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POP

by U2

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CONTENTS

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Discotheque

Do You Feel Loved

Mofo

If God Will Send His Angels

Staring At The Sun

Last Night On Earth

Gone

Miami

The Playboy Mansion

If You Wear That Velvet Dress

Please

Wake Up Dead Man

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DISCOTHEQUE

Transcribed by Brandon Leniart (leniarbk@jmu.edu)

(heavy distortion)

1---------------------------------- -----------

2---------------------------------- -----------

3---------------------------------- -----------

4---------------------------------- later add: -----------

5---2---2---0h2---2--2--2---0h2---- ----5---2--

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

You can reach, but you can't grab it

You can't hold it, control it, you can't bag it

You can push, but you can't direct it

Circulate, regulate, you cannot connect it

(improvise this riff with a wah)

1----------------

2----------------

3---4---2h4---2--

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

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

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

You know you're chewing bubble gum

You know what that is, but you still want some

You just can't get enough of that lovie dovie stuff

Main riff

1-------------------------------------------------------

2-------------------------------------------------------

3-------------------------------------------------------

4-----------------2-------------------------------------

5---5---2--2--2-------2--2--2----5--2--2--2----2--0h2---

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

You get confused, but you know it

Yeah you hurt for it, work for it, love

You don't always show it

Let go, let's go, discotheque

Go go, let go, discotheque

chorus:

1----------------------------------------------------------

2----------------------------------------------------------

3---9b(11)r---7---------7--7\4--4--4/9-----9b(11)r--7------

4-----------------9-------------------------------------9--

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

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

Looking for the one, but you know you're somewhere else instead

You want to be the song, the song that you hear in your head

solo with delay:

1-------------------5---7---5------

2-----------7-------------------7--

3---4---7-------7------------------

4---------------------------------- (twice)

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

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

1------------4-------5---7---5-----

2---5---7--------5---------------5-

3----------------------------------

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

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

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

Love

It's not a trick...you can't learn it

It's the way you don't pay, that's OK, cause you can't earn it

You know you're chewing bubble gum

You know what that is but you still want some

You just can't get enough of that lovie dovie stuff

Let go, let's go, discotheque

Go go, let go, discotheque

Looking for the one, but you know you're somewhere else instead

You want to be the song, the song that you hear in your head

Love

But you take what you can get, cause it's all that you can find

Oh you know there's something more, but tonight, tonight, tonight

(with delay)

1---------------7-------------------7--

2---------7------------------7---------

3---9------------------9---------------

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

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

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

Boom cha boom cha discotheque

--leniarbk@jmu.edu

Discotheque by U2 (main riff)

Transcribed by Richard Zangoli(ahowden@magna.com.au)

For those of you that want to play some new U2 this is a

transcription of the 30 second sample of the upcoming single that has been

recently floating around the internet (along with the sample of Wake Up Dead

Man). If you don't have it I think it is on one of the U2 FTP archives and

on some WWW U2 pages. Island records says that this sample is not of the

final version of the song but we'll have to wait and see. And this

transcription will undoubtably be replaced by a more complete version when

the song is actually released. But for now here is the main riff. The tuning

is standard I think-

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

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

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

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

A---------5-----------------------5-------------7---------------5----------

E7--7--7----7--7--7-----7--5--7-------7--7--7------7---7---7-------7-7-7---

And then this is played 4 times over while Bono sings the verse-

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

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

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

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

A---------5--------------7-----------------5-------------------------------

E--7--7-------7--7--7---------7---7---7--------7---7---7-------------------

No wonder Bono said that Edge has fallen in love with the guitar

again .......

This song is very easy to play & tab...

make sure you're in 'dropped D' tuning...

Intro/outro:

--x-x---x-x---x-x--x--

--x-x---x-x---x-x--x-- just repeated over & over..

--x-x---x-x---x-x--x--

--9-11--9-11--9-11-11-

--9-11--9-11--9-11-11-

--9-11--9-11--9-11-11-

The 'main riff/solo' is just this:

---------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------

-5-----------7-----------5-------------------------

---7--5--7-----7--5--7------7--5--7----7-7--5--7---

but, I'm not sure as to which fret they are actually on, as I don't have my guitar on me...

It may be a different fret, but it's the same pattern.

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DO YOU FEEL LOVED

Transcribed by Brandon Leniart (leniarbk@jmu.edu)

guitar 1 (clean with delay)

1-------------------------------------------------

2--------1---------1--3--3---------1-------1------

3---2---------2----------------2-------2-------2--

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

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

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

guitar 2

1------------------

2------------------

3------------------

4---3---5---3---0--

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

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

Distorted riff: (I hit the open 4th string, then mute it with my finger

at the 5th harmonic to get the electronic sound)

1----------------------------------------------

2----------------------------------------------

3----------------------------------------------

4---0-()--0-()--0-()------------------

5-------------------------------5h0---3h0---0--

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

Take these hands, they're good for nothing

You know these hands have never worked a day

Take these boots, they don't want to stray

You got my head filled with songs

You got my shoelaces undone

Take my shirt, go on take it off me

pre-chorus:

1----------------------

2---3/8---8/10---10\6--

3----------------------

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

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

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

You can tear it up if you can tie me down

Chorus:

1--------------------------------------------------

2---6--6--5--6--6--5--6--6--5--6/8\6--5--6--5------

3----------------------------------------------7---

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

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

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

Do you feel loved?

Take the colours of my imagination

Take the scent hanging in the air

Take this tangle of a conversation and turn it into your own prayer

With my fingers as you want them

With my nails under your hide

With my teeth at your back

And my tongue to tell you the sweetest lies

Do you feel loved?

