The Joshua Tree by U2 (complete)
SONGS: Where the Streets Have No Name
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
With or Without You
Bullet the Blue Sky
Running to Stand Still
Red Hill Mining Town
In God's Country
Trip Through Your Wires
One Tree Hill
Exit
Mothers of the Disappeared
Sweetest Thing (B-side to Where the Streets Have No Name)
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Where the Streets Have No Name
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Intro: it's just a nice lick on a D chord:
E-------------10----------------10----
B-----------10--10------------10--10--
G--12-11-12----------12-11-10---------
D-------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------
D
I want to run, I want to hide
G
I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside
Bm
I want to reach out
A
And touch the flame
Csus9
Where the streets have no name
I want to feel, sunlight on my face
See that dust cloud disappear without a trace
I want to take shelter from the poison rain
Where the streets have no name
D
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
G
We're still building then burning down love
Burning down love
BmA
And when I go there, I go there with you...
D
It's all I can do
The city's a flood
And our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind, trampled in dust
I'll show you a place high on the desert plain
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Still building then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there, I go there with you
It's all I can do
D
Our love turns to rust
G
And we're beaten and blown by the wind
D
Blown by the wind, oh and I see love
See our love turn to rust
G
And we're beaten and blown by the wind
Ken je een betere of completere versie? Stuur 'm in
x x 4 4 3 2 Csus9 x x x 7 8 10
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I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
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:/ But I still haven't found what I'm looking for /:
I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like fire this burning desire
I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night, I was cold as a stone
:/ But I still haven't found what I'm looking for /:
I believe in the Kingdom Come
Then all the colours will bleed into one
But yes I'm still running.
You broke the bonds, you loosened the chains
You carried the cross
And my shame, and my shame
You know I believed it
:/ But I still haven't found what I'm looking for /:
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With or Without You
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Same four chords repeat throughout song:
I wait for you
Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait....without you
With or without you
With or without you
Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you
With or without you, with or without you
I can't live with or without you
And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away
My hands are tied
My body bruised, she's got me with
Nothing left to win
And nothing else to lose
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
TAB (Guitar parts during chorus):
|---10---10-10---10--------------------|
|-8----8-------8----7------------------|
|---------------------------0-0-0------|
|---------------------0-0-0------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
Solos at end are formation of
chords:
-2-0-0-2-3----------------
-3-3-3-3-3----------------
-2-2-0-2-2----------------
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--------------------------
--------------------------
note that for each chord formation above, each repeats several times, and
the entire chord sequence of the 5 chord formation above repeats also.
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Bullet the Blue Sky
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This song can be played with a quick series of chords
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\/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/
In the howling wind comes a stinging rain
See it driving nails into souls on the tree of pain
>From the firefly, a red orange glow
See the face of fear running scared in the valley below
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
In the locust wind comes a rattle and hum
Jacob wrestled the angel and the angel was overcome
Plant a demon seed, you raise a flower of fire
See them burning crosses, see the flames, higher and higher
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Suit and tie comes up to me
His face red
Like a rose on a thorn bush
Like all the colours of a royal flush
Through the alleys of a quiet city street
Up the staircase to the first floor
We turn the key and slowly unlock the door
man breathes deep into saxophone
Through the walls we hear the city graon
Outside is America
Outside is America
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Running to Stand Still
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ah la la la de day, ah la la de day
Sweet the sin, but bitter the taste in my mouth.
I see seven towers, but I only see one way out.
You got to cry without weeping, talk without speaking,
scream without raising your voice, you know I took the poison,
from the poison stream, then I floated out of here, singing
ah, ah la la la de day
ah la la la de day, ah la la de day
she's running to stand still
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Red Hill Mining Town
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Intro:
GUITAR
You're all that's left to hold on to
The glass is cut, the bottle runs dry
Our love runs cold in the caverns of the night
We're wounded by fear, injured in doubt
I can lose myself, you I can't live without
Because you keep me holding on
In Red Hill Town, as the lights go down
I'm hanging on ...
