With Or Without You Chords & Guitar Lesson

Welcome to my With Or Without You chords and guitar lesson by U2. This is a really great song to work on your strumming dynamics.

There really isn't a lot of guitar strumming in this song, so how can we perform it and make it interesting for our listener?

Check out the lesson below to learn how!

With Or Without You Guitar Chords:

With Or Without You Strumming Patterns:

Strumming: Palm Muted to Start
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
DD DD DD DD

With Or Without You Guitar Lesson:

At this time, this song page does not have a guitar lesson video to go with it. Check back at a later date!

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With Or Without You Chord Chart:

INTRO:
D D D D
D A Bm G x2

D                     A                            Bm
   See the stone set in your eyes
                    G                                  D
See the thorn twist in your side
                A           Bm        G
And I'll wait for you
D                       A                                Bm
   Sleight of hand and twist of fate
                             G                                   D
On a bed of nails, she makes me wait
                 A                       Bm          G
And I'll wait, without you

                         D                                       A              Bm     G
With or without you, with or without you
D                               A                                       Bm
     Through the storm we reach the shore
                      G                          D
You give it all but I want more
                 A           Bm         G
And I'll wait for you
                         D             A                 Bm                   G
With or without you,    with or without you oh
               D      A                       Bm             G
I can’t live        with or without you

D A Bm G

D                          A                     Bm                      G
And you give yourself away, and you give yourself away
                      D                         A                       Bm                        G
And you give, and your give, and you give yourself away
D                                  A
     My hands are tied,
Bm                        G                                      D
      my body bruised, she's got me with
                        A             Bm                        G
nothing to win, and nothing left to lose

                     D                        A                        Bm                      G
And you give yourself away, and you give yourself away
                     D                        A                        Bm                       G
And you give, and your give, and you give yourself away
D A Bm G
With or without you,    with or without you oh
               D      A                       Bm             G
I can’t live        with or without you

D            A             Bm             G
Ooooooooooo Ooooooooooo
D            A             Bm             G
Ooooooooooo Ooooooooooo

.
                         D             A                 Bm                   G
With or without you,    with or without you oh
               D      A                       Bm             G
I can’t live        with or without you
                          D              D D D
With or without you
D D D D
Ooooooooo
D D D D
Ooooooooo

D A Bm G out

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