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When I Look At The World

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Intro
e----5\4---      Asus4 A Asus4 E    Pause  Asus4  A  Asus4  A  Asus4  Gbm  E
Verse 1
  Asus4When you look at the wAorld
  Asus4What is it that you sAee
  Asus4People find all kinds oGbmf things
  That bEring them to their knees
Verse 2
  Asus4I see an exApression
  Asus4So clear and so tArue
  Asus4That changes the aGbmtmosphere
e---9\7----
  When you wEalk to the room
CHORUS
Play this riff over Chorus (echo):
e---7/9---9\7---7/9---9\7---7/9--9\7---7/9---9\7--
  So i tDry to be like yAou
  Try to fDeel lucky tEoo
  Going Dup till it's no uAse
  I can't sEee what you see
  When I look at the world
Verse 3
When the night is someone else's
And you're trying to get some sleep
When your thoughts are too expensive
To ever wanna keep
Verse 4
When there's all kinds of chaos
And everyone is walking lame
You don't even blink there do you
Don't even look away
Chorus
Solo
e--12\------12\-----21-21-17-17-14-17-19---17-16-12-14-19-21-\
Bridge- the lead is same as over Chorus
  I can't wDait any loAnger
  I can't wDait til i'm sEtronger
  I can't wDait any lAonger
  To see whEat you see
  When I look at the world
Verse 5
I'm in the way of you
I can't see through smoke
I think of you and your holy book
When the rest of us choke
Outro:    Asus4    Arepeat
Tell me tell me what do you see
Tell me tell me whats gone on with me

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When I Look At The World

by U2

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Asus4

Gbm

Intro

e----5\4--- Asus4 A Asus4 E Pause Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 Gbm E

Verse 1

Asus4 A

When you look at the world

Asus4 A

What is it that you see

Asus4 Gbm

People find all kinds of things

That bring them to their knees

Verse 2

Asus4 A

I see an expression

Asus4 A

So clear and so true

Asus4 Gbm

That changes the atmosphere

e---9\7----

When you walk to the room

CHORUS

Play this riff over Chorus (echo):

e---7/9---9\7---7/9---9\7---7/9--9\7---7/9---9\7--

D A

So i try to be like you

D E

Try to feel lucky too

D A

Going up till it's no use

I can't see what you see

When I look at the world

Verse 3

When the night is someone else's

And you're trying to get some sleep

When your thoughts are too expensive

To ever wanna keep

Verse 4

When there's all kinds of chaos

And everyone is walking lame

You don't even blink there do you

Don't even look away

Chorus

Solo

e--12\------12\-----21-21-17-17-14-17-19---17-16-12-14-19-21-\

Bridge- the lead is same as over Chorus

D A

I can't wait any longer

D E

I can't wait til i'm stronger

D A

I can't wait any longer

To see what you see

When I look at the world

Verse 5

I'm in the way of you

I can't see through smoke

I think of you and your holy book

When the rest of us choke

Asus4 A

Outro: repeat

Tell me tell me what do you see

Tell me tell me whats gone on with me

About When I Look At The World Chords by U2

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The chords for "When I Look At The World" show the original chord names (including Asus4, A, E, Gbm, D). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.