Do you feel loved?

And it looks like the sun, but it feels like rain

1---13---12---10-------

2------------------13--

3----------------------

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

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

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

(vibrate D note slightly several times during 3rd verse):

1---------

2-----3---

3---------

4---------

5---------

6---------

Love's a bully pushing and shoving in the belly of a woman

Heavy rhythm taking over to stick together a man and a woman

Man and woman stick together

1-------------------

2---3/6--6/8--8/10--

3-------------------

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

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

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

Do you feel loved?

Do you feel loved?

And it looks like the sun, but it feels like rain

And there's heat in the sun to see us through the rain

1----------------------------------

2----------------------------------

3---7---5---7---4---5---4----------

4---------------------------7---5--

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

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

--

Do You Feel Loved

from:GregL550@aol.com

This seems to be a simple power chord progression: D F G F D

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

D---7-/-10-10-10--12---- 12-\-10--10-10----7--------------------------------

A---5-/-8---8--8----10-----10-\--8---8---8-----5--------------------------

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

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MOFO

Transcribed by Brandon Leniart (leniarbk@jmu.edu)

This is Bono's favorite song off the album--"My whole life's in that

song."--it's tuned down 1/2 step, and in A minor.

synthesizer riff:

1----------------------------------------------------------------------

2----------------------------------------------------------------------

3----------------------------------------------------------------------

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

5---7p0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3p0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3p0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-3-3-4-5-6-7-7-

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

pitches of random noises:

1---15---15\3/5--

2----------------

3----------------

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

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

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

1------------

2---12b(13)--

3------------

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

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

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

1------------

2---13b(15)--

3------------

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

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

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

1---------------------------------

2---------------------------------

3------------------------

4---5-5-3-3-2-2-0-0---------------

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

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

basic keyboard riff over verse:

1--------------|------------|------------|------------|

2--------------|------------|------------|------------|

3---7--7--7--7-|-5--5--5--5-|-2--2--2--2-|-2--2--2--2-|

4---7--7--7--7-|-5--5--5--5-|-2--2--2--2-|-2--2--2--2-|

5--------------|------------|------------|------------|

6--------------|------------|------------|------------|

Lookin' for to save my, save my soul

Lookin' for the places where no flowers grow

Lookin' for to fill that GOD shaped hole

Mother mother sucking rock and roll

Holy dunc, spacejunk comin'in for the spash

(been around the back...been around the front)

White dopes on punk staring into the flash

Lookin' for baby Jesus under the trash

Mother mother sucking rock and rooll

Mother..rock and roll

Am

1---5---------5/17----12--13--15----------

2---5-----------------------------13--10--

3---5-------------------------------------

4---7-------------------------------------

5---7-------------------------------------

6---5-------------------------------------

Am G

Mother, am I still your son?

F Am

You know I've waited so long to hear you say so

Am G

Mother, you left and made me someone

F Am

Now I'm still a child, but no one tells me "no"

During chorus, guitar plays these notes with the corresponding chords:

1-------------------------------------

2---10--------8---------6---------\2--

3-------------------------------------

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

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

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

Lookin' for a sound that's gonna drown out the world

Lookin' for the father of my two little girls

Got the swing, got the sway, got my straw in lemonade

Still looking for the face I had before I was made

Mother mother sucking rock and roll

Bubble poppin' sugar droppin' rock and roll

1---12-----------12----------12------------13--15--15------------

2---------10-----------10-----------10-------------------13--10--

3----------------------------------------------------------------

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

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

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

Woo me sister

Move me brother

Soothe me mother

Rule me father

Show me mother

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IF GOD WILL SEND HIS ANGELS

Transcribed by Brandon Leniart (leniarbk@jmu.edu)

This song's about an abusive boyfriend, tune 1/2 step down--in G major.

intro, with phaser and autowah:

1---3------6--8---

2---2------6--8---

3---0------7--9---

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

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

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

1---3---------------------------

2-----------0----------------0--

3-------------------0-----------

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

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

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

Nobody else here baby

No one else here to blame

No one to point the finger

It's just you and me and the rain

1---14------12----------

2-------------------15--

3-----------------------

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

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

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

Nobody made you do it, no one put words in your mouth

Nobody here taking orders when love took a train heading south

It's the blind leading the blond

It's the stuff, the stuff of country songs

If GOD will send His angels

And if GOD will send a sign

And if GOD will send His angels

Would everything be alright?

with delay (Edge improvises the second set of notes):

1--------------------------------------

2---8-(8)--10-(10)------10--12--8-(8)--

3--------------------------------------

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

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

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

GOD has got His phone off the hook, babe

Would He even pick up if He could?

It's been a while since we saw that child

Hangin' 'round this neighbourhood

See His mother dealing in a doorway

See Father Christmas with a begging bowl

Jesus sister's eyes are a blister

The high street never looked so low

1-------7-------7-------------7-----------------7------

2---7-------7------------7---------7--8--10---------7--

3-------------------0----------------------------------

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

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

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

It's the blind leading the blond

It's the cops collecting for the cons

1----------------10---------

2---------8--------------8--

3---7-----------------------

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

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

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

So where is the hope?

1-------------8-----------------7--

2--------8----------------8--------

3---7----------------7-------------

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

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

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

And where is the faith?

And the love?

What's that you say to me?

Does love light up your Christmas Tree?

1------------------

2---8---7----------

3-----------7---7--

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

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

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

The next minute you're blowing a fuse

And the cartoon network turns into the news

If GOD will send His angels

And if GOD will send a sign

Well if GOD will send His angels

D G5

Where do we go?

