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Beautiful Day Chords

Learn to play “Beautiful Day” by U2 on guitar — played in the key of A, using A, Bm, D and G. It's an easy, beginner-friendly arrangement using common open chords. Use the interactive player to transpose to your vocal range, add a capo, and autoscroll hands-free while you strum.

Chords:ABmDGF#mEm

Chords for Beautiful Day

Key: ABPM: 90Difficulty: EasyRock

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A Bm D G D A

The heart is a Abloom Bm D G

Shoots Dup through the stony Aground

There's no Aroom Bm D G

No Dspace to rent in Athis town

You're out of lAucBmk D G

And the Dreason that you had to Acare

The traffic is AstuBmck D G

And you're not Dmoving anyAwhere

You thought you Afound a Bmfriend D G

To take you Dout of this Aplace

Someone Ayou could Bmlend a Dhand G

In reDturn for Agrace

It's a beautiful Aday Bm D G

Sky Dfalls you Afeel like

A beautiful Aday Bm D G

Don't Dlet it get aAway

You're on the Aroad Bm D G

But you've Dgot no destiAnation

You're in the Amud Bm D G

In the Dmaze of her imagiAnation

The love is Adone Bm D G

Even if Dthat doesn't Aring true

You've been Aall over Bm D G

And it's Dbeen all over Ayou

It's a beautiful Aday Bm D G

Sky Dfalls you Afeel like

A beautiful Aday Bm D G

Don't Dlet it get aAway

F#mTouch Gme

DTake me to that Aother place

F#mTeach Gme

DI know I'm not a Ahopeless case

EmSee the world in green and blue

DSee time move right in front of you

EmSee the canyons Gbroken by cloud

DSee the tuna fleets clearing the sea out

EmSee the Bedouin Gfires at night

DSee the oil fields at first light

EmAnd see the bird with a Gleaf in her mouth

DAfter the flood all the Acolors came out

It was a beautiful Aday Bm D G

Don't Dlet it get aAway

Beautiful Aday Bm D G

F#mTouch Gme

DTake me to that Aother place

F#mReach Gme

I Dknow I'm not a Ahopeless case

EmWhat you don't have you don't need it now

DWhat you don't know you can feel it somehow

EmWhat you don't have you don't need it now

GDon't need it now

It was a beautiful day

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About Beautiful Day

“Beautiful Day” by U2 is a well-known rock song that sits comfortably on acoustic guitar. This arrangement uses 6 chords — A, Bm, D, G, F#m and Em — with the progression centred on A, Bm and D. Because it sticks to common open shapes, it's a great choice for beginners and campfire sing-alongs. Hover or tap any chord above to see its fingering, change the key with the transpose buttons, or set a capo to match the original recording.