The Unforgettable Fire

THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE  -       U2
 
The intro starts with an artificial flageolet on the 20th. To achieve this, press
the e-string on the 10th fret and make the flageolet on the 20th with the index
finger while hitting the snare with the thumb or the pick held between thumb and
middle finger. The G - and D string are pressed on the 9th fret….
 
Intro:
e|f20--------/
B|-----------/
G|----f19----/
D|-------f19-/
A|-----------/
E|-----------/
 
e|10----10----10----10----/
B|--13----13----13----13--/
G|----14----14----14----14/       14x
D|------------------------/
A|------------------------/
E|------------------------/
 
e|13----13----13----13----/
B|--17----17----17----17--/
G|----17----17----17----17/        8x
D|------------------------/
A|------------------------/
E|------------------------/
 
e|10----10----10----10----/
B|--13----13----13----13--/
G|----14----14----14----14/       8x
D|------------------------/
A|------------------------/
E|------------------------/
 
 
D7sus2 - Dsus2 -      Bbmaj7 - Bb      2x
 
 
D7sus2       Dsus2
        Ice 
          Bbmaj7         Bb
your only        rivers      run cold
           D7sus2          Dsus2
These city         lights 
              Bbmaj7         Bb
they shine in        silver     and gold
             D7sus2          Dsus2
Dug from the         night 
             Bbmaj7         Bb
your eyes as         black      as coal
 
 
D7sus2 - Dsus2 -      Bbmaj7 - Bb
 
 
F - C/G
         Walk on by, walk on through 
     Ebmaj7           Eb
walk        till you      run
               Bbmaj7         Bb
And don't look         back 
            D7sus2      Dsus2 - Bbmaj7 - Bb
for here, I        am 
 
 
        D7sus2       Dsus2
Carni -         val 
                     Bbmaj7      Bb
the wheels fly and          the      colors spin 
               D7sus2       Dsus2
through alco -        hol 
              Bbmaj7            Bb
Red wine that        punctures      the skin
        D7sus2        Dsus2
Face to        face 
             Bbmaj7          Bb
in a dry and        water -      less place
 
 
F - C/G
          Walk on by, walk on through, 
   Ebmaj7      Eb
so        sad      to besiege your love so 
Bbmaj7       Bb
       head      on 
F                C/G
  Stay tonight,       stay tonight in a lie
Ebmaj7      Eb
       I'm      only asking but I 
Bbmaj7            Bb
       think you      know
F                       C/G
   Come on take me a -       way
                      Gm
Come on take me a -      way
                 A7                  D7sus2        Dsus2
Come on take me      home, home a -          gain 
 
 
 
Break:
(Dsus2) - Bbmaj7 - Bb -
D7sus2 - Dsus2 -      Bbmaj7 - Bb      2x
Gm - A7
D7sus2 - Dm -      Bbmaj7 - Bb      2x
 
 
 
F                              C/G
   And if the mountain should      crumble 
           Eb
or disap -     pear into the sea
      Bb
Not a    tear nor not I, 
F
   stay in this time
C/G
      Stay tonight, in a lie
Ebmaj7
         Ever 
Eb
    after, 
Bb
       there's love in time And if you
F
    save your love 
     C/G
Sa -      ave it all, save your love 
       Gm
Don't     push me too far
       A7
don't     push me too far, 
      D7sus2          Dsus2
to -           night 
      D7sus2
to -           night 
      D7sus2
to -           night
D7sus2 - Dm      2x /
 
 
Outro:
F/C -      G/D - C/E - G/D -
F/C - G/D - C/E - G/D -
F/C //
 
 
 
D7sus2  xx0210
Dsus2   xx0230
Bbmaj7  x13231
Bb      x13331
F       133211
C/G     332010
Ebmaj7  x68786
Eb      x68886
Gm      355333
A7      x02020
Dm      xx0231
F/C     xxx565
G/D     xxx787
C/E     xxx988
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