth / You ate all your friends And you broke every heart thinking / every heart mends {pre-chorus} {chorus} You speak of signs and wonders But I need something other I would believe if I was able But I’m waiting on the crumbs from your table {chorus} Where you live should not decide Whether you live or whether you die Three to a bed / Sister Ann she said Dignity passes by {chorus} And you speak of signs and wonders But I need something other I would believe if I was able I’m waiting on the crumbs from your table {Verse riff until end} 9// ONE STEP CLOSER Intro: A E A E A G#m F#m E A E A I’m ’round the corner from anything that’s real E A I’m across the road from hope I’m under a bridge in a rip tide F#m E That’s taken everything I call my own A E One step closer to knowing A E One step closer to knowing A E A I’m on an island at a busy intersection I can’t go forward I can’t turn back Can’t see the future It’s getting away from me I just watch the tail lights glowing A E One step closer to knowing A E One step closer to knowing A G#m One step closer to knowing F#m E Knowing knowing A E A E A G#m F#m E A E I’m hanging out to dry With my old clothes E A Finger still red with the prick of an old rose Well the heart that hurts Is a heart that beats Can you hear the drummer slowing? A E One step closer to knowing A E One step closer to knowing A G#m One step closer to knowing F#m E Knowing knowing A E One step closer to knowing A E One step closer to knowing A G#m One step closer to knowing F#m E Knowing knowing 10//ORINGINAL OF THE SPECIES Index of chord e|--------0-----------2-----------4--------0-------3------3--------0-------0-----------2------| B|--------3-----------2-----------4--------0-------3------1--------1-------1-----------3------| G|--------3-----------2-----------5--------1-------0------3--------2-------0-----------4------| D|--------3-----------4-----------6--------2-------0------0--------2------ 2-----------4------| A|--------0-----------4-----------6--------2-------2------0--------0-------3-----------2------| E|--------0-----------2-----------4--------0-------3------0--------0-------3-----------2------| Intro x2 (piano play) Baby slow down The end is not as fun as the start Please stay a child somewhere in your heart............. I’ll give you everything you want Except the thing that you want You are the first one of your kind (listen to cd to understand) And you feel like no-one before You steal right under my door And I kneel ’cause I want you some more I want the lot of what you got And I want nothing that you’re not Everywhere you go you shout it You don’t have to be shy about it x2 (piano play) Some things you shouldn’t get too good at Like smiling crying and celebrity Some people got way too much confidence baby.....baby I’ll give you everything you want Except the thing that you want You are the first one of your kind (listen to cd to understand) And you feel like no-one before You steal right under my door And I kneel ’cause I want you some more I want the lot of what you got And I want nothing that you’re not Everywhere you go you shout it You don’t have to be shy about it no oh no! oh no!....... (listen to cd to understand) X2 Come on now show your soul You’ve been keeping your love under control Everywhere you go you shout it You don’t have to be shy about it Everywhere you go you shout it Oh my my And you feel like no-one before You steal right under my door I kneel ’cause I want you some more I want you some more I want you some more... Oh no!............Oh no!............ Oh no!............Oh no!........... ...... 11//YAHWEH Intro chords; 654321 arpeggio-style picking on /x00210/ x00430 / x00210 / x00430 x00650/ {verse} Take these shoes Click clacking down some dead end street Take these shoes And make them fit Take this shirt Polyester white trash made in nowhere Take this shirt And make it clean clean Take this soul Stranded in some skin and bones Take this soul And make it sing {chorus} Yahweh Yahweh Always pain before a child is born Yahweh Yahweh Still I’m waiting for the C (verse begins right away) dawn Take these hands Teach them what to carry Take these hands Don’t make a fist Take this mouth So quick to criticise Take this mouth Give it a kiss {chorus} Yahweh Yahweh Always pain before a child is born Yahweh Yahweh Still I’m waiting for the dawn Still waiting for the dawn the sun is coming up The sun is coming up on the ocean This love is like a drop in the ocean Am F Dsus This love is like a drop in the ocean {chorus} Yahweh Yahweh Always pain before a child is born Yahweh tell me now Why the dark before the dawn? Oou-oou-oou-oou-oo {x2 chorus chords} {verse} Take this city A city should be shining on a hill Take this city If it be your will What no man can own no man can take Take this heart Take this heart Take this heart And make it break other pieces of work by me all in chords u2-the best of 1980-1990 u2-the best of 1990-2000 u2-i will follow u2-in the name of love delirious?-in the name of love
