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Song for Someone - U2
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Tabbed by Alex
Tuning: Standard
*Lyrics are not placed exactly, but are in the general correct location.
Verse:
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D|---4-2---4-2---2---4-2---4-2---2-------------------------------------------|
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E|-0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---------------------------------------------|
You've got a face not spoiled by beauty.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---4-----4-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----4-----4---4-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-2-----2-----2-------------------------------------------------------------| I've got some scars from e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---6-----6-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----6-----6---6-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-4-----4-----4-------------------------------------------------------------| Where I've been. (Same riff repeats throughout verse) You've got eyes that can see right through me You're not afraid of anything they've seen I was told that I would feel Nothing the first time I don't know how these cuts heal But in you I found a rhyme Pre Chorus 1: (This part and the chorus have some reverb/echo so it may sound like more than one note) e|----------------------2-------------------------------2--------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------4-------------------------------4------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| If there is a light you can't always see e|----------------------2-----------------------------2----------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------3----------------------------4--------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| And there is a world we can't always be e|--------------------2------------------------------------2-----------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------4-----------------------------------4---------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| If there is a dark that we shouldn't doubt e|----------------------2----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------4---------------------| G|-------------------3-----------------------------1-------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| And there is a light, don't let it go out Chorus: (Same as last half of pre chorus) e|--------------2-------------------------------2----------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------4-------------------------------4--------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| This is a song... e|--------2------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------4----------------------------------------------------------| G|-----3-------1-------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A song for someone e|--------------2-------------------------------2----------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------4-------------------------------4--------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| This is a song... e|--------2------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------4----------------------------------------------------------| G|-----3-------1-------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A song for someone Verse: You let me in to a conversation A conversation only we could make You break and enter my imagination Whatever's in there it's yours to take I was told that I would feel Nothing the first time You were slow to heal But this could be the night Pre Chorus 2: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----12----12----12-----12----12----12----12----12--------------------------| G|-11----11----11-----11----11----11----11----11-----------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----11----11----11----11-----12----12----11----9---------------------------| G|-11----11----11----11-----11----11----11----11-----------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Repeat once) Lyrics for pre chorus 2: If there is a light you can't always see And there is a world we can't always be If there is a dark that we shouldn't doubt And there is a light, don't let it go out Chorus 2: Chorus 2 is the same as Pre Chorus 2, just play around with the first string. Solo: e|-11-9----9-11-----------11-9----9-11------9--------------------------------| B|------12------9-12-----------12------9-12----------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-11-9----9-11-----------11-9----11-----------------------------------------| B|------12------9-12-----------12----12-9------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Outro Part 1: e|----------------------2-------------------------------2--------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------4-------------------------------4------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| And I'm a long... e|----------------------2-----------------------------2----------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------3----------------------------4--------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| way from your Hill of Cavalry e|--------------------2------------------------------------2-----------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------4-----------------------------------4---------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| And I'm a long... way e|----------------------2----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------4---------------------| G|-------------------3-----------------------------1-------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| from where I was and where I need to be Outro Part 2: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---4-2---4-2---2---4-2---4-2---2-------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---------------------------------------------| If there is a light... you can't always see e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---4-----4-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----4-----4---4-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-2-----2-----2-------------------------------------------------------------| If there is a world we can't always be e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---6-----6-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----6-----6---6-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-4-----4-----4-------------------------------------------------------------| Where I've been. (Continue this riff to end of song) If there is a kiss I stole from your mouth And there is a light, don't let it go out ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by U2 Lyrics by Bono and the Edge ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend
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