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U2 - Mysterious Ways guitar tab

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From: hallmatt@egr.msu.edu (Matthew Jon Hall)

Subject: mysterious_ways.tab (Correction)

Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 20:24:51 -0400 (EDT)

Mysterious Ways

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by U2

transcribed by Matt Hall

This tab comes with a long-winded introduction. Sorry, just clip it off before

you print it.

I bought my first guitar about 10 months ago. 6 months later I bought a

Boss MT-2 MetalZone (nice pedal by the way). Still, I couldn't play

Mysterious Ways and make it sound even close to being right.

The problem was two-fold. First off, the tab file that I got from Nevada

sounds nothing like it's supposed to on my guitar. I'm wondering if anybody

else has made it work and if not, how does the original tabber have his

guitar tuned?

Secondly, this song has never (to my knowlege; and I own the Zoocoustic

bootleg) been played by U2 acoustically. There's a reason for that--

it would sound horrible.

I actually solved the second problem first. I recently bought a DigiTech

RP-10 and after toying with it for a few days I found a factory preset that

sounded similar to Edge's setup on M.W. I quickly whipped out my printout

of the tab from Nevada. I still couldn't get it to sound right. But

being such a novice, I figured that the tab was right and it was still a

problem with my setup. So I tweaked the factory preset until I got closer

to Edge's sound. Still, no luck.

Finally I started playing around with the chords from Nevada and listening

to the CD as I played. After a couple hours of modification, I have finally

come up with a setup and tablature that is correct. I even watched the

ZooTV video version of the song and did a freeze frame on Edge's hands. Yep,

barre chord at the 7th fret. :)

My guitar is tuned down a half-step as usual. Edge's might be too since my

version sounds identical to his.

For those of you who have an RP-10 or something similar, here's my program.

Based on "Classic 70s Dirt" Preset (renamed to "Mysterious Ways" of course):

Phaser -> BigVerb

(Comp Dist NGt -> MLvL PEQ CabEm -> Pha 2x3 Big -> 4x2 MMIX)

Compression: 10 Amount, 4 Level

Distortion: Grunge Type, 1.0 Gain, 4.0 Level

Noise Gate: On

Phaser: 90 Level, 66% Regeneration, 0.80Hz Speed, 80 Depth, Sine

Cabinet: Off

PEQ: various

I think the important thing is the phaser. And keep in mind that I haven't

even been playing guitar for a year now and have only owned my RP-10 for a

couple days so these settings could use some further tweaking.

Now for the tab. I don't have the entire song or the solo, but if you get

the intro part to work, you can easily figure out the rest of it.

e |-------------------x--x----x--x-----------|

B |-------------------x--x----x--x-----------|

G |----8---------8----x--x----x--x--(7h9)----|

D |----9---------9----x--x----x--x---7h9-----|

A |----9---------9----x--x----x--x-----------|

E |----7---------7----x--x----x--x-----------|

The notes in paranthesis and sorta optional. You can also play the barre

chord as a power chord (i.e. don't play the G string) and it sounds alright.

The rest of the the song is just variations around the the 7th fret E-shape

barre chord. Remember that the hammer on after all the muting stuff is based

on a 7th fret A-shape barre chord. Here are some more riffs to play around

with in case you can't come up with other parts of the song on your own.

Verse?

e |------------------------------------------|

B |----9-9-9----7-7-7----5-5-5----7-7-7------|

G |----9-9-9----7-7-7----5-5-5----7-7-7------|

D |----9-9-9----7-7-7----5-5-5----7-7-7------|

A |----7-7-7----5-5-5----3-3-3----5-5-5------|

E |------------------------------------------|

"She loves you, you don't know why..."

(each of these sounds like the start of the intro)

e |------------------------------------------|

B |------------------------------------------|

G |----8-8---10-10----11-11----13-13---------|

D |----9-9---11-11----12-12----14-14---------|

A |----9-9---11-11----12-12----14-14---------|

E |----7-7----9--9----10-10----12-12---------|

There's some sort of solo or interlude that follows

this part somewhere. It seems to be based on the

12th fret E shape barre chord that the above riff

finishes on.

