roll up this ad to continue
Riff 1 (Clean)
---|-------------|--------------|-----------|---------|------------------|----
---|-------------|--------------|-----------|---------|------------------|----
-6-|-6---6---6---|--6---6---6---|-6---6---6-|-6-------|---6---6---6---6--|----
-8-|-8---6---8---|--8---6---8---|-8---6---8-|-6---6---|---6---8---6---8--|----
---|-------------|--------------|-----------|-----8---|------------------|----
---|-------------|--------------|-----------|---------|------------------|----
Riff 2
---------------------|---------------------|----------------------------------
---------------------|---------------------|----------------------------------
-----------------10--|-------------10------|----------------------------------
--8---10---11--------|8---10---8-----------|----------------------------------
---------------------|---------------------|----------------------------------
---------------------|---------------------|----------------------------------
Riff 3 (Wah-Wah, some delay, little distorion)
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----8--8--8--6--8--6-----6----------------------------------------------------
A----------------------8-----8--8--8--6--8--6----------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 4 (distirtion, Edge delay)
E------------9----------9-------------8----------8-----------11----------11---
B-------11----------11-----------11---------11-----------11----------11-------
G--10-----------10----------10----------10----------10-----------10-----------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Solo (distirtion, Edge delay)
------------------------------------|---16----18---21-------------------------
-----16----16-----18----18----14----|---16----18---21-------------------------
--15----15-----15----15----15-------|-----------------------------------------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
Repeat this part several times
Keys = Bbm - Fm - Ebm - Bbm
Riff 1
So you never knew love until you crossed the line of grace
And you never felt wanted till you had someone slap your face
So you never felt alive until you almost wasted away
Bbm Fm
You had to win, you couldn't just pass
Ebm Bbm
The smartest ass at the top of the class
Bbm Fm
Your flying colours, your family tree
Ebm Bbm
And all your lessons in history
Riff 2
Please
Please
Please
get up off your knees now
Please, please, please, leave me out of this
Riff 1
And you never knew how low you'd stoop to make that call
And you never knew what was on the ground
Till they made you crawl
So you never knew that the heaven you keep you stole
Bbm Fm
Your Catholic blues, your convent shoes
Ebm Bbm
Your stick-on tattoos, now they're making news
Bbm Fm
Your holy war, your northern star
Ebm Bbm
Your sermon on the mount from the boot of your car
Riff 2
Please, please, please get up off your knees
Please, please, please leave me out of this please
So love is hard, and love is tough
But love is not what you're thinking of
Riff 3
September, streets capsizing,
Spilling over down the drain
Shards of glass splinters like rain
But you could only feel your pain
October, talking getting nowhere
November, December, remember
Are we just starting again?
Please, please, please get up off of your knees
Please, please, please, please
Riff 4
So love is bigger than us
But love is not what you're thinking of
Solo
Riff 4
It's what lovers deal, it's what lovers steal
You know I've found it hard to receive
-silence-
Cause you, my love, I could never believe
Outtro with Please-theme (Riff 2)
Written by Bono / Edge / U Two