U2
THE HANDS THAT BUILT AMERICA - THE BEST OF 1990-2000

tabbed by verona janko (e-mail below)

I just wanted to add that this song was written BEFORE september 11th,
cause I noticed people going 'Jesus' when they heard U2 made a song
with that kind of a title (after the picture of Bono crying in an 
American flag, he got some comments on that...)
Anyway, if you want the song in mp3, I suggest you download Blubster
first (www.blubster.com) and for slowing that file down to figure
the guitars out go to www. slowgold.com

Thanks and remember You Too can change the world ;)

CHORDS USED:
F#m    [2 4 4 2 2 2]
E      [0 2 2 1 0 0]
D      [x x 0 2 3 2]
Dsus2  [x x 0 2 3 0]
Dsus   [x x 0 2 3 3]
Am     [x 0 2 2 1 0]
G      [3 2 0 0 3 3]
C      [0 3 2 0 1 0]
Em     [0 2 2 0 0 0]
F      [1 3 3 2 1 1]


Piano intro (arranged for guitar) play twice, 2X

e----0----------0--------------------------------------
B---------------------3------0-------------------------
G--------2-------------------------2----0---0----2-----

Verse 1:

F#m            E        D                            Dsus2  D
Oh my love, it's a long way we've come. 

F#m                      E                  D                                 Dsus2  D
From the freckled hills, to the steel and glass canyons. 

Am                                      G                                  D     Dsus  D  Dsus2
From the stony fields, to hanging steel from the sky. 

Am                                                   G                          D
From digging in our pockets, for a reason not to say goodbye. 

Chorus:

F#m                  E                           D          Dsus2   D  Dsus  D  Dsus2  D  
These are the hands, that build America. 

F#m       E            D          Dsus2   D  Dsus  D  Dsus2  D 
Ahhhhhhhhhh America. 

Verse 2:

F#m                      E          D
Last saw your face, in a water colour sky. 

F#m                 E           D
As sea birds argue, a long goodbye. 

Am                                      G                                  D     Dsus  D 
I took your kiss, on the spray of the new land star. 

Am                                                                                G                D     Dsus  D 
You gotta live with your dreams, don't make them so hard, ohh hhaa. 

Chorus

Bridge:

C                    Em        F
Of all of the promises, is this one we could keep? 

C                    Em                                F
Of all of the dreams, is this one still out of reach. 

F
Halle, Ole 

Am                G        D             Am       G       D
(strange singing)


Verse 3:

F#m             E               D
It's early fall, there's a cloud on the New York sky line. 

F#m      E      D
Innocence, dragged across a yellow line. 

Outro:

F#m                  E                           D       
These are the hands that built America. 

F#m                  E                           D      
These are the hands that built America. 

F#m        E         D           Dsus2  D
Ahhhhhhhhhh America. 

F#m        E         D           Dsus2  D                    Am
Ahhhhhhhhhh America.


For comments, suggestions, corrections or other U2 tabs: veronajanko@hotmail.com
bye now :)

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