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U2 – Vertigo Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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[Intro]
D5
Unos, dos, tres, catorce!
E5 D5 E5 D5 E5
A5 G#5 G5 D5
E5 D5 E5 D5 E5
(Turn it up loud, captain)
A5 G#5 G5 D5
E5 D5 E5 D5 E5
A5 G#5 G5 D5
E5 D5 E5 D5 E5
A5 G#5 G5

[Verse 1]
E5 A5 E5
Lights go down, it’s dark, the jungle is your head
A5 E5
Can’t rule your heart, a feeling so much stron-
A5 E5
-ger than a thought, your eyes are wide and though your soul
A5 E
It can’t be bought, your mind can wander

[Chorus]
E D
Hello, hello! (Hola!)
G5 A5
I’m at a place called Vertigo (donde estas)
E D
It’s everything I wish I didn’t know
G5 A5
Except you give me something
E5 D5 E5 D5 E5
I can feel
A5 G#5 G5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5
Feel

[Verse 2]
E5 A5 E5
The night is full of holes as bullets rip the sky
A5 E5
Of ink with gold, they twinkle as the boys
A5 E5
Play rock and roll, they know that they can’t dance
A5
At least they know

[Verse 3]
E5 A5 E5
I can’t stand the beats, I’m asking for the cheque
A5 E5
The girl with crimson nails has Jesus round her neck
A5 E5 A E5 A5 E
Swinging to the music, swinging to the music,Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh,,oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

[Bridge 1]
A G5 D
Checkmated!
A G5 D
Just fun!
A
She made it in, yeah!

[Instrumental]
D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5
A5 G#5 G5 D5 E5
D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5
A5 G#5 G5 D5 E5
D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5
A5 G#5 G5 D5 E5

[Bridge 2]
All of this, all of this can be yours,All of this,all of this can be yours
All of this, all of this can be yours,All of this,all of this can be yours
Just give me what I want and no-one gets hurt

[Final Chorus]
E D
Hello, hello! (Â Hola!)
G5 A5
I’m at a place called Vertigo (donde estas)
E D
Lights go down and all I know
G5 A5
Is that you give me something
E D G5 A5
I can feel your love teaching me how
E D G5
Your love is teaching me how
A5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 A5
How to kneel
G#5 G5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 A5 G#5 G5 D5
Kneel

[Outro]
E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 A5
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (yeah)
G#5 G5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 A5 E
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

How to play Vertigo: key, chords and progression

Vertigo by U2 is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). The song uses 8 chords: D5, E5, A5, G#5, G5, E, D and A.

The progression the song keeps returning to is E5 – D5 – E5 – A5 (V – IV – V – I in A major). In solfa, that is soh – fah – soh – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.