Beautiful Day chords

U2

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  			{Intro}  
A   Bm   D    G    D   A 
A   Bm   D    G    D   A 
  
Riff1 Intro/verse (Piano with echo)  
e-0------2------2--------3------------2---0-------  
B-2------3------3--------3--------3---3---2-------  
G-2------4------2--------0--------2-------2-------  
D-2------4------0--------0--------0-------2-------  
A-0------2---------------2----------------0-------  
E------------------------3------------------------  
  A      Bm     D        G        D       A 
  
               A   Bm   D    G         D                    A 
The heart is a bloom__         Shoots_ up_ through the stony ground_  
           A     Bm   D    G      D                     A 
There's no room__             No_ space_ to rent in this town__  
  
Riff2 Verse lead guitar  
e----------------------  
B-2---3---(3)----------  
G-----------------4----  
D----------------------  
A----------------------  
E----------------------  
  
              A     Bm   D    G          D                     A (Riff2)  
You're out of luck_              And the reason that you had to care_  
               A     Bm   D    G                D          A 
The traffic is stuck_            And you're not mo_ving anywhere_  
                  A         Bm      D    G               D              A 
You thought you'd found__ a friend_          To take you out_ of_ this_ place_  
                                                         (aaaaawwwaaaayyyy)  
        A     Bm      D        G               D              A 
Someone you__ could_ lend__  a hand         In return__ for__ grace__  
                                               (aaaaawwwaaaayyyy)  
  
{Chorus1} (distortion)  
                 A5     B5   D5    G5     D5                   A5 
It's a beautiful day___                     Sky__ falls__, you feel_ like  
                 A5     B5   D5    G5     D5              A5 
It's a beautiful day                Don't let_ it__ get_ away__  
  
              A    Bm   D    G            D              A  (&Riff2)  
You're on the road__           But you've got__ no_ destination_  
              A    Bm   D    G            D                A 
You're in the mud__                In the maze of her_ imagina_tion_  
              A    Bm   D    G            D              A 
You love this town_                       Even if that_  doesn't ring true_  
            A    Bm  D    G            D                  A 
You've been all_____ over_    And it's been__ all__ over_ you__  
  
{Chorus2} (distortion)  
                 A5     B5   D5    G5     D5              A5 
It's a beautiful day                Don't let_ it__ get_ away__  
                 A5     B5   D5    G5     D5              A5 
It's a beautiful day                  Oooo____oooo_ooohh  
  
{Bridge1}  
F#m          G        D               A 
Touch___ me__         Take me to that other_ place  
F#m          G        D                A 
Teach___ me__         I know I'm not a hopeless case  
  
Riff3 Bridge lead  
e-9-----9-10----10--10--10----1010-9-10-9--9--9--9---  
B----12----------------------------------12-12-12-12-  
G-------------12--12--12--12-------------------------  
D----------------------------------------------------  
A----------------------------------------------------  
E----------------------------------------------------  
  
A   Bm   D    G    D   A 
  
Em                                   D 
See the world__ in green and blue__   See China right in front of you__  
Em              G                   D 
See the canyons broken by cloud__   See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out  
Em              G                   D 
See the Bedouin fires at night__    See the oil fields at first light and  
Em                  G                  D 
See the bird with a leaf in her mouth  after the flood all the colors came out  
{nc}  
 (ddddddaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy) (ddddddaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy)  
  aaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaah     take___ me____ out____  
  
{Chorus 3} (distortion)  
                    A5     B5   D5    G5     D5              A5 
It was a beautiful_ day__              Don't let_ it__ get_ away__  
                 A5     B5   D5    G5     D5              A5 
      Beautiful day____aa__aa__aaay__     aaa_aaaahaaaa__aaaahh  
  
{Bridge 2}  
F#m          G        D               A 
Touch___ me__         Take me to that other_ place  
F#m            G               D                A 
Rea_ea_ea_eaach__ me__         I know I'm not a hopeless case  
  
{Outro}  
A                       Bm           D       G 
 What_ you_ don't_ have_ you_ don't__ need it now__  
D                               A 
 What_ you_ don't_ know_ you can feel__ it somehow___  
A                       Bm           D       G 
 What_ you_ don't_ have_ you_ don't__ need it now__  
D                               A 
 Don't_ need_ it_ now___  
  
{Chorus 4} (distortion)  
                    A5     B5   D5    G5     D5              A5  (&Riff3)  
   Was a beautiful_ day_________  
                    A5     B5   D5    G5     D5              A5  (&Riff3)  
  
Riff4  
  
Riff4 End  
e-------2-------2-----0---------------2-----------------3---  
A-2--3--------------------------2--3--------------2-3-------  
G----------4-----------------------------4------4-----------  
D---------------------------------------------5-------------  
A-----------------------------------------------------------  
E-----------------------------------------------------------   
  
Chords:  
A   x02220 / 577655  
Bm  x24432 / 799777  
D   xx0232 / x57775  
G   320033 / 355433  
A5  x022xx / 577xxx  
B5  x244xx / 799xxx  
D5  xx023x / x577xx  
G5  355xxx  
F#m 244222  
Em  022000