1-------------------------------

2--------8---7----------8----7--

3---7--------------7------------

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

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

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

Jesus never let me down you know

Jesus used to show me the score

Then they put Jesus in show business

Now it's hard to get in the door

It's the stuff, it's the stuff of country songs

But I guess it was something to go on

If GOD will send His angels

I sure could use them here right now

Well if GOD will send His angels

Where do we go?

--Brandon Leniart

U2 - IF GOD WILL SEND HIS ANGELS from POP

submitted by:

remrocks@caedm.byu.edu before june 23, 1997

u2_rocks@hotmail.com after june 23, 1997

comments/suggestions welcome, thankyou,

Jonathan Paul Lockhart

First I'll define Rythym Figures and Riffs before I actually

get into the song. The song appears to be in the key of Db,

with A B D E & G all flat. At the end of the song is my

attempt at the bass line.

Ryth. Fig. 1 (arpeggiated Gb & Ebm chords)

e----2-----------2-----------2-----------2-------------

B-------2-----2-----2-----2-----4-----4-----4-----4----

G----------3-----------3-----------3-----------2-------

Riff A (?)-sometimes played, sometimes not

e----------4-(4)-----------4-6-(4)--------

B----7---7-------------(7)---------7-4----

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

Riff B (all notes adlib)

e--------6---6-------6---6------

B------7---7---7---7---7---7---- X2

G----6-----------6--------------

e--------9---9-------6---6------

B------7---7---7---7---7---7----

G----6-----------6--------------

Riff C

D----16------13--16--13------16------13--16--13------(13)--16----

A------------------------16----------------------16--------------

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

Intro: the intro is mostly Bono's singing with Ryth. Fig. 1 in the

background (there also seems to be an organ I couldn't figure

out). Ryth. Fig. 1 seems to be played in the background

for nearly the entire song.

Ryth. Fig. 1

nobody else here baby

no one here to blame

no one to point the finger

it's just you and me and the rain

nobody made you do it

no one put words in your mouth

nobody here takin' orders

when love took a train heading south

it's the blind, leading the blond

it's the stuff . . . it's the stuff of country songs

Chorus (with organ)

hey if God will send His angels

and if God will send a sign

and if God will send His angels . . .

will everything be alright?

Bass enters with

Riff A (10X)

God has got His phone off the hook babe

would He even pick up if he could

its been a while since we saw that child

hangin' round this neighborhood

see his mother dealin' in a doorway

see Father Christmas with a begging bowl

Jesus' sisters' eyes are a blister

the high street never looked so low

Riff B

it's the blind, leading the blond

it's the cops, collecting for the cons

so where is the hope

and where is the faith and the love

Riff A (2X)

what's that you say to me?

does love light up your Christmas tree?

Riff B

the next minute your blowin' a fuse

and the cartoon network turns into the news

Riff A

if God will send His angels

and if God will send a sign

well if God will send His angels . . .

where do we go?

(where do we go?)

Bass Solo with

Riff C (9X)

Jesus never let me down,

you know Jesus used to show me the score

then they put Jesus in show business

now it's hard to get in the door

(I need you)

Riff B

it's the stuff, it's the stuff of country songs

but I guess . . . yah it's something to go on

Riff A

if God will send His angels . . .

sure could use them here right now

well if God will send His angels . . .

Play around with a bend on B----7----

and Riff A notes then move into Riff B

if dont know want my life

and I wanna love I feel some

and I wanna love again . . .

and I wanna feel love . . . uhhhhhh!

Outro:

Bass Solo then

drums enter to fade

(add Riff C during fade)

BASS (alternate tuning)

Eb-----------------------------------------------

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

Gb----0---2---4---0-------------0---2---4---0----

Db--------------------2---0----------------------

or just follow the notes:

Gb Ab Bb Gb Gb Eb Db

Gb Ab Bb Gb

Well, after repeated listenings, I came up with a rough sketch of this

soon to be favorite among U2 fans. I can't wait to hear the main riff

echoing through the POPMART stadiums this summer. Anyway, here's a

rough sketch of how to play the song.

"If God Will Send His Angels", by U2

Tabbed by mps133@psu.edu

Use a Delay Pedal, and you will need some sort of wah-wah to play

certain parts to the song.

THERE IS A CAPO USED ON THE 6th FRET for the Chords and Riffs

Chords with respect to the CAPO are:

C x32010

Am x02210

E* 0200xx

G 3200xx

OPENING VERSE:

For the opening verse, the sound is really hard to match, but it is some

sort of wah-wah type effect. Play the following chords apperegio

through the opening verse (note - the 'G' part is only played once,

repeat the C & Am apperegio throughout the verse):

G C Am

e-----------------------------------------------------

b---------------------1-------1-------1-------1-------

g-----------------------2---2---2---2---0---0---0-----

d-0-0------0-0------------2-------2-------2-------2---

a-2---2----2---2--------------------------------------

e-3-----3--3-----3------------------------------------

C Am C Am

Nobody else here baby no one else here to blame

C Am C Am

No one to point the finger...it's just you and me in the rain

Nobody made you do it no one put words in your mouth

Nobody here taking orders when love took a train heading south

PRECHORUS:

G Am (may be C, not too sure)

It's the blind leading the blond

G Am

It's the stuff the stuff of country songs

REFRAIN:

C E* Am G

Hey if God would send his angels

C E* Am G

And if God will send a sign

C E* Am

And if God will send his angels

E* C

Would everything be alright?

THE RIFF:

There are many little variations that the Edge throws into this riff,

play around with them, and play along with the song to get a feel for

it.

