The Joshua Tree

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
[D]

I want to hide
I want to tear down the walls
That hold me inside
             [G]

I want to reach out
                [Bm]

And touch the flame
              [A]

Where the streets have no name
          [Csus9]

I want to feel, sunlight on my face
[D]

See that dust cloud disappear without a trace
                                        [G]

I want to take shelter from the poison rain
               [Bm]                      [A]

Where the streets have no name
          [Csus9]

{section: Chorus}
(Tab for chords to be played, repeat below for each line of chorus)

{sot}B-----10----8-----7-----------------------------------------------------------
G-----7-----7-----7-----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------{eot}

Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you...
It's all I can do

The city's a flood
[D]

And our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Trampled in dust
         [G]

I'll show you a place
                [Bm]

High on the desert plain
               [A]

Where the streets have no name
          [Csus9]

Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Still building then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do

Our love turns to rust
[D]

And we're beaten and blown by the wind
                     [G]

Blown by the wind

Oh and I see love
             [D]

See our love turn to rust

And we're beaten and blown by the wind

Blown by the wind
    [G]

Oh when I go there
         [Bm]

I go there with you
            [A]

It's all I can do
               [D]

Chord formations:


I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR

This song is played in the key of C# (C#, F#, G#), but works equally well
in [C] ([C], [F], [G]) or [G] ([G], [C], [D]), so long as you don't play along to the recording.

[C#]I have climbed highest mountain
I have run th[Ab]rough the fields
Only to [F#]be with you
Only to [C#]be with you

[C#]I have run
I have [Ab]crawled
I have scaled these [Ab]city walls
These city [F#]walls
Only to [C#]be with you

But I [Ab]still haven't [F#]found what I'm [C#]looking for
But I [Ab]still haven't [F#]found what I'm [C#]looking for

I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like fire
This burning desire

I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

I believe in the kingdom come
Then all the colors will bleed into one
Bleed into one
Well yes I'm still running

You broke the bonds and you
Loosed the chains
Carried the cross
Of my shame
Of my shame
You know I believed it

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for X4
WITH OR WITHOUT YOU

[D5]See the stone set in your eyes           [A5]
See the thorn t[C5]wist in your side           [G5]
[D5]I'll Wait for You [A5]               [C5]                              [G5]

Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you

With or Without you 2x

Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you

With or Without you 2x

I can't live
With or Without you
And you give yourself away 2x
And you give 2x
And you give yourself away

My hands are tied
My body bruised she got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose
And you give yourself away 2x
And you give 2x
And you give yourself away
With or Without You 2x
I Can't Live...With or Without You

Ohhhhhhh Ohhhhhhhh
With or Without you 2x
I can't live
With or without you 2x
Hoooooooo Hooooooo

BULLET THE BLUE SKY

This song can be played with a quick series of chords Dm and C:

 1    2     2       4            1    2     2       4
 [Dm]|  [Dm]|  [Dm]|  [Dm]|  [Dm]|  [Dm]|  [Dm]|  [Dm]|  [Dm]|  [C]|    [Dm]|  [Dm]|  [Dm]|  [Dm]|  [Dm]|  [Dm]|  [Dm]|  [Dm]|  [Dm]|  [C]|
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/   \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/

In the howling wind comes a stinging rain
See it driving nails into the souls on a tree of pain
From the firefly a red-orange glow
I see the face of fear
Running scared in the valley below
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky

In locust wind comes a rattle and hum
Judith wrestled the angel
And the angel was overcome
She had a demon seed
She rase flower of fire
I see her burning crosses
I see the flames higher and higher
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky

And I see her come up to me
Her dress red
Like a rose on a thorn bush
Like all the colors of a royal flush
And she's pealing off those dollar bills
And slapping them down
One hundred
Two hundred
And I can see those fighter planes
And I can see those fighter planes
Across the mud huts where the children sleep
Through the alleys and quiet city streets
Up a staircase to the first floor
I turn the key and slowly unlock the door
A man breathes into a saxophone
Through the walls we hear the city groan
Outside it's America
Outside it's America

"So I'm back in my hotel room,
 With Johnnie Coltrane and the love supreme,
 In the next room I hear some woman scream out,
 That her lover's turning off,
 Turning on the television,
 I can't tell the difference between :-
 ABC news, Hill Street Blues
 And some preacher in the old time gospel hour
 Stealing money from the sick and the old
 Well the God I believe in ain't short of cash Mister !!"

See across the view
See the sky ripped open
See the rain pounding the women and children
Who run
Into the arms of America......