And we scorch the earth, set fire to the sky
Stoop so low to reach so hihgh
link is lost, the chain undone
Now we wait all day for the night to come
And it comes
And it comes
Like a hunter (child)
I'm hanging on
You're all that's left to hold on to
I'm hanging on
You're all that's left to hold on to
Our love, has seen a better day
I'm hanging on
You're all that's left to hold on to
I'm holding on
You're all that's left to hold on to
See the lights go down on Red Hill Town
See lights go down on Red Hill Town
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In God's Country
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Sad eyes crooked crosses... In God's Country
Set me alight
We'll punch a hole right through the night
Everyday the dreamers die
To see what's on the other side
She is Liberty
And she comes to rescue me
Hope faith, her vanity
The greatest gift is gold
Sleep comes like a drug... In God's Country
Sad eyes crooked crosses... In God's Country
Naked flame
She stands with a naked flame
I stand with the sons of Cain
Burned by the fire of love
F9 C9
I was calling out
Still shaking, still in pain
You put me back together again
I was cold and you clothed me honey
I was down and you lifted me honey
Angel, angel or devil
I was thirsty
And you wet my lips
I trip through your wires
I was broken, bent out of shape
I was naked in the clothes you made
My lips were dry, throat like rust
You gave me shelter
>From the heat and the dust
There's no more water in the well
No more water in the well
Angel, angel or devil
I was thirsty
And you wet my lips
You, I'm waiting for you
You, you set my desire
I trip through your wires
Thunder, thunder on the mountain
There's a raincloud in the desert sky
In the distance, she saw me coming round
I was calling out, I was calling out
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One Tree Hill
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As the day begs the night for mercy
Your sun's so bright it leaves no shadows, only scars
Carved into stone on the face of earth
The moon is up and over One Tree Hill
We see the sun go down in your eyes
Like a river to the sea
And in our world a heart of darkness, a firezone
Where poets speak their hearts, then bleed for it
Jara sang, his song a weapon, in the hands of love
You know his blood still cries from the ground
It runs like a river to the sea, like a river to the sea
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts
While bullets rape the night of the merciful
I'll see you again when the stars fall from the sky
And the moon has turned red over One Tree Hill
We run like a river to the sea, like a river to the sea
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Exit
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dog started crying like a broken hearted man
At the howling wind... the howling wind
He went deeper into black, deeper into white...
he could see the stars shine like nails in the night
He felt the healing, healing, healing, healing hands of love
Like the stars shiny, shiny... from above.
He put his hands in the pocket, his finger on the steel
The pistol weighed heavy, his heart he could feel
Was beating, beating, beating, beating oh my love
Oh my love, oh my love, oh my love.
(He saw the hands that build could also pull down....
The hands of love)
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Mothers of the Disappeared (tab)
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The main guitar is acoustic, and the 2nd guitar is a distorted electric.
How to decipher my notation: top line is guitar type (if it is necessary
to point out), 2nd line is lyrics, 3rd line is chord names, 4th is treble
rhythm. Then the TAB, and under that is bass rhythm.
Notation:
s - sixteenth note e - eighth note q - quarter note
h - half note w - whole note ^ - ties two note lengths together
. - play note for one and a half times the value before it
(just like a dot in standard notation)
NOTE LENGTHS IN CAPITAL LETTERS MEAN REST FOR THAT VALUE OF TIME!
/ - slide up \ - slide down h - hammer-on p - pull-off
(Acoustic guitar - let ring)
e e e q q. e e q. q. q. e e e q q. e e h Q e e
E---------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|-------------|
B---------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|-------------|
G---------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|-------------|
D---11-12-|-12/14-14-14-12-|-11--11---11-12-|-12/14---14---14-12-|-11----11/12-|
A-0-------|-0--------------|-(0)----0-------|-(0)---0----0-------|-(0)-0-------|
E---------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|-------------|
q. w h^e q. q q. q. h^e q.
e q q. e e e q q e e e s e^e. s s^q s s e Q e e Q e e
E----------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
B----------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
G----------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
D-11\9-9----9-11-|-11/12---12-12-11-9-|-9\7----7-7---7/9\7-|-----7-7---11-12-|
A-(0)-----0------|-(0)---0------------|-0------0-0---------|-(0)-----0-------|
E----------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
h^e q. q h. q. s s^h h
e q q. e e h^e q e e q q. e e q. q. e e
E------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
D-12/14-14---14-12-|-11---11---12-----|-12/14-14---14-12-|-11--11---11h12-|
A-(0)------0-------|-0--0----0--------|-(0)------0-------|-(0)----0-------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
h^e q. q. q. q h^e q. h^e q.
e q q. e e e q q. e e s e.e q. q e q. h
E---------------|-------------------|-------------|------------|
B---------------|-------------------|-------------|------------|
G---------------|-------------------|-------------|------------|
D-11\9-9---9-11-|-11h12---12---11-9-|-9\7-7-7---7-|-(7)-7---7--|
A--------0------|-(0)---0----0------|-(0)-----0---|-(0)---0---0|
E---------------|-------------------|-------------|------------|
(h^e) q. q q. q. h^e q. q Q q q.
