U2 - Cartoon World guitar tab
Cartoon World
by U2
Tabbed by Mark Mazumdar
Intro in C5:
e:---------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------|
G:-5-5-5--------5-5-5-----5-5-5--------5-5-5---------|
D:-5-5-5--------5-5-5-----5-5-5--------5-5-5---------|
A:-3-3-3-----0--3-3-3-----3-3-3-----0--3-3-3---------|
E:-------0-3----------0-3--------0-3---------0-3-----|
Main Riff1:
e:------------------0-------------|
B:--------------------------------|
G:-6--6-4--4-6--6-4---------------|
D:-6--6-4--4-6--6-4---------------|
A:-4--4-2--2-4--4-2---------------|
E:--------------------------------|
Variation of Main Riff2:
e:------------------------------0----|
B:-----------------------------------|
G:-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6--4------|
D:-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6--4------|
A:-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4--2------|
E:-----------------------------------|
Riff 1 twice
Riff 2 twice
We will become one (spoken)
Verse:
Riff1 riff1
Mr. Burke is off to work
C (bar chord) riff1
He carries papers in his carrier bag
Riff 2 riff1
He's a postman's patients lost
(Peter Postman's papers lost)
C riff 1
Those angry dogs, those angry dogs
Chorus: Bb A
A Bb
It's a cartoon world
A Bb
It's a cartoon world
A Bb
It's a cartoon world
A Bb A
It's a cartoon world
It's a cartoon (screamed)
Riff 1 twice
Riff 2 twice
Verse2:
Riff 2 riff 1
Mrs. Brown is off to town
C riff1
She carries shopping in her shopping bag
Riff 2 riff 1
Peter Pan is working hard
C riff 1
To some degree at university
Chorus2: Same as first chorus
riff 1 twice
Guitar Solo:
e:-6-4-6-6-4--6-6---------6-4-6-6-4--|
B:-7-5-7-7-5--7-7-6-7b-6--7-5-7-7-5--|
G:-6-4--------6-6-4-6b-4--6-4--------|
D:-----------------------------------|
A:-----------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------|
e:-6-6-------------6-4-----6-4-----6-4-6-|
B:-7-7-6-7b-6--7-5-7-7-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-|
G:-6-6-4-6b-4--6-4-----6-4-----6-4-------|
D:---------------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------|
Bass Solo (repeated many times):
G:------------------|
D:------------------|
A:---7-----7--------|
E:-9---9-7---7------|
Riff 1 twice
Verse 3:
Riff 2 riff1
Uncle Tony takes a drag
C riff 1
He's drinking beer, lot's of beer
Riff 2 riff1
Jack and Jill go up the hill
C riff1
To pick some flowers and not some pales
(To pick some flowers and cut some tails)
Chorus3: same as others
Riff 1 twice
Strum C# B C# B
End on C#5
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Cartoon World by U2
Tabbed by Barry Chapman.
This is from the 1980 dublin concert. Lyrics may be way off.
Intro:
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-5-5-5--5--5--5--5--5------- Play 4 times...
-5-5-5--5--5--5--5--5-------
-3-3-3--0--x--0--x--0-------
-----------3-----3----------
Riff 1:
-------------------0------
-------------------0------ repeat, then play
-6--6-4--4-6--6-4------4--
-6--6-4--4-6--6-4------4--
-4--4-2--2-4--4-2------2--
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Riff 2: (always played muted)
Uncle Tony Takes a...
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-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4----
-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4----
-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2----
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Back to Riff 1
..Drag....
-----------------------0----------
-----------------------0----------
-----6--6-4--4-6--6-4-------------
-----6--6-4--4-6--6-4-------------
-----4--4-2--2-4--4-2-------------
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Riff 3:
He carries Papers in his...
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--7-7-7-------------7-7-7-----------
--7-7-7-------------7-7-7-----------
--7-7-7-------------7-7-7-----------
--5-5-5-------------5-5-5-----------
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(Riff 1)
.carrying bag
-------------------0-------
-------------------0-------
-6--6-4--4-6--6-4-------4--
-6--6-4--4-6--6-4-------4--
-4--4-2--2-4--4-2-------2--
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Repeat as above, starting with Riff 1.
..Peter postman takes a drag/those angry dogs, those angry boys...
Chorus:
...It's a cartoon world...
-7-7-7-7-----6-6-6-6-----------------
-7-7-7-7-----6-6-6-6-----------------
-8-8-8-8-----7-7-7-7----------------- (Repeat 6 times)
-9-9-9-9-----8-8-8-8-----------------
-9-9-9-9-----8-8-8-8-----------------
-7-7-7-7-----6-6-6-6-----------------
Mrs. Brown is off to town/She carries shopping in her shopping bag
Mr. Burn is working hard/for some degree at university...
(Chorus)
It's a cartoon world
It's a cartoon world
It's a cartoon world
It's a cartoon world
It's a cartoon world
It's a cartoon!
Solo:
--------12-10---------------------
-12-10--10-10--12-10--10b11r10----
-10-10---------10-10-------------- Play twice, then...
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--------12-10---------12-10-------
-12-10--10-10--12-10--10-10-------
-10-10---------10-10-------------- ..twice, into Bass solo:
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---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2----- ...which is played the entire
-4-----2-----4-----2--------- song, I think.
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Then, riff 1 begins again, & the song
is played just as it was before:
..Uncle Tony takes a drag/he's getting near lots of beer (?)
Jack and Jill go up the hill/to pick some flowers and pop some pills..
(Chorus)
Riff 1, song ends on last chord.
Barry Chapman.