RUNNING TO A STAND STILL

[D]  And so she woke up, woke up from [G]where she was lying still, said I
[D]got to do something about where we're [G]going.
[D]Step on a steam train, [G]  step out of the driving rain, maybe
[D]  run from the darkness in the ni[G]ght, singing
[A]ah, ah la la [C]la de [G]day
[A]  ah la la [C]la de [G]day, ah la l[D]a de day  [G]

Sweet the sin, but bitter the taste in my mouth.
I see seven towers, but I only see one way out.
You got to cry without weeping, talk without speaking,
scream without raising your voice, you know I took the poison,
from the poison stream, then I floated out of here, singing
ah, ah la la la de day
ah la la la de day, ah la la de day

o[G]ooh, oo[D]oh, oo[G]oh

[D]  She runs through the street with her eyes painted red
[G]  under black belly of cloud in the rain
[D]  in through the doorway she brings me
[G]white gold and pearls, stolen from the sea, she is r[D]aging
she is raging, and the [G]storm blows up in her eyes, she will
[A]    suffer the ne[C]edle [G]chill
[A]    she's running to [C]stand [G]     [D]still     [G]        [D]           [G]              [D]

RED HILL MINING TOWN

[G]From Father to So[C]n the blood runs thin
O[G]ur faces frozen ([C]still) against the wind
T[G]he seam is split,[C] the coal face cracked
T[G]he lines are long[C] and there's no going back
T[G]hrough hands of steel[C] and a heart of stone
O[G]ur labour day has[C] come and gone[D]
And you l[A]eave us holding on
In R[F]ed Hill Town, as the lights go down

I[G]'m hanging on  [D]
You're all that's left to h[F]old on to  [C]
I[G]'m holding on  [D]
You're all that's left to h[F]old on to  [C]

The glass is cut, the bottle runs dry
Our love runs cold in the caverns of the night
We're wounded by fear, injured in doubt
I can lose myself, you I can't live without
Because you keep me holding on
In Red Hill Town, as the lights go down
I'm hanging on ...

And we scorch the earth, set fire to the sky
Stoop so low to reach so hihgh
A link is lost, the chain undone
Now we wait all day for the night to come
And it comes
And it comes
Like a hunter (child)

I'm hanging on
You're all that's left to hold on to
I'm hanging on
You're all that's left to hold on to
We see l[G]ove sl[D]owly stripped away
Our l[F]ove, has se[C]en a better day

I'm hanging on
You're all that's left to hold on to
I'm holding on
You're all that's left to hold on to
See the lights go down on Red Hill Town
See lights go down on Red Hill Town
IN GOD'S COUNTRY

        [D]Desert Sky [Am]
        Dream beneath a [D]desert sky [Am]
        The rivers run But [D]soon run dry  [Am]
        We need new dreams[D] tonigh[Am]t

        [D]Desert rose[Am]
        Dreamed I saw a [D]desert rose[Am]
        Dress torn in [D]ribbons and in bows[Am]
        Like a[D] siren she calls [Am]to me

        [Em]Sleep comes l[G]ike a d[D]rug..[Em]. In God's[G] Coun[D]try
        [Em]Sad eyes [G]crooked cros[D]ses..[Em]. In God's[G] Coun[D]try

        [D]Set me alight [Am]
        We'll punch a hole right [D]through the night [Am]
        Everyday the [D]dreamers die[Am]
        To see what's on the [D]other side [Am]

        She is [D]Liberty         [Am]
        And she comes to [D]rescue me [Am]
        Hope faith, her [D]vanity   [Am]
        The greatest gift[D] is gol[Am]d

        [Em]Sleep comes l[G]ike a d[D]rug..[Em]. In God's[G] Coun[D]try
        [Em]Sad eyes [G]crooked cros[D]ses..[Em]. In God's[G] Coun[D]try

        [D]Naked flame [Am]
        She stands with a [D]naked flame [Am]
        I stand with the [D]sons of Cain [Am]
        Burned by the [D]fire of love  [Am]
        Burned by the [D]fire of love  [Am]
                      [D]love          [Am]

TRIP THROUGH YOUR WIRES

CHORDS UNDERNEATH

In the distance
       [G]        [F9]   [C9]

She saw me coming round
[G]                    [F9]   [C9]

I was calling out
      [G]              [F9]   [C9]

I was calling out
      [G]              [F9]   [C9]

Still shaking
[G]

Still in pain
[F9]       [C9]

You put me back together again
[G]                 [F9]      [C9]

