#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# VARIOUS SONGS by U2 from ACHTUNG BABY SONGS: Zoo Station Even Better Than The Real Thing One Until The End Of The World Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses So Cruel The Fly Mysterious Ways Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World Ultraviolet (Light My Way) Acrobat Love Is Blindness EXTRA: Satellite Love (B-Side for "One") ************************************************************************* "Zoo Station" ----------- Use heavy distortion and make the slides heard. Intro: (Repeat about 12 times) E--------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------- A-12/----------------------------------- E-----3-5------------------------------- (The / means to slide all the way down the string) Second Part of Intro & Also used in Chorus: E-----10---------10--------5--------5--- B---8----8-----8----8----3---3----3---3- G-7----------7---------2--------2------- D--------------------------------------- A--------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------- A I'm ready, ready for the laughing gas G D A I'm ready, ready for what's next Ready to duck, ready to dive Ready to say I'm glad to be alive G D A I'm ready, I'm ready for the push In the cool of the night, the warmth of the breeze G D A I'll be crawling around on my hands and knees Gadd9 D A She's just down the line ... Zoo Station Gadd9 D A Got to make it on time ... Zoo Station I'm ready, I'm ready for the gridlock I'm ready to take it to the street Ready for the shuffle, ready for the deal Ready to let go of the steering wheel I'm ready, ready for the crush She's just down the line ... Zoo Station Got to make it on time ... Zoo Station Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright It's alright...it's alright...it's alright...it's alright Hey baby...hey baby...hey baby...hey baby it's alright, it's alright D/A A Time is a train, makes the future the past G D Leaves you standing in the station A Your face pressed up against the glass I'm just down the line from your love...Zoo Station Under the sign of your love...Zoo Station I'm gonna be there...Zoo Station Tracing the line...Zoo Station I'm gonna make it on time...make it on time...Zoo Station Just two stops down the line...Zoo Station Just a stops down the line...Zoo Station Solo at end: E-------------------------------------------------------------------------- B-------------------------------------------------------------------------- G-----------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11--------- D-11---9--7---11---9--7---------------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************* "Even Better Than the Real Thing" ------------------------------- Heavy distortion recommended. :) Intro: (Riff below is repeated during verses) E--------5-5-----|------------------------------------------ B----------------|------------------------------------------ G----------------|-----------6/7\6-------------------------- D----------------|------------------5--4-------------------- A----------------|------------------------------------------ E--5-5-----------|------5----------------------------------- A Dsus4 D/A A Give me one more chance, and you'll be satisfied D Dsus4 D A Give me two more chances you won't be denied Gadd9 Well my heart is where it's always been Bm7 My head is somewhere in between D Dsus4 D A Give me one more chance let me be your lover tonight (Check it out) A G D A G D You're the real thing, yeah the real thing A G D You're the real thing A G D A Even better than the real thing Give me one last chance and I'm gonna make you sing Give me half a chance to ride on the waves that you bring You're honey child to a swarm of bees Gonna blow right through you like a breeze Give me one last dance, we'll slide down the surface of things You're the real thing, yeah the real thing You're the real thing Even better than the real thing D G We're free to fly the crimson sky D G The sun won't melt our wings tonight A G D Oh now, here she comes Take me higher, take me higher Can you take me higher? Will you take me higher? You're the real thing, yeah the real thing You're the real thing Even better than the real thing Even better than the real thing Even better than the real thing. ************************************************************************* "One" --- Intro: h=hammer on p=pull off /=slide up ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------h-p-h-----------h-p-h-----------h-p-h------------------------ ---h---5--/9--7-9-7-9-------7-5-7-5-7---/7--9-7-9-7-9-7--------------h--p--- --5-7-------------------/7--7-5-7-5-7---/7--7-7-7-7-7-7---7/9---10--9-10-9-- -------0----------------/5--------------/8----------------8/10--10--10------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chords: