U2 - Kite

      
 
 Music by U2
 Lyrics by Bono and The Edge
 
 Intro: Play this once and then go into the chords underneath.

 E|----4------------5------------------4------------5-----9----\4-|
 B|-7----------7--------------------7----------7------------------|
 G|-------------------------------------------------------9----\4-|
 D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 

 
 Intro cont: E, Asus2, E, Asus2
 
 E         Asus2       E   
 Something is about to give
 Asus2         E     
 I can feel it coming
 Asus2                  E    
 I think I know what it means
 Asus2            E    
 I??m not afraid to die
 Asus2            E     
 I??m not afraid to live
 Asus2       E                
 And when I??m flat on my back
 Asus2                 E  Asus2 
 I hope to feel like I did
 
       A                     
 ??Cause hardness, it sets in
                  C#m    
 You need some protection
                 A   
 The thinner the skin
 E                A 
 I want you to know
      C#m                 Aadd9 E 
 That you don??t need me anymore
               A   
 I want you to know
               C#m                 Aadd9 
 You don??t need anyone, anything at all
 
 E5                                        
 Who??s to say where the wind will take you
 B5                                      
 Who??s to know what it is will break you
 A5                                        
 I don??t know which way the wind will blow
 E5                                          
 Who??s to know when the time has come around
 B5                    A5 
 Don??t wanna see you cry
                                E 
 I know that this is not goodbye
 
 Asus2, E, Asus2, E, Asus2, E, Asus2
    E                      Asus2          
 In summer I can taste the salt in the sea
          E                      Asus2             
 There??s a kite blowing out of control on a breeze
   E                  Asus2          
 I wonder what??s gonna happen to you
     E                           Asus2 
 You wonder what has happened to me
 
 A, C#m, A
 
      E5 B5 
 I??m a man
          A5     
 I??m not a child
   E5      B5  
 A man who sees
     A5                     
 The shadow behind your eyes
 
 E5                                        
 Who??s to say where the wind will take you
 B5                                      
 Who??s to know what it is will break you
 A5                                    
 I don??t know where the wind will blow
 E5                                          
 Who??s to know when the time has come around
 B5                          A5 
 (I) don??t want to see you cry
                             E  
 I know that this is not goodbye
 
 Asus2, E, Asus2
 
       E        
 Did I waste it?
 Asus2                 E         
 Not so much I couldn??t taste it
 Asus2          E       
 Life should be fragrant
 Asus2          E       
 Rooftop to the basement
 Asus2           E         
 The last of the rock stars
 Asus2                  E       
 When hip-hop drove the big cars
 Asus2                E    
 In the time when new media
 Asus2        E  
 Was the big idea
 Asus2             E  
 That was the big idea
 
 Out: Asus2, E, Asus2, E
 
 Chord Formations:
 
 E 0-2-2-1-0-0
 Asus2 x-0-2-2-0-0
 A x-0-2-2-2-0
 C#m x-4-6-6-5-4
 Aadd9 x-0-7-6-5-7
 E5 0-7-9-9-x-x
 B5 7-9-9-x-x-x
 A5 5-7-7-x-x-x
 
 By Matthew O??Reilly.
 
 Interesting note, (well I think so). As some people know, this song
 is about Bono raising his kids and the enjoyment and pain that??s been
 part of the deal. The title ??Kite?? came about from one time when Bono
 took his kids out on top of a hill and tried to fly a kite with them.
 Unfortunately the Kite crashed and his kids responded sarcastically
 ??Wow, that was great, Dad. Can we go play some videogames now???
 
 Interesting Note 2. On the recent Elevation Tour, at many shows, and
 the show I saw in Birmingham, Bono started Kite off by saying that
 originally he thought the song was written by him to his kids. But
 he has come to realise as his father was dying, that it was written