How to Play Acrobat on Ukulele?

U2 - Acrobat can be played in the key of Am using the Am, Em, G, F, C chords. For Am, To play Am, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, leave C, E, A open. For Em, To play Em, press fret 4 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, E open. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G open. For F, To play F, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the E string with finger 2, leave C, A open. For C, To play C, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, C, E open. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Acrobat with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

U2 - Acrobat Ukulele Chords

Chord reference Am, Em, G, F, C

Rhythm tips ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[Am]Don’t believe what you [Em]hear, [Am]don’t believe what you [Em]see [Am]If you just close your [Em]eyes, you can [Am]feel the [Em]enemy

[Am]When I first met you [G]girl, you had [F]fire in your [Em]soul [Am]What happened your [G]face, of [F]melting [Em]snow?

Now it [C]looks like this, and [Am]you can swallow, or you can spit You can [F]throw it up, or [G]choke on it, and [C]you can dream So [Am]dream out loud, you [F]know that your [G]time is coming [Am]’round So [F]don’t let the [G]bastards grind you down

[Am] [Em] No, [Am]nothing makes [Em]sense, [Am]nothing seems to [Em]fit I [Am]know you’d hit [Em]out, if you [Am]only knew who to [Em]hit And [Am]I’d join the [G]movement, if there was [F]one I could [Em]believe in Yeah I’d [Am]break bread and [G]wine, if there was a [F]church I could [Em]receive in

‘Cause I [C]need it now, to [Am]take a cup, to fill it up To [F]drink it slow, I can’t [G]let you go, [C]I must be an [Am]acrobat To [F]talk like this, and [G]act like that And [C]you can dream, so [Am]dream out loud And [F]don’t let the [G]bastards grind you down

[Am] [Em] [Em]Oh, it hurts baby, (What are we going to do now it’s all been said) (No new ideas in the house and every book has been read)

[C]I must be an [Am]acrobat, to [F]talk like this, and [G]act like that And [C]you can dream, so [Am]dream out loud, and [F]you can find, your [G]own way out [C]You can build, and [Am]I can will, and [F]you can call, I can’t [G]wait until [C]You can stash, and [Am]you can seize, in [F]dreams begin, [G]responsibilities And [C]I can love, and [Am]I can love And I [F]know that the [G]tide is turning [Am]’round So [F]don’t let the [G]bastards grind you [Am]down

Artist U2

Album Achtung Baby

Genres Rock

Year 1991

Key Am

U2 - Acrobat can be played in the key of Am using the Am, Em, G, F, C chords.

For Am, To play Am, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, leave C, E, A open.
For Em, To play Em, press fret 4 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, E open.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G open.
For F, To play F, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the E string with finger 2, leave C, A open.
For C, To play C, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, C, E open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Acrobat with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.