Am Dadd2 Is it getting better Fmaj7 G6+ Or do you feel the same Am Dadd2 Will it make it easier on you Fmaj7 G6+ Now you got someone to blame You say C Am One love, one life Fmaj7 C When it's one need in the night Am It's one love we get to share it Fmaj7 C It leaves you baby if you don't care for it Am-Dadd2-Fmaj7-G6+ Did I disappoint you Or leave a bad taste in your mouth You act like you never had love And you want me to go without Well it's too late tonight To drag the past out into the light We're one, but we're not the same We get to carry each other, carry each other One [Solo] Have you come here for forgiveness? Have you come to raise the dead? Have you come here to play Jesus To the lepers in your head? Did I ask too much, more than a lot You gave me nothing, now it's all I got We're one, but we're not the same We hurt each other then we do it again You say C Am Love is a temple, Love a higher law C Am Love is a temple, Love the higher law C G You ask me to enter, but then you make me crawl Fmaj7 And I can't be holding on to what you got C When all you got is hurt One love, one blood One life, you got to do what you should One life with each other Sisters, brothers One life, but we're not the same We get to carry each other, carry each other One. One. |-12-12-------------------|-12-12-13-13-12-------| |-------15-15-13-13-15----|----------------15-13-| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| # CHORD FORMATIONS: # Dadd2 x x x 2 3 x # G6+ x x 5 4 3 x ************************************************************************* "Until The End Of The World" -------------------------- INTRO: E5 D/E E E E E E E Esus4 E (Play this sequence 4 times) D/E Bm D Haven't seen you in quite a while Em I was down the hold, just passing time Bm D Last time we met was a low-lit room Em We were as close together as bride and groom D9 A9 We ate the food, we drank the wine Em D/G Everybody having a good time D9 Except you A9 You were talking about the end of the world E E E E E E Esus4 E (4 times) I took the money, I spiked your drink You miss too much these days if you stop to think You led me on with those innocent eyes You know I love the element of surprise In the garden I was playing the tart I kissed your lips and broke your heart You, you were acting like it was the end of the world E E E E E E Esus4 E (4 times) GUITAR SOLO D/E Bm La la la la D La la la la Em La la la la la la Bm La la la la D La la la la Em La la la la la la In my dream I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim Surrounding me, going down on me Spilling over the brim Waves of regret, waves of joy I reached out for the one I tried to destroy You, you said you'd wait 'til the end of the world. E E E E E E Esus4 E (4 times) OUTRO: E5 D5/E E5 D5/E E5 D5/E E5 D5/E E5 D5/E E5 D5/E E5 D5/E E5 Em CHORD FORMATIONS: D/E x 7 7 7 7 x D9 x x 0 2 3 0 E x 7 9 9 9 x A9 x 0 7 6 0 0 Esus4 x 7 9 9 10 x D/G 3 x 0 2 3 2 Bm x 2 4 4 3 2 E5 0 7 9 9 x x D x 5 7 7 7 x D5/E 0 7 7 7 x x Em x 7 9 9 8 7 ************************************************************************* "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?" ---------------------------------- G C You're dangerous, 'cos you're honest G C You're dangerous, 'cos you don't know what you want G C Well you left my heart empty as a vacant lot G C For any spirit to haunt D C D C Hey hey sha la la, hey hey You're an accident waiting to happen You're a piece of glass left there on the beach Well you tell me things I know you're not supposed to Then you leave me just out of reach Hey hey sha la la, hey hey sha la la la G D C Who's gonna ride your wild horses? G D C Who's gonna drown in your blue sea? G D C Who's gonna ride your wild horses? G D C Who's gonna fall at the foot of thee? Well you stole it 'cos I needed the cash And you killed it 'cos I needed revenge Well you lied to me 'cos I asked you to Baby...can we still be friends? Hey hey sha la la, hey hey sha la la la Who's gonna ride your wild horses? Who's gonna drown in your blue sea? Who's gonna ride your wild horses? Who's gonna fall at the foot of thee? Am Em The deeper I spin G D The hunter will sin ... for your ivory skin Am Took a drive in the dirty rain Em To a place where the wind calls your name G Under the trees the river laughing D At you and me... Am Hallelujah, heavens white rose F D The doors you open I just can't close G D C Don't you turn around, don't you turn around again G D C Don't you turn around your gypsy heart Don't turn around, don't turn around again Don't turn around, and don't look back C D Come on now love, don't you look back Who's gonna ride your wild horses? Who's gonna drown in your blue sea? Who's gonna taste your salt water kisses? Who's gonna take the place of me? Who's gonna ride your wild horses? Who could