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Saints Are Coming by U2

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Tuning: Standard

This a pretty cool song, though I've never heard the original and can't find it
:(
This is the studio recording, which was remarkably simple;
just 2 takes of guitar, The Edge and Billie, all tabbed out.

Intro (w/ heavy delay) (piano plays Em, Em/D, Chord diagramB minorBm under)
The Edge
e|-12:--10:--|
Chord diagramBB|-----------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------|

Pre-Verse
The Edge
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-12----12----12----12----11----11----11----11----11----11----11----11----11----11----11----11----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----14----14----14----14----14----14----14----14----12----12----12----12----11----11----11----11-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Billie
e|-7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----6-----6-----6-----6-----|
Chord diagramBB|-8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse (w/ filters/wah)
The Edge
e|-----10:---7:--|
Chord diagramBB|-8:---8:---7:--|
Chord diagramG+G|-9:---7:---7:--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-9:---9:---9:--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-7:------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------|

Pre-Chorus (Boom! Cha! Hey!)
The Edge + Billie
e|-----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-11-12-14-11-12-14-11-12-14-11-12-14-11-12-14-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|

Chorus
The Edge
e|--0--0--0-0-0-0-3--3--3-3-3-3-0--0--0-0-0-0-3--3--3-3-3-3-|
Chord diagramBB|--0--0--0-0-0-0-3--3--3-3-3-3-0--0--0-0-0-0-3--3--3-3-3-3-|
Chord diagramG+G|--0--0--0-0-0-0-4--4--4-4-4-4-0--0--0-0-0-0-4--4--4-4-4-4-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--2--2--2-2-2-2-5--5--5-5-5-5-2--2--2-2-2-2-5--5--5-5-5-5-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--2--2--2-2-2-2-5--3--5-5-5-5-2--2--2-2-2-2-5--5--5-5-5-5-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--0--0--0-0-0-0-3--3--3-3-3-3-0--0--0-0-0-0-3--3--3-3-3-3-|
Billie
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------------15:-------------------------15-------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--12:----------------12--11--12:-----------------12--11---|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------|

The Edge
-------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------|
-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
-------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------|
Billie
-------------------------------------------------|
-------------15----------------------15----------|
-12-12-12-12-------12----11-11-11-11-------11----|
-------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------|

The Edge
--0--0--0-0-0-0-3--3--3-3-3-3-0--0--0-0-0-0-3--3--3-3-3-3-|
--0--0--0-0-0-0-3--3--3-3-3-3-0--0--0-0-0-0-3--3--3-3-3-3-|
--0--0--0-0-0-0-4--4--4-4-4-4-0--0--0-0-0-0-4--4--4-4-4-4-|
--2--2--2-2-2-2-5--5--5-5-5-5-2--2--2-2-2-2-5--5--5-5-5-5-|
--2--2--2-2-2-2-5--3--5-5-5-5-2--2--2-2-2-2-5--5--5-5-5-5-|
--0--0--0-0-0-0-3--3--3-3-3-3-0--0--0-0-0-0-3--3--3-3-3-3-|
Billie
----------------------------------------------------------|
---------------15:-------------------------15-------------|
--12:----------------12--11--12:-----------------12--11---|
----------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------|

The Edge + Billie
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-11-11-12-12-14-14-11-11-12-12-14-14-11-11-12-12-11-11-12-12-14-14-11-11-12-|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Pre-Verse w/ pm

Solo
The Edge
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------17-------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------------------------14b(16):~-------19b(21)~-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-12b(14):--------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------12/14:-------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Billie
e|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
Chord diagramBB|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Verse

Repeat Chorus

Repeat last Chorus riff

end on
The Edge + Billie
e|-------|
Chord diagramBB|-12:~-|
Chord diagramG+G|-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------|

| / slide up
|  slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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