U2 - "kite" Tablature

Kite
From the LP 'All That You Can't Leave Behind'
Music by U2
Lyrics by Bono and The Edge

Intro: Play this once and then go into the chords underneath.

E|----4------------5------------------4------------5-----9----\4-|
B|-7----------7--------------------7----------7------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------9----\4-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro cont: E, Asus2, E, Asus2

E Asus2 E
Something is about to give
Asus2 E
I can feel it coming
Asus2 E
I think I know what it means
Asus2 E
I’m not afraid to die
Asus2 E
I’m not afraid to live
Asus2 E
And when I’m flat on my back
Asus2 E Asus2
I hope to feel like I did

A
‘Cause hardness, it sets in
C#m
You need some protection
A
The thinner the skin
E A
I want you to know
C#m Aadd9 E
That you don’t need me anymore
A
I want you to know
C#m Aadd9
You don’t need anyone, anything at all

E5
Who’s to say where the wind will take you
B5
Who’s to know what it is will break you
A5
I don’t know which way the wind will blow
E5
Who’s to know when the time has come around
B5 A5
Don’t wanna see you cry
E
I know that this is not goodbye

Asus2, E, Asus2, E, Asus2, E, Asus2
E Asus2
In summer I can taste the salt in the sea
E Asus2
There’s a kite blowing out of control on a breeze
E Asus2
I wonder what’s gonna happen to you
E Asus2
You wonder what has happened to me

A, C#m, A

E5 B5
I’m a man
A5
I’m not a child
E5 B5
A man who sees
A5
The shadow behind your eyes

E5
Who’s to say where the wind will take you
B5
Who’s to know what it is will break you
A5
I don’t know where the wind will blow
E5
Who’s to know when the time has come around
B5 A5
(I) don’t want to see you cry
E
I know that this is not goodbye

Asus2, E, Asus2

E
Did I waste it?
Asus2 E
Not so much I couldn’t taste it
Asus2 E
Life should be fragrant
Asus2 E
Rooftop to the basement
Asus2 E
The last of the rock stars
Asus2 E
When hip-hop drove the big cars
Asus2 E
In the time when new media
Asus2 E
Was the big idea
Asus2 E
That was the big idea

Out: Asus2, E, Asus2, E

Chord Formations:

E 0-2-2-1-0-0
Asus2 x-0-2-2-0-0
A x-0-2-2-2-0
C#m x-4-6-6-5-4
Aadd9 x-0-7-6-5-7
E5 0-7-9-9-x-x
B5 7-9-9-x-x-x
A5 5-7-7-x-x-x

By Matthew O’Reilly.
Any requests/corrections to mtoreilly@cableinet.co.uk

Interesting note, (well I think so). As some people know, this song
is about Bono raising his kids and the enjoyment and pain that’s been
part of the deal. The title ‘Kite’ came about from one time when Bono
took his kids out on top of a hill and tried to fly a kite with them.
Unfortunately the Kite crashed and his kids responded sarcastically
“Wow, that was great, Dad. Can we go play some videogames now?”

Interesting Note 2. On the recent Elevation Tour, at many shows, and
the show I saw in Birmingham, Bono started Kite off by saying that
originally he thought the song was written by him to his kids. But
he has come to realise as his father was dying, that it was written
by his dad, to him, and now to us.