Use Delay for this riff, set to about .4 seconds. This tab is with

respect to the capo on the 6th fret.

e---------------0---------

b-1-1-3-3-----3---3-1----- Just repeat this pattern, and play around

g---------------------2--- with different variations to get it right

Little Riff after Bono Sings "Where Do We Go?"

(no delay for this part). Tab with respect to capo on 6th fret.

d---10--8-10-8----10---8-10-8----8--

a--------------10-------------10----

That's basically the song. I welcome any corrections.

Enjoy.

Tabbed by mps133@psu.edu

U2 IF GOD WILL SEND HIS ANGELS

DEL ALBUN POP

TAB POR PAOLO BOVIO y ADRIANO BOVIO E-MAIL OMICRON@WAYCOM.COM.AR

VENADO TUERTO, ARGENTINA

MAIN RIFF

ACORDE PRINCIPAL

e |----------------------------------|---6------------------------------|

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

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

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

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

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

ESTRIBILLO

e |------6---6---6---6---6---6---6---|----------------------------------|

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

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

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

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

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

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STARING AT THE SUN

Transcribed by Brandon Leniart (leniarbk@jmu.edu)

My personal POP favorite, in A minor

intro electric guitar (acoustic plays Am, G, F, Em)

1---------------------------------------------------

2---------------5--------------------5-----------5--

3---5---7-------------------5---7---------7---------

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

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

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

Am G F Em

Summer stretching on the grass, summer dresses pass

Am G F Em

In the shade of a willow tree creeps a crawling over me

there are some harmonics in the background (work with these):

1----------------------

2----------------------

3----------------------

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

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

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

Am G F Em

Over me and over you, stuck together with GOD's glue

Am G

It's going to get stickier, too

1-------------------------------------------

2-----------------------------------------------

3--------------------------------------------

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

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

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

F G

It's been a long hot summer, let's get undercover

F G

Don't try too hard to think, don't think at all

electric guitar:

1---------------------------------------------------

2---15--13--15--13-------------15--15b(17)r-----13--

3---------------------12/14-------------------------

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

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

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

C Am

I'm not the only one staring at the sun

D Dsus4 F

Afraid of what you'd find if you took a look inside

C Am

Not just deaf and dumb staring at the sun

D Dsus4 F

I'm not the only one who's happy to go blind

Am G

There's an insect in your ear

F Em

If you scratch it won't disappear

1---------------------------

2---------------------------

3---2/4\2--0--2-----4---5/--

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

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

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

Am G

It's gonna itch and burn and sting

F Em

Do you want to see what the scratching brings?

1----------------------------

2----------------------------

3---------12/14--

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

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

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

Am G

Waves that leave me out of reach

F Em

Breaking on your back like a beach

Am G

Will we ever live in peace?

F G

Cause those that can't do often have to

F G

And those that can't do often have to

C Am

Preach to the ones staring at the sun

D Dsus4 F

Afraid of what you'll find if you took a look inside

C Am

Not just deaf and dumb staring at the sun

D Dsus4 F

I'm not the only one who'd rather go blind

bridge:

Am Dsus2 Am G

1----------------

2---------13\10--

3---12-----------

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

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

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

with fill:

1-------------

2-----------------------------

3-----------------------------

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

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

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

1---x--x--x--x--

2---x--x--x--x--

3---x--x--x--x--

4---x--x--x--x--

5---x--x--x--x--

6---x--x--x--x--

Intransigence is all around, military still in town

Armour plated suits and ties

Daddy just won't say goodbye

Referee won't blow the whistle

GOD is good, but will He listen?

I'm nearly great, but there's something missing

F G

I left in the duty free though

F G

You never really belonged to me

C Am

You're not the only one staring at the sun

D Dsus4 F

Afraid of what you'd find if you stepped back inside

C Am

I'm not sucking my thumb, I'm staring at the sun

D Dsus4 F

Not the only one who's happy to go blind

Outro:

1-----------------------------------------------------------

2---5-------5---------------5-------5------5------5---------

3-------7-----------5---7-------7--------------7------12\5--

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

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

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

1----------------------------------------------------

2---------------------------------------------5--5---

3---5p4-------------5--7--7--7--------5--7-----------

4----------7-----------------------------------------

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

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

Starin At The Sun

from: Beth

Am G F E

Summer stretching on the grass.. summer dresses pass

Am G F E

In the shade of a willow tree... creeps are crawling over me

Am G F E

Over me and over you stuck together with god's glue

Am G

it's going to get stickier too

F

it's been a long hot summer

G

let's go undercover

F G

don't try to hard to think .. don't think at all

C Am

I'm not the only one starin at the sun

D F

afraid of what you'd find if you took a look inside

C Am

not just deaf and dumb i'm starin at the sun

D F

not the only one who's happy to go blind

Am - D Am - D

oooh oooh- oooooh

etc,....

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LAST NIGHT ON EARTH

Transcribed by Brandon Leniart (leniarbk@jmu.edu)

This song is tuned down 1/2 step and changes keys from E minor to E.