Well, that's most of it. I'm not good enough to play the solo yet but if

somebody else has it, feel free to add to this. As for the version that is

on Nevada right now, it may have some parts that are correct (the chords

are probably right) but I just can't get it to sound right.

If anybody uses this and has ANY comments (good or bad) or corrections, I'd

love to hear about it. I'm hoping that this will be useful to somebody but

I wouldn't be surprised if somebody flames me because they think the existing

version is correct. :)

Matt (hallmatt@egr.msu.edu)

From: M.Leggett@herts.ac.uk (Mad Maff)

Subject: TAB: U2 - Myst Ways Live+Solo

The Nevada tab doesn't quite seem right, so I thought I'd have a go at

this tabbing game. P.S. whoever wrote the original, I am not discrediting

you, Post is better than no Post.

MYSTERIOUS WAYS (live with solo) - U2

This is for people learning to play the guitar (inc. me)

I know this is not going to be *very* acurate, but someone posted REQing

for live solos, and I sort of worked this out.

This is basically so I understand it myself, but if it helps others (and

they let me know, by sending me an E-mail & their fav. song name) then

thats cool.

The basic sound, I call it the chowowow, is created by using a wah peddle

If you have not got one, go out and get one (go for a second hand one - Yes

I am a student, better sound, for a lower price). All you need after that

is some sort of distortion, the "overdrive" on my tiny amp works quite well.

The shape that you make the chowowow with, is

EADGBE

chowowow 686766 -- Use your index finger to "bar" on the sixth fret

Now if holding this pattern is o.k. for you, try moving it to different

places on the board, as this is basically all Edge does throughout the song

After chowowow theres a sound that goes chucka-chowah, the chucka part is

played by lifting your fingers, so that you do not fret, but mute the

strings. The -chowah is played by moving the chowowow shape down two half

steps to the 4th fret, and slide up to 5th fret as you play it. O.K. I'll

try and tab it now.

This is called RIFF A

with extensive use of wah peddle

E--6---6-----x---x---4/5-----

B--6---6-----x---x---4/5-----

G--7---7-----x---x---5/6-----

D--6---------x---x---4/5-----

A--8---------x---x---6/7-----

E--6---------x---x---4/5-----

| | |

chowowow chucka -chowah

Get the idea ? O.K. The Song is

RIFF A (x8)

6th -- Means play that shape on the sixth fret

-- There is no guitar during the verses

Johnny take a walk

with your sister the moon

let her pale light in

to fill up your room

you've been living uderground

eating from a can

you've been running away

from what you don't understand...love

6th

Shes slippy

11th

you're sliding down

6th

shes gonna be there

11th

when you hit the ground

6th 11th 11th 9th

It's alright...it's alright...it's alright

4th

She moves in mysterious ways

REPEAT ABOVE

RIFF A (x4)

6th

Johnny take a dive

With your sister in the rain

Let her talk about the things

You can't explain

To touch is to heal

To hurt is to steal

If you want to kiss the sky

Better learn how to kneel (...on your knees boy!)

6th

She's the wave

11th

She turns the tide

6th 11th

She sees the man inside the child

6th 11th 11th 9th

It's alright...it's alright...it's alright

4th

She moves in mysterious ways

REPEAT ABOVE

I can't remember if this 16-18 stuff is in the live version or not.

Guitar Solo:

E-16-18-16-18-16-18-16-18-16-18-------

B-------------------------------------

G-------------------------------------

D-------------------------------------

A-------------------------------------

E-------------------------------------

(Repeat above riff 5 times)

E-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-10--8----------

B-------------------------------------

G-------------------------------------

D-------------------------------------

A-------------------------------------

E-------------------------------------

(Repeat above riff 6 times) (Give plenty of wah peddle on this)

Now for an approximation of the *live* solo.

