Like A Song tab by U2

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U2
Like A augmentedA Song
from the album War
transcribed by Ryan Fitzsimmons


The is my take on "Like A augmentedA Song". You will have to listen
to the recording for the timing. I put the chord names
above each measure for reference.


It starts off with these weird sustained notes, for which I
use harmonics to try to get close to the sound, letting them
all sustain together.

Eb-------------------
Bb---------------
Gb---------------
Db----------------
Ab-------------------
Eb-------------------

The main riff in each verse is this


Riff A augmentedA
  E minorEm      D MajorD       Asus2Asus2    C majorC
Eb------------]--------------]------------]--------------]
Bb---0--------]---3----------]---0--------]-1--0--1--0---]
Gb------0-----]------2-------]------2-----]--------------]
Db-2-------2--]-0-------0----]---------2--]--------------]
Ab------------]--------------]-0----------]--------------]
Eb------------]--------------]------------]--------------]
  Like  ..


Riff A augmentedA repeats once and then goes into this solo

Solo
  E minorEm       D MajorD       Asus2Asus2     C majorC
Eb---------------]-------------]------------]--------------]
Bb---------------]-------------]------------]--12-13-12----]
Gb---------------]--11--12-11--]-/14--------]-----------14-]
Db-----14-----14-]-------------]------------]--------------]
Ab---------------]-------------]------------]--------------]
Eb-12------12----]-------------]------------]--------------]

  E minorEm       D MajorD       Asus2Asus2  C majorC
Eb---------------]-------------]-------]-10-12-14-10-12-14\]
Bb---------------]-------------]-------]-------------------]
Gb---------------]--11--12-11--]-/14---]-------------------]
Db-----14-----14-]-------------]-------]-------------------]
Ab---------------]-------------]-------]-------------------]
Eb-12------12----]-------------]-------]-------------------]

Then Riff A augmentedA repeats twice, followed some funky chords with
heavy delay - there are two guitars in this part, but they
both basically do the same thing, as shown in Riff B.


Riff BB
  E minorEm     D MajorD      Asus2Asus2     C majorC
Eb-7-----7---]-7------8--]--7------7--]--7----7------------
Bb-8-----8---]-8------8--]--8------7--]--7----7------------
Gb-9-----9---]-9------9--]--9------7--]--7----7------------
Db-----------]-----------]------------]--------------------
Ab-----------]-----------]------------]--------------------
Eb-----------]-----------]------------]--------------------
             I won't wear it on my sleeve.....

Riff BB happens Twice before the chorus, which basically uses
the chords shown below

Chorus
  C majorC              D MajorD
Eb-10------10--10-]--10---10--]-/12-----12---------]-12----
Bb-8-------8---8--]--8----8---]-/10-----10---------]-10----
Gb-9-------9---9--]--9----9---]-/11-----11---------]-11----
Db-10------10--10-]--10---10--]-/12-----12---------]-12----
Ab----------------]-----------]--------------------]-------
Eb----------------]-----------]--------------------]-------
  I'm too ...

In the first chorus (I'm too old to be told..), the chords above
only happen once, but in all the other chorus it happens twice

After the second and third chorus there is a bridge that goes
like this

Bridge
  (No Chords)          (G+G)     (D MajorD)
Eb--------------]--------------]------------]--------------
Bb--------------]--------------]--8---8---8-]--7---7---7---
Gb--------------]--------------]--7---7---7-]--7---7---7---
Db--------------]--------------]--5---5---5-]--4---4---4---
Ab--------------]--------------]------------]--------------
Eb--------------]--------------]------------]--------------
 Let the ..
The Bridge always repeats once.

After you get through the second chorus, and then the bridge shown
above, The Edge rips a great solo much like the one at the
beginning of the song, with lots of delay.

Solo #2
  E minorEm       D MajorD       Asus2Asus2     C majorC
Eb---------------]-------------]------------]--------------]
Bb---------------]-------------]------------]--12-13-12----]
Gb---------------]--11--12-11--]-/14---14---]-----------14-]
Db-----14-----14-]-------------]------------]--------------]
Ab---------------]-------------]------------]--------------]
Eb-12------12----]-------------]------------]--------------]

  E minorEm       D MajorD       Asus2Asus2  C majorC
Eb---------------]-------------]-------]--14------14-------]
Bb---------------]-------------]-------]-------------------]
Gb---------------]--11--12-11--]-/14---]------14------14---]
Db-----14-----14-]-------------]-------]-------------------]
Ab---------------]-------------]-------]-------------------]
Eb-12------12----]-------------]-------]-------------------]

  E minorEm
Eb-14----14---]-14----14--]-14---14----]-10-12-14-10-12-14\]
Bb------------]-----------]------------]-------------------]
Gb----14----14]----14---14]----14---14-]-------------------]
Db------------]-----------]------------]-------------------]
Ab------------]-----------]------------]-------------------]
Eb------------]-----------]------------]-------------------]

Ater that it goes through the third verse and chorus, where
the only thing that is really differen't is that Riff BB
gets played three times instead of twice. The song the breaks
down into a drum groove, the bass changes key to D MajorD minor,
and one of the guitars plays some funky riffs like this

Ending Riff

Eb---5----5----5----5----5--3--3--3-
Bb---6----6----6----6----6--3--3--3-
Gb---7----7----7----7----7--4--4--4-
Db----------------------------------
Ab----------------------------------
Eb----------------------------------

It does this untill it fades out


Confused? Here are the lyrics with the parts indicated where they
happen

(Intro)

(Riff A augmentedA)
Like a ..
(Riff A augmentedA)
Like ..

(Solo)

(Riff A augmentedA)
And in ..
(Riff A augmentedA)
Revolution ..

(Riff BB)
I ..
(Riff BB)
see ..,
And ..

(Chorus)
I'm ..
(Riff A augmentedA)
Tonight, ..

(Riff A augmentedA)
And we ..
(Riff A augmentedA)
And .....

(Riff BB)
..let ..
(Riff BB)
As ..
And ..

(Chorus)
To ..
(Chorus)
To ..

(Bridge)
Let ..
(Bridge)
Let ..

(Riff A augmentedA)
Is ..
(Riff A augmentedA)
Is ..
Is ..

(Solo #2)

(Riff A augmentedA)
A augmentedA ..
(Riff A augmentedA)
Nothing ..

(Riff BB)
And ..
(Riff BB)
Well ..
When ..
(Riff BB)
You ...

(Chorus)
Angry ..
Two ..
(Chorus)
A augmentedA ...
Oh ...

(Bridge)
Is ..
(Bridge)
Is ..

(Ending Riff)


If you listen to the song for the timing, it should be pretty easy
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