q q. q e q e e e s s e e q. q. e q q. e q
E------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------------|
B------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------------|
G---9-9---9--|-(9)-9-9-9-9-9/11\9-|-(9)-9---9---9-|-(9)---9---9-9------------|
D------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------------|
A-0-----0----|--0----0------------|--0----0---0---|-(0)-0---0---0------------|
E------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------------|
h^e q. q. h^e q. q. q e q. q q
q. q. e q q. q e
E--------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
B--------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
G--------------|-----------7---7-|---9---9---9-|-(9)---9---9---9-|
D---9---9---9\-|---4---4---------|-------------|-----------------|
A--------------|---------5---5---|-0---0---0---|-(0)-0---0---0---|
E-0---0---0----|-2---2-----------|-------------|-----------------|
q. q q. q. q. q e q. q q
In the wind you hear their laughter,in the rain we see their tears,
e q. q. e q q. q e e q e q. e q q. q e
E-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
G-(9)-9---9---9---|-(9)---9---9---9-|-(9)-9-9-9---9-|-(9)---9---9---9-|
D-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
A-0-----0---0-----|-(0)-0---0---0---|-0-----0---0---|-(0)-0---0---0---|
E-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
q. q. q e q. q q q. q. q e q. q q
q. q e e
E--------------|---------------|-------------|-------------------|------------|
B--------------|---------------|-------------|-------------------|---7--7---7-|
G--------------|---------7---7-|---9---9---9-|-(9)---9---10-9----|--------7---|
D---9---9---9\-|---4-----------|-------------|-------------------|-0----------|
A--------------|-------5---5---|-0---0---0---|-(0)-0---0---------|------------|
E-0---0---0----|-2---2---------|-------------|-------------------|------------|
q. q q. q. q. q e q. h w
q.q e e e e h e e q. q. q e q q. e e
E-----------------|-------------|--------------|-----------|-------------------|
B-(7)---7---10---7|-------------|--------------|-7---7---7-|-(7)-10---10---10-7|
G-(7)-7-----------|---9-9--9/11\|\9-9-9---10-9-|-----------|-------------------|
D-0-------0----0--|-------------|--------------|---0-0-0---|-(0)----0----0-----|
A-----------------|-0-----0-----|---0---0------|-----------|-------------------|
E-----------------|-------------|--------------|-----------|-------------------|
h q q h^e q.
q q. q e q q. s s e e q e q e e
E---------|---------------|-------------|----------------------|---------------|
B---------|---------------|-------------|----------------------|---------------|
G---9-9---|-(9)---9-9---9-|---9---9---9-|-(9)-9---9-----9/11\9-|-(9)-9-9-9---9-|
D---------|---------------|-------------|----------------------|-----------7---|
A-0-----0-|-(0)-0-----0---|-0---0---0---|-0-----0---0-0--------|-0-----0-------|
E---------|---------------|-------------|----------------------|---------------|
| h. q q q. q. q q. q. q q e q. q. h^e
|
|(2nd guitar)
|
| h.. e q q Q. e h.. e
E---------|---------------|-------------|----------------------|---------------|
B---------|---------------|-------------|----------------------|---------------|
G---------|---------------|-------------|----------------------|---------------|
D---------|---------------|-------------|----------------------|---------------|
A---------|---------------|-------------|-12-12\---12\---------|---------------|
E---------|---------------|----5----(5)/|----------------------|-----5-----(5)/|
e e q e e s s e e q. q. e e e q e e s s e
q. q. e q q q e e
E-------------------|-----------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
B-------------------|-----------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
G-(9)---9---9-9/11\9|---9--9---9|(9)--9---9-9/11\9|---9---9--9-|(9)--9-9-------|
D-----7---7---------|-7---------|---7---7---------|------------|----------11-12|
A-0-------0---------|-0---0--0--|(0)----0---------|-0---0---0--|(0)0--0-0------|
E-------------------|-----------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
| h h q. q. q h h q. q. q e q q q.
|
| (2nd guitar)
|
| q q Q. e h.. e q q Q. e h.. e q q Q. e
E-------------------|-----------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
B-------------------|-----------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
G-------------------|-----------|----14\----------|------------|---------------|
D-------------------|-----------|----14\----------|------------|---------------|
A-12-12\----12\-----|-----------|-12-12\-------12\|------------|12-12\--12\----|
E-------------------|-5-----(5)/|-----------------|-5------(5)/|---------------|
e q q. e e h. e e e q q. e e h. e e
E--------------------|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
B--------------------|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
G--------------------|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
D-12/14---14---14-12-|-11------11-12-|-12/14---14---14-12-|-11------11-12-|
A-0-----0----0-------|-0--0--0-------|-0-----0----0-------|-0--0--0-------|
E--------------------|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
q q. q. q q. q. q q. q. q q. q.
e q q. e e q. q e e e s e^e. q e s s s s e q. q e e
E-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
D-11-9---9---9-11-|-12---12-12-11-9-|-9p7-----7-7-7h9p7\5-|-7-7---7---11-12-|
A-0----0---0------|----0------------|-0-------0-----------|-0---0---0-------|
E-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
q q. q. Q h. q. h^e q. q q.