E-------------------|--------------------

B-12/18-18-18-18-16-|-14-13-14-13-11-9---

G-------------------|--------------------

D-------------------|--------------------

A-------------------|--------------------

E-------------------|--------------------

*Play this 3 times*

E-------------------|----------------18-16-15-16-18--

B-12/18-18-18-18-16-|-12/18-18-18-18-----------------

G-------------------|--------------------------------

D-------------------|--------------------------------

A-------------------|--------------------------------

E-------------------|--------------------------------

*Play this 2 times*

E----18----18----18----18----18----18----20(bend)-18-16-15-16-15-13-

B-18----18----18----18----18----18----------------------------------

G-------------------------------------------------------------------

D-------------------------------------------------------------------

A-------------------------------------------------------------------

E-------------------------------------------------------------------

From: Scott A. Yanoff

U2

Mysterious Ways (From the album "Achtung Baby")

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Capo 8th Fret!! (Heavy distortion recommended)

Intro/transitions: (Repeated about 9 times)

E--------------------------------------

B------11-11---------------------------

G------10-10---------------------------

D----8--8--8---------------------------

A-11-----------------------------------

E--------------------------------------

(Note: the above is basically the Bb chord played on a few strings)

(Note: chords given below generally are played by an organ in background)

Johnny took a walk

Bb

With your sister the moon

Eb

Let her pale light in

Bb

To fill up your room

F

You've been living underground

Bb

Eating from a can

Eb

You've been running away

Bb

>From what you don't understand (love)

F

Chorus: (the chorus basically just switches back between the Bb and Eb chords)

E--------------11-11-|-----------------

B------11-11---11-11-|-----------------

G------10-10----8--8-|-----------------

D-------8--8---------|-----------------

A--------------------|-----------------

E--------------------|-----------------

(Bb) (Eb)

(So, when you see Bb or Eb, play the above chord formations, respectively)

She's slippy

Bb

You're sliding down

Eb

She'll be there

Bb

When you hit the ground

Eb

It's alright...it's alright...it's alright

Bb Eb

She moves in mysterious ways

Db Ab

It's alright...it's alright...it's alright

Bb Eb

She moves in mysterious ways

Db Ab

Johnny take a dive

With your sister in the rain

Let her talk about the things

You can't explain

To touch is to heal

To hurt is to steal

If you want to kiss the sky

Better learn how to kneel (...on your knees boy!)

She's the wave

She turns the tide

She sees the man inside the child

It's alright...it's alright...it's alright

She moves in mysterious ways

It's alright...it's alright...it's alright

She moves in mysterious ways

It's alright...it's alright...it's alright

She moves in mysterious ways

It's alright...it's alright...it's alright

Lift my days...light up my nights

Guitar Solo:

E-16-18-16-18-16-18-16-18-16-18-------

B-------------------------------------

G-------------------------------------

D-------------------------------------

A-------------------------------------

E-------------------------------------

(Repeat above riff 5 times)

E-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-10--8----------

B-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----------

G-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------

D-------------------------------------

A-------------------------------------

E-------------------------------------

(Repeat above riff 6 times) (Note: this is just a "play" on the Bb chord)

Bridge: (Strum each chord once, and let ring)

One day you'll look back

Bb-minor Eb

And you'll see

Bb-minor

Where

You were held how

Ab

By this love

Bb

While

You could stand

Eb

There

And not move on this moment

Db

Follow this feeling

Ab

It's alright...it's alright...it's alright

She moves in mysterious ways

It's alright...it's alright...it's alright

We move through miracle days

Spirit moves in mysterious ways

She woves with it

She woves with it

Lift my days and light up my nights

Db Ab Bb

CHORD FORMATIONS: (Remember the capo on 8th fret!)

Bb x x 8 10 11 10 (D chord formation)

Eb 11 10 8 8 11 11 (G/D chord formation)

F x 8 10 10 10 x (A chord formation)

Db 9 11 11 10 9 9 (E chord formation, bar first finger across 9th fret)

Ab 8 11 10 8 9 x (C chord formation)

Bb-m x x 8 10 11 9 (Dm chord formation)

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