U2 - Please: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Please" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

A#m
So you never knew love
Until you crossed the line of grace
And you never felt wanted
Till you'd someone slap your face
So you never felt alive
Until you'd almost wasted away

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You had to win, you couldn't just pass
    D#m                A#m
The smartest ass at the top of the class
      A#m
Your flying colours, your family tree
    D#m                 A#m
And all your lessons in history.

Chorus:
A#m              D#m
Please, please, please
    A#m
Get up off your knees.
 A#m             D#m               A#m
Please, please, please, please, oh yeah

So you never knew how low you'd stoop
To make that call
And you never knew what was on the ground
Till they made you crawl
So you never knew that the heaven
You keep you stole.

Your Catholic blues, your convent shoes
Your stick-on tattoos now they're making the news
Your holy war, your northern star
Your sermon on the mount from the boot of your car

Chorus:
Please, please, please
Get up off your knees
Please, please, please
Leave me out of this, please

So love is hard
And love is tough
But love is not
What you're thinking of.

September, streets capsizing
Spilling over down the drains
Shard of glass, splinters like rain
But you could only feel your own pain
October, talk getting nowhere
November, December; remember
We just started again

Chorus:
Please, please, please
Get up off your knees, yeah.
Please, please, please, please, ah.

So love is big
Is bigger than us.
But love is not
What you're thinking of.
It's what lovers deal
It's what lovers steal you know I've found it
Hard to receive
'Cause you, my love
I could never believe.


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

D#m

Guitar chord D#m

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Please" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Please" by U2.

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