U2, Beautiful Day (2000)
Key: :[G] (w: Bono, U2)
INTRO: [G] [Am] [C] [F] /
[C] [G]
VERSE 1:
The heart is a
[G] bloom
[Am] [C] [F], shoots
[C] up throught the stony
[G] ground
But there's no
[G] room
[Am] [C] [F], no
[C] space to rent in this
[G] town
VERSE 2:
You're out of
[G] luck
[Am] [C] [F], and the
[C] reason that you had to
[G] care
The traffic is
[G] stuck
[Am] [C] [F], and you're not
[C] moving any-
[G]-where
VERSE 3:
You thought you'd
[G] found a
[Am] friend
[C] [F], to take you
[C] out of this
[G] place
Someone
[G] you could
[Am] lend a
[C] hand
[F], in re-
[C]-turn for
[G] grace
CHORUS 1:
It's a beautiful
[G] day
[Am] [C] [F], the
[C] sky falls and you
[G] feel like
It's a beautiful
[G] day
[Am] [C] [F], don't
[C] let it get a-
[G]-way
VERSE 4:
You're on the
[G] road
[Am] [C] [F], but you've
[C] got no desti-
[G]-nation
You're in the
[G] mud
[Am] [C] [F], in the
[C] maze of her imagin-
[G]-ation
VERSE 5:
You love this
[G] town
[Am] [C] [F],
[C] even if that
[G] doesn't ring true
You've
[G] been
[Am] all
[C] over
[F], and it's
[C] been all over
[G] you
CHORUS 2:
It's a beautiful
[G] day
[Am] [C] [F], don't
[C] let it get a-
[G]-way
It's a beautiful
[G] day
[Am] [C] [F], don't
[C] let it get a-
[G]-way
BRIDGE 1:
[Em] Touch me
[F],
[C] take me to the
[G] other place
[Em] Reach me
[F],
[F] I know I'm not a
[G] hopeless case
BREAK: [G] [Am] [C] [F] /
[C] [G]
BRIDGE 2:
[Dm] See the world in green and blue,
[C] see China right in front of you
[Dm] See the canyons
[F] broken my cloud,
[C] see the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
BRIDGE 3:
[Dm] See the bedouin
[F] fires at night,
[C] see the oil fields at first light
[Dm] See the bird with
[F] a leaf in her mouth,
[C] after the flood all the colours came out
BREAK: [G] [Am] [C] [F] /
[C] [G]
REPEAT CHORUS:
REPEAT BRIDGE 1:
OUTRO:
[G] What you
[Am] don't have you
[C] don't need it
[F] now
What you
[C] know you can feel it some-
[G]-how
[G] What you
[Am] don't have you
[C] don't need it
[F] now
What you
[C] know you can feel it some-
[G]-how