Please    (video)

 

    Am - G - Dm - Am (2x)     +  Am - G - Dm - Am

 

   Am                                 G        Dm                        Am

1.      So you never knew love until you crossed the line of grace,

     Am                          G       Dm                          Am

    and you never felt wanted till you’d someone slap your face,

Am                            G       Dm                      An

    so you never felt alive until you’d almost wasted away.

 

            Am                      G   

    You had to win, you couldn’t just pass.

              Dm                       F

    the smartest ass at the top of the class,

            Am                               G        

    your flying colours, your family tree,

          Dm                          F      

   and all your lessons in history.

 

   Am        G          Dm           F

Please, please, please, get up off your knees !

   Am        G        Dm          F              Am

Please, please, please, please, oh, yeah.

 

+  Am ~ ~

 

    Am                           G          Dm                          Am

2.       So you never knew how low you’d stoop to make that call,

Am                         G                  Dm                                 Am

  and you never knew what was on the ground, till they made you crawl.

Am                        G                  Dm                      - Am 

    So you never knew that the heaven you keep,         you stole.

 

              Am                            G

    Your Catholic blues, your convent shoes,

             Dm                                           F

    your stick-on tattoos, now they’re making the news.

             Am                   G

   Your holy war, your northern star,

             Dm                                             F

    your sermon on the mount from the boot of your car.

 

   Am        G          Dm           F

Please, please, please, get up off your knees !

   Am        G        Dm                       F

Please, please, please, leave me out of this, please !

 

          Am        G          Dm      Am

+  So love is hard and love is tough,

          Am        G                      Dm      Am

    but love is not what you’re thinking of.

 

+  Am ~ ~

 

            Am                         G                   Dm                    Am

3. September, streets capsizing, spilling over down the drains,

                 Am                         G                           Dm                        Am

 shard of glass, splinters like rain, but you could only feel your own pain.

        Am                           G                Dm            Am

    October, talk getting nowhere, November, December,

          G                       Dm

    remember, we just started again.

 

   Am        G          Dm           F

Please, please, please, get up off your knees !

   Am        G        Dm         F

Please, please, please, please !

 

          Am       G      Dm             Am

+  So love is big, is bigger than us,

         Am        G                     Dm      Am

   but love is not what you’re thinking of.

Am                          G                               Dm

    It’s what lovers deal, it’s what lovers steal,

                                                        Am

    you know I’ve found it hard to receive,

                 Am       G                   Dm       Am

    ’cause you, my love, I could never believe.

 

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (U2)