Even Better Than The Real Thing Bass tabs by U2

Even Better Than The Real Thing bass tab by U2

Bass tabs

Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb)


Intro:

Gb|-------------------|
Db|---10-9-7----------|
Ab|----------10-9-7---|
Eb|-------------------|

Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|------------3---|----------------|------------3---|
Ab|5---5---5-5-3-5-|--5---0-3-5-----|5---5---5-5-3-5-|--5---0-3-5-----|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Verse 1:

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Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|------------3---|----------------|------------3---|
Ab|5---5---5-5-3-5-|--5---0-3-5-----|5---5---5-5-3-5-|--5---0-3-5-----|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Gb|----------------|------------3---|----------------|----------------|
Db|5---5---5-5-3-5-|--5---0-3-5-----|----------------|------------3---|
Ab|----------------|----------------|5---5---5-5-3-5-|--5---0-3-5-----|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Pre-Chorus:

Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Ab|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------|----------------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|------------3---|
Ab|----------------|----------------|5---5---5-5-3-5-|--5---0-3-5-----|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Chorus:

Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----2-3-5-5-5-5-|----------------|----2-3-5-5-5-5-|
Ab|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|--5-------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|--5-------------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----2-3-5-5-5-5-|----------------|----2-3-5-5-5-5-|
Ab|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|--5-------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|--5-------------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Interlude:

Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|------------3---|----------------|------------3---|
Ab|5---5---5-5-3-5-|--5---0-3-5-----|5---5---5-5-3-5-|--5---0-3-5-----|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Verse 2:

Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|------------3---|----------------|------------3---|
Ab|5---5---5-5-3-5-|--5---0-3-5-----|5---5---5-5-3-5-|--5---0-3-5-----|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Gb|----------------|------------3---|----------------|----------------|
Db|5---5---5-5-3-5-|--5---0-3-5-----|----------------|------------3---|
Ab|----------------|----------------|5---5---5-5-3-5-|--5---0-3-5-----|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Pre-Chorus:

Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Ab|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------|----------------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|------------3---|
Ab|----------------|----------------|5---5---5-5-3-5-|--5---0-3-5-----|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Chorus:

Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----2-3-5-5-5-5-|----------------|----2-3-5-5-5-5-|
Ab|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|--5-------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|--5-------------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----2-3-5-5-5-5-|----------------|----2-3-5-5-5-5-|
Ab|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|--5-------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|--5-------------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Bridge:

Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----2-3-5-5-5-5-|----------------|----2-3-5-5-5-5-|
Ab|5---5---5-5-5-3-|--5-------------|5---5---5-5-5-3-|--5-------------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| x5

Gb|----------------|------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
Db|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10\|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10/|
Ab|----------------|------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
Eb|----------------|------------------------|----------------|------------------------|

Gb|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|10-0-2-3-5-5-5-5-|----------------|----2-3-5-5-5-5-|
Ab|------------------------|-----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|--5-------------|
Eb|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|

Chorus:

Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----2-3-5-5-5-5-|----------------|----2-3-5-5-5-5-|
Ab|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|--5-------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|--5-------------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| x5

Outro:

Gb|------------------|-----------------|
Db|------------------|-----------------|
Ab|5-------/17-------|17\--------------|
Eb|------------------|-----------------|

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This is the bassline for the live version of Real Thing (e.g. from Zoo TV), which is (appropriately) even better than the studio version.

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