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U2 - "GLORIA"

This is tabbed from "October", the "Under a Blood Red Sky" version has
a longer bass solo.
Tabbed by R.Symes (rsymes@irelands-web.ie)
/=slide up
=slide down
p=pull off
h=hammer on
!=snap string against fretboard
x=muted note
down tuned 1/2 step. The bass solo on Blood red sky is longer.

Intro X4, 4th time slide 14 down
|----------|---|----------------|----------|--------7-|---7---6--7-6---|
|-------14-|---|----------------|----------|----------|--------------7-|
|-12-------|---|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7-(X7)-0-|-0-(X7)---|-5---5----------|
|----------|---|----------------|----------|----------|----------------|

Verse
|--------|----------|-----------------|-----7-6--7----|----------|
|--------|----------|-----7-7-------0-|-------------5-|---7-5----|
|-7-(X8)-|-7-(X7)-0-|-0-0-----0-0-0---|-0-0-----------|-0--------|
|--------|----------|-----------------|---------------|----------|


|-------------|--------|----------|--------7-|---7---6---7-6-4-|--------|
|-7--5--7-5---|--------|----------|----------|-0---0---0-------|--------|
|-----------7-|-7-(X8)-|-7-(X7)-0-|-0-(X7)---|-----------------|-7-(X8)-|
|-------------|--------|----------|----------|-----------------|--------|


|----------|-----------------|---7---6-7-0-0-|-14------12---|
|----------|---7---7-----7---|-----0----------|--------------|
|-7-(X7)-0-|-0---0---0-0---0-|----------------|--------------|
|----------|-----------------|----------------|--------------|

Chorus
|-14--12--14-12---|---------|--------|-------|--------------|---------|
|---------------0-|---------|--------|-------|--------------|---------|
|-----------------|/14-----|/12----|/7----|-2--2-2--2/14-|-14-(X4)-|
|-----------------|---------|--------|-------|--------------|---------|


|---------|-----------|-----------|-----16--p14h16-|-----14--p12h14-|
|---------|-----------|-----------|----------------|----------------|
|-12-(X4)-|-7--7---7-|-2------2/-|-/14------------|-12-------------|
|---------|-----------|-----------|----------------|----------------|


|----9---7-9-|-------------|-----16------16--16-|-----14-------14------|
|------------|-------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-7----------|-2--2--2--2/-|-14-----0h14-----14-|-12-----0h12-------12-|
|------------|-------------|--------------------|----------------------|


|----9-9----9-----|----------4------|---9--------|----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|----------|
|-7----0-7----7-5|-2--2-0-2------5-|-7---7-(X6)-|-7-(X7)-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|----------|


|-----7-7-----7---|---7---6---7---5-|--------|----------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0---0-------0---|--------|----------|---7-7-7---7-7-0-|
|-0-0-----0-0---0-|-----------------|-7-(X8)-|-7-(X7)-0-|-0-------0-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------|----------|-----------------|

Verse
|-7-7-7-6---7-----|-14----12-12----|-14--14-12--14-12-----|--------|
|---0---0-----0-5-|----------------|------------------5h7-|--------|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------------|-7-(X8)-|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------------|--------|


|----------|-----------------|---7-7-6---7-6---|----------------|
|----------|-----7-7---------|-0-----0---0-0-7-|----------------|
|-7-(X7)-0-|-0-0---0-0-0-0-5-|-----------------|-7---7---7-7-7-7|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|---0------------|


|----------|-----------------|-7-7-7-6(6)7-----|-14----12----------|
|----------|-----7-7-----7---|---------0-------|-------------------|
|-7-(X7)-0-|-0-0-----0-0---0-|-------------5-7-|--------------7/14-|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|------------7------|

Chorus
|---------|------------|-----------|---------|--------------------|
|---------|/7---------|-----------|---------|--------------------|
|-14-----|------------|/7--------|-2-------|-/14--14--14-(14)2-|
|---------|------------|-----------|---------|--------------------|


|-/12------|------------|----------|-------16--p14h16-|------14--p12h14-|
|-----------|------------|----------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------|-/7------2-|-2-----/--|-14---------------|-12--------------|
|-----------|------------|----------|------------------|-----------------|


|-----9--p7h9-|------------|------16--p14h16-|------14--p12h14-|
|-------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-----------|-2-----2/14-|-14--------------|-12--------------|
|-------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------|


|-----9--p7h9-|-----------------------|--------------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------|
|-7-----------|-2----14--h12-14h1714-|-14-----142--|-/12------|
|-------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------|


|----------|-----------|--------16----16-------|-------------------------|
|----------|-----------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-/7------|-2-----2/--|-14--14----14----14-14-|-12---12-12-12---12-127-|
|----------|-----------|-----------------------|-------------------------|

