Vertigo
Music by U2
Tabbed by Eric Danielson ([email protected]) 9-25-04
This is my first tab... not perfect, but enough to get you started.
I play this one with Drop D tuning.
Listen to the song to get a feel for the strumming...
The majority of the song is simply these riffs played in a simple pattern.
It's easy to figure out once you get the tuning, and these basic riffs
figured out.
e--------x------x-----x-x-----------
B--------x------x-----x-x-----------
G--------x------x-----x-x----------- RPT...
D--------x------x-----x-x----------
A--------x------x-----x-x-----------
D--------x------x-----x-x-----------
Riff 1
e--------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------
G------x-/-x---x-/-x---x-/-x-----------------
D------7-/-9---7-/-9---7-/-9----------------- RPT...
A------5-/-7---5-/-7---5-/-7----7-7-7-5-4-0--
D-------------------------------7-7-7-5-4-0--
Riff 2
Listen for the strumming
e------------------------------
B------------------------------
G------9-/-7-------------------
D------9-/-7----5-/-7---------- RPT 1X then back to Riff 1
A------7-/-5----5-/-7----------
D---------------5-/-7----------
Single notes (harmonics??)
e-----12-------------------------
B--------12--15---12-15-12-------
G------------------------------ RPT... then back to Riff 1/Riff 2 bit...
D-----------------------------
A------------------------------
D------------------------------
Then there's a break that's got some serious AC/DC feel to it...
e------------------------------
B-------9---7---9-----------------
G-------9---7---9----------------
D-------9---7---9----------------
A-------7---5---7-----------------
D------------------------------
I'll try to post the rest after I have more time to work with it...
U2 - Vertigo (2004), from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
This song is pretty basic to play. I think the Swedish chords are
right for the chorus but I hear something different for the intro and solo.
[Intro]
E A G
[Verse]
Muffled A
E D
Hello, Hello (Hola!)
G A
I'm at a place called vertigo (Donde esta)
E D
It's everything I wish I didn't know
G A
Except you give me something I can feel
E A
Feel
[Verse 2]
(This riff comes in halfway through this verse)
E|| --10h-12--12h-10--12--12--10--12--
[Transition]
G D A
G D A
[Solo]
Hammer (listen to the sing to get the strumming right)
xxx910x (x3), xxx99x (x6), xxx77x (x3)
[Fade]
E A G
Unos, dos, tres, catorce
Turn it up there, captain
(Rock as hard as you can tonight)
Lights go down, it's dark
The jungle is your head
Can't rule your heart
A feeling so much stron-ger
Than a thought
Your eyes are wide
And though your soul
It can't be bought
Your mind can wander
Hello, hello (¡Hola!)
I'm at a place called Vertigo (¿Dónde está?)
It's everything I wish I didn't know
Except you give me something
I can feel, feel
The night is full of holes
There's bullets ripping sky
Of ink with gold
They twinkle as the boys
Play rock and roll
They know that they can't dance
At least they know
I can't stand the beats
I'm asking for the check
The girl with crimson nails
Has Jesus around her neck
Swinging to the music
Swinging to the music
Hello, hello (¡Hola!)
I'm at a place called Vertigo (¿Dónde está?)
It's everything I wish I didn't know
But you give me something
I can feel, feel
(Shot dead)
(Sure is a fall)
(Show maiden in yeah)
All of this, all of this can be yours
All of this, all of this can be yours
All this, all of this can be yours
Just give me what I want
And no one gets hurt
Hello, hello (¡Hola!)
We're at a place called Vertigo (¿Dónde está?)
Lights go down, and all I know
Is that you give me something
I can feel your love teaching me how
Your love is teaching me how
How to kneel, kneel
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[English Translation (thanks Bryan)]
Uno, does, tres, catorce = One, Two, Three, Fourteen
Hola = Hello, or yep.
Dónde está = Where is (that)?
Vertigo
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