Chords for U2 Live from Lincoln Memorial Obama Inaugural Celebration (Pride & City of Blinding Lights)

_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] Let freedom ring.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D]
On this [G] spot, where we're [Em] standing,
43 [A] years ago, 46 years ago,
[D] Dr.
King had a dream.
_ [G] On Tuesday, [Em] that dream comes to pass.
[A] One man comes [D] in the name of love.
[G] One man come and [Em] go. _
[A] One man comes, he to justify.
[D] _
[G] One man to [Em] overthrow. _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] One _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] man caught on a barbed wire fence.
[G] One man he [Em] resists.
[A] One man washed up on an empty beach.
[G] One man betrayed [Em] with a kiss.
In [A] the name, _ _ [D]
one [G] for the name [Em] of love.
In [A] the name _ of love.
[D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] Early in April 4,
[G] The shot rings out [Em] in a Memphis sky.
[A] Free at [A] last, they took your life.
[G] They could not take your [Em] pride.
[A] In the _ _ _ [D]
name, one [G] for _ _ [Em] _ _
[A] the name of [Dm] love.
[G] One for the name [Em] of _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ love.
[Em] Sing America!
_ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] Not [F#] just an American dream. _
[D#] _ Also, an Irish dream.
_ [F#] _ [B] European dream. _
[D#] African dream.
Israeli dream.
_ _ [Em] And also, [A#] a Palestinian dream.
[Em] Sing! _
[A] In the name of [D] love.
[G] One for _ _ [Em] _ _
[A] the name _ of love.
[D] _
_ [G] In the name [Em] of love. _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Let _ _ freedom ring.
Let freedom ring. _
Every village, every hamlet,
every _
[F#m] _ _ city, [A] let freedom [E] ring.
_ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[A] What a thrill [F#m] for four Irish boys
on [A] the north side of Dublin
to [D] honor you, sir,
the next president of the United [A] States,
Barack Obama,
[B] for [F#m] choosing this song
to be part of the [A] soundtrack
[E] of [D] your campaign and more besides.
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] Won't you speak, unless you know,
[D]
unless you find out as [A] you go.
I'll do [B] much more than,
[F#m] [D] than I do now.
_ [A] _
_ America, let [B] your road rise.
[D]
Under Lincoln's [A] blinking eyes,
there were advertising [B] in the skies
[D] for people like you.
[E] Joe Biden.
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] I miss you, you're not around.
I've _ _ _ been ready to leave the ground.
_ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] [F#] You look [A] so [E] beautiful [D] now.
[A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
In [A] the city of _ [D] blinding lights.
_ _ [A] Don't look [F#] before you laugh.
[D] Look ugly in a photograph.
_ [A] Flash bulbs, [E] purple irises,
the [D] camera can't see.
_ _ [A] I've seen you [F#] walk on the parade.
[D] I've seen you in the clothes [A] you made.
And you see the beauty [E]
inside [D] of me.
_ _ [A] What happened to the [F#] beauty I had
[D] inside of me?
_ [C] _ _ _ I [D] miss you, you're not around.
[C] _
America is [D] getting ready to leave the ground.
[E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ You look so beautiful _ [D] now.
[F#]
You [E] look _ beautiful _ [A] now. _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ In the [A] city [E] of blinding [D] lights.
_ [A] The more you know, [F#] the less you feel.
[D] Some pray for others [E] steal.
Blessings not [E] just for the ones [F#] who kneel.
[D] Luckily, _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
luckily. _ _ _
Blessings not just for the ones who [D] kneel. _
_ [A] Luckily.
_ Thank you [B] America.
_ _ _ _ [N]
God bless you.
_ _ [G#] _ _