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Unforgettable Fire Album Chords by U2

Unforgettable Fire Album chords by U2

Guitar chords with lyrics

From: slucero@cec.uchile.cl (Sergio Lucero)
>Subject: CRD/TAB for U2's "Unforgettable Fire" [v 0.77]

Album: THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE (1984)     (Chords Release 0.77 October 1993)

CHORDS/TABS CREDITS:[Scott Yanoff, yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu] (1,6)
                    [Sergio Lucero, slucero@cipres.cec.uchile.cl] (2c,5,8,9)
		    [Martijn Van Weijle] (2t)
		    [Marc Virata, newson@unlv.edu] (4)


COMPILATION and			[Sergio Lucero, slucero@cipres.cec.uchile.cl]
MODIFICATION CREDITS:
 (and therefore editing			 (send all flames here ^^^)
    responsibility)                   (also corrections and additions)
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
SONGS:  A Sort of Homecoming		OK
        Pride				OK
        Wire				NEEDED
        The Unforgettable Fire		OK
        Promenade			OK
        Bad				OK
        Indian Summer Sky		NEEDED
        Elvis Presley and America	OK
        MLK				OK

******************************************************************

A Sort of Homecoming
--------------------

Intro  G6  D2  G6  D2  G6  D2  G6  D2

And ..
        G6                   D2
through ..
                 G6                D2
across ..
           G6
light's ..
D2             G6       D4 D2

And ..
time ..
and ..
your ..

G      G2 G   G2            D2 D4 D Gii
Oh..
G             G2   G        G2
I'll ..
       D2  D4           D                Gii
tonight..

verse

verse

G6                 D2           G6                 D2
O ..
G6                 D2           G6                 D2
O ..

G      G2 G   G2            D2       D4               D                     G
Oh, ..
G             G2   G        G2                D2  D4   D     D4
I'll ..
        C7
I'll ..),
                         D     D2     G6  D2
I'll ..

G6                D2                G6 			D2
O ...
G6                D2                G6 			D2

                   G6
The ..
D2	        G6
this ...
D2        G6            D2  G6        D4  D   G   G2     G   G2
no ..
  D2          D4	      D       		    Gii
tonight ..
G              G2
see ..
   G   	         G2           D2  D4 D Gii  G6  D2  G6  D4 D  G6  D2  G6  D4 D
she ..

And ..
through ..
across ..
to a ..
Oh ..
for ..
I ..
I ..

CHORD FORMATIONS     (This might make a nice acoustic version with these)
-----------------
G6   x x 0 0 3 0
D2   x x 0 2 3 0
D4/A x 0 0 0 3 x
G    3 x 0 0 0 x
G2   3 0 0 0 0 3
D4   x x 0 2 3 3
D    x x 0 2 3 2
Gii  x x 0 0 3 3  (G, type 2)
C7   x 3 2 3 1 x

But The Edge is probably playing the chorus this way
(esp. for intro of live version where it is arpeggio)
G      x x x 7 8 7
G2     x x x 7 10 x
D2,D   x x x 7  7 10
D4,Gii x x x 7  8 10

******************************************************************
Transcription to "Pride" by U2 from "Rattle and Hum"

Use delay (0.40 s), some reverb, and compressor.
Tune down 1/2 step to Eb.

Intro
    NH   NH  NH   NH   NH  NH
E---12------------12------------
B---12------------12-------------
G------------7-------------7-----
D------------7-------------7-----
A--------7-------------7---------
E--------------------------------

Part one (main riff)

   v   ^   v   ^   v   ^   v   ^   v   ^   v   ^   v   ^   v   ^
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|--
B--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--X---X--|--
G--11--11--11--11--11--11--9---9---11--11--9---9---11--11--X---X--|--
D--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---X---X--|--
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|--
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|--

repeat 1 x

   v   ^   v   ^   v   ^   v   ^   v   ^   v   ^   v   ^   v   ^
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|--
B--10--10--10--10--10--10--9---9--10--10---9---9--10--10---X---X--|--
G--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---X---X--|--
D--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---X---X--|--
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|--
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|--

   v   ^   v   ^   v   ^   v   ^   v   ^   v   ^   v   ^   v   ^
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|--
B--10--10--10--10--10--10--9---9--10--10---9---9---10--10--X---X--|--
G--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--X---X--|--
D--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---X---X--|--
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|--
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|--

Part two

Let all the notes ring
E--------0---------|-------0---------|
B------------------|-----------0-----|
G------8-----8-----|-----8-------8---|
D----9---------9---|---7-------------|
A------------------|-----------------|
E--7---------------|-5---------------|

Guitar solo

     H  H     H  H     H  H  P
E--11^12^14-11^12^14-11^12^14^11-----------
B--------------------------------12-12-12--
G------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------
	repeat 8x

******************************************************************

Pride (In the name of love)                     [Capo on 1st fret]

Intro chords  A A G Em

 A                   D
One ..
 G               Em
One ...
 A                   D
One ..
 G               Em
One ..,
 A                   D
In ..
 G               Em
What ...

