U2 - Pete The Chop guitar tab

Treasure (Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop)

Music by U2

Lyrics by Bono

Transcribed by Brandon Leniart

This is the B-side to the New Year's Day single, along with live versions of

Fire and I Threw A Brick Through A Window/A Day Without Me--a nice

compilation of U2's early works. With one of the most random titles of a U2

song, for whatever reason, it was named after a guy Bono met in New York and

wrote a song that was never released. Back in '82 when it was released, it

was a sneak peek at the coming new U2 sound--raw, heavy and more focused.

It's a rebel song...although Bono's vocals seem uneasy and almost straining

to keep from cracking. Edge, however, features some of his best backing

vocals of the early days. It's in G minor, and tuned down 1/2 step. It

starts off with a phaser, but gets more distorted as the song progresses.

Intro/verse (steady down-pick with slight phaser):

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4---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|

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3---------------------------|---------------------------|

4---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--2--2--0--0---------------|

5---------------------------|---------------3--3--5--5--|

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Gm D F C

(played with the above chords)

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4---8--8--8-7--5-(for 3 bars)--8--8--7--7--5--5--3--3-- (1 bar)

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(lyrics thanks to the U2 Lyric Archive)

I like to smile, but I like to mostly stay with you

I like good times, but I can't feel this without you

By my song, the heart is in the place

I sing this song, probably so

If I could sigh, I'd tell the world I'd felt with you

I like the time

I like the feeling when I feel you in my arms

I'll take you in my hand, I'll let you go

Somebody save me, somebody save me

Sing it

Sing my, sing my song

We sing the same old song loud

Solo (this solo is really 2 guitars playing together, and it's kind of

dissonant, so I

tried to arrange a solo for 1 guitar--just use these notes):

1---18---17----------------------------------------------------------------

2-------------15---18---------------------17---------------------------17--

3-------------------------15---15---15--------------15---15---15-----------

4--------------------------------------------------------------------------

5--------------------------------------------------------------------------

6--------------------------------------------------------------------------

1--18-------17----15-------------------------------15---17---18---17---18---20--

2------15--------------------------------15---18--------------------------------

3-------------------------15---17-----------------------------------------------

4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Smile, though your heart breaks in two

Touch me when I will be with you

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2---12---13---10--------12---13------15---13--

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I like good times, but I can feel it's going wrong

You sing the same old song

Now I think it's time to get it right

1---19---20---17--------19---20---22---20---

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Sing out, sing out

Sing this same old song

If I could swim, I'd swim in circles

If I could drown, I'd drown with you

If I had enough of my life

I can't tell if I had enough of you

(end on a G minor chord)