"Beautiful Day" by U2 is rhytnmically misunderstood
by most people who made tabs, or wanted to perform it.
The most important thing is to find out, which time-signature
was used in a song. Itīs not always 4/4! I found that the 3/4
pattern is the simpliest way to go, hear the midi-file:


"Beautiful Day Riff" - midi file - rightclick to save as...


here the basic guitar-riff: