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/ U2 / Achtung Baby (1991) / Mysterious Ways bass tab

U2 - Mysterious ways (Popmart! live version)
 
Graham Maskill - maskill@gem99.fsnet.co.uk
(Sorry-I made a cock-up in the last transcription with Verse 1, not with the tab but with the typing)
 
If you're playing along to the tape/video of popmart! don't forget to tune down 1/2 a step.
 
Intro/main riff
G ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ] ----------5----7--7--5--------------------5----7--7--5------------------------------------------------------
E ] --7--7---------------------7--5----7--7--------------------7--5---------------------------------------------
 
Verse 1- bass starts just after "let her pale light in to fill up your room."  
G ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ] -------------------------5--7-----------------------------7--9-------------------------------------------------
E ] --0----5--7------5---------------0----5--7------7-----------------------------------------------------------
Main riff plays through chorus ("she's slippy etc...)
 
Pre-2nd Verse break
G ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ] --7s\------0----5--7------5--7------7s\---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Verse 2 as verse 1, bass starts after "talk about the things you can't explain."
Then chorus as before.
After "lift up my days, light up my nights" & during following guitar break, play this:
G ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ] --0--2--0--2------0--2----}This repeats 5 times------------------------------------------------------
 
Followed by:
"One day you'll look back, and you'll see, where you were held, high by this love"
G ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ] --------------------------7-7-7--777--777--5-5-5--555--555-------------------------------------------
E ] --7-7-7--777--777--------------------------------------------------5-5-5--555--555-------------------
 
Back into main riff & into solo.  Main riff plays 8 times from the solo's start, then it 
changes to this (when Edge hits the high notes):
G ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ] -----------------------5--7-7-7----5-7----5-7-7----5-5-5----3-5----3-5-5-----------------------------
E ] 7-7-7--77--77--7-------------7-------7---------------------5------5----------5-5-5--0-3-5--0-3-5-5
 
G ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ] --2-2-2-------2-------2-2--7-7-7----5-7----5-7-7-----5-5-5----3-5----3-5-5-------------------------
E ] -----------3-5----3-5---------------7-------7----------------------5-------5----------5-5-5--0-3-5--0-3
 
G ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ] -5-5--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Back into main riff & play out, ending on high B, sliding up an octave.
Any comments or chat, don't hesitate to contact me at the above address.


U2 albums
2004 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
2000 All That You Can't Leave Behind
1997 Pop
1993 Zooropa
1991 Achtung Baby
1988 Rattle And Hum
1987 The Joshua Tree
1984 The Unforgettable Fire
1983 Under A Blood Red Sky
1983 War
1981 October
1980 Boy
Achtung Baby tabs
01Zoo Station tabbass tab
02Even Better Than The Real Thing tabbass tab
03One tabbass tab
04Until The End Of The World tabbass tab
05Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses tabbass tab
06So Cruel tabbass tab
07The Fly tabbass tab
08Mysterious Ways tabbass tab
09Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World tabbass tab
10Ultra Violet (Light My Way) tabbass tab
11Acrobat tabbass tab
12Love Is Blindness tabbass tab

 

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