Much respect to fellow U2 transcriber Steve Palmer, who I think was

the first to have this song on a website.

intro:

1----------------------------------

2----------------------------------

3----------------------------------

4---2--2--2------------------------

5---2--2--2------------------------

6---0--0--0---0---0--3b4p0--3b4p0--

1--------------------

2---3----------------

3---2----------------

4---0---4--4--4------

5------------------2-

6------------------0-

verse:

1-------------------------------------

2------------------------3------------

3------------------------2------------

4------------------------0---4--4--4--

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

6---0--0--3b4p0--3b4p0----------------

She feels the ground is giving way

But she thinks we're better off that way

use these chords for the prechorus:

G

1---3-

2---3-

3---4-

4---5-

5-----

6-----

A

1---5-

2---5-

3---6-

4---7-

5-----

6-----

G

The more you take the less you feel

A

The less you know the more you believe

The more you have the more it takes today

G D A5 Bm

You got to give it away

G D E Bm

You got to give it away

G D A5 Bm

You got to give it away

A5

She doesn't care what it's worth

Em

She's living like it's the last night on earth

riff during 2nd & 3rd verses:

1---0------------0------5-----0--------

2---------3-------------------------3--

3--------------------------------------

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

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

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

She's not wating on a saviour to come

She's at a bus-stop with the news of the world

And the sun, here it comes

She's not waiting for anyone

last bar before chorus:

1---3----3----3-----2--

2---3----3-------------

3----------------------

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

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

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

G D A5 Bm

You got to give it away

G D E Bm

You got to give it away

G D A5 Bm

You got to give it away

A5

She knows just what it's worth

Em

She's living like it's the last night on earth

1---7--9--10--

2-------------

3-------------

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

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

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

palm mute:

1-----------------------------

2-----------------------------

3-----------------------------

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

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

6---0--0--0--0--0--0--0---

bridge chords:

C#m A E

bridge notes:

1---------------------------

2---------------------------

3---------------------------

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

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

6---12---12\9---9\5---5/12--

Slipping away, slip slide

The world turns and we get dizzy

Slipping away

She's living next week now

You know she's going t opay it back somehow

G

She hasn't been to bed in a week

A

She'll be dead soon, then she'll sleep

G D A5 Bm

You got to give it away

G D E Bm

You got to give it away

G D A5 Bm

You got to give it away

A5

She already knows it hurts

Em

She's living like it's the last night on earth

Last night on earth

Last night on earth

1---7--9--10--

2-------------

3-------------

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

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

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

palm mute:

1---------------------------

2---------------------------

3---------------------------

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

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

6---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--

Em A Em

--Brandon Leniart

U2 'LAST NIGHT ON EARTH'

------------------------

steve palmer

spalmer@engsoc.carleton.ca

tune 1/2 step down

intro/main riff:

E D

e--------------------------------------------------

b--------------------------------------------------

g--------------------------------------------------

d-------------------0----7--7-7--------------------

a-2----2-----2------0--2/5--5-5--------------------

E-0--0-3bp0--3bp0----------------------------------

*i hope this doesn't look to complicated. the 3bp0 means:

-pick 3rd fret, bend and pull off to 0

verse:

E D E D

she feels the ground is giving way

E D E D

but she thinks we're better off that way

'the more you take the less you feel

the less you know the more you believe

the more you have the more it takes today'

chorus:

G D A Bm

you got to give it away

G D E A

you got to give it away

G D A Bm

you got to give it away

A

she doesn't care what it's worth

A Em A Em A

she's living like it's the last night on earth

2nd verse

2nd chorus

bridge: E C#m C#m A

slipping away...slip slide...

the world turns and we get dizzy

slipping away

end on Em

back to main riff

outro: Em A Em A

Em A

e-0---------0----------------

b-0--0------2----------------

g-0----0----2----------------

d-2------0--2----------------

a-2---------0----------------

Last Night on Earth

I think the main riff goes like this:

from: "Douglas S. Wood"

intro/main riff:

E D

e--------------------------------------------------

b--------------------------------------------------

g--------------------------------------------------

d-------------------0----4--4-4--------------------

a-2----2-----2------0----0--0-0--------------------

E-0--0-3bp0--3bp0----------------------------------

.....................................

.....................................

GONE

Transcribed by Brandon Leniart (leniarbk@jmu.edu)

This song is tuned 1/2 step down and also changes keys a few times.

Another one of my personal theories is that Bono is singing this song to

himself, and he's trying to deal with his success. Just a thought.

this is actually what the riff sounds like:

E

1------------------------

2------------------------

3------------------------

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

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

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

But since I know that riff is really tough to pull off, I've arranged an

easier version to play (which is probably what Edge uses with an

octaver and/or an effect that automatically produces harmonics):

E

1----------10-----12--

2---12----------------

3---------------------

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

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

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

use these these in between lyrics in the verses:

1---x-x-x-x-x-x-

2---x-x-x-x-x-x-

3---x-x-x-x-x-x-

4---x-x-x-x-x-x-

5---x-x-x-x-x-x-

6---x-x-x-x-x-x-

1---------

2---------

3---------

4---------

5---------

6---------

You get to feel so guilty, got so much for so little

Then you find that feeling just won't go away

You're holding on to every little thing so tightly

Till there's nothing left for you anyway

piano riff:

G

1---12---10-----------------

2-------------12---10-------

3------------------------12-

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

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

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

Goodbye

Em

1---12---10---------------------

2-------------12---10-----------

3------------------------12---9-

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

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

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

You can keep this suit of lights

1---0/12------

2-------------

3-------------

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

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

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

1---10--10/12-

2-------------

3-------------

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

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

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

Em

I'll be up with the sun

D Em

And not coming down

D Em

I'm not coming down

D E

I'm not coming down

Em

You wanted to get somewhere so badly

You had to lose yourself along the way

You change a name, but that's OK, it's necessary

And what you leave behind you don't miss anyway

G Em

Goodbye, you can keep this suit of lights

Em D Em

I'll be up with the sun--I'm not coming down

D Em D E

I'm not coming down, I'm not coming down

Bridge (use these chords):

Bm

1---7--

2---7--

3---7--

4---9--

5---9--

6---7--

Em

1---0

2---0

3---0

4---2

5---2

6---0

Am

1---5-

2---5-

3---5-

4---7-

5---7-

6---5-

Bm Em

And I'm already gone

Bm Am

Felt that way all along

D G D G

Closer to you everyday, didn't want it that much anyway

Em

You're taking steps that make you feel dizzy

Then you get to like the way it feels

You hurt yourself, you hurt your lover

Then you discover what you thought was freedom was just greed

G Em

Goodbye, no emotional goodnight

Em

We'll be up with the sun

D Em

Are you still holding on?

