U2 › Whos Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses Bass Tab

Achtung Baby Tabs:

Zoo Station
Even Better Than The Real Thing
One
Until The End Of The World
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses »
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World
Acrobat
Love Is Blindness

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Send "Whos Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Artist: U2
Title: Who's gonna ride your wild horses
Album: Achtung Baby
Track: 7 (i think)
Tuning: Standard (e a d g)

bass comes in after the firs refrain (when bono sings ... hey hey shalala ... for the second 
time)

bass coming in(1 time):

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-7-0000-0000---------0000-0000--------- 
-----------3333-3333----------3333-3333
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refrain(4 times):

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-------0-22-02-33-2323-3-232 
-33-2-3---------------------

verse(4 times):

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----------0-0-0----------
--------2------3323233232
-33-2-3------------------


pre-refrain(1 time):

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-0000-0000----------0000-0000---------
----------3333-3333----------3333-3333
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refrain(3 times):

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-------0-22-02-33-2323-3-232 
-33-2-3---------------------

pre bridge(1 time)

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-------0-22-02-33-2323-5-7
-33-2-3-------------------


there are two ways to play the bridge now(of course 1 time):
1. possibility

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----------------0----------------------------------------------
-0-------------------0-----------------------------------------
------0----3--------------0----3-----10----8-7-5-3-1---------10        

2. possibility (the first one is taken from the song but i like this much more! try it i 
think it sounds much better!)

----------------7-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------0---------------------------------------------------------------0000-0000-0000-0000--------------------------------------------------0000-0000-0000-0000
-0------------------0000-0000-0000-0000---------------------------------------------------------------------3333-2222-0000----------------------------------------------
------0----3----------------------------0000 0000-0000-0000-3333-3333-3333-3333---------------------------------------------3333-1111-1111-1111-1111--------------------


verse(4 times):

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-------0-22-02-33-2323-3-232 
-33-2-3---------------------

now to this
(Come on now love ...)

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-00--0--0---------------
----3--3--3-33-2-3-2-3-2
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-------------5555-5555 
-00--0--0-----------
----3--3------------
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refrain(repeat till 30 seconds before song ends):

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-------0-22-02-33-2323-3-232 
-33-2-3---------------------

then 30 seconds before the song ends it goes to this (only one time)

---------------------5555-5555 
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-------0-22-02-33-23----------
-33-2-3-----------------------


--0000-0000------------------
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----------2222-222-2323-3-232 
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then fade out with the refrain riff:

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-------0-22-02-33-2323-3-232 
-33-2-3---------------------

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Send "Whos Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/u/u2/103981.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Anday Average	#1 by Anday Randazzo at Dec 22, 1971 at 3:34 AM EST
	This song is on the surface about sexual jealousy. However, Larry made the comment once it is about a clandestine affair one band member had with a fan that turned potentially risky.

No Picture Corey Wanna Be	#2 by Corey at Jul 17, 1973 at 4:49 AM EST
	Good song, especially the opening. The last guitar note before the vocals may be one of the best chords ever played. As to meaning, I can see this meaning a lot of things - in my case, unrequited love. The breakup thing does fit most perfectly, but it's overall generically emotional.

No Picture Ty Average	#3 by Ty Webster at Mar 6, 1976 at 3:21 PM EST
	This is my all time favourite song - U2 are my favourite band and this song means so much to me. I think it's a masterpiece - it's very powerful. It doesn't neccessarily make me cry, it's just makes your heart pound because of the way it builds to the chorus. Truely a work of art

No Picture billy Average	#4 by billy hendrix at Jan 4, 1978 at 12:37 PM EST
	This is my all time favourite song - U2 are my favourite band and this song means so much to me. I think it's a masterpiece - it's very powerful. It doesn't neccessarily make me cry, it's just makes your heart pound because of the way it builds to the chorus. Truely a work of art

No Picture Bass Average	#5 by Bass Man at Jun 5, 1978 at 6:48 AM EST
	i used to think that this song was a guy singing to his girlfriend that just broke up with him. and he's telling her: after this, whos going to take my place and put up with your shit... but yeah... i really don't know. =/

No Picture Felix Average	#6 by Felix at Jul 8, 1981 at 1:04 AM EST
	I read in U2s book INTO THE HEART the salt water kiss means kissing the girl after she has performed sexual favors. thats straight from the band, no lie.

No Picture Garth Badass	#7 by Garth "Fuckin" Rhodes at Jun 18, 1982 at 9:52 PM EST
	I really wish I could talk to non-U2 fans about something other than the stuff they made in the 80s. they have so much good music in the 90's too, and this is a prime example of one of their best songs.

No Picture Felix Average	#8 by Felix at Oct 21, 1982 at 6:50 PM EST
	This song is about a woman who is dangerous and amazing at the same time. The protagonist falls in love with her... but eventually things get too wild and the protagonist eventually finds himself in emotional quicksand. They are an emotionally dangerous person: "You're an accident waiting to happen You're a piece of glass left there on the beach Well you tell me things I know you're not supposed to Then you leave me just out of reach" All the while, the protagonist loves this person, her love for him is genuine, but tainted in a way that is hard for the protagonist to deal with. This woman will do anything for love, but she's very damaged: "Well you stole it 'cause I needed the cash And you killed it 'cause I wanted revenge Well you lied to me 'cause I asked you to Baby, can we still be friends" I mean, it's all pretty self-explanatory. She's a wild woman who doesn't know any stability at all in her life, and when love comes along she tries her best but things ultimately FAIL for our protagonist and he's left wondering how she can possibly fill the void he reluctantly has left behind. He's worried. My favorite lyric is "who's gonna taste your salt water kisses"... salt-water = tears

No Picture Derek Average	#9 by Derek Mayfield at Nov 17, 1983 at 8:27 AM EST
	I also do think, the song is about a broken-up relationship. Right bradleyb, "who's gonna taste your salt water kisses" ==> they often argued, she cried and they made it up "The doors you open, I just can't close" ==> he can't give her, what she wants/needs My favourite part is the end, in my opinion absolute despiration: Don't turn around,... => I don't need you anymore, "piss off" Don't you look back, ..=> Come on now love, don't you look back => I still love you, please return...but she does not return

No Picture Thomas Average	#10 by Thomas Reuter at Mar 22, 1984 at 8:58 PM EST
	for me this is a prime example of a song that could be about anything that has deep personal meaning. my best friend and i have bonded over this song countless times. without question this is our song...

