Outside, is America Outside, is America America. Up the staircase to the first floor We turn the key and slowly unlock the door As a man breathes into his saxophone And through the walls you hear the city groan. Suit and tie comes up to me His face red like a rose on a thorn bush Like all the colours of a royal flush And he's peelin' off those dollar bills (Slappin' 'em down) One hundred, two hundred.Īnd I can see those fighter planes And I can see those fighter planes Across the tin huts as children sleep Through the alleys of a quiet city street. U2 tribute band from Charlotte, NC John Richardson- Vocals Alexander Yasneski- Guitar Arthur Morgan - Bass Jim. Woh, woh, bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue Bullet the blue. Bullet The Blue Sky, Charlotte, North Carolina. We see them burnin' crosses See the flames, higher and higher. set 0 gain (1 pickup) Not that the other version was. w/slide Guitar 2 Tuning: eb Bb Gb Db Ab Eb -elec. Elevation (Boston) features Bono performing a long spoken word segment about gun violence in America and Vertigo (Chicago) features snippets of The Hands That Built America and Please. Elevation and Vertigo tours are the best, imo. 'Bullet The Blue Sky' by U2 As heard on 'The Joshua Tree' (1987) Track Length: 4:32 Guitar 1 Tuning: eb Bb Gb Db Ab Eb -elec. Can anybody recommend a good version of bullet the blue sky. You plant a demon seed You raise a flower of fire. There is no strumming pattern for this song yet. Jacob wrestled the angel And the angel was overcome. In the locust wind Comes a rattle and hum. In the howlin' wind Comes a stingin' rain See it drivin' nails Into the souls on the tree of pain.įrom the firefly A red orange glow See the face of fear Runnin' scared in the valley below.īullet the blue sky Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue Bullet the blue.