New Year's Day

U2 - New Year's Day - additional corrections and recommendations Tabbed by: Christopher S. Gordon e-mail me: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Just about every tab I've seen of this song would have you tune down a half-step. It's unnecessary, since you can just play the frets a half- step higher to get the exact same notes. Call it a time saver of sorts. Main Riff: G---------------------------------------------------- D--------9-------------1-----------4-------------4--- A--11-11---11---11/2-2---2---2/6-6---6---6---6-6---6/ E---------------------------------------------------- One part that I've found missing from all these tabs is the trailing portion of the main riff heard 18 seconds into the song (amongst other places). If you've played any of these tabs to the CD, you know what I'm talking about. Bridge: G----------------- D----------------- * means repeat note A--9*-7*-11*-9*-7* E----------------- And finally, the chorus transposed a half-step. Chorus: G----------------- D----------------- * means repeat note A--9*-11*-9*-7*--- E----------------- That should do it. U2 "New Year's day" - bass tab *correction* ------------------------------------------- Here's the correct way Adam Clayton plays the song. Tune down 1/2 step Main riff: G----------------------------------------------------- D--------10-------------2-----------5-------------5--- A--12-12----12---12/3-3---3---3/7-7---7---7---7-7---7/ E----------------------------------------------------- You can choose to play it with or without the slides, personnaly I prefer to play it with the slides. It sounds very cool. In live performances Adam plays it with slides. Chorus: G----------------- D----------------- * means repeat note A--10*-12*-10*-8*- E----------------- There are slight variations to the chorus during the beginning of the song and before The Edge's guitar solo. These variations are G-------------------- D-------------------- A--10*-8*-12*-10*-8*- E-------------------- These are the parts that make the song. Just listen to it to know where to play the parts correctly. Tabbed by Roberto Cruz Any comments, suggestions, corrections, etc. feel free to e-mail me at [email protected] U2 "New Year's Day" - BASS TAB ------------------------------ Tune down 1/2 step to: Eb Ab Db Gb This is the main bass riff: Am C Em Em |---2-2-5-2--22-----------------------0--------------0-----| |:---------------------2--------0-2-2---2--22--0-2-2---2-22| |:---------------0-3-3---3--33-----------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| During the chorus, eighth notes are played: G Am G F |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------| |:---------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |:-------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| Tabbed by Mark Linwood Hints, Suggestions ([email protected]) U2 "New Year's Day" - BASS TAB ------------------------------ steve palmer [email protected] Tune down 1/2 step to: Eb Ab Db Gb This is the main bass riff: Am C Em Em |------------------------------------------------| |:-----------------2-----------------------------| |:--0-0-3-0----3-3---3---------------------------| |-------------------------0-0-3-0----0-0-3-0-----| During the chorus, eighth notes are played: G Am G F |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |:----------------------------------------------------------------------| |:----------------------------------------------------------------------| |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---| (*during the piano part, eighth notes are played in the end as follows: G F Am G F) Also, during the solo, variations on the main riff are played, such as: Am C Em Em |------------------------------------------------| |:-----------------2----------5----------5-------| |:--0-0-3-0----3-3---3----7-7---7----7-7---7-----| |------------------------------------------------| There are other slight variations I haven't figured out yet. New Years Day bass Tabbed by Max "Maki" Portnoj [email protected] Verse Am C Em Em G|---7--------------------| D|-55-5----------7-----7--| A|---------7---55-5--55-5-| E|-------88-8-------------| Repeat this trough the verses and solo Chorus G F G A G|---------------| D|---------------| A|-10--12--10--8-| E|---------------| Adam plays the 10:th fret on the A string about 16 times the he changes to to the 12:th and plays it about 10-15 times the again to 10:th fret which he plays 16 times and then to the 8:th fret which he plays 10-15 times Enjoy I had a look at the version of new year's day that you have posted. I tried playing while the song was playing, and it doesn't seem right. I'll post some corrections to you with this message. Tell me what you think. regards Tim Wrathall These are my crappy corrections to New year's day tab that were originally posted tell me what you really think. Verse Am C Em Em G|---5--------------------| D|-77-7----------7-----7--| A|---------7---77-7--77-7-| E|-------88-8-------------| Repeat this trough the verses and solo Chorus G F G A G|---------------| D|---------------| A|-9--11---9---7-| E|---------------| Adam plays the 10:th fret on the A string about 16 times the he changes to to the 12:th and plays it about 10-15 times the again to 10:th fret which he plays 16 times and then to the 8:th fret which he plays 10-15 times Enjoy Tim ([email protected])