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U2 "DIRTY DAY" -BASS TAB
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Tune down 1/2 step: Eb Ab Db Gb
1. intro:
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|*---------------------*|
|*--5-5-5-----3-3-3----*|
|---------5---------3---|
Play this riff 5x and then play:
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|--------------5-----------|
|----5-5-5--5h7---3-3-3----|
|---------5------------3---| once, then
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|*------------5------------3-*|
|*--5-5-5--5h7---3-3-3--3h5--*|
|---------5------------3------| twice
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|*---------------------*|
|*--5-5-5-----3-3-3----*|
|---------5-5-------3---|
First verse:
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|*--------------------3*|
|*--5-5-5-----3-3-3----*|
|---------5-5-------3---|
Chorus and rest of song:
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|*--------------------------*|
|*--5-5-5-----5-3-3-3-----3-*|
|---------5-7---------3-5----|
Interlude:
|----|----|----|----|----|
|----|----|----|----|----|
|-5--|----|-3--|-5--|----|
|----|-5--|----|----|-5--|
outro:
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|*--------------------------*|
|*--5-5-5-----5-3-3-3-----3-*|
|---------5-7---------3-5----|
Tabbed by Mark Linwood
Hint suggesstions or comments to (Rlinwood@powerup.com.au)
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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sam Wanna Be |
#1 by sam johnson at Jan 4, 1977 at 7:41 PM EST |
| I believe "Dirty Day" is a too often over looked mastertrack. The dynamic differences between the Zooropa version and the b-sides edition are truly striking. Like entirely different tunes both running through the same emotions just containing varying levels of desperate mania. An excellent tune for the surreal fog of living in the eye of a hurricane and making it wink to a subtle onlooker. I can relate to the idea of only being able to justify poor choices for so long before consequences and your own adrenalised sense of responsibility catches up. Even if the veins of such a path come from raw desperation. | |
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Kracrocksteady Wanna Be |
#2 by Kracrocksteady at Sep 24, 1977 at 7:36 PM EST |
| Favourite line: 'If you need someone to blame, throw a rock in the air, you're gonna hit someone guilty.' Love it! | |
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lee michael Wanna Be |
#3 by lee michael turner II at Feb 19, 1983 at 3:18 PM EST |
| Was the relation with his father so bad as this song supposes? It sounds so bitter, like he 's really angry with his father. He could of course be singing about God. But I think that's very unlikely, because I don't think he has a reason for being angry with God. The third explanation could be that it's not autobiographical. Perhaps it's about someone he knows. A mystery this song is to me, but that's not uncommon with U2 songs.... | |
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The Scythe Wanna Be |
#4 by The Scythe at May 21, 1983 at 1:11 AM EST |
| This is one of my favourite U2 songs and yet is virtually unknown. It's a bit of a sleeper from Zooropa, as the whole album was a bit of a wash out after Achtung Baby. I just wish the whole "Father To Son" bit wasn't in it, to be honest, as it really singles it down to being about a father/song relationship, whereas without it it could be applied to any relationship. There's some brilliant lines in this song, well - actually the entire first verse is brilliant one liners to throw at people who have upset you to the point of resignation. I especially like the "bad guy" line, it's always someone elses fault and the way Bono sings the entire song is quietly resigned and shattered. There's almost a wry twist in his voice when he sings "It was a dirty day" that sounds very much to me like "Oh well... get on with things then". | |
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Adam Wanna Be |
#5 by Adam Clarke at May 27, 1987 at 6:27 AM EST |
| "Days Run Away Like Horses Over the Hills" (the closing lines of this song) is the title of a book by Bukowski. | |
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Erick Wanna Be |
#6 by Erick at Feb 13, 1996 at 6:16 PM EST |
| responding to munyeca's comments.. IT IS you that are dumb.. U2 was not founded as a christian band. Not doubt that bono uses biblical references extensively in his lyrics (especially Boy-Achtung Baby), but during Zoo TV tour era you will notice a difference in his writing style and band's musical inspirations. Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum were extensively influenced by America and American Music. A number of songs in this era were influenced by what they were hearing and reading at the time including American writer Charles Bukowski. | |
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Rhys Average |
#7 by Rhys at Nov 27, 2004 at 8:22 PM EST |
| Yo, y'all are dumb. U2 was founded as a Christian band. Father/son imagery is far more likely to be a reference to God and Christ than it is to be about earthly relationships, particularly in pre-Elevation years. "Dirty Day"--though as poetically occluded as other songs from this era--includes some dead give aways: "I'm in you - more so when they put me in the ground" could be about Christ's influence in the audience's life, heightened after his crucification. "The bad guy who walked out " could be a reference to Jesus overturning the money-changers' tables in the temple (seriously, even if you aren't Christian, if you live in a Western country, you can't escape references to Biblical stories; better to learn them so you can pick up on hints). "A work that's never done" could refer to saving the world, which was ostensibly the purpose of Christ's resurrection. And while I'm at it, "no blood thicker than INK" could be about the Bible. The song is not cohesive, but one possible gist is "the turmoil of being Jesus." This kind of stuff is all over U2's music. | |
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Tristan Wanna Be |
#8 by Tristan Riles at Dec 19, 2005 at 4:11 PM EST |
| On the album Zooropa this song is dedicated to Charles Bukowski (writer of Barfly fame).. i havent read his material, but I bet if you do you'd find imagery similar/tone similar to what Bono is trying to evoke here | |
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