{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1519214,"song":"Iris Hold Me Close","artist":"U2","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1519214-iris-hold-me-close-chords-by-u2/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1519214?type=chord","rating":4.97035,"votes":119,"content":"My favorite song so far from the new album 'Songs Of Innocence' released yesterday (09.09.2014).\r\nTried to give it ago and I think it sounds good. Tell what you think !\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe star,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthat gives us light[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHas been gone a while[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut it’s not an illusion[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe ache[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn my heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs so much a part of who I am[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSomething in your eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTook a thousand years to get here[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSomething in your eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTook a thousand years, a thousand years[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHold me close, hold me close and don’t let me go.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHold me close like I’m someone that you might know[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHold me close the darkness just lets us see[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\nWho we are[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’ve got your life inside of me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x2\r\nIris… Iris…[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOnce we are born, we begin to forget[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe very reason we came[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut you[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’m sure I’ve met[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLong before the night the stars went out[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe’re meeting up again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHold me close, hold me close and don’t let me go.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHold me close like I’m someone that you might know[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHold me close the darkness just lets us see[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\nWho we are[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’ve got your life inside of me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x2\r\nIris… Iris…[/tab]\r\n\r\n[MIDDLE]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]  \r\n        The stars are bright but do they know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        The universe is beautiful but cold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[OUTRO/CHORUS]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou took me by the hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]      \r\nI thought that I was leading you[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut it was you made me your man[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMachine[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere you are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIris standing in the hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe tells me I can do it all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIris wakes to my nightmares[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDon’t fear the world it isn’t there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIris playing on the strand [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe buries the boy beneath the sand,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIris says that I will be the death of her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was not me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x2\r\nIris… Iris…[/tab]\r\n\r\nFree yourself, to be yourself if only you could see yourself\r\n\r\nFree yourself, to be yourself if only you could see…","plain_text":"My favorite song so far from the new album 'Songs Of Innocence' released yesterday (09.09.2014).\nTried to give it ago and I think it sounds good. Tell what you think !\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[MIDDLE]\n\n\n\n[OUTRO/CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFree yourself, to be yourself if only you could see yourself\n\nFree yourself, to be yourself if only you could see…","chords":["C","Am","Em","D","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}