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Love Rescue Me
U2
Note: The original song is in the key of A. This version uses key-of-G chord shapes to make it a hair easier. Play with Capo 2 to match the key of the original recording.
| Chord Guide | |||
|
3 4 G: 3x0003 |
32 1
C: x32010 |
132
D/F#: 2x0232 |
3 4
G7: 3x300x |
If you want to strum instead of pick, here’s the pattern:
< <
B D U D U D D U D U < = accent
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
Picking Pattern:
1 |------------|
2 |------X-----| 3
3 |----X---X---| 2
4 |--X-------X-| 1
5 |------------|
6 |X-----------| T <--Bass note changes depending on chord.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Intro: Instrumental Verse
G (2)
Love rescue me
C G
Come forth and speak to me
G (2) D/F#
Raise me up and don't let me fall
G (2)
No man is my enemy
C G
My own hands imprison me
G D/F# G (2)
Love rescue me
G (2)
Many strangers have I met
C G
On the road to my regret
G (2) D/F#
Many lost who seek to find themselves in me
G G7
They ask me to reveal
C G
The very thoughts they would conceal
G D/F# G (2)
Love rescue me
C (2) G (2)
And the sun in the sky makes a shadow of you and I
G (2) D/F# D7/F#
Stretching out as the sun sinks in the sea
G G7 C G
I'm here without a name in the palace of my shame
G D/F# G (2)
Said love rescue me
G (2)
In the cold mirror of a glass
C G
I see my reflection pass
G (2) D/F#
I see the dark shades of what I used to be
G G7
I see the purple of her eyes
C G
The scarlet of my lies
G D/F# G (2)
Love rescue me
C (2) G (2)
And the sun in the sky makes a shadow of you and I
G (2) D/F# D7/F#
Stretching out as the sun sinks in the sea
G G7 C G
I'm hanging by my thumbs I'm ready for whatever comes
G D/F# G (2)
Love rescue me
D/F# (2) G (2)
Yeah though I walk through the valley of shadow
D/F# (2) G (2)
Yet I will fear no evil
G G7 C G
I have cursed thy rod and staff they no longer comfort me
G D/F# G (2)
Love rescue me
G (2)
Sha la la sha la la, Sha la la sha la la
C G
Sha la la sha la la, Sha la la sha la la
G (2)
Sha la la sha la la, Sha la la sha la la
D7 (2)
Sha la la sha la la, Sha la la sha la la
G G7
Sha la la sha la la, Sha la la sha la la
C G
Sha la la sha la la, Sha la la sha la la
G D/F# G (2)
Love rescue me
G (2)
I've conquered my past
C G
The future is here at last
G (2) D/F#
I stand at the entrance to a new world I can see
G G7
The ruins to the right of me
C G
Will soon have lost sight of me
G D/F# G (2)
Love rescue me
Instrumental Verse, end on last G
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
