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}
E D E
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}
E D
Hello hello (Hola!)
G A
I'm at a place called Vertigo (Donde esta)
E D
It's everything I wish I didn't know
G D E
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
E-D-A E E D A E D A D
{ ~ Check mated Shots fall ... shove me in yeah~)
{Solo break w/basic riff x 4}
D E D E {repeat}
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
G A
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
E D A D {repeat}
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:
D A Bm G x2
Verse I:
D A Bm
I want to trip inside your head
G
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
Bm A G
Oh God, I need your help tonight
Guitar solo-use chorus chords
Last chorus lead-in:
G
Beneath the noise
A
Below the din
D
I hear a voice
Em
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
G A Bm Em
For a miracle drug, for a miracle drug
G A Bm Hold Bm to finish
Miracle, miracle drug
Chord definitions:
D2 (xx0230)
Asus4 (x02230)
Bm7sus4 (x20230)
G2add6 (3x0230)
Em7 (022030) or Em7sus4 (022230)
3//SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN
Intro:
A A G/A G/A F#/A 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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A G/A
Tough, you think you've got the stuff
F#/A Dsus2
You're telling me and anyone
A
You're hard enough
A
You don't have to put up a fight
G/A
You don't have to always be right
F#/A Dsus2
Let me take some of the punches
A
For you tonight
PRE-CHORUS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
D A
Listen to me now
F#m
I need to let you know
D
You don't have to go it alone
CHORUS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
F#m E
And it's you when I look in the mirror
D
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
F#m E D
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
VERSE TWO
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A G/A
We fight all the time
F#/A Dsus2
You and I...that's alright
A
We're the same soul
A G/A
I don't need...I don't need to hear you say
F#/A Dsus2
That if we weren't so alike
A
You'd like me a whole lot more
PRE-CHORUS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
D A
Listen to me now
F#m
I need to let you know
D
You don't have to go it alone
CHORUS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
F#m E
And it's you when I look in the mirror
D
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
F#m E D
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
BRIDGE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fmaj7 - C - Dm
I know that we don't talk
Fmaj7 - C - Am
I'm sick of it all
Fmaj7 - C - Dm
Can - you - hear - me - when - I -
A F#m
Sing, you're the reason I sing
D E A
You're the reason why the opera is in me...
D
Well, hey now!
A
I've got to let you know
F#m
A house still doesn't make a home
D
Don't leave me here alone...
FINAL CHORUS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
F#m E
And it's you when I look in the mirror
D
And it's you that makes it hard to let go
F#m E D
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
F#m E
Sometimes you can't make it
D
The best you can do is to fake it
F#m E D
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----|
B ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G --10-9-7------7-----10-9-7------------10-9-7------7--9-10---------------|
D ---------10-7--------------10-5h7------------10-7-----------------------|
A ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4//LOVE AND PEACE OR ELSE
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|*-----------*|*------------|-------------|------------*|
A|*-----------*|*3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-3--2--3*|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|*------------|-------------|-------------|------------*|
A|*3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-3--2--3*|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|*------------|-------------|-------------|------------*|
A|*3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-3--2--3*|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|*------------|-------------|-------------|------------*|
A|*3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-5--3--5-|-3p5-3--2--3*|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
First Verse:
G|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-|-------------|3-3~--------5-3*|
A|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----|-3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5----*|
E|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
G|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-|-------------|3-3~--------5-3*|
A|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----|-3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5----*|
E|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
G|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-|-------------|3-3~--------5-3*|
A|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----|-3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5----*|
E|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
G|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-|-------------|3-3~--------5-3*|
A|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----|-3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5----*|
E|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
Pre-Chorus:
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|----------------|
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-|
D|*------------|-------------|-------------|------------*|
A|*12----12----|-12----12----|-12----12----|-12----12---*|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|*-----------------------*|-17--16---------|-17--16---------|-17--16--------*|
A|*15--15--15\17---17-\-19*|---------17--15-|---------17--15-|---------15/---*|
E|-------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chorus:
G|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D|*------------|3-3~------------|-------------|3-3~-----------*|
A|*5~--------5-|----5---3--2--3-|-5~--------5-|----5---3--2--3*|
E|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
G|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D|*------------|3-3~------------|-------------|3-3~-----------*|
A|*5~--------5-|----5---3--2--3-|-5~--------5-|----5---3--2--3*|
E|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
Second Verse:
G|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-|-------------|3-3~--------5-3*|
A|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----|-3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5----*|
E|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
G|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-|-------------|3-3~--------5-3*|
A|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----|-3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5----*|
E|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
Pre-Chorus:
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|----------------|
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-|
D|*------------|-------------|-------------|------------*|
A|*12----12----|-12----12----|-12----12----|-12----12---*|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|*-----------------------*|-17--16---------|-17--16---------|-17--16--------*|
A|*15--15--15\17---17-\-19*|---------17--15-|---------17--15-|---------15/---*|
E|-------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chorus:
G|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D|*------------|3-3~------------|-------------|3-3~-----------*|
A|*5~--------5-|----5---3--2--3-|-5~--------5-|----5---3--2--3*|
E|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
G|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D|*------------|3-3~------------|-------------|3-3~-----------*|
A|*5~--------5-|----5---3--2--3-|-5~--------5-|----5---3--2--3*|
E|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
Interlude (no bass)
Guitar Solo:
G|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-|-------------|3-3~--------5-3*|
A|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----|-3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5----*|
E|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
G|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-|-------------|3-3~--------5-3*|
A|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----|-3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5----*|
E|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
G|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D|*------------|3-3~--------5-3-|-------------|3-3~--------5-3*|
A|*3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5-----|-3p5-5--3--5-|----5---3-5----*|
E|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
Outro:
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|*------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
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\|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-------------------|-------------|-------|
D|*------------------|------------*|-------|
A|*10-10-10-10-10-10-|-8-8-8-7-7-7*|*5~----|
E|-------------------|-------------|-------|
5//CITY OF BLINDING LIGHTS
Verse:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/u/u2/how_to_dismantle_an_atomic_bomb_crd.html ]
G# D#
The most you see the less you know
C#
The less you find out as you go home
G# D# C#
I knew much more then, then I did now,
G# D# C#
Neon heart, day-glow eyes, city lit by fire flies,
G# D# C#
They're advertising in the sky for people like us.