One ..
One ...
One ...
One ...
In ..,
What ...

Early ...
A ...
Free ..
But ...
In ..
What ...

EXACT CHORDS                  CHORDS WITH CAPO ON 7th FRET
A  x  x  7  9 10  7             D2  x x 0 2 3 0
G  x 10  9  7  8  7              C  x 3 2 0 1 0
Em x  7  9  9  8  7             Am  x 0 2 2 1 0

******************************************************************

"The Unforgettable Fire"

Dm             Bb
Ice, ..
           Dm                    Bb
These ..
             Dm                  Bb                Dm       Bb      F
Dug ..
C                            Eb
Walk ..
               Bb                Dm         Bb
And ..

    Dm                           Bb                       Dm
Carnival..
              Bb
Red ..
        Dm                 Bb                F
Face ..
C                               Eb                          Bb
Walk ..

F             C
Stay ..
Eb                    Bb             F
I'm ..
                C
Come ..
                Gm
Come ..
                A           Dm
Come ..

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 ..
      Bb              F
Not a ..
C
Stay ..
Eb          Bb
Ever ..
           F                      C
And ..

      Gm                     A                Dm
Don't ..

******************************************************************

Promenade

 C                       F-C
Earth..
                         F-C
Here ...
                         F-C
Men ..
                         F-C
Words ...
                F    C     F-C
Dirt ...

 C                       F-C
Barbed ..
I'd ...
In ..
                Am           G
to ...
                Am           G
And ...
        F                    C
Roman ...

In ..
Sidestep...
I ...
Have ..,
behind ...
Tell ..,
and ...
Up ...

See ..
coca-cola... . .

******************************************************************

Bad
---

  INTRO   (and also MAIN riff Edge plays, simplefied a little)
     Asus4   A           Asus4   A          Dsus2   D         Dsus2   D
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-----7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6----9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-
D----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

   The second guitar plays this, with an echo device also
E-----------------12-12---------------12-12------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------10-10------10-10-10-10
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Now, the chords appear below the words.  I suggest you use tab riff as shown
above for the main verse, but you can always try it with the chord
formations at the end of this file to get a more acoustic feel.

If   ...
Asus4 A   Asus4 A   Dsus2 D    Dsus2  D

If    ...
Asus4 A   Asus4   A        Dsus2 D     Dsus2  D

If ..
Asus4 A      Asus4 A

If ...
   Dsus2 D       Dsus2 D

	         Surren   - der,         dislocate.
Asus4 A  Asus4 A    Dsus2   D   Dsus2  D

Asus4 A  Asus4 A  Dsus2 D  Dsus2  D

If     ..
ASus4  A       Asus4     A

Life- line ...
Dsus2 D		       Dsus2 D

       Leave ..,
Dsus D	          Asus4    A

See ..
Asus4   A         Dsus2  D

      Into ...
Dsus D        Asus4  A

        And ...
Asus4 A     	       Dsus2   D

      Into ..,
Dsus D        Asus4  A

        And ...
Asus4 A     	       Dsus2   D   Dsus2 D

If ..
set ...
I'd ..,
See ..
Into ...
And ...

(Here, suggested start jamming with regular A and D chords)
Hoo, hoo    Hoo, hoo   Hoo, hoo.
A          	       D

Hoo, hoo    Hoo, hoo   Hoo, hoo.
A          	       D

To ..,
  	      A

And ...
          D

To ..
  	      A

And ...
          D

I'm ...
               A

I'm ..
	       G             E	    (Now switch back to chords from intro)

I'm ...
Dsus2   Asus4 A

Oh, ..

If ..
They ...
True ..,
Bruised ...
Colors ...
A                                   D	  (Once again, regular chords now)

Hoo, ...
A          	       D

If ...

If ...
This ...
Dis...
Sep...
Con...
Rev...
Tem...
Iso...
Des...

Let ..
And ....
To ..
And ...
Oh, no
I'm ...
I'm ...
I'm ...
Oh, no no

CHORD FORMATIONS
-----------------
Asus4 x 0 2 2 3 x
A     x 0 2 2 2 x
Dsus2 x x 0 2 3 x
D     x x 0 2 3 2
******************************************************************

******************************************************************

--
        Sergio Lucero Vera	    Las opiniones expresadas involucran a mi
  Alumno de Ingenieria Matematica  universidad en la medida en que la presion
 Facultad de Cs.Fis. y Matematicas   que recibe el estudiante promedio de
     Universidad de Chile 	    Beaucheff afecta su manera de expresarse.

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