U2 - "beautiful day 3" Tablature

Beautiful Day
Music U2
Words Bono

Intro: A, Bm, D, G, D, A, Bm, D, G, D, A

Verse 1:
A Bm D G
The heart is a bloom
D A
Shoots up through the stony ground
Bm D G
But there’s no room
D A
No space to rent in this town
Bm D G
You’re out of luck
D A
And the reason that you had to care
Bm D G
The traffic is stuck
D A
And you’re not moving anywhere
Bm D G
You thought you’d found a friend
D A
To take you out of this place
Bm D G
Someone you could lend a hand
D A
In return for grace

Chorus:
A5 B5 D5 G5
It’s a beautiful day
D5 A5
The sky falls and you feel like
B5 D5 G5
It’s a beautiful day
D5 A5
Don’t let it get away

Verse 2:
A Bm D G
You’re on the road
D A
But you’ve got no destination
Bm D G
You’re in the mud
D A
In the maze of her imagination
Bm D G
You love this town
D A
Even if it doesn’t ring true
Bm D G
You’ve been all over
D A
And it’s been all over you


Chorus:
A5 B5 D5 G5
It’s a beautiful day
D5 A5
Don’t let it get away
B5 D5 G5
It’s a beautiful day
D5 A5
Oh, oh

Break:
F#m G
Touch me
D A
Take me to that other place
F#m G
Teach me
D A
I know I’m not a hopeless case

Instrumental: A, Bm, D, G, D, A

Bridge:
Gadd9 G
See the world in green and blue
D5* Dsus4 D
See china right in front of you
Gadd9 G
See the canyons broken by cloud
D5* Dsus4 D
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
Gadd9 G
See the Bedouin fires at night
D5* Dsus4 D
See the oil fields at first light and
Gadd9 G
See the bird with a leaf in her mouth
D A
After the flood all the colours came out
(Silence over vocals)
Day_____, Day______

Chorus:
A5 B5 D5 G5
It’s a beautiful day
D5 A5
Don’t let it get away
B5 D5 G5 D5 A5
Beautiful day

Break:
F#m G
Touch me
D A
Take me to that other place
F#m G
Reach me
D A
I know I’m not a hopeless case


Outro:
A5 B5 D5 G5
What you don’t have you don’t need it now
D5 A5
What you don’t know you can feel it somehow
B5 D5 G5
What you don’t know you don’t need it now
D5 A5
Don’t need it now
B5 D5 G5 D5 A5
It’s a beautiful day

A5, B5, D5, G5, D5, A5, A, Bm, D, G, D, A, Bm, D, G

Chord Formations:

(As Edge Plays) (Some easier versions – still sounds good)
A 5-7-7-6-5-5 A x-0-2-2-2-0
Bm 2-2-4-4-3-2 Bm 2-2-4-4-3-2
D 5-5-7-7-7-5 D x-x-0-2-3-2
G 3-5-5-4-3-3 G 3-2-0-0-0-3
A5 5-7-7-x-x-x A5 x-0-2-2-x-x
B5 7-9-9-x-x-x B5 2-2-4-4-x-x
D5 10-12-12-x-x-x D5 x-x-0-2-0-0
G5 3-5-5-x-x-x G5 3-0-0-0-3-3
F#m 2-4-4-2-2-2 F#m x-4-4-3-2-x
Gadd9 x-x-5-4-3-5 Gadd9 3-2-0-0-0-3
D5* x-x-0-2-3-5 D5* x-x-0-2-0-0
Dsus4 x-x-0-2-3-3 Dsus4 x-x-0-2-3-3

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