The Unforgettable Fire

The Unforgettable Fire

Music by U2
Lyrics by Bono
Transcribed by Andy Aledort, sent in by Brandon Leniart

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Ice--your only rivers run cold
These city lights
They shine as silver and gold dug from the night
Your eyes as black as coal

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Walk on by, walk on through



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Walk till you run



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And don't look back for here I am
Carnival
The wheels fly and the colours spin through alcohol
Red wine that punctures the skin

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Face to face in a dry and waterless place

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Walk on by, walk on through
So sad to beseige your love so head on
Stay in this time

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Stay tonight in a lie
I'm only asking, but I think you know



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Come on take me away
Come on take me away
Come on take me home, home again

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And if the mountains should crumble
Or disappear into the sea
Not a tear, no not I
Standing this time
Stay tonight in a lie
Forever after this love in time
And if you save your love
Save it all



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Don't push me too far
Don't push me too far
Tonight
Tonight
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"The Unforgettable Fire"

tabbed by: Marc Virata, newson@unlv.edu

Dm Bb
Ice, your only rivers run cold
Dm Bb
These city lights, they shine in silver and gold
Dm Bb Dm Bb F
Dug from the night, your eyes as black as coal
C Eb
Walk on by, walk on through, walk till you run
Bb Dm Bb
And don't look back, for here, I am

Dm Bb Dm
Carnival, the wheels fly and the colors spin, through alcohol
Bb
Red wine that punctures the skin
Dm Bb F
Face to face, in a dry and waterless place
C Eb Bb
Walk on by, walk on thorugh, so sad to besiege your love so head on

F C
Stay tonight, stay tonight in a lie
Eb Bb F
I'm only asking but I think you know
C
Come on take me away
Gm
Come on take me away
A Dm
Come on take me home, home again

Instrumental
Bb Dm Bb Dm Bb Gm A

(Now I'm at the part where the violins repeat the chords three times,
sounding like "da-Da-DA")

Dm Dm Dm (strike three times and accent each with the third the hardest)
"da-Da-DA"

Bb Bb Bb
"da-Da-DA"

Dm Dm Dm
"da-Da-DA"

Bb Bb Bb F
"da-Da-DA"

C Eb
And if the mountain should crumble, or disappear into the sea
Bb F
Not a tear nor not I, stay in this time
C
Stay tonight, in a lie
Eb Bb
Ever after, there's love in time
F C
And if you save it all, save your love

Gm A Dm
Don't push me too far, don't push me too far, tonight, tonight