Zoo Station 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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Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 13:35:12 -0500
From: am560@freenet.carleton.ca (Glen Palmer)
Subject: U2 ZOO STATION - BASS TAB

U2 ZOO STATION (BASS TAB)
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This is the line used in the intro, outro, and whenever the chord
is 'A'

     A				    A
g|--------------------------------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2-----5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2--|
(This is repeated until edge starts the chorus riff)


At the chorus riff:
     G9        D9         A
g|--------------------------------------------------------------|
d|---5-3--------------------------------------------------------|
a|--------5-3--5-3----------------------------------------------|
E|------------------5-3---5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2------------|
(This is repeated 2x and used at every chorus)


     A				    A
g|--------------------------------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2-----5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2--|

 I'm ready....

     G	             D               A	    
g|--------------------------------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------5-5--3--5-5--3-----------------------------|
E|---3-3--1--3-3--1------------------5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2-|

 I'm ready....                 ready for what's next...

This formation is repeated for every verse.

Outro:
     A				    A
g|--------------------------------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2-----5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2--|
(repeated several times--no chord change)


     

suggestions welcome



Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/u/u2/109428.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Mark Average	#1 by Mark Neishtadt at Nov 23, 1980 at 12:35 AM EST
	I'm not saying I do not like this song but I mean come on, the best opener, I don't think so. But this song is very good on the Vertigo Dvd.

No Picture eric Rhythm Player	#2 by eric morgan at Jun 28, 1993 at 10:54 PM EST
	yeah, I wonder what "Zoo" station, in particular, means, as opposed to "piccadily circus" station for example... maybe society with its overflow of media is just a zoo, I don't know, zoo just means life, and now these guys at their point in their life, with their new album and their understanding of life feel so empowered, to the next day, they feel like life is before them, in all its glory, like a zoo... this song always makes me think of the morning, like, the beginning of going after things, like you've got this new enthusiasm. The song definitely represents the new enthusiasm the band felt with this radically new album (at the time for them). Time is a train, makes the future the past--it's such an optimistic and forward looking song. There is always tomorrow to look forward to, and the next station is life, the next station is zoo station...

No Picture Dan Average	#3 by Dan T at May 12, 1994 at 6:45 PM EST
	Yeah it's a song about the passage of time, it's also a song about change, and about being, well, ready to handle the change, ready to deal with the future. This really, as others have pointed out, is just U2 announcing that they're the new and improved U2, and all bets are off.

No Picture brandon Lead Player	#4 by brandon at Aug 13, 1995 at 5:56 PM EST
	Of all U2's album openers, this is the best. I dare anyone to find a better opener than Zoo Station. It gets you pumped for the attitude and power of the rest of Achting Baby.

No Picture MikE Average	#5 by MikE SurfacE at Dec 19, 2000 at 4:28 AM EST
	Basically I see this song as U2's way of announcing their new style to the world. A world apart from the previous albums (The Joshua Tree/Rattle and Hum). Fantastic however!

No Picture Bryce Average	#6 by Bryce at Jul 17, 2002 at 8:29 AM EST
	2861U2, i'm with yoiu!!! For an opening this song kivck ass :D Although i love this song, it is still a puzzle to figure out de message 100%... Sure they refere to berlin, but i doubt that the message ends there. C'mmon it's u2 :D !!! Maybe that Zoo Station is also a state of mind... And the only train he can ride is "her" train??? ---"I'm just down the line from your love..."