Tabs
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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:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---4-2---4-2---2---4-2---4-2---2-------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---------------------------------------------|
You've got a face not spoiled by beauty.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---4-----4-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----4-----4---4-----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-2-----2-----2-------------------------------------------------------------|
I've got some scars from
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---6-----6-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----6-----6---6-----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-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--------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------4-------------------------------4------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
If there is a light you can't always see
e|----------------------2-----------------------------2----------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------3----------------------------4--------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And there is a world we can't always be
e|--------------------2------------------------------------2-----------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------4-----------------------------------4---------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
If there is a dark that we shouldn't doubt
e|----------------------2----------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------4---------------------|
G+G|-------------------3-----------------------------1-------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And there is a light, don't let it go out
Chorus:
(Same as last half of pre chorus)
e|--------------2-------------------------------2----------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------4-------------------------------4--------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
This is a song...
e|--------2------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------4----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----3-------1-------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA song for someone
e|--------------2-------------------------------2----------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------4-------------------------------4--------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
This is a song...
e|--------2------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------4----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----3-------1-------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA song for someone
Verse:
You let me in to a conversation
A augmentedA 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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----12----12----12-----12----12----12----12----12--------------------------|
G+G|-11----11----11-----11----11----11----11----11-----------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----11----11----11----11-----12----12----11----9---------------------------|
G+G|-11----11----11----11-----11----11----11----11-----------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(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--------------------------------|
BB|------12------9-12-----------12------9-12----------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-11-9----9-11-----------11-9----11-----------------------------------------|
BB|------12------9-12-----------12----12-9------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro Part 1:
e|----------------------2-------------------------------2--------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------4-------------------------------4------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And I'm a long...
e|----------------------2-----------------------------2----------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------3----------------------------4--------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
way from your Hill of Cavalry
e|--------------------2------------------------------------2-----------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------4-----------------------------------4---------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And I'm a long... way
e|----------------------2----------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------4---------------------|
G+G|-------------------3-----------------------------1-------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
from where I was and where I need to be
Outro Part 2:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---4-2---4-2---2---4-2---4-2---2-------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---------------------------------------------|
If there is a light... you can't always see
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---4-----4-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----4-----4---4-----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-2-----2-----2-------------------------------------------------------------|
If there is a world we can't always be
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---6-----6-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----6-----6---6-----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-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
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Music by U2
Lyrics by Bono and the Edge
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| / 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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