U2 - Pop guitar tab
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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
........
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
