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When I Look At The World Tab

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When I look at the world
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Album: All that you can't leave behind

Tab by Filippo Donati


The intro with delay and little distrsion:

e--------------------------------------------------
B---10--9--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--5------
G----------7--7--7--7--7--7--2--2--2--2--2--2------
D--------------------------------------------------

e--------------------------------------------------
B-----7--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--9--9--------------
G-----7--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--9--9--------------
D--------------------------------------------------

After edge follow this chord with distorsion, A4 A 
And afer F#m E:(fiff 1)

G--------------------------------------------------
D----7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-----------------
A----5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7-----------------
E----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----------------

G---------------------------------------------------
D----4---4---4---4---2---2---2---2------------------
A----4---4---4---4---2---2---2---2------------------
E----2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0------------------


 A4                    A
When you look at the world
 A4                  A
What is it that you see ?
  A4                       F#m
People find all kinds of things
        E
That bring them to their knees
  A4                A
I see an expression
   A4               A
So clear and so true
  A4                 F#m
That it changes the atmosphere
   E
When you walk into the room 

  
 Now this: (Riff 2)

e----------------------------------------------
B---12-/-14--12-/-14-----14--12--14--12-----
G----------------------------------------------

e----------------------------------------------
B---12-/-14--12-/-14-----14--12--14--12-----
G----------------------------------------------

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B---12-/-14--12-/-14-----14--12--14--12-----
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         D            A
So I try to be like you


   D                   E
Try to feel it like you do
    D               A
But without you it's no use
   E 
I can't see what you see


  Here re-start the riff1:


A4                 A………… 
When I look at the world

When the night is someone elses

And you're trying to get some sleep

When your thoughts are too expensive

To ever want to keep


When there's all kinds of chaos

And everyone is walking lame

You don't even blink now, do you

Or even look away

  
  Solo: (with delay)


e--12------12-------/21--21--17--17--14--17--/19---
B----------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------
A-------2---------2----------------------------------
E-------0---------0----------------------------------


e------17--16--12--14--19--21--19--------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------



 After the solo reperat the riif 2:

       D            A
I can't wait any longer
      D            E
I can't wait till I'm stronger
       D             A
Can't wait any longer
       A
To see what you see


    A4             A
When I look at the world

I'm in the waiting room

Can't see for the smoke

I think of you and your holy book

While the rest of us choke

Tell me, tell me, what do you see ?

Tell me, tell me, what's wrong with me



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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Squats Average	#1 by Squats at Jan 19, 1974 at 5:24 AM EST
	To firthelement, "I'm in the waiting room" (life, holding pattern, a sinful state, perhaps redeemed through the Lord, but not yet home {Heaven}...pushing to swim through, and feeling like not getting anywhere.) "I can't see for the smoke" (the harshness of life, sin, the black smoke and sting of life's battle........the battle for his soul and to 'get it right'.) "I think of You and your holy book" (God and His word, the Bible and God's promises.) "When the rest of us choke" (when we fail......and fall short from the glory of God as we all have OR God's own .....who try to seek Him and get "it" right but drop the ball from time to time and need HIS grace.)

No Picture Patrick Wanna Be	#2 by Patrick Wade at Jan 26, 1974 at 10:28 AM EST
	Trying to see the world through God's eyes - to reach out to those in need as Jesus did. Any attempt on our own isn't going to get us anywhere, "But without you, it's no use". The end is a cry from the heart that, in this life, we won't ever truely sees as God does.

No Picture Zack Wanna Be	#3 by Zack Volm at Jul 18, 1975 at 8:09 PM EST
	Steve Stockham (the author of Walk On: The Spiritual Journey of U2) wrote that this is a song about God. However, that can't be true. If this is a song about God, then why does Bono say, "You don't even blink now do you?/ Or even look away"? We all know that God is always with us and that He's always watching what we do. Bono wouldn't ask God such senseless questions. Moreover, if this is a song about God, then why does Bono say, "When the night is someone else's/ And your trying to get some sleep . . ."? We all know that God doesn't crawl into bed and sleep at night. Again, Bono would not make such senseless statements. It's obvious that Bono's not singing to God, but to a human being--namely the Pope. Of course, you can interpret the song however you want. Stockham probably didn't like the Pope interpretation because he's not Catholic. However, Bono most likely did have the Pope in mind while writting the song, dispite how the individual might interpret it.

No Picture Kubota35 Professional	#4 by Kubota35 at Jan 27, 1978 at 11:43 AM EST
	To Nightvid: The song IS about God; Bono even alluded to this by hanging a crucifix from his mike before he sang this song at a concert I attended. Bono is simply making a statement -- a rhetorical question, if you will -- when he mentions "You don't even blink, now do you?" It is a statement of reassurance of that fact, to himself and to the listeners of this song. It is a statement made in awe -- not a question he expects God to answer. And as to the other verse that starts, "When the night is someone else's, and you're trying to get some sleep/When your thoughts are too expensive to ever want to keep", the "YOU" in these lines is a general, non-specific "you," meaning anyone. Then in the subsequent lines, the "you" shifts to mean God. So what Bono is saying is that when your thoughts weigh heavy on your mind and you can't sleep because you feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders, and all of these troubling thoughts and problems are taking their toll in negative ways (COSTING you -- "too expensive to keep"), then comfort yourself to know that God is there watching, and he never blinks or looks away.

No Picture Aaron Wanna Be	#5 by Aaron Frederick at Jul 3, 1979 at 5:04 PM EST
	not too sure wat this part means hey: "I'm in the waiting room I can't see for the smoke I think of you and your holy book When the rest of us choke"

No Picture mike Average	#6 by mike duncan at Aug 1, 1987 at 6:10 AM EST
	I heard that Bono (the lead singer) wrote this song about Ali, his wife. She always helps people in Africa and places, and she's so caring and helpful and never turns away from them. Bono was frustrated that it upsets him more than Ali gets upset about it and he wants to be more calm and loving about the sickness and bad things in the world. More like Ali.

No Picture Kubota35 Professional	#7 by Kubota35 at Jun 17, 1988 at 5:09 PM EST
	daedolos: peace! respect to you my friend

No Picture Guitar Man Lead Player	#8 by Guitar Man at Aug 8, 1993 at 10:09 PM EST
	In the year 1999, Bono and Bob Geldof met with Pope John Paul II to discuss debt release for the world's poorest contries. During the meeting, the pope exchanged a rosary for a pair of Bono's fly sunglasses. You can still see Bono carrying (or sometimes wearing) this rosary today. Anyway. . . I have hear Bono imply that he wrote this song after meeting with the pope, and that the song is actually about the pope. The lyrics make much more sense when you interpret them this way. Consider the last verse, for example: "I'm in the waiting room/ Can't see for the smoke. . . " I think it's obvious that Bono's making a reference to purgatory. He's saying that although his faith in Christ has earned him salvation, he must first purge himself of his sins in order to become Christ-like and ready for heaven. Bono's basically asking the pope for help, and he's expressing his gratitude.