U2 - "running to stand still" Tablature

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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 15:07:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Isaac Lee <iclee@ucdavis.edu>
Subject: TAB: "Running To Stand Still" by U2

U2 - Running To Stand Still

Chords: D G A A? G
Intro: / = slides, and ~ = fast strumming (listen to the song)

Guitar 1:
E--------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
B--------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
G--------|-----------0-------|------------------|----------------------|
D-0------|---------0--------0|------------12---0|---------------0-----0|
A-------5|-5/8/9-/-10--------|-10/11/12---------|-9/10/12\10-\9--\8----|
E--------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
Guitar 2:
E---7~7--|---------------7~7/|----------14------|---3~3-----------3~3\-|
B---7~7--|---------------7~7/|------------15----|---3~3-----------3~3\-|
G--------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
D--------|-------------------|---------------0--|----------------------|
A--------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
E--------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|


Guitar 1:
E---------|
B---------|
G---------|
D---------|
A-8-\-7---|
E---------|
Guitar 2:
E-5-5-5-5-|
B-0-0-0-0-|
G-7-7-7-7-| then, segue...
D-5-5-5-5-|
A---------|
E---------|



Verse 1: (Guitar)
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
B-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| (Repeat)
D-7-----7---------|
A-----------------|
E-----------------|

E-5-5-5-----------|
B-3-3-3-3-3---3---|
G-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-| (Repeat)
D-5-----5-----5---|
A-----------------|
E-----------------|

E-5-5-5-5-5---5---|-5-5-5-3-3---3---|
B-5-5-5-5-5---5---|-5-5-5-3-3---3---|
G-6-6-6-6-6---6---|-5-5-5-4-4---4---| (Repeat-slide back up)
D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A-----------------|-----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|

Verse 2: Repeat with second guitar playing:
E------------------|
B----------*7*-----| * = harmonic
G------------------| over and over
D------------------|
A------------------|
E------------------|

Additional Second Guitar:
("You gotta cry without weeping..." and "Woo-ooo...")
E------------------|
B-------7---7---7--|
G---------7---7----|
D------------------|
A------------------|
E------------------|

("She walks through the streets...")
E-5-----5----------|
B------------------|
G---7-----7--------| (Repeat)
D------------------|
A------------------|
E------------------|



E-------5----------|-------5----------
B-------------0----|------------------
G---7-------7------|---7---------7p0--
D-5----------------|-5----------------
A------------------|------------------
E------------------|------------------


Over the harmonica, strum
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
B-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| (Repeat)
D-7-----7---------|
A-----------------|
E-----------------|

And that's about it. Comments please!

Isaac
iclee@ucdavis



Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 00:07:46 -0400
From: mpowell@vt.edu (Matt)

Intro to Running to Stand Still by U2

A few notes: There is more than one guitar playing but I stuck most all of
it on one line. There are some ragged background bits I left out. If you
want you can play those bends on the A string to go easier on your
fingertips. The slide-bends are smoothed out so it sounds like a full bend.

Most importantly, the whole song is a 1/2 step up.

^ trill
/ bend up till it sounds right
x pick scrape

e---------------------------------3^-----------------------------------------
b------------------------------------3^--------------------------------------
g--x/12-----------/----------0)-------------/--7--------/\---------/\------/-
d--x/12--0----0--3----(0--0-------------0--3------0--3s5--5s3--0--3----0--3--
a----------------------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------
^listen carefully ^synth comes
for this. in here (D).

Oh incidentally, the little transition between chords is this:

e---------- The reason it's so high up the frets is that it's done with
b------10-- the keyboard, which is playing the equivalent of E-barre D's
g--11------ and G's at the 10th and 3rd frets, respectively.

The chords can be found in joshua_tree.tab. They were done by Jacob
Mattison (jacob@cs.swarthmore.edu), who I don't know personally but I
think he's a cool guy that should get credit for his work.

Corrections and comments welcome.
Matt Powell
mpowell@vt.edu



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