American Obituary chords by U2

Intro
F C F                   C
       You have the right to remain silent
F        D
  or not
Am D C Am D C Am D C F



Verse
Am              D            C
God above a mother's love
 Am               D             C
A guiding hand to pick you up
 Am                  D        C
To crush her like a coffee cup
Am    D C
Why
Am                     D        C
Crossing guard or yellow bus
 Am                   D         C
Our children teach us who to trust
 Am              D                  C
The worst can't kill what's best in us
Am    D            C
   But they can try
Am       D     C
America will rise
 Am        D  C Am D C
Against the people of the. lie

Chorus
F              C
 I love you more
F                      D
 Than hate loves war
F               C
  I love you more
F                       D
  Than hate loves war
(War, war)
Post-Chorus
Am     D           C      Am D C       F
    We love you more.         than hate loves war
Am D C Am D C Am D C F



Verse
Am             D      C
Renee Good born to die free
Am         D             C
American mother of three
Am             D     C
Seventh day January
 Am                D             C
A bullet for each child, you see
 Am                Am D C
The color of her eye
Am     D          C
930  Minneapolis
 Am           D          C
To desecrate domestic bliss
 Am              D                C
Three bullets blast, three babies kissed
Am                        D       C
Renee the domestic terrorist? ?
Am                 D   C       Am D C
What you can't kill can't die
America will rise
Against the people of the lie

Chorus
F                  C
  I love you more
F                       D
  Than hate loves war
F               C
  I love you more
F                      D
 Than hate loves war
 Am  D C
(War  war)


Post-Chorus
Am     D           C      Am D C       F
    We love you more.         than hate loves war


Instrumental
Am D C Am D C Am D C F



Bridge
Eb           E         F#         G
  I Am not mad at you, Lord
 Eb                E    F#G
You're the reason I was there
 Eb                    D
Could you stop a heart from breaking
By having it not care?
Could you stop a bullet in midair?
Am D C Am D C Am D C Am D C



Interlude
She says…
 Am     D  C      Am    D C              Am   D  C            Am
The power. of the people. is so much stro-nger. than the people in
 D    C
power
 Am                                          G
The power of the people is so much stronger than the people in power
 Am                                          G
The power of the people is so much stronger than the people in power
 Am
In the streets with children playing
 G
In the churches where they're praying
 Am
School teachers are explaining
 G
America, America
 Am
The power of the people!


Outro
Am     D           C                  Am  D   C        F
    We love you more (we say, we  say) than hate loves war
Am  D             C               Am  D C       F                    A
    I love you more (I say, I  say)    than hate loves war