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Dirty Day

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 DI don't know yAou     C      Gand you don't know the Dhalf of iAtC  G  
 DI had a stAarring role      C    GI was the bad guy who wDalked outA  C  G  
 They say be cDareful where you aAimC  G  
 Because where you aim you jDust might hAitC  G  
 You can hDold onto sAomething so tCightG  
 You've already lDost iAtC  G  
 DDragging me Adown       C    GThat's not the way it  uDsed to AbeC  G  
 DYou can't Aeven rememberC  G  
 What I'm Dtrying to forAgetC  G  
Chorus  
    D    AIt was a Cdirty Gday
    D           AA Cdirty Gday
Verse 2  
 You waDnt explanatioAns..C.     GI don't evDen undeArstandC  G  
If you neDed someone to blaAme..C.       Gthrow a rDock in the aAirC  G  
and you'll hit soDmeone guilAtyC  G  
From fathDer to sAon
 In one lBmife hDas bGegun
 A wBmork that's never dAone
 Father to sDon     A     C    G  
 D  A  C  G
Verse 
 Get it right, there's no blood thicker than ink
 Hear what I say, nothing's simple as you think
 Wake up, some things you can't get around
 I'm in you, more so when they put me in the ground
 THESE DDAYS ADAYS DCAYS RUN AGWAY LIKE DHORSES AOVER THE CHILLS G  

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Dirty Day

by U2

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D A C G D A C G

I don't know you and you don't know the half of it

D A C G D A C G

I had a starring role I was the bad guy who walked out

D A C G

They say be careful where you aim

D A C G

Because where you aim you just might hit

D A C G

You can hold onto something so tight

D A C G

You've already lost it

D A C G D A C G

Dragging me down That's not the way it used to be

D A C G

You can't even remember

D A C G

What I'm trying to forget

Chorus

D A C G

It was a dirty day

D A C G

A dirty day

Verse 2

D A C G D A C G

You want explanations... I don't even understand

D A C G D A C G

If you need someone to blame... throw a rock in the air

D A C G

and you'll hit someone guilty

D A

From father to son

Bm D G

In one life has begun

Bm A

A work that's never done

D A C G

Father to son

D A C G

Verse

Get it right, there's no blood thicker than ink

Hear what I say, nothing's simple as you think

Wake up, some things you can't get around

I'm in you, more so when they put me in the ground

D A C G D A C G

THESE DAYS DAYS DAYS RUN AWAY LIKE HORSES OVER THE HILLS

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