Bass tabs
Artist: U2
Track: Always
Album: Beautiful Day Single
Instrument: Bass Guitar
Tabbed by Greg McGuire
Intro:
|-------------------------\ (Bass drops out for a
|--------------------------\ few beats after the
|--5-5-5-5--5-2-0-2--/ guitar joins in but
|-------------------------/ comes back for vocals)
Verse:
("Here today and gone tomorrow...")
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--5-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--5-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
Chorus
("What you have you don't need...")
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-0-0-0--2-2-2--5-5-5---------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
|----------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------
Ending
(..now and forever...for always...)
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
|------------------------------------------------------------------
The order for the song is:
Intro x7
Verse x2
Chorus x3
Intro x1
Verse x2
Chorus x4
Verse x2 (double each note for this verse)
Chorus x6
Ending x3
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That's it! Hope you enjoyed this greatly under-rated U2 classic, an
early version of "Beautiful Day" that eventually became the b-side of
the hit.
For comments, criticisms etc. e-mail me at: [email protected].
Enjoy!