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>From: slucero@cec.uchile.cl (Sergio Lucero)
>Subject: CRD/TAB for U2's "Unforgettable Fire" [v 0.77]

Album: THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE (1984) (Chords Release 0.77 October 1993)

CHORDS/TABS CREDITS:[Scott Yanoff, yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu] (1,6)
[Sergio Lucero, slucero@cipres.cec.uchile.cl] (2c,5,8,9)
[Martijn Van Weijle] (2t)
[Marc Virata, newson@unlv.edu] (4)


COMPILATION and [Sergio Lucero, slucero@cipres.cec.uchile.cl]
MODIFICATION CREDITS:
(and therefore editing (send all flames here ^^^)
responsibility) (also corrections and additions)

SONGS: A Sort of Homecoming OK
Pride OK
Wire NEEDED
The Unforgettable Fire OK
Promenade OK
Bad OK
Indian Summer Sky NEEDED
Elvis Presley and America OK
MLK OK

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A Sort of Homecoming
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Intro G6 D2 G6 D2 G6 D2 G6 D2

And ..
G6 D2
through ..
G6 D2
across ..
G6
light's ..
D2 G6 D4 D2

And ..
time ..
and ..
your ..

G G2 G G2 D2 D4 D Gii
Oh..
G G2 G G2
I'll ..
D2 D4 D Gii
tonight..

verse

verse

G6 D2 G6 D2
O ..
G6 D2 G6 D2
O ..

G G2 G G2 D2 D4 D G
Oh, ..
G G2 G G2 D2 D4 D D4
I'll ..
C7
I'll ..),
D D2 G6 D2
I'll ..

G6 D2 G6 D2
O ...
G6 D2 G6 D2

G6
The ..
D2 G6
this ...
D2 G6 D2 G6 D4 D G G2 G G2
no ..
D2 D4 D Gii
tonight ..
G G2
see ..
G G2 D2 D4 D Gii G6 D2 G6 D4 D G6 D2 G6 D4 D
she ..

And ..
through ..
across ..
to a ..
Oh ..
for ..
I ..
I ..

CHORD FORMATIONS (This might make a nice acoustic version with these)
-----------------
G6 x x 0 0 3 0
D2 x x 0 2 3 0
D4/A x 0 0 0 3 x
G 3 x 0 0 0 x
G2 3 0 0 0 0 3
D4 x x 0 2 3 3
D x x 0 2 3 2
Gii x x 0 0 3 3 (G, type 2)
C7 x 3 2 3 1 x

But The Edge is probably playing the chorus this way
(esp. for intro of live version where it is arpeggio)
G x x x 7 8 7
G2 x x x 7 10 x
D2,D x x x 7 7 10
D4,Gii x x x 7 8 10

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Transcription to "Pride" by U2 from "Rattle and Hum"

Use delay (0.40 s), some reverb, and compressor.
Tune down 1/2 step to Eb.

Intro
NH NH NH NH NH NH
E---12------------12------------
B---12------------12-------------
G------------7-------------7-----
D------------7-------------7-----
A--------7-------------7---------
E--------------------------------

Part one (main riff)

v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|--
B--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--X---X--|--
G--11--11--11--11--11--11--9---9---11--11--9---9---11--11--X---X--|--
D--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---X---X--|--
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|--
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|--

repeat 1 x

v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|--
B--10--10--10--10--10--10--9---9--10--10---9---9--10--10---X---X--|--
G--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---X---X--|--
D--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---X---X--|--
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|--
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|--

v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|--
B--10--10--10--10--10--10--9---9--10--10---9---9---10--10--X---X--|--
G--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--X---X--|--
D--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---X---X--|--
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|--
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|--

Part two

Let all the notes ring
E--------0---------|-------0---------|
B------------------|-----------0-----|
G------8-----8-----|-----8-------8---|
D----9---------9---|---7-------------|
A------------------|-----------------|
E--7---------------|-5---------------|

Guitar solo

H H H H H H P
E--11^12^14-11^12^14-11^12^14^11-----------
B--------------------------------12-12-12--
G------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------
repeat 8x

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Pride (In the name of love) [Capo on 1st fret]

Intro chords A A G Em

A D
One ..
G Em
One ...
A D
One ..
G Em
One ..,
A D
In ..
G Em
What ...

One ..
One ...
One ...
One ...
In ..,
What ...

