Where The Streets Have No Name Chords Guitar Tab

		
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The Joshual Tree Tabs:

"Where the Streets Have No Name" - U2
i updated the verse that was way off
CHORDS:
Am  x02210
C   x32010
D   xx0232
G   320003
E   02210x
Am7 xx2010
Intro  C
C         E
I want to run
G
I want to hide
Am
I want to tear down the walls
C
That hold me inside
D
I want to reach out
Am7
And touch the flame
C                Am
Where the streets have no name
E
I want to feel
G
Sunlight on my face
Am
See the dustclouds disappear
C
without a trace
D
I want to take shelter
Am7
From the poison rain
C               Am
Where the streets have no name
D
where the streets have no name
G
where the streets have no name we're still building
C
they're burning down love
D
burning down love
G
and when i go there
C
i go there with you
C
It's all i can do
E
The city's aflood
G
our love turns to rust
Am
we're being blown by the wind
C
and trampled in dust
D
I'll show you a place
Am7
high on a desert plane
C               Am
where the streets have no name
D
where the streets have no name
G
where the streets have no name we're still building
C
they're burning down love
D
burning down love
G
and when i go there
C
i go there with you
C
It's all i can do
D
our love turns to rust
Am
being blown by the wind
D
blown by the wind
Am
see love turn to rust
D
being blow
Am
blown by the wind
C
when i go there
Am
I go there with you
C
all i can do
outro C   D
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Rene Average	#1 by Rene Salojärvi at Oct 1, 2007 at 1:42 PM EST
	Hate to 'pop' everybody's bubble, but you can't call yourself U2 fans and not know about this song. It's about L.A. {Los Angeles}. So many streets (as Bono said) they may as well not have names. It's about tinsle town, the Hollywood sign (pointing 'the way') and selling the image!! Try and keep in mind what the album, movie, and tours were about and the famous remixes that included lyrics like "..in Hollywood tonight". Pomp and glitter, status, materialism, .....all things for fodder and to be made fun of. Most importantly, remember the famous video for the track?? ON top of the record store in downtown L.A. - getting shutdown by the cops?? Remember? The desert (and the Joshua Tree) disappears without a trace and WHAM, there is L.A. right before you glowing and bright, a burning image after all that dust and nothingness!! Blown by the winds are the Santa Anna winds that blow through. Where do they have acid rain (poison rain) and smog?? L.A.!!! You know the massive rain gulleys and concrete canals in L.A. that take over and shuttle the flood waters out when it happens to rain there, .........(you've seen them in a million car chase scenes in a thousand different movies) ...well....without them the city is a flood. The band shot the video there for a MAJOR reason!! Why does everybody make U2 songs harder to figure out then they really are??? P.S. I didn't say that, Bono did.

No Picture Jimmy Average	#2 by Jimmy Dresbach at Oct 4, 2007 at 4:03 AM EST
	Bono's quote about Belfast is 100% true...I live there. I had heard about that quote before, but also that the song was inspired by New York eg 42nd street as stated above. Who really cares what/where it is about when it sounds as good as this anyway.

No Picture Ace Average	#3 by Ace Of Spades at Oct 10, 2007 at 7:49 AM EST
	This song is definitely my all time favorite. Its catchy riff and deep lyrics make it a great song. Bono realizes we live in such a dirty culture. We keep building up cities and getting wrapped up in the high-tech world. We should just get out to the wilderness, the fields, the parks, whatever. He is also doing a social commentary on war-torn streets like Belfast. Once there is unity, then there will be no need for division among street names. But primarily this song is about leaving the city and our wretched new culture- just going to a place to feel sunlight on our faces.

No Picture Ace Average	#4 by Ace Of Spades at Oct 11, 2007 at 8:45 AM EST
	This a great song. I'm not sure what it means. I think that "u2elevation" has a good meaning of it. I just love the song. Thanks. b

No Picture Chris Average	#5 by Chris Essery at Oct 12, 2007 at 2:45 AM EST
	Back during the time of the whole Ethiopia starvation crisis, Bono and his wife Ali did a 6 week deal over there as volunteer relief workers or something of the such. The tent cities that were set up for the people were just lined up in rows, and that was how these people lived, hence there were streets without names. 'high on a desert plain' would be referring to Ethiopia, as well as the mentions of being 'blown by the wind' and 'trampled in dust', as it was a drought and I'd imagine, awfully dusty. Also, I would assume that 'and when I go there, i go there with you...' would be referring to Ali. IMO, the beginning lines are written in frustration at the misery and hopelessness of the situation and his inability to make very much of a difference. Thats what I think

No Picture Maarten Average	#6 by Maarten Wuyts at Oct 13, 2007 at 9:15 AM EST
	Bono's quote about the streets in Northern Ireland are a revelation, thanks! I will just note that the ideal setting for this song, IMHO, is driving across New Mexico into a gathering, intense thunderstorm. You can hear the storm build up in the song; in the beginning, just a looming thunderous cloud in the distance, and a minute into the song it breaks...

No Picture Mark Wanna Be	#7 by Mark masta at Oct 13, 2007 at 11:07 AM EST
	i think it is in a prison escape yo a place where the streets have no name like new york city

No Picture SLIPKNOT FUCING Rhythm Player	#8 by SLIPKNOT FUCING RULES!!!! v at Oct 20, 2007 at 7:59 AM EST
	This song captures the sublime feeling of anyone who's stood alone atop a mountain, bathed in the setting sun and a cool breeze and a breathtaking view; and wished only for the opportunity to share it with someone special.

No Picture chris the pirat Lead Player	#9 by chris the pirate. arr at Oct 21, 2007 at 3:20 AM EST
	Funny, I always used to think the title referred to the city New York. Because there some streets have no names, only numbers (like 42nd street).. I thought it was about escaping with your love from a boring place to NY.. But hell, when Bono himself has another idea behind the song - who am i?