D Em

I'm not coming down

D E

I'm not coming down

Outro:

1---0/12---10---0/12-

2--------------------

3--------------------

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

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

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

1---14--14--12--15--15--14--12-

2------------------------------

3------------------------------

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

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

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

.....................................

.....................................

MIAMI

Transcribed by Brandon Leniart (leniarbk@jmu.edu)

This song is TUNED DOWN 1/2 STEP, but I LEAVE the 2ND STRING at a B

natural to get the harmonics right. Once again, I think Edge has a

special machine to do this, but I can't think of a better way of getting

the right sound. It looks harder than it is--just make sure you've got

it on the bridge pickup and lots of distortion, and it sounds real cool.

I think it's in A minor. With Larry's drum beat, I could just imagine

them using "Miami" to segue into "Bullet The Blue Sky"...and I take it

Ali wasn't with Bono on this Miami trip.

Weather 'round here choppin' and changin'

Surgery in the air

Print shirts and southern accents, cigars and big hair

We got the whells and petrol is cheap

Only went there for a week

Got the sun, got the sand

Got the batteries in the handicam

feedback

1-----

2--------

3--------

4--------

5--------

6--------

palm mute:

1---------------------

2---------------------

3---------------------

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

5---0--0--0--0--0--0--

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

Her eyes all swimming pool blue

Dumb bells on a diving board

Baby's always attracted to the things she's afraid of

heavily distorted:

1--------

2--------

3--------

4--------

5-----

6--------

Big girl with a sweet tooth

this is the weird sound--don't forget to leave the 2nd string at B

1-------------------

2---------------

3-------------------

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

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

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

Watches the skinny girl in the photo shoot

Freshmen squeaky clean, she tastes like chlorine

Miami, my mammy

Love the movies, love to walk those movie sets

Get to shoot someone in the foot

Get to smoke some cigarettes

No big deal, we know the score

Just back from the video store

What's he got inside the case?

I want a close up of that face

Here comes the car chase

1--------------------------------

2--------------------------------

3--------------------------------

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

5---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----

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

Miami, my mammy

I bought two new suits, Miami

Pink and blue, Miami

I took a picture of you, my mammy

Getting hot in a photo booth, Miami

I said you looked like a madonna

You said, "Maybe said I wanna have your baby."

We could make something beautiful

1-------------

2-------------

3-------------

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

5-------

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

Something that wouldn't be a problem

Least not in Miami

Some places are like your auntie

But there's no place like...MIAMI

Miami

from: "Dan Bodeman"

There is just some feedback that sounds like feedback coming from his Vox

AC30s. This goes until the lyrics "here comes the car chase" Then it does this

on the low E string.

E---5-5-5-5-555-5(7)-5(7)------------

It goes along with the beat of the drums. The 5(7) is called something like

harp harmonics. What you do to get this is press on the 5th fret with you

index finger then reach over to the 7th fret with you pinky but you just rest

it on the string lightly. Get a really fuzzy distortion to make this work.

Use the same harp harmonics during the rest of the song.

.....................................

.....................................

THE PLAYBOY MANSION

Transcribed by Brandon Leniart (leniarbk@jmu.edu)

This is Larry's favorite, in E major.

intro, with wah:

1------------------------------------

2------------------------------------

3----------9-------------------------

4---9/11-------11---9--9------11--11-

5-------------------------11---------

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

1-------------------------------------

2-------------------------------------

3-----------9-------------------------

4---9h11---------11--11--9--9--11--11-

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

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

1------------------------------

2------------------------------

3---------9--------------------

4---9h11-----11--9-------9--11-

5--------------------11--------

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

1------------------

2------------------

3------------------

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

5---11---9---------

6--------------12--

1------------------------------

2------------------------------

3------------------------------

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

5---9/11--9--------9--11-------

6-------------12-----------12--

(intro played with this riff, same riff during slide part):

1----------

2---9---9--

3---9---9--

4---9---9--

5----------

6----------

E

If Coke is a mystery, Michael Jackson...history

(use these next 2 riffs as the basis for solos during the verse):

1-----------------------

2---9/10--9-------------

3------------11--9------

4--------------------11-

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

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

A

If beauty is truth

1-----------------------

2-----------------------

3---11--9--------9------

4-----------11-------9--

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

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

E

And surgery...the fountain of youth

C#m F#m

What am I to do?

C#m A

Have I got the gifts to get me through

E

The gates of that mansion

1------------------

2---7\5-------3/5--

3------------------

4---7\4-------4/6--

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

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

E

If OJ is more than a drink

And a Big Mac bigger than you think

A

If perfume is an obsession

E

And talk shows...confession

C#m F#m

What have we got to lose?

C#m A

Another push and maybe we'll be through

E

The gates of that mansion

I never bought a lotto ticket, I never parked in anyone's space

The banks they're like cathedrals, I guess casinos took their place

A E

Love come on down, don't wake her she'll come around

Chance is a kind of religion

Where you're damned for plain hard luck

I never did see that movie, never did read that book

A E

Love come on down, let my numbers come around

C#m F#m

Don't know if I can hold on

C#m A

Don't know if I'm that strong

C#m F#m

Don't know if I can wait that long

C#m A

Till the colours come flashing and the lights go on

E

Then will there be no time for sorrow?

