"Beautiful Day" by U2 (Chord Chart)
Song Info
- Key: D major
- Chord Family: D
- Skills: Basic Strumming, Barre Chords, Open Chords
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INTRO (x2)
/A - - Bm - - D - /- G - - - - - - /D - - - - - A - /- - - - - - - -/
/1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + /1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + /1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + /1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +/
VERSE 1
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
A Bm D G D A
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
A Bm D G D A
Someone you could lend a hand In return for grace
CHORUS
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
VERSE 2
A Bm D G D A
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
CHORUS
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
POST CHORUS
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
REPEAT INTRO
/A - - Bm - - D - /- G - - - - - - /D - - - - - A - /- - - - - - - -/
/1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + /1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + /1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + /1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +/
BRIDGE *let each chord ring
Em D
See the world in green and blue See China right in front of you
Em D
See the canyons broken by cloud See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
Em D
See the Bedouin fires at night See the oil fields at first light and
Em D
See the bird with a leaf in her mouth after the flood all the colors came out
(Break)
CHORUS
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
POST CHORUS
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
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
A5 B5 D5 G5 D5 A5
Was a beautiful day
A5 B5 D5 G5 D5 A5
END *softly strum & let ring
/A - - Bm - - D - /- G - - - - - - /D - - - - - A - /- - - - - - - -/
/1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + /1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + /1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + /1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +/
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