Bad (midi)

 

    A                        D              A                                 D

1. If you twist and turn away, if you tear yourself in two again.

    A                                    D                               A

    If I could, yes I would, if I could, I would let it go,

          D                  A    - D

    surrender, dislocate.

 

    A                                          D

2. If I could throw this lifeless life-line to the wind,

                       A                                          D

    leave this heart of clay, see you walk, walk away,

                  A                                  D

    into the night, and through the rain,

                   A                                       D

    into the half-light, and through the flame.

 

    A                                       D

3. If I could through myself, set your spirit free,

                           A                                           D

    I'd lead your heart away, see you break, break away

                  A                    D

    into the light, into the day.

 

A                                 D        A                                D

    Hoohoo, hoohoo, hoohoo.    Hoohoo, hoohoo, hoo, hoo.    

                  A                   D                           A                D

    To let it go, and so to fade away, to let it go, and so fade away.

                       A                        G                  E

    I'm wide awake, I'm wide awake, wide awake,

                    A               D           - A – D – A - D

    I'm not sleeping, oh, no, no.

 

    A                                                       D

4. If you should ask, then maybe they tell you what I would say.

           A                                                     D

True colors fly in blue and black, bruised silken skies and burning flag.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      A                                                   D

   Colors crash, collide in blood shot eyes.

 A                               D

    Hoohoo, hoohoo, hoo, hoo.    

 

    A                                             D                                A

5. If I could, you know I would, if I could, I would let it go,

                      D                A                D                       

    this desparation, dislocation, separation, condemnation,

            A                               D

    revelation, temptation, isolation, desolation.

              A               D                           A                D

    Let it go, and so fade away, to let it go, and so fade away,

             A                   D                            

    let it go, and so to fade away.

                       A                       G                     E

    I'm wide awake, I'm wide awake, wide a awake,

                   A                       

    I'm not sleeping.  Oh, no no.

 

    (U2)