U2 - Yahweh: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Yahweh" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. 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.

Learn Yahweh Guitar Chords and Lyrics by U2

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Yahweh" smoothly on your guitar.

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

C            G
Take these shoes
C/E                       F
Click clacking down some dead end street
C            G
Take these shoes
               C/E Am
And make them fit

Take this shirt
Polyester white trash made in nowhere
Take this shirt
And make it clean, clean

Take this soul
Stranded in some skin and bones
Take this soul
And make it sing

Chorus:
C  G/B Am   F
Yahweh, Yahweh
C  G/B         Am
Always pain before a child is born
C  G/B Am   F
Yahweh, Yahweh
C          F      C/E        C
Still I'm waiting for the dawn

Take these hands
Teach them what to carry
Take these hands
Don't make a fist, no

Take this mouth
So quick to criticize
Take this mouth
Give it a kiss

Chorus:
C  G/B Am   F
Yahweh, Yahweh
C  G/B         Am
Always pain before a child is born
C  G/B Am   F
Yahweh, Yahweh
C          F      C/E      Am Em F
Still I'm waiting for the dawn
       Dm              Am Em
Still waiting for the dawn
     F              Dm
The sun is coming up

     C
The sun is coming up on the ocean
     Am                         G/B
This love is like a drop in the ocean
      Dm                             C
This love is like a drop in the ocean

Chorus:
Yahweh, Yahweh
Always pain before a child is born
Yahweh, tell me now
Why the dark before the dawn?
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh oh
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh oh

Take this city
A city should be shining on a hill
Take this city
If it be your will

What no man can own
No man can take
Take this heart
Take this heart
Take this heart
And make it break


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

E

Guitar chord E

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

B

Guitar chord B

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 "Yahweh" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Yahweh" by U2.

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