Early ...
A ...
Free ..
But ...
In ..
What ...

EXACT CHORDS CHORDS WITH CAPO ON 7th FRET
A x x 7 9 10 7 D2 x x 0 2 3 0
G x 10 9 7 8 7 C x 3 2 0 1 0
Em x 7 9 9 8 7 Am x 0 2 2 1 0

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"The Unforgettable Fire"

Dm Bb
Ice, ..
Dm Bb
These ..
Dm Bb Dm Bb F
Dug ..
C Eb
Walk ..
Bb Dm Bb
And ..

Dm Bb Dm
Carnival..
Bb
Red ..
Dm Bb F
Face ..
C Eb Bb
Walk ..

F C
Stay ..
Eb Bb F
I'm ..
C
Come ..
Gm
Come ..
A Dm
Come ..

Instrumental
Bb Dm Bb Dm Bb Gm A

(Now I'm at the part where the violins repeat the chords three times,
sounding like "da-Da-DA")

Dm Dm Dm (strike three times and accent each with the third the hardest)
"da-Da-DA"

Bb Bb Bb
"da-Da-DA"

Dm Dm Dm
"da-Da-DA"

Bb Bb Bb F
"da-Da-DA"

C Eb
And ..
Bb F
Not a ..
C
Stay ..
Eb Bb
Ever ..
F C
And ..

Gm A Dm
Don't ..

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Promenade

C F-C
Earth..
F-C
Here ...
F-C
Men ..
F-C
Words ...
F C F-C
Dirt ...

C F-C
Barbed ..
I'd ...
In ..
Am G
to ...
Am G
And ...
F C
Roman ...

In ..
Sidestep...
I ...
Have ..,
behind ...
Tell ..,
and ...
Up ...

See ..
coca-cola... . .

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Bad
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INTRO (and also MAIN riff Edge plays, simplefied a little)
Asus4 A Asus4 A Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-----7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6----9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-
D----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

The second guitar plays this, with an echo device also
E-----------------12-12---------------12-12------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------10-10------10-10-10-10
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Now, the chords appear below the words. I suggest you use tab riff as shown
above for the main verse, but you can always try it with the chord
formations at the end of this file to get a more acoustic feel.

If ...
Asus4 A Asus4 A Dsus2 D Dsus2 D

If ...
Asus4 A Asus4 A Dsus2 D Dsus2 D

If ..
Asus4 A Asus4 A

If ...
Dsus2 D Dsus2 D

Surren - der, dislocate.
Asus4 A Asus4 A Dsus2 D Dsus2 D

Asus4 A Asus4 A Dsus2 D Dsus2 D

If ..
ASus4 A Asus4 A

Life- line ...
Dsus2 D Dsus2 D

Leave ..,
Dsus D Asus4 A

See ..
Asus4 A Dsus2 D

Into ...
Dsus D Asus4 A

And ...
Asus4 A Dsus2 D

Into ..,
Dsus D Asus4 A

And ...
Asus4 A Dsus2 D Dsus2 D

If ..
set ...
I'd ..,
See ..
Into ...
And ...

(Here, suggested start jamming with regular A and D chords)
Hoo, hoo Hoo, hoo Hoo, hoo.
A D

Hoo, hoo Hoo, hoo Hoo, hoo.
A D

To ..,
A

And ...
D

To ..
A

And ...
D

I'm ...
A

I'm ..
G E (Now switch back to chords from intro)

I'm ...
Dsus2 Asus4 A

Oh, ..

If ..
They ...
True ..,
Bruised ...
Colors ...
A D (Once again, regular chords now)

Hoo, ...
A D

If ...

If ...
This ...
Dis...
Sep...
Con...
Rev...
Tem...
Iso...
Des...

Let ..
And ....
To ..
And ...
Oh, no
I'm ...
I'm ...
I'm ...
Oh, no no

CHORD FORMATIONS
-----------------
Asus4 x 0 2 2 3 x
A x 0 2 2 2 x
Dsus2 x x 0 2 3 x
D x x 0 2 3 2
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--
Sergio Lucero Vera Las opiniones expresadas involucran a mi
Alumno de Ingenieria Matematica universidad en la medida en que la presion
Facultad de Cs.Fis. y Matematicas que recibe el estudiante promedio de
Universidad de Chile Beaucheff afecta su manera de expresarse.

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