I was cold and you clothed me honey
[G]                  [F9]         [C9]

I was down and you lifted me honey
[G]                  [F9]        [C9]

Angel
[G]     [F9]  [C9]

Angel or devil
[G]            [F9]  [C9]

I was thirsty
      [G]       [F9]  [C9]

And you wet my lips
        [G]           [F9]  [C9]

You, I'm waiting for you
[C]                    [G]

You, you set my desire
[Bb]                [F]

I trip through your wires
                    [G]

I was broken, bent out of shape
[G]             [F9]          [C9]

I was naked in the clothes you made
[G]                  [F9]          [C9]

My lips were dry, throat like rust
[G]                 [F9]          [C9]

You gave me shelter
[G]

>From the heat and the dust
         [F9]           [C9]

There's no more water in the well
[G]                     [G9]     [C9]

No more water in the well
[G]            [F9]      [C9]

Angel
[G]     [F9]  [C9]

Angel or devil
[G]            [F9]  [C9]

I was thirsty
      [G]       [F9]  [C9]

And you wet my lips
        [G]           [F9]  [C9]

You, I'm waiting for you
[C]                    [G]

You, you set my desire
[Bb]                [F]

I trip through your wires
                    [G]

Thunder,        thunder on the mountain
[G]       [F9]  [C9]  [G]                     [F9]

There's a raincloud
[C9]        [G]         [F9]

in the desert sky
[C9]     [G]            [F9]  [C9]

In the distance
       [G]            [F9]  [C9]

she saw me coming round
[G]                   [F9]  [C9]

I was calling out
      [G]             [F9]  [C9]

I was calling out
      [G]             [F9]  [C9]     [G]

Chord Formations:


ONE TREE HILL

First verse with Riff 1:

[C5]    We turn away to face the cold[F5], enduring chill

    As the [Bb5]day begs the nig[F5]ht for [C5]mercy love [C7]    [C5]

[C5]    The sun's so bright it leaves no [F5]shadows, only scars

    [Bb5]carved into [F5]stone on the [C5]face of earth [C7]    [C5]

[C5]    The moon is up and over [F5]One Tree Hill

    We see the [Bb5]sun go [F5]down in your [C5]eyes

Chorus with Riff 2:

    You run like [Bb]river[F] in like a[C5] sea
    you run like a [Bb]river[F] runs to the se[C5]a

Second verse same as first verse:
    And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone
    Where poets speak their hearts, then bleed for it
    Jara sang, his song a weapon, in the hands of love
    You know his blood still cries from the ground

Chorus as before.

Cello Solo.

Now play synth chords ([C] [C] [F] [F] [Bb5] [F]/[C] [C] [C])

Third verse with synth chords:

[C]    I don't believe in painted [F]roses or bleeding hearts

    while [Bb5]bullets rape the nigh[F]t of the me[C]rciful

    I'll see you again when the s[F]tars fall from the sky

    and the [Bb5]moon has turned red[F] over o[C]ne tree hill

Continue to play Riff 2 to end.

Distorted guitar kicks in towards end.

{section: Outro}
(With synth chords)

    [C]Oh great [F]ocean[Bb5], old grea[F]t sea

    [C]run to the [F]ocean, [Bb5]run [F]to th[C]e sea.

EXIT

[Em]You know he got the cure...but then he went astray,
He u[C]sed to stay awake to drive the d[G]reams he had away
He wa[Em]nted to believe in the h[C]ands of lov[G]e...

His head it felt heavy as he cut across the land
A dog started crying like a broken hearted man
At the howling wind... the howling wind

He went deeper into black, deeper into white...
he could see the stars shine like nails in the night
He felt the healing, healing, healing, healing hands of love
Like the stars shiny, shiny... from above.

He put his hands in the pocket, his finger on the steel
The pistol weighed heavy, his heart he could feel
Was beating, beating, beating, beating oh my love
Oh my love, oh my love, oh my love.

(He saw the hands that build could also pull down....
The hands of love)

MOTHERS OF THE DISAPPEARED

[A]Midnight, our sons and daughters
Were cut down and taken from us
Hear their he[E]artbeat...[D/F#]
We hear their he[A]artbeat

In the wind, we hear their laughter
In the rain we see their tears
Hear their heartbeat..., we hear their heartbeat

Night hangs like a prisoner
Stretched over black and blue
Hear their heartbeat..., we hear their heartbeat

In the trees our sons stand naked
Through the walls our daughters cry
See their tears in the rainfall