U2 – Please (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
Key
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Versions (3)

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Chords

[Intro] Bm A Em G x3 [Verse 1]
Bm               A
So you never knew love

  Em                  G
Until you crossed the line of grace.

Bm                A
And you never felt wanted

Em                 G
Till you'd someone slap your face.

Bm                A
So you never felt alive

  Em               G
Until you'd almost wasted away.
[Pre-chorus 1]
    Bm              A
You had to win, you couldn't just pass

    Em                  G
The smartest ass at the top of the class

    Bm                    A
Your flying colours, your family tree

    Em                  G
And all your lessons in history.
[Chorus]
Bm      A       Em
Please, please, please

    G
Get up off your knees.

Bm      A       Em      G
Please, please, please, please, oh yeah
[Interlude] Bm A Em G [Verse 2]
Bm           A        Em
So you never knew how low you'd stoop

   G
To make that call

Bm            A             Em
And you never knew what was on the ground

          G
Till they made you crawl.

Bm           A             Em
So you never knew that the heaven

        G
You keep you stole.
[Pre-chorus 2]
Bm                        A
Your Catholic blues, your convent shoes,

     Em                           G
Your stick-on tattoos now they're making the news

    Bm              A
Your holy war, your northern star

     Em                           G
Your sermon on the mount from the boot of your car.
[Chorus]
Bm      A       Em
Please, please, please

    G
Get up off your knees

Bm      A       Em
Please, please, please

         G
Leave me out of this, please.
[Chorus 2]
   Bm      A
So love is hard

    Em      G
And love is tough

    Bm      A
But love is not

            Em       G
What you're thinking of.
[Bridge]
   Bm                 A
September, streets capsizing

         Em            G
Spilling over down the drains

         Bm               A
Shard of glass, splinters like rain

              Em             G
But you could only feel your own pain.

  Bm                  A
October, talk getting nowhere.

   Em        G        A
November, December; remember

        Em
We just started again.
[Chorus]
Bm      A       Em
Please, please, please

    G
Get up off your knees, yeah.

Bm      A       Em      G
Please, please, please, please, ah.
[Chorus 2]
   Bm      A
So love is big

   Em          G
Is bigger than us.

    Bm      A
But love is not

            Em       G
What you're thinking of.

                 Bm
It's what lovers deal

                 A
It's what lovers steal you know I've found it

Em        G
Hard to receive

       Bm       A
'Cause you, my love

        Em        Bm
I could never believe.