U2 – 13 There Is A Light (Guitar Acoustic Tab)
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This is a solo-acoustic focused arrangement that blends the picking pattern of this song's companion piece
from the previous album, "Song for Someone," into this song's harmonic and lyrical context.
[Intro]
G Bm A
[Verse 1]
(Strum each chord once)
G D
And if the terrors of the night
G F#
Come creeping into your day
G D F#m
And the world comes stealing children from your room
[Pre-chorus 1]
Guard your innocence
From hallucination
G Bm A e|----------||------------|------------------| B|---3------||---3--------|---2-----2--------| G|-----4----||-----4------|-----2-----2---2--| x2 D|-------0--||-------0----|------------------| A|----------||--2---------|--0-----0-----0---| E|-3--------||------------|------------------|
And know that darkness always gathers around the light
G Dsus2 E e|------------------|------------------|--------------0------------------| B|---3-----3--------|---3-----3--------|--0-----0---------0-----0-----0--| G|-----4-----4------|-----2-----2---2--|----1-----1---------1-----1------| D|-------0-----0----|-0-----0-----0----|------2-----2---------2-----2----| A|------------------|------------------|---------------------------------| E|-3----------------|------------------|-0--------------0----------------|
[Chorus 1]
There is a light, you can't always see, if there is a world, we can't always be G Dsus2 A Bm e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| B|---3-----3--------|---3-----3--------|---2-----2--------|---3-----3--------| G|-----4-----4---4--|-----2-----2---2--|-----2-----2---2--|-----4-----4---4--| D|-5-----5-----5----|-0-----0-----0----|-2-----2-----2----|-4-----4-----4----| A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
If there is a dark, that we shouldn't doubt, and there is a light, don't let it go out
G Dsus2 A Bm e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| B|---3-----3--------|---3-----3--------|---2-----2--------|---3-----3--------| G|-----4-----4---4--|-----2-----2---2--|-----2-----2---2--|-----4-----4---4--| D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| A|------------------|------------------|--0-----0-----0---|--2-----2-----2---| E|-3------3-----3---|--2-----2-----2---|------------------|------------------| E e|-----------------------------------| B|---0-----0----------0-----0--------| G|-----1-----1---1------1-----1---1--| D|-------2-----2----------2-----2----| A|-----------------------------------| E|-0----------------0----------------|
[Verse 2]
G D
When the wind screams and shouts
G D/F#
And the sea is a dragon's tail
G D
And the ship that stole your heart away
A
Sets sail
[Pre-Chorus 2]
When all you've left is leaving
And all you got is grieving
And all you know is needing
G Bm A e|----------||------------|------------------| B|---3------||---3--------|---2-----2--------| G|-----4----||-----4------|-----2-----2---2--| x3 D|-------0--||-------0----|------------------| A|----------||--2---------|--0-----0-----0---| E|-3--------||------------|------------------|
Lada daaa dah, Ah da dahdah, ahhh...
G Dsus2 E e|------------------|------------------|--------------0------------------| B|---3-----3--------|---3-----3--------|--0-----0---------0-----0-----0--| G|-----4-----4------|-----2-----2---2--|----1-----1---------1-----1------| D|-------0-----0----|-0-----0-----0----|------2-----2---------2-----2----| A|------------------|------------------|---------------------------------| E|-3----------------|------------------|-0--------------0----------------|
[Chorus 2]
If there is a light, We can't always see; If there is a world, We can't always be
G Dsus2 A Bm e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| B|---3-----3--------|---3-----3--------|---2-----2--------|---3-----3--------| G|-----4-----4---4--|-----2-----2---2--|-----2-----2---2--|-----4-----4---4--| D|-5-----5-----5----|-0-----0-----0----|-2-----2-----2----|-4-----4-----4----| A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
If there is a dark, now we shouldn't doubt; And there is a light, don't let it go out
G Dsus2 A Bm e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| B|---3-----3--------|---3-----3--------|---2-----2--------|---3-----3--------| G|-----4-----4---4--|-----2-----2---2--|-----2-----2---2--|-----4-----4---4--| D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| A|------------------|------------------|--0-----0-----0---|--2-----2-----2---| E|-3------3-----3---|--2-----2-----2---|------------------|------------------|
[Post-Chorus]
'Cause this is a song, a song, for someone G Dsus2 A Bm e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| B|---3-----3--------|---3-----3--------|---2-----2--------|---3-----3--------| G|-----4-----4---4--|-----2-----2---2--|-----2-----2---2--|-----4-----4---4--| D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| A|------------------|------------------|--0-----0-----0---|--2-----2-----2---| E|-3------3-----3---|--2-----2-----2---|------------------|------------------|
Someone like me
E e|-----------------------------------| B|---0-----0----------0-----0--------| G|-----1-----1---1------1-----1---1--| D|-------2-----2----------2-----2----| A|-----------------------------------| E|-0----------------0----------------|
[Verse 3]
G D
I know the world is dumb
G D/F#
But you don't have to be
G D F#m
I've got a question for the child in you before it leaves
[Pre-chorus 3]
Are you tough enough to be kind?
Do you know your heart has its own mind?
Darkness gathers around the light G Bm A e|----------||------------|------------------| B|---3------||---3--------|---2-----2--------| G|-----4----||-----4------|-----2-----2---2--| x3 D|-------0--||-------0----|------------------| A|----------||--2---------|--0-----0-----0---| E|-3--------||------------|------------------| Hold on... Hold on G E e|------------------||------------------| B|---3-----3--------||--0-----0---------| G|-----4-----4---4--||----1-----1----1--| D|-------0-----0----||------2-----2-----| A|------------------||------------------| E|-3----------------||-0----------------|
[Chorus]
There is a light
We can't always see
If there is a world
We can't always be
If there is a dark
That we shouldn't doubt
And there is a light
Don't let it go out
[Outro]
And this is a song
A song for someone
This is a song
A song for someone
Someone like me
Someone like me
Someone like me