The Unforgettable Fire
Music by U2
Lyrics by Bono
Transcribed by Andy Aledort, sent in by Brandon Leniart
intro:
A.H. N.H.
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verse: (for 5 bars)
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(for 3 bars)
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Ice--your only rivers run cold
These city lights
They shine as silver and gold dug from the night
Your eyes as black as coal
(fill)
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chorus:
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Walk on by, walk on through
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Walk till you run
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And don't look back for here I am
Carnival
The wheels fly and the colours spin through alcohol
Red wine that punctures the skin
(fill, vibrate notes slightly)
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Face to face in a dry and waterless place
(repeat chorus)
Walk on by, walk on through
So sad to beseige your love so head on
Stay in this time
(fill)
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Stay tonight in a lie
I'm only asking, but I think you know
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Come on take me away
Come on take me away
Come on take me home, home again
(string interlude)
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2 bars 2 bars
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(loud string part)
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And if the mountains should crumble
Or disappear into the sea
Not a tear, no not I
Standing this time
Stay tonight in a lie
Forever after this love in time
And if you save your love
Save it all
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Don't push me too far
Don't push me too far
Tonight
Tonight
(string finale)
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"The Unforgettable Fire"
tabbed by: Marc Virata, [email protected]
Dm Bb
Ice, your only rivers run cold
Dm Bb
These city lights, they shine in silver and gold
Dm Bb Dm Bb F
Dug from the night, your eyes as black as coal
C Eb
Walk on by, walk on through, walk till you run
Bb Dm Bb
And don't look back, for here, I am
Dm Bb Dm
Carnival, the wheels fly and the colors spin, through alcohol
Bb
Red wine that punctures the skin
Dm Bb F
Face to face, in a dry and waterless place
C Eb Bb
Walk on by, walk on thorugh, so sad to besiege your love so head on
F C
Stay tonight, stay tonight in a lie
Eb Bb F
I'm only asking but I think you know
C
Come on take me away
Gm
Come on take me away
A Dm
Come on take me home, home again
Instrumental
Bb Dm Bb Dm Bb Gm A
(Now I'm at the part where the violins repeat the chords three times,
sounding like "da-Da-DA")
Dm Dm Dm (strike three times and accent each with the third the hardest)
"da-Da-DA"
Bb Bb Bb
"da-Da-DA"
Dm Dm Dm
"da-Da-DA"
Bb Bb Bb F
"da-Da-DA"
C Eb
And if the mountain should crumble, or disappear into the sea
Bb F
Not a tear nor not I, stay in this time
C
Stay tonight, in a lie
Eb Bb
Ever after, there's love in time
F C
And if you save it all, save your love
Gm A Dm
Don't push me too far, don't push me too far, tonight, tonight
Unforgettable Fire, The
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