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U2 - THE HANDS THAT BUILT AMERICA
chords by:Pablo hernandez, spain
mail: guitareloise@hotmail.com
intro: F#m - E - D and then next: e/--0-2-3-2-0-2-
b/--3-3-3-3-3-3-
g/--2-2-2-2-2-2-
F#m E D (+tabbed part)
Oh my love, it's a long way we've come
From the freckled hills, to the steel and glass canyons
Am G D (+ tabbed part)
From the stony fields, to hanging steel from the sky
From digging in our pockets for a reason not to say goodbye
F#m E D (+ tabbed part)
These are the hands that built America
Oh, oh oh, America
F#m E D (+ tabbed part)
Last saw your face in a watercolour sky
As sea birds argue, a long goodbye
Am G D
I took your kiss, on the spray of the new land star
You gotta live with your dreams, don't make them so hard
F#m E D
And these are the hands, that built America
Ah, ah ah, America
Am G D
Of all of the promises, is this one we could keep
Of all of the dreams, is this one still out of reach
Halle, ole
(this part of tenor voice, i don´t have how is it)
F#m E D
It's early fall, there's a cloud on the New York skyline
Innocence, dragged across a yellow line
F#m E D (+tabbed part)
These are the hands that built America
These are the hands that built America
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah America
Oh-la-la-ah-ah America
This is my firs tab submitted, i hopè you like it,
and please mail me for the corrections. Thanks
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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phil Wanna Be |
#1 by phil taylor at Jul 21, 1992 at 1:49 AM EST |
| This song is all about the Irish who emigrated to America in the 19th and 20th century. Who grafted hard in a far off land from home, who didn’t have any money in their pockets leaving, didn’t want to leave but were forced to “from diggin in our pockets for a reason not to say goodbye”. Bono admitted that he lifted the song title from a song by one of Ireland’s seminal bands of the 70’s – Horslips, “The Man who Built America” from 1978, and changed the word man to hands. | |
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Chris Average |
#2 by Chris Tucker at Dec 25, 1992 at 3:53 PM EST |
| I think the first 2 verses refer to America's development--hills and plains to hanging steel (skyscrapers) in the sky. I'm reminded of September 11, 2001 when I hear the words "It's early fall, there's a cloud in the NY skyline", though I don't know if that's what Bono means. | |
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Rhythm Player |
#3 by riotsk8team001 (jason) at Apr 2, 1993 at 6:23 AM EST |
| "Seabirds argue a long good-bye." | |
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Sam Average |
#4 by Sam at Oct 13, 2007 at 9:00 AM EST |
| A brilliant song from a briliant film!!! I love it! | |
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