bonojr62

Any one have a decent guitar tab for this song?

packcrush

Okay, this is my first ever attempt at a tab; so please don't expect too much.

Anyways; the song can be broken into a few main parts.

During the intro; Edge is just using his wah-wah whilst moving his hand up and down the neck of his guitar as he mutes the strings. That gives the wacka-wacka noise you hear as Bono runs about and Larry starts his drumming. Next comes the pitch shifting/screaming noise. For this you need LOTS AND LOTS of sustain. To get this; use plenty of overdrive/distortion, and perhaps a sustain pedal. And, of course; some sort of pitch shifter. Edge uses a Digitech Whammy; (The original release; not the rerelease that is in the shops now; but seeing as the original is like astronomically expensive, no one will mind if we use the re-release ) I myself use a Boss PS-5 Super Shifter with expression pedal, I personally think it's better; but thats possibly just me. Anyways; I'm goin off track here. Edge seems to play a chord for this. I have no idea what it is; I'm watching the Santiago 1998 concert; And I think that he's playing:

e ------------------
B ------------------
G ------------------
D -----17----------
A -----17----------
E -----15----------

Remeber his guitar is tuned down a step too. He strikes this chord twice in quick succession; and then pushes his whammy pedal up when he hits the chord a third time. I for one dont know if he uses the "One octave up" or "Two octave up" setting; I suppose whatever sounds best to your ears. Edge then rocks the pedal backwards to get that collapsing screaming noise; remember, loads of overdrive and distortion help sustain it for the length of time he holds it. Also, he uses a nice Les Paul; its pickups probably contribute to the sustain too.

So Edge does the whammy bit twice; before Bono starts singing. During the verse; its more wacka-wacka noises. Then, for the "Mother, mother suckin' rock and roll" part; we have this wee riff played twice:

e ------------------------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------------------------------
G ------------------------------------------------------------------
D ----------0-------------------------------------------------------
A -------3-------------------3-------3--------------------3--------
E 5--5------------0--0--3 -------------5--3--5------3----5--3--5

Then, the next verse begins; more wacka wacka noise as Bono sings "Holy dunk, space junk comin' in for the splash".
Once we reach the, "Mother, mother suckin' rock and roll" part again; play the above riff twice.

The next part is another whammy pitch shift; this one lasts longer; so you need LOADS of sustain; Edge shifts up; shifts the pitch back down slowly and seems to hold it for a second or two; and then shifts back up to full again. You'll have to listen to the recording to exact the pitch shift; but its very very fun.

Edge then turns off his pitch shifting effect and suddenly breaks into this wee cool riff.It seems to be slightly overdriven; and it has a good bit of delay too:

e ----12---12---12---12---14------9---9---9---9---9 (Riff 1)
B -10---10---10---10---10-----10--10--10-10--10
G ----------------------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------

Edge plays the following twice while Bono sings the"Mother, am I still your son" part:

e ----12---12---12---12---12---10-10-10-10--10---8---8---8---8---8-
B -10---10---10---10---10----8---8---8---8---8----6---6---6---6---6--
G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

e ---8---8---8---8---8- (Riff 2)
B -6---6---6---6---6--
G -----------------------
D -----------------------
A -----------------------
E -----------------------

During the "No, no no NOOOO!" part; I think Edge slides down to the following note and holds it for a few seconds :

e ----
B -5-
G -----
D -----
A -----
E -----

Next; we have a quick pitch shift; and then Riff 1 twice, followed by riff 2 repeated to the end of the song. (The "Move me a mountain" part.) However; during this final part; Edge seems to slide riff 2 down another fret; its hard to make out but I'm almost certain he does it. GIve it a listen and see what you think. Then Riff 1 once more; and then he goes straight into "I will follow".

Well, I think thats about it. I'm sure I've assumed alot; but I paid alot of attention to the Santiago DVD to get this. If anyone has anything else they think I've left out; or is played differently by the Edge; please please say. I'd like to try and have an accurate as possible tab of this song.

Oh, and it helps immensely if you wear a cowboy hat while playing it.

bonojr62

THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!!!!!!!

Muad'zin

For that high pitched scream I'm 100% certain that Edge plays

E----------------
B----------------
G--12-12--12-
D----------------
A----------------
E----------------

On the third note hit that whammy. Hold that note, use whatever you can to keep it going. It helps to use a LesPaul since they have very good natural sustain.

For that classic 70's wacka wacka use a wah and hit some muted strings.

And I have that cowboy hat!

tpsreports2424

I played it on my whammy and i got the effect but it didnt sound like it was in place. this was out any delay and everything. only used on the whammy.

what else do i use on there besides the whammy?