U2 - "with or with out you" Tablature

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With or Without You
Music by U2:
Lyrics By Bono

The Main Verse is played constantly throughout the song until the point
where there is a slight change. This is exactly as transcribed by U2 in
the best of song book.It's correct if you listen to the song and play it
falls in time


Regular Tuning/E,A,D,G
Can be played Half a step Down as in in Live Version:Eb,Ab,Db,Gb


Legend:
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Tempo:116
4/4 time

/-denotes a slide
REPEAT-where noted
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1:This is the ACTUAL MAIN VERSE PLAY IT ALL THROUGH THE SONG UNTIL THE CHANGE

G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------------------------|
E10-10-10-10-10-10/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|

After playing the 3rd fret 8 times SLIDE BACK TO 10 and REPEAT


2:The second change occurs when Bono sings the last refrain of with or without you.
Play the main verse and at the end of the verse add this change(when playing the
3rd fret,play 7 times,play 2 on the A string once, and then play Open D-string for
6 measures at 8 times per measure


G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
A--------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------2----------------|
E-10-10-10-10-10-10-10/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------|



3:The third change is playing the open D-string for six measures at 8
times per measure.You then play the 5th fret on the A-string 8 times
then play the open D-string for another 5 measure

G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
A-------------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

4:The fourth change is after playing the open D-string for 5 measures play this:

G-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/|

IMMEDIATELY AFTER PLAYING THE FINAL 3rd FRET SLIDE BACK TO THE MAIN VERSE

5:The FINAL part is playing the main verse 5 times and Begin to fade out on the 3rd repeat

G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------------------|
E-10-10-10-10-10-10/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/10-10-10-10-10-|


This is the exact and correct way to play U2's With or Without You.It may seem confusing
but play it out and you should be able to grasp it

The Theque
(TheTheque@yahoo.com)

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