tame the heart of thee? ************************************************************************* "So Cruel" -------- Intro: E-----10----9-5-----10----9-5--- A Asus4 We crossed the line A Asus4 Who pushed who over? A Asus4 It doesn't matter to you A Asus4 it matters to me A Asus4 We're cut adrift A Asus4 But still floating A Asus4 I'm only hanging on A E A To watch you go down...my love I disappeared in you You disappeared from me I gave you everything you ever wanted It wasn't what you wanted The men who love you, you hate the most They pass through you like a ghost They look for you but your spirit is in the air Baby...you're nowhere A-D-E-A Aaaaaaah, A D E A You say in love there are no rules A D E A E Oh......love Sweetheart A You're so cruel Desperation is a tender trap It gets you every time You put your lips to her lips To stop the lie Her skin is pale like God's only dove Screams like an angel for your love Then she makes you watch her from above And you need her like a drug You say in love there are no rules Oh......love Sweetheart, you're so cruel F#m She wears my love D Like a see-through dress A Her lips say one thing E Her movements something else C#m Oh love, like a screaming flower A Love, dying every hour And you don't know if it's fear or desire Danger the drug that takes you higher? Head of heaven, fingers in the mire Her heart is racing... you can't keep up The night is bleeding like a cut Between the horses of love and lust We are trampled underfoot You say in love there are no rules Oh......love Sweetheart You're so cruel To stay with you I'd be a fool D C#m A E oh....hah hah Sweetheart A You're so cruel. ************************************************************************* "The Fly" ------- Intro goes like this: E-------------------|-------------------| B-------------------|-------------------| G-------------------|-------------------| D-------------------|-------------------| A---7-7-5-7-5-7-7-5-|---7-7-5-7-5-7-7-5-| E-0------h---h------|-0------h---h------| E It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky It's no secret that our world is in darkness tonight A D They say the sun is sometimes eclipsed by a moon E You know I don't see you when she walks in the room It's no secret that a friend is someone who lets you help It's no secret that a liar won't believe anyone else They say a secret is something you tell one other person So I'm telling you, child C#m E (Love, we shine like a A man will beg A Burning star A man will crawl We're fallin' from On the sheer face of love C#m E A Like a fly from the wall The sky... tonight) It's no secret at all It's no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest It's no secret that ambition bites the nails of success Every artist is a cannibal Every poet is a thief All kill their inspiration and sing about their grief Solo: B E-A-D-E-B-C#m-E-A (Love, we shine like a A man will rise Burning star A man will fall We're falling from From the sheer face of love The sky... tonight) Like a fly from the wall It's no secret at all E It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky The universe exploding 'cosa one man's lie Look I gotta go, yeah I'm running out of change There's a lot of things if I could I'd rearrange ************************************************************************* "Mysterious Ways" --------------- (Heavy distortion recommended) This song can be played with a capo on the 8th fret, if you can do that. Then it becomes fairly simple just playing D instead of A, etc. (see the chord formations). Or you can play it with a capo on 1st fret, which is how I've finally put the chords. [Editor's Comment] Intro/transitions: (Repeated about 9 times) E-------------------------------------- B------10-10--------------------------- G-------9--9--------------------------- D----7--7--7--------------------------- A-10----------------------------------- E-------------------------------------- (Note: the above is basically the A chord played on a few strings) (Note: chords given below generally are played by an organ in background) A D Johnny took a walk with your sister the moon A E Let her pale light in to fill up your room A D You've been living underground, eating from a can A E A You've been running away from what you don't understand (love) Chorus: (the chorus basically just switches back between the A and D chords) E--------------10-10-|----------------- B------10-10---10-10-|----------------- G-------9--9----7--7-|----------------- D-------7--7---------|----------------- A--------------------|----------------- E--------------------|----------------- (A) (D) (So, when you see A or D, play the above chord formations, respectively) A D She's slippy, you're sliding down A D She'll be there when you hit the ground A D It's alright...it's alright...it's