Artist: U2
Song: Beautiful Day(Album all that you can't leave behind)
Tabbed by: John Leadman





Chords used:

A        x02220
Bm       x24432
D        xx0232
G        320033
Em       022000

it is easier playing the main verse (A Bm D G D A) shaking only the
strings DGB:

A*       xx222x
Bm*      xx443x
D*       xx023x
G*       xx003x

Anyway this is what Edge really plays during the chorus:

A5       577xxx
B5       799xxx
D5       x577xx
G5       355xxx

playing of course A5 B5 D5 G5 D5 A5 shaking like a rocker! ;)
Edge plays three riffs along the song:

1. the MAIN VERSE RIFF
2. the CHORUS RIFF
3. the FINAL CHORUS RIFF

The first of them (MAIN VERSE RIFF) isn't always
the same. It changes four times.
Of course you have to use a lot of delay to play like
The Edge does.

MAIN VERSE RIFF 1 ('You're out of luck...'; 'Someone you...')

    A     Bm    D           G        D          A
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------11----------9--------11---------11--------------|
D|--11----------12-------9--9--------9----------11--------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

MAIN VERSE RIFF 2 ('The traffic is stuck...'; 'You thought...')

    A     Bm    D             G       D          A
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------9----------9----11-------9-------11-------------|
D|--11----------12------------9-------9----------11-------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

Therefore, before the explosion of the 1st chorus, the order is:
riff 1, riff 2, riff 2, riff 1 (this is symmetric!).

                  A  Bm  D  G
The heart is a bloom
       D                  A
Shoots up through the stony ground
                 A  Bm  D  G
But there's no room
     D                A
No space to rent in this town
               A  Bm  D  G
You're out of luck
          D                  A
And the reason that you had to care
                 A  Bm  D  G
The traffic is stuck
                D           A
And you're not moving anywhere
                   A         Bm  D  G
You thought you'd found a friend
            D             A
To take you out of this place
            [ a - w - a - y ]*
          A   Bm    D     G
Someone you could lend a hand
      D         A
In return for grace
      [a - w - a - y]
                  A  Bm  D  G
It's a beautiful day
                 [ d - a - y ]
D                    A
  Sky falls and you feel like
                  A  Bm  D  G
It's a beautiful day
                 [ d - a - y ]
       D           A
Don't let it get away



MAIN VERSE RIFF 3 ('You're on the road...')

    A     Bm   D           G        D          A
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------9----------9--------9--9-------11---------------|
D|--11---------12-------9--9--------9----------11---------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

MAIN VERSE RIFF 4 ('You're in the mud...'; 'You love this town...';
                   'You've been all...')

    A     Bm     D             G       D          A
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------9--11---------9--11-------9-------11------------|
D|--11-----------12------------9-------9----------11------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

So the 2nd main verse is: riff 3, riff 4, riff 4, riff 4. All right!

                A  Bm  D  G
You're on the road
            D         A
But you've got no destination
               A  Bm  D  G
You're in the mud
        D                A
In the maze of her imagination
            A  Bm  D  G
You love this town
D             A
Even if that doesn't ring true
        A   Bm  D      G
You've been all over
          D              A
And it's been all over you

                  A  Bm  D  G
It's a beautiful day
                 [ d - a - y ]
       D           A
Don't let it get away
                  A  Bm  D  G
It's a beautiful day
                 [ d - a - y ]
         D         A
Uhhhh Uhhhhhhh Uhh


CHORUS RIFF ('Touch me...'; etc.)

e|---9--9--9--7--9----10-10-10-10-10-10----10-10-10--9-10-----9--7--9--9--7--9--7--|
B|--10-10-10-10-10----10--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
G|---9--9--9--9--9--7--7--7--7--7--7--------7--7--7--7--7-----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A      Bm  D  G
Touch me
 D              A
Take me to that other place
A      Bm  D    G
Teach me, love
    D             A
I know I'm not a hopeless case

A  Bm  D  G    D    A

Em                 G
  See the world in green and blue
D            A
  See China right in front of you
Em                  G
  See the canyons broken by cloud
D                        A
  See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
Em                 G
  See the Bedouin fires at night
D                    A
  See the oil fields at first light and
Em                      G
  See the bird with a leaf in her mouth
D                          A
  After the flood all the colours came out

A    Bm  D    G
Da - a - aa - aaay
D             A
Da - a - aa - ay

              A   Bm  D  G
It was beautiful day
       D           A
Don't let it get away
           A  Bm  D  G    D    A
Beautiful day

 A   Bm  D  G
Touch me
 D              A
Take me to that other place
  A  Bm  D  G
Reach me
    D             A
I know I'm not a hopeless case


FINAL CHORUS RIFF ('What you don't have you don't...')


    A     Bm    D           G       D           A
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|
D|--11--11--11--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--14--14--14--14--14----|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

          A     Bm             D       G
What you don't have you don't need it now
          D                  A
What you don't know you can feel it somehow
          A     Bm             D       G
What you don't have you don't need it now
       D       A
Don't need it now
              A   Bm  D  G    D    A
It's a beautiful day

A  Bm  D  G    D    A     [fading out]

Edge plays these last chords in this way:

     A    Bm   D     G    D     A
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------5-------------------------------------|
G|---6----7----11----4----11----6-------------------------------------|
D|---7----9----12----5----12----7-------------------------------------|
A|---7----9----12----5----12----7-------------------------------------|
E|---5----7----10----3----10------------------------------------------|