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Breathe

U2
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D-DU-UDU
 Sixteenth of June,  nine-o-five,  door bell
rings,  man at the door says if I want  to stay alive a bit
longer,  there's three things  I need you to
know -  three.
 Coming from a long  line of travelling  sales people
on  my mother's side, I wasn't gonna buy  just anyone's
 cockatoo.  So why would I invite  a complete
stranger  into my home?  Would you?
 These  days  are better  than that.
 These  days  are better  than that.
 Every  day I  die again,  and again I'm
 reborn.  Every  day I  have to find  the courage
 to walk out into  the street
 with arms out.  Got a love  you can't defeat.
 Neither down  nor out,  there's nothing  you have  that I
need,  I can breathe.
Bre  - the now.
 Sixteenth of June,  Chinese  stocks are going
up  and I'm coming down with some new  Asian virus.
 Juju man, juju  man, Doc
says  you're fine or dying,  please!
 Nine-o-nine,  St John  Divine, on the
line,  my pulse is fine.  But I'm running down the
road  like loose  electricity  while the
band  in my head plays a striptease.
 The roar  that lies  on the other  side of
 silence.  The forest fire  that is fierce  so deny it.
Walk out into  the street.
 Sing your heart out.  The people  we meet
 will not be drowned out.  There's nothing  you have  that I
need,  I can breathe.
Brea  - the now.
 Fill:
 We are people  borne of sound,  the songs  are in our
eyes.  Gonna wear  them like a crown, oh.
 Walk out,  into the sunburst  street.
 Sing your heart  out,  sing my heart  out.
I've  found grace inside  a sound, I've  found grace and it's all  I've found.
 And I can breathe.
Brea  - the now.
 NB Chords not in brackets fall on the first and third beats of the bar.
  Chords in brackets fall on the second beat of the bar.

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Readable chord sheet for Breathe by U2

[D]    [A]    [A]         [Bm]        [Bm]
[D]    [A]    [A]         [Bm]        [Bm]

[D]  Sixteenth of J[A]une, nine-[A]o-five, door bell
[Bm]rings, man at the door says if I [Bm]want to stay alive a bit
[D]longer,  [A]   there's three [A]things I need you to
[Bm]know  [Bm]-  three.
[D]  Coming from a l[A]ong line of [A]travelling sales people
[Bm]on my mother's side, I wasn't gonna [Bm]buy just anyone's
cocka[D]too.  [A]   So why would I [A]invite a complete
[Bm]stranger into my home? [Bm]   Would you?

Th[D]ese d[A]ays [A]  are [Bm]better than [Bm]that.
Th[D]ese d[A]ays [A]  are [Bm]better than [Bm]that.

[G]  Eve[D/F#]ry day [E]I die a[E7]gain, and again I'm
reb[G]orn. Eve[D/F#]ry day [E]I have to [E7]find the courage

to [Bm]walk [G]out [D]into the [E]street
with [Bm]arms [G]out. Got a [D]love you can't de[E]feat.
Neither [Bm]down nor [G]out, there's [D]nothing you [E]have that I
[D]need[A],  [A]  I can [Bm]breathe. [Bm]
[D]Bre [A]   [A] -      [Bm]the      [Bm]now.

[D]  Sixteenth of J[A]une, Ch[A]inese stocks are going
[Bm]up and I'm coming down with some [Bm]new Asian virus.
[D]    [A]  Juju man, [A]juju man, Doc
[Bm]says you're fine or [Bm]dying, please!
[D]  Nine-o-n[A]ine, St [A]John Divine, on the
[Bm]line, my pulse is fine. [Bm]   But I'm running down the
[D]road like l[A]oose electr[A]icity while the
[Bm]band in my head plays a [Bm]striptease.

[G]  The [D/F#]roar that [E]lies on the [E7]other side of
sil[G]ence. The [D/F#]forest [E]fire that is [E7]fierce so deny it.

[Bm]Walk [G]out [D]into the [E]street.
Sing your [Bm]heart [G]out. The [D]people we [E]meet
will not be [Bm]drowned [G]out. There's [D]nothing you [E]have that I
[D]need[A],  [A]  I can [Bm]breathe. [Bm]
[D]Brea[A]   [A]  -     [Bm]the      [Bm]now.

Fill:
[D]         [E]         [Bb]        [C]
[D]         [E]         [Bb]        [C]
[D]    [A]    [A]         [Bm]        [Bm]
[D]    [A]    [A]         [Bm]        [Bm]
[D]    [A]    [A]         [Bm]        [Bm]
[D]    [A]    [A]         [Bm]        [Bm]

[G]  We are peo[D/F#]ple borne of [E]sound, the [E7]songs are in our
[G]eyes. Gonna [D/F#]wear them like a [E]crown, [E7]oh.

[Bm]   Walk [G]out, [D]  into the [E]sunburst street.
[Bm]   Sing your [G]heart out, [D]  sing my [E]heart out.
[Bm]I've found grace in[G]side a sound, [D]I've found grace and it's [E]all I've found.
[D]    [A]   [A]  And I can [Bm]breathe. [Bm]
[D]Brea[A]   [A]    -       [Bm]the      [Bm]now.

[D]         [E]         [Bb]        [C]
[D]         [E]         [Bb]        [C]
[D]         [E]         [Bb]        [C]
[D]         [E]         [Bb]        [C]
[D]

NB  Chords not in brackets fall on the first and third beats of the bar.
    Chords in brackets fall on the second beat of the bar.

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