U2
DIRTY DAY
Here's the main riff first. I think the guitar is tuned down
1/2 step. The little fills in parenthesis are played only when
indicated.
D A C G
(fill 1)---------I[fill 2]--------I
(7h8p7------------[5h6p5-----------I
------9)---------I------7]--------I
0-0-0------------I----------------I
------0----------I3-3-3-----------I
-----------------I------3---------I
Intro: Main riff fades in. Synth plays a long sustained
A note on top.
Verse 1 (w/main riff):
D A C G D A C G
I don't know you ...and you don't know the half of it
D A C G D A C G
I had a starring role ...I was the bad guy who walked out
D A C G
They say be careful where you aim
D A C G
Because where you aim you just might hit
D A C G
You can hold onto something so tight
D A C G
You've already lost it
D A C G
Dragging me down That's not the way it
D A C G
(w/fill 1)
used to be
D A C G
You can't even remember
D A C G
(w/fills 1&2)
What I'm trying to forget
(main riff twice w/distorted guitar chords+effects and fills 1&2)
Chorus (w/main riff):
D A C G
It was a dirty day
D A C G
A dirty day
(the riff once)
Verse 2 (w/riff)
You want explanations... I don't even understand
If you need someone to blame... throw a rock in the air
and you'll hit someone guilty
D A/E A
From father to son
Bm D Gadd2 (?)
In one life has begun
Bm7 A
A work that's never done
D A C G D A C G
Father to son (it won't last kissin' time)
(2x w/riff)
D A C G D A C G
(Love... it won't last kissin' time)
Verse 3 (w/riff)
Get it right, there's no blood thicker than ink
Hear what I say, nothing's simple as you think
Wake up, some things you can't get around
I'm in you, more so when they put me in the ground
(main riff w/distorted guitar+effects & fills 1&2)
(repeat to the end)
Chorus:
(It was a dirty day
A dirty day
Hank says)
D A C G D A C G
THESE DAYS DAYS DAYS RUN AWAY LIKE HORSES OVER THE HILLS
(repeat until fade)
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