Miami

 
 
 
 
Music by U2
Lyrics by Bono and The Edge
 

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This song is TUNED DOWN 1/2 STEP, but I LEAVE the 2ND STRING at a B natural to get the harmonics right. Once again, I think Edge has a special machine to do this, but I can't think of a better way of getting the right sound. It looks harder than it is--just make sure you've got it on the bridge pickup and lots of distortion, and it sounds real cool. I think it's in A minor. With Larry's drum beat, I could just imagine them using "Miami" to segue into "Bullet The Blue Sky"...and I take it Ali wasn't with Bono on this Miami trip.
 

Weather 'round here choppin' and changin'
Surgery in the air
Print shirts and southern accents, cigars and big hair
We got the wheels and petrol is cheap
Only went there for a week
Got the sun, got the sand
Got the batteries in the handicam
 

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Her eyes all swimming pool blue
Dumb bells on a diving board
Baby's always attracted to the things she's afraid of
 

heavily distorted:
 

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Big girl with a sweet tooth

 
this is the weird sound--don't forget to leave the 2nd string at B
 

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Watches the skinny girl in the photo shoot
Freshmen squeaky clean, she tastes like chlorine Miami, my mammy
Love the movies, love to walk those movie sets
Get to shoot someone in the foot
Get to smoke some cigarettes
No big deal, we know the score
Just back from the video store
What's he got inside the case?
I want a close up of that face
Here comes the car chase
 

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Miami, my mammy
I bought two new suits, Miami
Pink and blue, Miami
I took a picture of you, my mammy
Getting hot in a photo booth, Miami
I said you looked like a madonna
You said, "Maybe said I wanna have your baby."
We could make something beautiful
 

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Something that wouldn't be a problem
Least not in Miami
Some places are like your auntie
But there's no place like...MIAMI