Pre-Chorus:
B C#
And I miss you when you're not around,
B C#
I'm getting ready to leave the ground.
Chorus:
D# C# D# C#
oooooooo, ooooooooo
D# C#
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
G#
(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:
G |--9---5---7---|
Outro:
Play Riff1 during outro.
6// ALL BECAUSE OF YOU
Main riff: / E E G / D A A7sus4 A /
/ E E D / G A A7sus4 A /
^ ^ (<-these alternate)
Verse riff (=main riff w/no D/G alternation + A a little different):
E E D A Asus4 A {repeat until ...
I was born a child of grace
Nothing else about the place
Everything was ugly but your beautiful face
...} D A G
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:
D D5/C# D D5/C# A (repeat)
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:
G D A x3 E D x2 E {bass goes: E D B A G}
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
{Cont. verse riff, verse does NOT end with 'D A G'}
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:
Bm A
Bm A
G
F#m
Bm A
Little sister
Bm A G
Don't you worry about a thing today
F#m
Take the heat from the sun
Bm A
Little sister
Bm A G
I know that everything is not ok
F#m
But you're like honey on my tongue
Em G
True love never can be rent
Bm A
But only true love can keep beauty innocent
Gmaj7 A
I could never take a chance
G6 A
Of losing love to find romance
Gmaj7 A
In the mysterious distance
G6 F#
Between a man and a woman
Gmaj7 A
No I could never take a chance
G6 A
Cos I could never understand
Gmaj7 A
The mysterious distance
G6 F#
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
Em
Brown eyed girl across the street
A
On rue Saint Divine
Em
I thought this is the one for me
A
But she was already mine
G F#m
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:
Bm7 A
You'll see
Bm7 A
You'll see
D/A
Gmaj7 F#
How can I hurt when Im holding you?
Bm
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}
G D A A G D A A G
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}
D A D A G
Cool down mama, cool off
Cool down mama, cool off
{chorus}
Em G
You speak of signs and wonders
D A
But I need something other
Em G
I would believe if I was able
Em G G/F#
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
G#m
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
E A
I can't go forward, I can't turn back
G#m
Can't see the future
F#m
It's getting away from me
E
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
A
With my old clothes
E A
Finger still red with the prick of an old rose
G#m
Well the heart that hurts
F#m
Is a heart that beats
E
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
A F#m C#m E G D Am C Bm
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
A, E, F#m ,C#m, x2 (piano play)
A E
Baby slow down
F#m C#m
The end is not as fun as the start
A E F#m C#m
Please stay a child somewhere in your heart.............
G, D A
I'll give you everything you want
G D A
Except the thing that you want
Am C A
You are the first one of your kind
A,C,D,G (listen to cd to understand)
A F#m
And you feel like no-one before
C#m E
You steal right under my door
A F#m
And I kneel 'cause I want you some more
C#m
I want the lot of what you got
E
And I want nothing that you're not
A F#m
Everywhere you go you shout it
C#m E
You don't have to be shy about it
A, E, F#m ,C#m, x2 (piano play)
A E
Some things you shouldn't get too good at
F#m C#m
Like smiling, crying and celebrity
A E F#m C#m
Some people got way too much confidence baby.....baby
G, D A
I'll give you everything you want
G D A
Except the thing that you want
Am C A
You are the first one of your kind
A,C,D,G (listen to cd to understand)
A F#m
And you feel like no-one before
C#m E
You steal right under my door
A F#m
And I kneel 'cause I want you some more
C#m
I want the lot of what you got
E
And I want nothing that you're not
A F#m
Everywhere you go you shout it
C#m E
You don't have to be shy about it, no
A
oh no! oh no!.......
G, D, A (listen to cd to understand) X2
G D A
Come on now show your soul
G D A
You've been keeping your love under control
A F#m
Everywhere you go you shout it
C#m E
You don't have to be shy about it
A F#m C#m
Everywhere you go you shout it
E
Oh my my
A F#m
And you feel like no-one before
C#m E
You steal right under my door
A C#m
I kneel 'cause I want you some more
D Bm
I want you some more, I want you some more...
A C#m
Oh no!............Oh no!............
D Bm
Oh no!............Oh no!...........
A
......
11//YAHWEH
Intro chords; 654321
arpeggio-style picking on /x00210/ x00430 / x00210 / x00430 x00650/
{verse}
C G/F Am F
Take these shoes Click clacking down some dead end street
C G/F F G/F (repeat pattern)
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}
C G Am F
Yahweh, Yahweh
C G F Dsus
Always pain before a child is born
C G Am F
Yahweh, Yahweh
C G
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
{bridge} Am Em F
dawn
Am Em F G
Still waiting for the dawn, the sun is coming up
C Em
The sun is coming up on the ocean
Am F
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
C F C F C F C
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