Slide guitar solo
|----------------|----------------|--------|--------|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------|--------|-------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-72-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-(X8)-|-0-(X8)-|-7-(X6)-7/14-|
|----------------|----------------|--------|--------|-------------|


|---------|--------|--------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|
|---------|--------|--------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|
|-14-(X8)-|-2-(X8)-|-0-(X8)-|-7-(X7)-12-|-14-(X7)-0-|-14--14---14-14-14-14-|
|---------|--------|--------|-----------|-----------|--------0-------------|


|---------|----------|----------|-----------------------|---------|--------|
|---------|----------|----------|-----------------------|---------|--------|
|-12-(X8)-|-7-(X7)-7|-2-(X7)-0-|-14--14-14-14-14-14-14-|-12-(X8)-|-7-(X8)-|
|---------|----------|----------|-----------------------|---------|--------|


|---------------------|--------16---/1816-|---------14----------|
|---------------------|----16--------------|----14--------14-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-12/14-|-14-----------------|-14--------------12-|
|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
Bass solo
! ! ! ! !
|-------------------|----------------|-------4----|-2-----5---|---9---11---|
|-------14---/1614-|----------------|------------|-----------|------------|
|-7-14--------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|-2-2--------|---4-4-----|-7----------|
|-------------------|----------------|------------|-----------|------------|

! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
|-2/4-------|---4---7------|---2--0-----|---9---7-9------|---------------|
|-----------|-------0------|------------|------------(9)-|---------------|
|-------2---|-2------------|-0----------|-7--------------|-2-2-2-2-2----|
|-----------|--------------|------------|----------------|---------------|

x ! ! ! ! !
|----16---14----0-|-0-14---12---|---9---9---9--|------------|-rest-for--|
|-----------------|---0----12---|--------------|------------|-3-bars|---|
|-14--------------|--------------|-7------------|-2-2-2-2----|---|---|---|
|-----------------|--------------|--------------|------------|---|---|---|

Out-chorus
|-------------|--------|--------|------------------|---------|
|-------------|--------|--------|------------------|---------|
|-----14-14--|-2-(X8)-|-0-(X8)-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/14-|-14-(X8)-|
|-------------|--------|--------|------------------|---------|


|----------------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
|-12/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-127-|-----7-7-7-7-72-|
|----------------------------|------------------------|-0-0-------------|


|-----------------|--------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|--------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-2-(X8)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|---------7-7-7/12-|
|-----------------|--------|---------------0-|-0-0-0-0----------|


|---------|------------|------------------------|--------|----------------|
|---------|------------|------------------------|--------|----------------|
|-14-(X8)-|-13-14-(X8)-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-127-|-7-(X8)-|-2-(X6)-7/14-14-|
|---------|------------|------------------------|--------|----------------|


|------------|-----------------------|---------------|
|------------|-----------------------|---------------|
|-14-(X7)-12-|-12-12-12-7-12-12-127-|--------7-(X4)-|
|------------|-----------------------|-0-(X4)--------|


|---------------------------|--------|--------|-----------|
|---------------------------|--------|--------|-----------|
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--0-|-2-(X8)-|-0-(X8)-|-7-(X7)-14-|
|---------------------------|--------|--------|-----------|

start to fade out around here
|-------------------------|----------------------|--------14-----------|
|-------16----16----------|----------------------|----14---------------|
|-14-14----14----14-14-14-|-14---14-14-14---14---|-12---------12-12-12-|
|-------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|


---------|--------|
|--------|--------|
|-7-(X8)-|-2-(X8)-|
|--------|--------|

Any comments or otherwise to (rsymes@irelands-web.ie)

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

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


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#1 by guitar girl 13 at Oct 14, 2007 at 10:03 AM EST
she prepared herself for the fall, so she kept herself closer to her because she knew the heartbreak was coming. and it came, but it still breaks her heart, in this way that she wants love in.