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With or Without You

The song "With or Without You" is a track by the Irish rock band U2. It was originally released in the key of D major. The song was written by all four members of the band, namely Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. "With or Without You" was featured on their 1987 album "The Joshua Tree". The track became one of U2's most successful songs, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Interestingly, the distinctive guitar riff was inspired by a demo tape that The Edge was working on, which he accidentally left playing in his kitchen. The melody of "With or Without You" is characterized by its haunting and atmospheric quality, with Bono's emotive vocals enhancing the atmospheric atmosphere of the song effectively.
With or Without You - U2

f# f# e e e d e f# — See the stone set in your eyes
f# f# e d d d — See the thorn twist in your side
d a c# d — I wait for you

f# f# e e e d e f# — Sleight of hand and twist of fate
d f# g f# d d e d — On a bed of nails she makes me wait
d a b c# f# — And I wait without you

d d e f# — With or without you
e e f# e d — With or without you

f# f# e d e f# — Through the storm we reach the shore
d f# g f# d d e d — You gave it all but I want more
d d a b c# f# — And I’m waiting for you

d d e f# — With or without you
e f# e d — With or without you

d e d d b b — And you give yourself away
d d e d d b b — And you give yourself away
d d e — And you give
f# e — And you give
d e d a b — And you give yourself away

a f# f# e — My hands are tied
a f# f# e — my body bruised
e e d d — She got me with
a a b a — Nothing to win and
b d d e — Nothing left to lose

d d e d a a — And you give yourself away
d d e d a a — And you give yourself away
d d e — And you give
f# e — you give
d d e d f# f# e d — And you give yourself away

d d e f# — With or without you
d d a g d — With or without you
g f# — I can’t live
e e e d — With or without you

a g f# e — Ah ah ah ah
a _ _ d _ _ — Ah ah
a g f# e _ _ d — Ah ah ah ah
d d e f# — With or without you
e e e d — With or without you
e e f# — I can’t live
e e e d — With or without you
e e e d — With or without you

d _ _ b _ _ — oh oh
d _ _ b _ _ — oh oh

Solo de guitarra

a g f# e — ah ah ah ah
a g f# d — ah ah ah ah
a g f# d _ _ _ _ e b d — ah ah ah ah ah

d d e f# — With or without you
e e a g d — With or without you
e e e f# — I can’t live
e e f# e d — With or without you
e e f# e d — With or without you