How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

ELights go down, it'sD dark The jungle is your Ehead,

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

EHello heDllo (Hola!)

GI'm at a place called AVertigo (Donde esta)

 It's Eeverything I wish I Ddidn't know

 Except Gyou give me Dsomething I can Efeel, feel

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

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 Check mated E D A Shots fall ..E. D A shove me in Dyeah~)

D E D E

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

 Just Ggive me what I want and Ano-one gets hurt...

Hello hello (hola!) / We're at a place called Vertigo (Donde esta)

Your love is teaching me how, how to kneel... kneel

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah / Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

yeah yeah ... Yeah

2// MIRACLE DRUG

Intro

D A Bm G x2

Verse i

DI want to Atrip inside your Bmhead

 Spend the Gday 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

GFreedom has a Ascent

 Like the Dtop of a new born Embaby's head

Chorus

GThe songs are in your Aeyes

 I Dsee them when you Emsmile

GI've seen enough, I'm not Agiving up

 On a Bmmiracle 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 Oh God,A I need your Ghelp tonight

Guitar solo

use chorus chords

Last chorus lead-in:

GBeneath the noise

ABelow the din

DI hear a voice

EmIt'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

BmI'd give it up, yeah, I'd Emgive it up

 For a Gmiracle Adrug, for a Bmmiracle Emdrug

G A Bm Hold Bm to finish

Miracle, miracle drug

Chord definitions:

Dadd9

Asus4

Bm7sus4

G2add6Em7 (022030) or Em7sus4 (022230)

3//SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN

Intro

A A G A G/A F♯ A Dsus2

Verse one

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ATough, you G/Athink you've got the stuff

 You're F♯telAling me and Dsus2anyone

AYou're hard enough

AYou don't have to put up a fight

 You G/Adon't have to always be right

F♯LetA me take some of the Dsus2punches

AFor you tonight

Pre-chorus

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DListen to me Anow

 I need to let you F♯mknow

 You don't have to go it Dalone

Chorus

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 And it's F♯myou when I look in the Emirror

 And it's Dyou when I don't pick up the phone

F♯mSometimes you can't Emake it on your Down

Verse two

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AWe fight all the G/Atime

 You and F♯I..A.that's Dsus2alright

 We're the Asame soul

AI don't need...I don't G/Aneed to hear you say

 That if we F♯werAen't so Dsus2alike

 You'd like me a Awhole lot more

Pre-chorus

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DListen to me Anow

 I need to let you F♯mknow

 You don't have to go it Dalone

Chorus

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 And it's F♯myou when I look in the Emirror

 And it's Dyou when I don't pick up the phone

F♯mSometimes you can't Emake it on your Down

Bridge

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F7M C Dm I know that we don't talk

F7M C Am I'm sick of it all

F7M C Dm Can - you - hear - me - when - I -

ASing, you're the F♯mreason I sing

DYou're the reason Ewhy the Aopera is in me...

DWell, hey now!

 I've got to let you Aknow

 A house still doesn't make a F♯mhome

 Don't leave me here Dalone...

FINAL CHORUS

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 And it's F♯myou when I look in the Emirror

 And it's Dyou that makes it hard to let go

F♯mSometimes you can't Emake it on your Down

F♯mSometimes you can't Emake it

 The best you can Ddo is to fake it

F♯mSometimes you can't Emake it on your Down

(Play 'A' to fade)

NOTE: Play over the start of the bridge (leading up to Bono's high note):

4//LOVE AND PEACE OR ELSE

First Verse:

Pre-chorus

A|*12----12----|-12----12----|-12----12----|-12----12---*|

A|*15--15--15\17---17-\-19*|---------17--15-|---------17--15-|---------15/---*|

Chorus

Second Verse:

Pre-chorus

A|*12----12----|-12----12----|-12----12----|-12----12---*|

A|*15--15--15\17---17-\-19*|---------17--15-|---------17--15-|---------15/---*|

Chorus

Interlude

no bass)

Guitar solo

Outro

A|*10-10-10-10-10-10-|-8-8-8-7-7-7*|*5~----|

5//CITY OF BLINDING LIGHTS

Verse

G♯The most you see the less you D♯know

C♯The less you find out as you go home

G♯I knew much more tD♯hen, then I did C♯now,

G♯Neon heart, day-gD♯low eyeC♯s, city lit by fire flies,

G♯They're advertisingD♯ in the sky forC♯ people like us.

Pre-chorus

BAnd I miC♯ss you when you're not around,

BI'm getting C♯ready to leave the ground.

Chorus

D♯ooooooC♯oo, oD♯ooooooC♯oo

D♯Oh you look so bC♯eautiful 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

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-these Aalternate)

Verse riff

=main riff w/no D/G alternation + A a little different):

E E D A Asus4 A

D A G

And it left me no illusion

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

DAll beD5cauC♯se Dof D5youC♯ A Verse riff picks off

All because of you All because of you I am

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

 I Am... I Am

Bridge

G D A x3 E D x2 E

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

And I want back inside

Chorus riff

All because of you x2 All because of you I am

7// A MAN AND A WOMAN

Intro

Bm A

Bm A

GF♯m

BmLittle sister A

BmDon't you worry abouAt aG thing today

F♯mTake the heat from the sun

BmLittle sister A

BmI know that everything Ais Gnot ok

F♯mBut you're like honey on my tongue

EmTrue love Gnever can be rent

BmBut only true love can keep Abeauty innocent

G7MI could never take Aa chance

G6Of losing love to finAd romance

G7MIn the mysterious disAtance

G6Between a F♯man and a woman

G7MNo I could never take Aa chance

G6Cos I could never unAderstand

G7MThe mysterious disAtance

G6Between a F♯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

EmBrown eyed girl across the street

AOn rue Saint Divine

EmI thought this is the one for me

ABut she was already mine

GYou were already mine F♯m

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

Bm7You'll see A

Bm7You'll see A

D/A

G7MHow can I hurt when Im F♯holding you?