Night hangs like a prisoner, stretched over black and blue,
e q q. e e h. e e e q q. e e h. e e
E--------------------|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
B--------------------|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
G--------------------|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
D-12/14---14---14-12-|-11------11-12-|-12/14---14---14-12-|-11------11-12-|
A-0-----0----0-------|-0--0--0-------|-0-----0----0-------|-0--0--0-------|
E--------------------|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
q q. q. q q. q. q q. q. q q. q.
hear their heartbeats, we hear their heartbeats.
e q q. e e q. q e e e s e^e. q e s s s s e q. q e e
E-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
D-11-9---9---9-11-|-12---12-12-11-9-|-9p7-----7-7-7h9p7\5-|-7-7---7---11-12-|
A-0----0---0------|----0------------|-0-------0-----------|-0---0---0-------|
E-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
q q. q. Q h. q. h^e q. q q.
In the trees, our sons stand naked, through the walls, our daughters cry,
e q q. e e h. e e e q q. e e h. e e
E--------------------|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
B--------------------|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
G--------------------|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
D-12/14---14---14-12-|-11------11-12-|-12/14---14---14-12-|-11------11-12-|
A-0-----0----0-------|-0--0--0-------|-0-----0----0-------|-0--0--0-------|
E--------------------|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
q q. q. q q. q. q q. q. q q. q.
see their tears in the rain fall.
e q q. e e q. q e e e s e^e. q e s s s s e q. q e e
E-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
D-11-9---9---9-11-|-12---12-12-11-9-|-9p7-----7-7-7h9p7\5-|-7-7---7---11-12-|
A-0----0---0------|----0------------|-0-------0-----------|-0---0---0-------|
E-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
q q. q. Q h. q. h^e q. q q.
(Repeat next 4 bars 6 times)
q q e e e e e e e q e e
E---------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|
B-7-7-7-----7---|--7--10---10---10-7-|----------------|---------------10-9-|
G---------------|--------------------|---9---9-9-9/11\|\9---9-9-9-9--------|
D-0-----0-0---0-|-(0)----0----0------|----------------|--------------------|
A---------------|--------------------|-0---0---0------|-(0)-0-------0------|
E---------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|
h e q e q q. q. q q. q. e h q.
(Repeat the next two bars and fade out)
e e e e e e e e e q e e e e
E-------------------|---------------------|
B-------10-----10---|-10-------10---------|
G-----9------9----9-|----9--------9-9-----|
D---7------7--------|------7----------7\--|
A-0-----------------|--------0------------|
E-------------------|---------------------|
| w q. h^e
|
|(2nd guitar)
|
| h.. e q q Q. e
E-------------------|---------------------|
B-------------------|---------------------|
G-------------------|---------------------|
D-------------------|---------------------|
A-------------------|-12-12\-----12\------|
E-5-------------(5)/|---------------------|
The end. The book also gives this little fill, but for the life of me,
I can't figure out where it is supposed to be played. The book never says.
For completeness, however, I'm including it.
q. q e s s e e q. q q
E------------------|-------------------------------------------|
B------------------|-------------------------------------------|
G------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D-7----7-7-11h12-9-|-7-11---11---11----------------------------|
A----0---0---------|-0----0----0-------------------------------|
E------------------|-------------------------------------------|
Q q. q. q. q q.
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Mothers of the Disappeared (crd)
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Note: this is a very reduced version. If you want
to play anything closer to the original, look out
for the chords on the first line of the tab.
We hear their heartbeat
In the wind, we hear their laughter
In the rain we see their tears
Hear their heartbeat..., we hear their heartbeat
Night hangs like a prisoner
Stretched over black and blue
Hear their heartbeat..., we hear their heartbeat
In the trees our sons stand naked
Through the walls our daughters cry
See their tears in the rainfall
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The Sweetest Thing
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Note: Taken from Issue 13 of Propaganda
INTRO:
1. My love she throws me like a rubber ball Ohhhhhh the sweetest thing
2. I wanted to run she made me crawl Ohhhhhh the sweetest thing
3. Blue eyed boy meets a brown eyed girl Ohhhhhh the sweetest thing
1. But she won't catch me or break my fall Ohhhhhh the sweetest thing
2. Eternal fire, she turned me to straw Ohhhhhh the sweetest thing
3. You can sew it up but you still see the tear Ohhhhhh the sweetest thing
1. Baby's got blue skies over head but in this I'm a rain cloud.
2. You know I got black eyes, but they burn so brightly for her
3. Baby's got blue skies over head and in this I'm a rain cloud.
1. You know she likes a dry kind of love. Ohhhhhh the sweetest thing
2. Mine is a blind kind of love. Ohhhhhh the sweetest thing
3. You know we got a stormy kind of love. Ohhhhhh the sweetest thing