Then will there be no time for shame?

A E

Though I can't say why, I know I've got to believe

C#m F#m

We'll go driving in that pool

C#m A

It's who you know that gets you through

E

The gates of the playboy mansion

Then will there be no time of sorrow?

Then will there be no time for pain?

Then will there be no tome of sorrow?

Then will there be no time for shame?

The Playboy Mansion

Music by U2

Transcribed by Brandon Leniart

This is one of the new U2 songs on the net right now, and

I couldn't make out a lot of the lyrics, so I'll just give

you the basic chords. It's a slow, rap-like song in

E, tuned down 1/2 step.

intro (with wah)

1---------------------------------------------

2---------------------------------------------

3-------------------9--11--11b13----11--------

4---9---11---9h11-------------------------11--

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

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

verse:

E E A E E A D D Dsus4 E E A

1------|------|-----|------|-----|---------|-----|------|

2---9--|------|-----|------|-----|---------|-----|------|

3---9--|------|-----|------|-----|---------|-----|------|

4---9--|------|-----|------|-----|---------|-----|------|

5------|------|-----|------|-----|---------|-----|------|

6------|------|-----|------|-----|---------|-----|------|

chorus:

C#m A C#m A

-----|-----|-----|-----|

-----|-----|-----|-----|

-----|-----|-----|-----|

-----|-----|-----|-----|

-----|-----|-----|-----|

-----|-----|-----|-----|

riff (slow sliding:

1--------------------

2---7\5----5----4/5--

3--------------------

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

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

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

THE PLAYBOY MANSION

INTRO PART (You can also use a wah-wah pedal)

E (Edge does it on the record)

B 5 5

G 4-6 6 4 4 66 4 6 6 4 4 66

D 6 6

A - means Hammer on

E the real sign i forgot sorry?

E 5

B 4 6 6 4 4 6 4

G 6 6 4 2 4 6 4 2 4 6 2

D (you have to move in time with this bit)

A

E

It`s recomended to play it with the record the first few times.

THE SLIDE PART (you hear this little bit a lot of times in the song and the song also

fades out with it).

E 0 0 0 0 (i forgot what the slide sign was but again listen to the

B 7 5 3 5 record to catch the timming).

G

D

A

E

.....................................

.....................................

IF YOU WEAR THAT VELVET DRESS

Transcribed by Brandon Leniart (leniarbk@jmu.edu)

Tune 1/2 step down--in D minor. "I don't want to talk about that song

too much, but let's just say it's haunted." says Bono. "It's all

tangled up in ultraviolet."

acoustic guitar:

1---------------------------------

2-------3---1--------------3---1--

3---------------------2-----------

4---0------------0----------------

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

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

1-------------3---1---------------3---1--

2----------------------------------------

3--------0------------------0------------

4---0-----------------0------------------

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

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

pick with fingers:

1---10--

2---10--

3-------

4-------

5-------

6-------

Tonight the moon is playing tricks again

Feeling sea sick again

And the whole world could just dissolve into a glass of water

I've been good 'cause I know you don't want me to

Do you really want me to be as blue as you

It's her daylight that gets me through

We've been here before

Last time you scratched at my door

The moon was naked and cold

I was like a 2 year old who just wanted more

If you wear that velvet dress

If you wear that velvet dress

Tonight the moon's drawn its cutains

It's a private show, no one has to know

I'm wanting

1st guitar (delay with infinite repeat)

1---------10--

2---13--------

3-------------

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

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

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

2nd guitar (with medium delay)

1--------------13--------13----------13-----------

2---10---11---------11--------11-----------11--10-

3-------------------------------------------------

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

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

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

3rd guitar (with heavy delay):

*I've arranged this for an acoustic without a cutaway--I think Edge

plays this higher up on the fretboard, but you can play it using this

solo--I didn't want to alienate the acoustic people here

1---12b13r---10----------10---10--

2------------------13-------------

3---------------------------------

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

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

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

1--------10---12b13r---10--------10------

2---13----------------------13--------10-

3----------------------------------------

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

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

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

1---12b13r---10---------10---10--

2------------------13------------

3--------------------------------

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

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

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

1------------------------------------------10-

2---13---13\11---10---10b11--10---11--13------

3---------------------------------------------

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

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

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

1---12b13r---10----------10---10--

2------------------13-------------

3---------------------------------

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

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

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

1---------------------------------

2---13---13b15r---13\11---10--11--

3---------------------------------

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

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

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

1---------------------------------

2---8/10---11---11---10---8---10--

3---------------------------------

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

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

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

1----------------------------------------

2----------------------------------------

3---10b11r--10b11r--13---13b15r--15b17r--

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

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

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

1------------------------------

2---13b15r---10\8/10---10b11r--

3------------------------------

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

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

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

with delay:

1---13---12---10--

2-----------------

3-----------------

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

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

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

Sunlight, sunlight fills my room

It's sharp and it's clear

But nothing at all like the moon

use this as the basic solo for next verse:

1---------------------

2---6/8--8/10--10/11--13b15--

3---------------------

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

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

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

It's okay, the struggle for things not to say

I never listened to you anyway

And I got my own hands to pray

But if you wear that velvet dress

1---15/18--17--18--17--15--12--13\10--

2-------------------------------------

3-------------------------------------

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

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

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

If you wear that velvet dress

Tonight the moon is a mirrorball

Light flickers from across the hall

Who'll catch the star when it falls?

