U2 – Iris Hold Me Close (Guitar)

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My favorite song so far from the new album 'Songs Of Innocence' released yesterday (09.09.2014). Tried to give it ago and I think it sounds good. Tell what you think ! [Verse 1]
C        Am
The star,

               Em    D
that gives us light

                  C   Am
Has been gone a while

                  Em     D
But it’s not an illusion

     C      Am
The ache

        Em  D
In my heart

             C Am          Em   D
Is so much a part of who I am
[Pre-Chorus]
G                  Am
Something in your eyes

          Em                 D
Took a thousand years to get here

G                  Am
Something in your eyes

          Em                 D
Took a thousand years, a thousand years
[Chorus]
        C Am             Em                     D
Hold me close, hold me close and don’t let me go.

        C Am             Em                     D
Hold me close like I’m someone that you might know

        C  Am        Em                  D
Hold me close the darkness just lets us see

       C    Am  
Who we are

               Em          D
I’ve got your life inside of me

C Am Em D x2
Iris… Iris…
[Verse]
C  Am       Em D              C    Am
Once we are born, we begin to forget

                   Em  D
The very reason we came

    C   Am
But you

              Em  D
I’m sure I’ve met

                  C                   Am
Long before the night the stars went out

                   Em    D
We’re meeting up again
[Chorus]
        C Am             Em                     D
Hold me close, hold me close and don’t let me go.

        C Am             Em                     D
Hold me close like I’m someone that you might know

        C  Am        Em                  D
Hold me close the darkness just lets us see

       C    Am  
Who we are

               Em          D
I’ve got your life inside of me

C Am Em D x2
Iris… Iris…
[MIDDLE]
G Am Em                 D  
        The stars are bright but do they know

G Am Em                    D
        The universe is beautiful but cold
[OUTRO/CHORUS]
                    C
You took me by the hand

    Am                       Em      
I thought that I was leading you

            D                C
But it was you made me your man

  Am
Machine

   Em
I dream

       D
Where you are

C               Am
Iris standing in the hall

     Em              D
She tells me I can do it all

C                   Am
Iris wakes to my nightmares

       Em                 D
Don’t fear the world it isn’t there

C              Am
Iris playing on the strand 

      Em               D
She buries the boy beneath the sand,

C               Am            Em
Iris says that I will be the death of her

D
It was not me

C Am Em D x2
Iris… Iris…
Free yourself, to be yourself if only you could see yourself Free yourself, to be yourself if only you could see…