U2 – The Blackout (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro]
A   D
Am
  Am         F           Dm                  
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------2-------------|
D|----------------------------------5--3-------| x2
A|----------------------------------------3--5-|
E|---------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
Am             F                              Dm
   A dinosaur, wonders why it's still on the earth, yeah

Am           F                       Dm
   A meteor, promises it's not gonna hit, yeah

Am             F                             Dm
   Earthquake, always happen when you are in bed, Fred

Am                   F                        Dm
   The house shakes, maybe was it something I said, Ned
[Pre-Chorus]
F  G           Dm
Go easy on me, easy me, lover

F  G           Dm
Go easy on me, easy on me, now
[Chorus]
         Am             C            
When the lights go out, throw yourself about

       Dm                         F   Em
In the darkness where we learn to see

         Am             C  
When the lights go out, don't you ever doubt

    Dm                       F  Em
The light that we can really be
[Verse]
Am                 F                      Dm   
   Statues fall, democracy is flat on its back, Jack

Am                    F                         Dm  
   We had it all, and what we had is not coming back, Zach

Am                        F                           Dm  
   The big mouth says the people, they don't wanna be free for free

Am                  F                   Dm  
   The Blackout, is this an extinction event we see
[Pre-Chorus]
F  G           Dm
Go easy on me, easy me, lover

F  G           Dm
Go easy on me, easy on me, now
[Chorus]
         Am             C            
When the lights go out, throw yourself about

       Dm                         F   Em
In the darkness where we learn to see

         Am             C  
When the lights go out, don't you ever doubt

    Dm                       F  Em
The light that we can really be
[Refrain]
         Am            G   Dm   F
When the lights go out

         Am            G   Dm   F
When the lights go out

         Am            G   Dm   F
When the lights go out
[Bridge]
         Am    
When the lights go out

         Em
When the lights go out

Am                       Em
   Blackout, it's clear, who you are will appear

Am                    Em                            Dm
   Blackout, no fear, so glad that we are all still here

         Am            C  F
When the lights go out

         Am            C
When the lights go out

         F
When the lights go out
[Chorus]
         Am             C            
When the lights go out, throw yourself about

       Dm                         F   Em
In the darkness where we learn to see

         Am             C  
When the lights go out, don't you ever doubt

    Dm                       F  Em
The light that we can really be
[Refrain]
         Am            G   Dm   F
When the lights go out

         Am            G   Dm   F
When the lights go out
[Outro]
         Am            C
When the lights go out

         F
When the lights go out

         Am        C   F
When the lights go out