Bm

8// CRUMBS FROM YOUR TABLE

Intro

GFrom the DbrighAtest AstarG Comes the DblacAkest Ahole G

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?

DCool down Amama, DcoAol Goff

Cool down mama, cool off

 You Emspeak of signs and Gwonders

 But I Dneed something Aother

 I would beEmlieve if I was Gable

  Em G [G/f#]

But I'm waiting on the crumbs from your table

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

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

Where you live should not decide

Whether you live or whether you die

Three to a bed / Sister Ann, she said

Dignity passes by

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

9// ONE STEP CLOSER

Intro

A E A E A G♯m F♯m E

A I'm 'round the Ecorner from anything that's Areal

 I'm across the rEoad from hope A

 I'm under a G♯mbridge in a rip tide

 That's tF♯maken everything I call my Eown

AOne step closer to knoEwing

AOne step closer to knoEwing

A I'm on an Eisland at a busy interAsection

 I can't go Eforward, I can't turn Aback

 Can't see the G♯mfuture

 It's getting away from F♯mme

 I just watch the tail lights Eglowing

AOne step closer to knoEwing

AOne step closer to knoEwing

AOne step closer to knoG♯mwing

 KnoF♯mwing, knoEwing

A E A E A G♯m F♯m E

A I'm hanging out to Edry

 With my old clothes A

 Finger still Ered with the prick of an old Arose

 Well the heart that G♯mhurts

 Is a heart that beatsF♯m

 Can you hear the drummer Eslowing?

AOne step closer to knoEwing

AOne step closer to knoEwing

AOne step closer to knoG♯mwing

 KnoF♯mwing, knoEwing

AOne step closer to knoEwing

AOne step closer to knoEwing

AOne step closer to knoG♯mwing

 KnoF♯mwing, knoEwing

10//ORINGINAL OF THE SPECIES

Intro

A, E, F♯m ,C♯m, x2 (piano play)

ABaby slow Edown

F♯mThe end is not as C♯mfun as the start

APlease stay a Echild somewhere in your F♯mheart..........C♯m...

GI'll give you Deverything you Awant

GExcept the Dthing that you Awant

AmYou are the Cfirst one of your Akind

A C D G

AAnd you feel F♯mlike no-one before

C♯mYou steal right Eunder my door

AAnd I kneel 'cause F♯mI want you some more

C♯mI want the lot of what you got

EAnd I want nothing that you're not

AEverywhere you F♯mgo you shout it

C♯mYou don't have to be Eshy about it

A, E, F♯m ,C♯m, x2 (piano play)

ASome things you shouldn't Eget too good at

F♯mLike smiling, crying C♯mand celebrity

ASome people got Eway too much confidence F♯mbaby.....C♯mbaby

GI'll give you Deverything you Awant

GExcept the Dthing that you Awant

AmYou are the Cfirst one of your Akind

A C D G

AAnd you feel F♯mlike no-one before

C♯mYou steal right Eunder my door

AAnd I kneel 'cause F♯mI want you some more

C♯mI want the lot of what you got

EAnd I want nothing that you're not

AEverywhere you F♯mgo you shout it

C♯mYou don't have to be Eshy about it, no

Aoh no! oh no!.......

G, D, A (listen to cd to understand) X2

GCome on now Dshow your Asoul

GYou've been keeping Dyour love under Acontrol

AEverywhere you F♯mgo you shout it

C♯mYou don't have to be Eshy about it

AEverywhere you F♯mgo you shout C♯mit

EOh my my

AAnd you feel F♯mlike no-one before

C♯mYou steal right Eunder my door

AI kneel 'cause C♯mI want you some more

DI want you some more, BmI want you some more...

AOh no!............C♯mOh no!............

DOh no!............BmOh no!...........

A......

11//YAHWEH

Intro chords

arpeggio-style picking on /x00210/ x00430 / x00210 / x00430 x00650/

C Take these G/Fshoes AmClick clacking down some Fdead end street

C Take these G/Fshoes And make themF fitG/F

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

C YahGweh,Am YahFweh

C Always Gpain before a Fchild is Dsus4born

C YahGweh,Am YahFweh

C Still I'm Gwaiting for the

Cdawn 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

Yahweh, Yahweh

Always pain before a child is born

Yahweh, Yahweh

Still I'm waiting for the

Am Em F

dawn

 Still waiting for the Amdawn,Em the Fsun is coming up G

 The Csun is coming up on the Emocean

 This Amlove is like a drop in the Focean

 This Amlove is like a drop in the Focean Dsus4

Yahweh, Yahweh

Always pain before a child is born

Yahweh, tell me now

Why the dark before the dawn? Oou-oou-oou-oou-oo

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

CTake this FheartC Take this FheartC Take this Fheart And make it Cbreak

other pieces of work by me all in chords

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u2-i will follow

u2-in the name of love

delirious?-in the name of love