1------------------------

2------------------------

3---9---10---10/12---10--

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

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

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

1-------------------

2-------------------

3---9---10---10b12--

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

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

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

.....................................

.....................................

PLEASE

Transcribed by Brandon Leniart (leniarbk@jmu.edu)

Tune down 1/2 step--it's in B minor.

Intro:

1----------------------

2---12---14---17---15--

3----------------------

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

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

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

1------------------

2---0---2---5---3--

3------------------

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

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

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

So you never knew love until you crossed the line of grace

And you never felt wanted till you had someone slap your face

So you never felt alive until you almost wasted away

background pre-chorus:

1---7---10--

2---7---7---

3---7---7---

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

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

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

play with above 3 times:

1-----------

2-----------

3-----------

4---4p2--4--

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

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

1 time:

1---------------------------------

2---------------------------------

3---4p2---4---2---4---2--------2--

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

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

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

You had to win, you couldn't just pass

The smartest ass at the top of the class

Your flying colours, your family tree

And all your lessons in history

Please

1--------------

2--------------

3---4---6---7--

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

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

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

Please

1----------------

2----------------

3---4---4/6---4--

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

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

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

Please get up off your knees

Please, please, please, please

3 times:

1--------------------

2--------------------

3--------------------

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

5---2p0---2---0---2--

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

1 time:

1----------------------------

2----------------------------

3----------------------------

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

5---2p0--2--0--2--0-------0--

6---------------------2------

And you never knew how low you'd stoop to make that call

And you never knew what was on the ground till they made you crawl

So you never knew that that the heaven you keep you stole

Your Catholic blues, your convent shoes

Your stick-on tattoos, now they're making news

Your holy war, your northern star

Your sermon on the mount from the boot of your car

Please, please, please get up off your knees

Please, please, please leave me out of this please

Bm A A Bm

So love is hard, and love is tough

Bm A Em Bm

But love is not what you're thinking of

electronic bit:

1----------------------------

2----------------------------

3----------------------------

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

5---0h2---2---2---2---0---2--

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

1-----------------------------

2-----------------------------

3---2h4---4---4---2---4-------

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

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

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

September, streets capsizing, spilling over down the drain

Shards of glass splinters like rain

But you could only feel your pain

October, talking getting nowhere

November, December, remember

Are we just starting again?

1----------------------

2----------------------

3---4---7---4---7---4--

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

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

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

Please, please, please get up off of your knees

Please, please, please, please

1------------------------

2---------------------

3---------------------

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

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

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

So love is bigger than us

But love is not what you're thinking of

It's what lovers deal, it's what lovers steal

with delay:

1---7--------9---------7-----------10p7------

2-------7---------7---------7-------------7--

3--------------------------------------------

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

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

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

You know I've found it hard to receive

Cause you, my love, I could never believe

.....................................

.....................................

WAKE UP DEAD MAN

Transcribed by Brandon Leniart (leniarbk@jmu.edu)

"It's a very angry song." says Bono--tune down 1/2 step, in A minor.

Jesus

1--------5--------------5--

2--------5--------------5--

3---2-----------2--2-------

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

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

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

Jesus help me

1--------3--------------3--

2--------3--------------3--

3---0-----------0--0-------

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

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

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

I'm alone in this world

1--------1---------------

2--------1---------------

3--------2---------------

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

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

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

1---3---3--

2---1---1--

3---2---2--

4---0---0--

5----------

6----------

And a fucked up world it is, too

1-----------0---0--

2-----------1---1--

3-----------0---0--

4-----------2---2--

5---0---3---3---3--

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

1-----------3-------3--

2-----------3-------3--

3-----------0-------0--

4-----------0-------0--

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

6---3---3---3---3---3--

Tell me, tell me the story

The one about eternity, and the way it's all gonna be

Wake up

1---0--0--

2---1--1--

3---2--2--

4---2--2--

5---0--0--

6---------

Wake up dead man

1-----------2--

2-----------3--

3-----------2--

4-----------0--

5---3---2------

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

Wake up, wake up dead man

upstroke:

1---5--

2---5--

3---5--

4---7--

5---0--

6------

Jesus, I'm wating here, boss

I know You're looking out for us

But maybe Your hands aren't free

1--------------------

2--------------------

3--------7-----------

4---7---------7---7--

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

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

Your Father, He made the world in seven

He's in charge of heaven

Will You put a word in for me?

Wake up, wake up dead man

Wake up, wake up dead man

mellotron-like sounds:

1-------------------

2-------------------

3-------------------

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

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

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

1----------------------

2-------------------

3-------------------

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

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

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

1----------------------

2----------------------

3-------------------

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

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

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

Listen to your words they'll tell you what to do

Listen over the rhythm that's confusing you

Listen to the reed in the saxophone

Listen over the hum of the radio

1----------------------------

2----------------------------

3---2/4---4---5---5/7---5\4--

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

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

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

Listen over the sounds of blades in rotation

Listen through the traffic and circulation

Listen as hope and peace try to rhyme

Listen over marching bands playing out their time

Wake up

during 3rd & 4th choruses, with wah:

1------------------

2---15b17---15b17--

3------------------

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

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

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

Wake up dead man

1------------------

2---13b15---13b15--

3------------------

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

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

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

Wake up, wake up dead man

Jesus, were You just around the corner?

Did You think to try and warn her?

Or are you working on something new?

If there's an order in all of this disorder

Is it like a tape recorder?

Can we rewind it just once more?

Wake up, wake up dead man

Wake up, wake up de

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