U2
"You're The Best Thing About Me"
Standard tuning.
F# C#m E F#sus4 G D/F# A Bm D F#m
e|2--------------2----(3)-------(5)--(7)--------2----|
B|2----5----9----2----(3)-------(5)--(7)---7----2----|
G|3----6----9----4-----4---(2)---6----7----7----2----| Note: Feel free to sub a regular D for all D/F#'s
D|4----6----9----4-----5---(4)---7----9----7----4----| if you want to follow the root (i.e. bass part)
A|4----4----7----4-----5----5----7----9----5----4----|
E|2--------------2-----3----2----5----7---------2----|
[Verse 1]
F# C#m E F# F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F#
When you look so good, the pain in your face doesn't show
F# C#m E F# F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F#
When you look so good and baby, you don't even know
F# C#m E F# F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F#
When the world is ours but the world is not your kind of thing
F# C#m E F# F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F#
Full of shooting stars, brighter as they're vanishing
F# C#m E F# F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F#
Oh you've seen enough to know it's children who teach
F# C#m E F# F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F#
You're still free enough to wake up on a bed or a beach
[Chorus]
G D/F#
You're the best thing about me
A Bm A
The best thing that ever happened a boy
G D/F#
You're the best thing about me
A Bm A
I'm the kind of trouble that you enjoy
G D
You're the best thing about me
A Bm A
The best things are easy to destroy
G D A
You're the best thing about me
F# C#m E F# F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F#
The best thing about me
[Verse 2]
F# C#m E F# F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F#
I been crying out, "How bad can a good time be?"
F# C#m E F# F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F#
Shooting off my mouth, that's another great thing about me
F# C#m E F# F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F#
I have everything but I feel like nothing at all
F# C#m E F# F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F#
There's no risky thing for a man who's determined to fall
[Chorus]
G D/F#
You're the best thing about me
A Bm A
The best thing that ever happened a boy
G D/F#
You're the best thing about me
A Bm A
I'm the kind of trouble that you enjoy
G D
You're the best thing about me
A Bm A
The best things are easy to destroy
G D
You're the best thing about me
[Post-Chorus]
A Bm
Why am I
G
Why am I walking away?
Walking away
F#sus4 F#
Why am I walking away?
[Solo]
G F#m A Bm
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------|
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------|
D|5-----4-----5--4-4---5---4---|4-----2-----4--2-2---4---2---|7-----5-----7--5-5---7---7---|9---7----5---4--|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------|
G F#m A Bm
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------|
B|8-----7-----8--7-7---8---7---|7-----5-----7--5-5---7---5---|10----8-----10-8-8---10--10--|12--10---8---7--|
G|x-----x-----x--x-x---x---x---|x-----x-----x--x-x---x---x---|x-----x-----x--x-x---x---x---|x---x----x---x--|
D|5-----4-----5--4-4---5---4---|4-----2-----4--2-2---4---2---|7-----5-----7--5-5---7---7---|9---7----5---4--|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------|
[Bridge]
G F#m
I can see it all so clearly
A Bm
I can see what you can't see
G F#m
I can see you love her loudly
A Bm
When she needs you quietly
[Chorus]
G D/F#
You're the best thing about me
A Bm A
The best things are easy to destroy
G D/F#
You're the best thing about me
[Post-Chorus]
A Bm
Why am I
G
Why am I walking away?
Walking away
F#sus4 F#
Why am I walking away?
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| x Dead note
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U2 "You're The Best Thing About Me" Standard tuning. [Verse 1] [Chorus] [Verse 2] [Chorus] [Post-Chorus] Walking away [Bridge] [Chorus] [Post-Chorus] Walking away *********************************** | x Dead note ***********************************
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