alright C G She moves in mysterious ways A D It's alright...it's alright...it's alright C G She moves in mysterious ways Johnny take a dive with your sister in the rain Let her talk about the things you can't explain To touch is to heal, to hurt is to steal If you want to kiss the sky Better learn how to kneel (...on your knees boy!) She's the wave, she turns the tide She sees the man inside the child It's alright...it's alright...it's alright She moves in mysterious ways (x3) It's alright...it's alright...it's alright Lift my days...light up my nights Guitar Solo: E-15-17-15-17-15-17-15-17-15-17------- B------------------------------------- G------------------------------------- D------------------------------------- A------------------------------------- E------------------------------------- (Repeat above riff 5 times) E--9--9--9--9--9--9-10--9--7---------- B-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---------- G--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---------- D------------------------------------- A------------------------------------- E------------------------------------- (Repeat above riff 6 times) (Note: this is just a "play" on the A chord) Bridge: (Strum each chord once, and let ring) Am D Am One day you'll look back and you'll see G A Where you were held how by this love D While you could stand there C And not move on this moment G Follow this feeling It's alright...it's alright...it's alright She moves in mysterious ways It's alright...it's alright...it's alright We move through miracle days Spirit moves in mysterious ways She moves with it, she moves with it C G A Lift my days and light up my nights CHORD FORMATIONS: (8th fret equivalence) A x x 7 9 10 9 (D chord formation) D 10 9 7 7 10 10 (G/D chord formation) E x 7 9 9 9 x (A chord formation) C 8 10 10 9 8 8 (F chord formation) G 7 10 9 7 8 x (C chord formation) Am x x 7 9 10 8 (Dm chord formation) ************************************************************************* "Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World" ------------------------------------------ A D Six o'clock in the morning A D You're the last to hear the warning A D A D You've been trying to throw your arms around the world You've been falling off the sidewalk Your lips move but you can't talk Tryin' to throw your arms around the world A D A D A D-A-D I'm gonna run to you...run to you...run to you...be still A D A D A D-A-D I'm gonna run to you...run to you...run to you...woman I will Sunrise like a nosebleed, your head hurts and you can't breathe You been tryin' to throw you arms around the world How far are you gonna go before you lose your way back home? You've been trying to throw your arms around the world I'm gonna run to you... I dreamed that I saw Dali with a supermarket trolley He was trying to throw his arms around a girl He took an open top beetle through the eye of a needle He was tryin' to throw his arms around the world I'm gonna run to you... Bridge: A-E-D-A A-E-D A-D-A-D-..... Nothin' much to say I guess, just the same as all the rest Been trying to throw your arms around the world A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle When you're tryin' to throw your arms around the world I'm gonna run to you...run to you I'm gonna run to you...run to you I'm gonna run to you...run to you Woman be still...woman be still Be still...woman be still, woman I will ************************************************************************* "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)" -------------------------- [Keyboard plays a C#m on this sentence] "Sometimes I feel like I don't know, sometimes I feel like checking out I wanna get it wrong, can't always be strong, and love it won't be long" Intro: E G#m A (this is structure (1)) (1) Oh sugar, don't you cry, oh child wipe the tears from your eyes You know I need you to be strong, and the day's as dark as the night is long C#m B (2) Feel like trash, you make me feel clean A I'm in the black, can't see or be seen C#m B A Baby, baby, baby, light my way C#m B A Baby, baby, baby, light my way (1) You bury your treasure where it can't be found But your love's like a secret that's been passed around There is a silence that comes to a house where no one can sleep (2) I guess it's the price of love, I know it's not cheap Oh, come on, baby, baby, baby, light my way Oh, come on, baby, baby, baby, light my way E B C#m A (twice) (3) Ooooh, ultraviolet... C#m B E A Baby, baby, baby, light my way (1) I remember when we could sleep on stones But now we lie together in whispers and moans When I was all messed up, and I heard opera in my head (2) Your love was a lightbulb hanging over my bed Baby, baby, baby, light my way Baby, baby, baby, light my way (3) Ooooh, ultraviolet... G#m A E B (4) Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, C#m B E Baby, baby, baby, light my way ************************************************************************* "Acrobat" ------- Intro: Em7 Am Am G Fmaj7 Em/D Don't believe what you hear, don't believe what you see Am G Fmaj7 Em/D If you just close your eyes you can feel the enemy When I first met you girl, you had fire in your soul What happened your face of melting snow? C Now it looks like this Am7 and you can swallow or you can spit F G You can throw it up or choke on it And you can dream, so dream out loud F G Am7 You know that your time is coming 'round F G Am ... Don't let the bastards grind you down No nothing makes sense, nothing seems to fit I know you'd hit out if you only knew who to hit And I'd join the movement if there was one I could believe in Yeah I'd break bread and wine if there was a church I could receive in 'Cos I need it now To take the cup, to fill it up To drink it slow, I can't let you go And I must be an Acrobat to talk like this and act like that And you can dream, so dream out loud ... Don't let the bastards grind you down What are we going to do now it's all been said? No new ideas in the house, and every book has been read And I must be an acrobat To talk like this and act like that And you can dream, so dream out loud And you can find your own way out You can build and I can will And you can call I can't wait until You can stash and you can seize In dreams begin responsibilities And I can love, and I can love I know that the tide is turning 'round ...Don't let the bastards grind you down CHORD FORMATIONS ---------------- Am7 x 0 2 0 1 0 Em/D 0 2 0 0 0 0 ************************************************************************* "Love Is Blindness" ----------------- Bm A Love is blindness, I don't want to see G Em Won't you wrap the night around me Bm F# Bm Take my heart, love is blindness In a parked car, in a crowded street You see your love made complete Thread is ripping, the knot is slipping, love is blindness Love is clockworks, and cold steel Fingers too numb to feel Squeeze the handle, blow out the candle, love is blindness Love is blindness, I don't want to see Won't you wrap the night around me Oh my love, blindness C G/B A little death, without mourning F# Bm No call, and no warning C G/B Baby... a dangerous idea F# That almost makes sense Solo: Bm A G Em Bm F# Bm Love is drowning in a deep well All the secrets and no one to tell Take the money, honey, blindness Love is blindness, I don't want to see Won't you wrap the night around me Oh my love, blindness End: Bm A G Em Bm F# Bm ************************************************************************* "Satellite Love" -------------- G A7 C D Satellites gone up to the sky (Riff 1) G A7 C D Things like that drive me out of my mind (Riff 1) Em(VII) D(V) C(III) I watched it for a little while (Riff 2) Am C (Riff 3) I love to watch things on TV Chorus: G(X) D(X) Oh Satellite of Love F(VIII) C(VIII) Ah Satellite of Love G(X) D(X) Satellite of Love G(X) D(X) C(VIII) D(X) Sa - tel - lite (The above chording throughout the versus and for the chorus is the same for the rest of the song except where noted.) Satellites gone, way up to Mars Soon it will be filled with parking cars I watched it for a little while I like to watch things on TV Chorus I've been told that you've been bored With Harry, Mark and John Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Harry, Mark and John Satellites gone up to the sky Things like that drive me out of my mind I watched it for a little while I love to watch things on TV Chorus Ending: G A C(VIII) CHORDS: A7 X 0 2 0 2 0 Em(VII) 7 7 9 9 8 7 D(V) 5 5 7 7 7 X C(III) 3 3 5 5 5 X G(X) 10 10 12 12 12 10 D(X) 10 12 12 11 10 10 F(VIII) 8 8 10 10 10 8 C(VIII) 8 10 10 9 8 8 Experiment with the following riffs! Riff 1: Riff 2: D --3-2-0-2-0-2-3------- ---------------------- --3------------------- ---------------------- --2------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------- ---3-2--0------------- ---------------------- ---------------------- Riff 3 C 2x -----3-----|-3-------- -------1---|---1------ ---------0-|-----0---- ---2-------|---------- -3---------|---------- -----------|---------- ****************************************************************** Chord Formations: ----------------- A x x 2 2 2 0 Am x x 2 2 1 x Asus4 x 0 2 2 3 0 Bm7 x x 0 4 3 2 Bb x x 3 3 3 1 C x 3 2 0 1 0 C9 x 3 2 0 3 3 C#m x 4 6 6 5 4 D x 0 0 2 3 2 Dsus2 x x 0 2 3 x D/F# 2 0 0 2 3 2 D/A x x 4 2 3 0 Dm x x 0 2 3 1 Dm/C x 3 0 2 3 1 Em 0 2 2 0 0 0 Em7 7 7 9 7 8 7 F 1 3 3 2 1 1 Fmaj7 x x 3 2 1 0 F9 x x 3 2 3 3 F/C x 3 3 2 1 1 F#m 2 4 4 2 2 2 G 3 2 0 0 3 3 Gadd9 3 5 7 4 3 3 (bar3) G/D x x 0 0 3 3 G#m 4 6 6 4 4 4 Gsus4/C x 3 2 0 1 3 ******************************************************************