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When I Look At The World

U2
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
{section: Verse 1}
{section: Verse 2}
{sot}e---9\7----{eot}
{section: Chorus}
Play this riff over Chorus (echo):
{sot}e---7/9---9\7---7/9---9\7---7/9--9\7---7/9---9\7--{eot}
When I look at the world
{section: Verse 3}
When the night is someone else's
And you're trying to get some sleep
When your thoughts are too expensive
To ever wanna keep
{section: Verse 4}
When there's all kinds of chaos
And everyone is walking lame
You don't even blink there do you
Don't even look away
{section: Chorus}
{section: Solo}
{sot}e--12\------12\-----21-21-17-17-14-17-19---17-16-12-14-19-21-\{eot}
{section: Bridge}
the lead is same as over Chorus
When I look at the world
{section: Verse 5}
I'm in the way of you
I can't see through smoke
I think of you and your holy book
When the rest of us choke
{section: Outro}
Tell me tell me what do you see
Tell me tell me whats gone on with me

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Arrangement source for When I Look At The World by U2

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
e----5\4---      Asus4 A Asus4 E    Pause  Asus4  A  Asus4  A  Asus4  Gbm  E

{section: Verse 1}
[Asus4]  When you look at the w[A]orld
[Asus4]  What is it that you s[A]ee
[Asus4]  People find all kinds o[F#m]f things
  That b[E]ring them to their knees

{section: Verse 2}
[Asus4]  I see an ex[A]pression
[Asus4]  So clear and so t[A]rue
[Asus4]  That changes the a[F#m]tmosphere

{sot}e---9\7----{eot}
  When you w[E]alk to the room

{section: Chorus}
Play this riff over Chorus (echo):

{sot}e---7/9---9\7---7/9---9\7---7/9--9\7---7/9---9\7--{eot}
  So i t[D]ry to be like y[A]ou
  Try to f[D]eel lucky t[E]oo
  Going [D]up till it's no u[A]se
  I can't s[E]ee what you see

  When I look at the world

{section: Verse 3}
When the night is someone else's
And you're trying to get some sleep
When your thoughts are too expensive
To ever wanna keep

{section: Verse 4}
When there's all kinds of chaos
And everyone is walking lame
You don't even blink there do you
Don't even look away

{section: Chorus}
{section: Solo}
{sot}e--12\------12\-----21-21-17-17-14-17-19---17-16-12-14-19-21-\{eot}

{section: Bridge}
the lead is same as over Chorus
  I can't w[D]ait any lo[A]nger
  I can't w[D]ait til i'm s[E]tronger
  I can't w[D]ait any l[A]onger
  To see wh[E]at you see

  When I look at the world

{section: Verse 5}
I'm in the way of you
I can't see through smoke
I think of you and your holy book
When the rest of us choke

{section: Outro}
[Asus4]  [A]  repeat

Tell me tell me what do you see
Tell me tell me whats gone on with me

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