No Picture Jordan Average	#11 by Jordan S. at Mar 21, 1985 at 12:37 AM EST
	I don't think break up is yhe main theme.... this song is almost r rated ^_^ It's about sex, and what follows next, i think...... "Oh, the deeper I spin Oh, the hunter will sin for your ivory skin"

No Picture kick azz bass p Rhythm Player	#12 by kick azz bass player at May 20, 1985 at 10:50 PM EST
	I will agree that it has to do with a break up...but I wonder if it's Edge's seperation from his ex-wife that is the break up in question??

No Picture matthew Rhythm Player	#13 by matthew riley at Nov 21, 1986 at 2:13 AM EST
	aayers007 is right,ive heard this song is all about oral sex,from the band,awesome song

No Picture clair Average	#14 by clair holman at Jun 29, 1989 at 9:36 PM EST
	An absolute masterhit from Achtung Baby, one of the best songs on the album. This song relates to a break up, and certainly is good to listen to if you go through one. Bono really puts emotion into this song and makes it stand.

No Picture Carve Your Name Average	#15 by Carve Your Name Into My Arm AKA Pixie The Pirate at Nov 27, 1991 at 9:36 PM EST
	I love to hear this song while riding my own wild horse! (Yes a real horse, not metaphoricly speaking!)

No Picture Craigy Average	#16 by Craigy t at Mar 25, 1993 at 10:40 PM EST
	Oh and the best lyric is 'whos going to taste your salt water kisses?' that just reminds me of kissing on a beach with the sun setting

No Picture Nathan Wanna Be	#17 by Nathan Chinchilla at Jul 26, 1995 at 1:47 PM EST
	This song is my favorite song. Some people find that hard to find as Im a girl, but i think that it shows that it can relate to all people. I really love it

No Picture SAF Lead Player	#18 by SAF (Scott) at Dec 19, 1995 at 4:18 AM EST
	for me i think this song is about a break up between the guy and his girl friend who is very hard to deal with so the guy reminds her how he suffrered alot from their relationship and he is asking her who would it be the one who will take the place of him and will ofcourse suffer alot from her so wild horses are symboling her bad mode so he is asking her who is the one who supposed to stand your bad mode and behavior

No Picture J Wanna Be	#19 by J kennedy at Jan 22, 1996 at 8:44 PM EST
	just reading this breifly at a glance and without lookign to deeply you would think it relates to a break a recent break up, but all u2 songs seem far less than they are at a glance, and all songs are better when there not picled apart, one of u2s gr8s

No Picture Jordan Average	#20 by Jordan S. at Feb 5, 1998 at 6:26 AM EST
	I agree that it's a generic love song, sung about a girl that's left him. But it's done with that great U2 grandeur. Each phrase is so melodramatic, but the last is so simple: "who's gonna take the place of me?" Sums up the whole song really. I always felt that Bono is laughing a little as he says it, poking a little fun at himself: ("man, I could've saved these buggers a bunch of time if I wasn't such a ham...")

No Picture Gordy Average	#21 by Gordy Myrick at Mar 24, 1998 at 10:00 AM EST
	I also do think, the song is about a broken-up relationship. Right bradleyb, "who's gonna taste your salt water kisses" ==> they often argued, she cried and they made it up "The doors you open, I just can't close" ==> he can't give her, what she wants/needs My favourite part is the end, in my opinion absolute despiration: Don't turn around,... => I don't need you anymore, "piss off" Don't you look back, ..=> Come on now love, don't you look back => I still love you, please return...but she does not return

No Picture Cushley Wanna Be	#22 by Cushley at Mar 30, 2000 at 1:08 AM EST
	My all time favourite U2 song .. thee BEST ROCK SONG EVER!!! U2 ROCK!!!! :) luv ya bono :)

No Picture aleXeXeX Rhythm Player	#23 by aleXeXeX at Dec 10, 2000 at 4:23 PM EST
	This song is Jesus's response to Judas's betrayal in "Until the End of the World". lyrically, Jesus forgives Judas and offers salvation at the end of the song- "heaven's rose, th doors you open.." even the inflection in bono's voice in this song is brighter and less sinister than in "Until the End of the World" where he sings as Judas.

No Picture Greg Average	#24 by Greg at Dec 19, 2001 at 2:24 AM EST
	This song refers to the song ' Wild Horses' from the Stones. Their metafor for dealing with your deepest desires is equal.

No Picture phill Average	#25 by phill muffi at Oct 16, 2003 at 5:55 PM EST
	I also do think, the song is about a broken-up relationship. Right bradleyb, "who's gonna taste your salt water kisses" ==> they often argued, she cried and they made it up "The doors you open, I just can't close" ==> he can't give her, what she wants/needs My favourite part is the end, in my opinion absolute despiration: Don't turn around,... => I don't need you anymore, "piss off" Don't you look back, ..=> Come on now love, don't you look back => I still love you, please return...but she does not return