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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.
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Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/u/u2/.html
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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This is between Wanna Be |
#1 by This is between me and this blade, and my heart Taylor at Dec 30, 1989 at 8:19 PM EST |
| This song is about two things for me. The Holy Spirit and females. I know I'm goofy, so don't mind my two cents. | |
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Chris Average |
#2 by Chris Essery at Dec 23, 1995 at 1:30 PM EST |
| I honestly don't know what this song is about. I'm a hugh fan of the band, and it bugs me sometimes that I don't get what theyre songs is about. While listening to it though, I came to think of the phrase: "The lord moves in mysterious ways!" If this has anything to do with the song, I don't know, but it could be! | |
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svent Wanna Be |
#3 by svent yeah at Apr 7, 1996 at 12:52 PM EST |
| this song is not religious at all, simpletons, suckmy7kiss makes that quite clear. it is a very spiritual song expressing the endless mystery of life( created by loive) and the words "its alright .... to move on this moment follow this feeling...." well you figure it out. lol | |
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Bert Wanna Be |
#4 by Bert Hastings at Jun 27, 1999 at 3:45 AM EST |
| Even as we freeze in Hell We’ll remember the ten heavens the earth cost us He can’t speak and she can’t bear it It comes back to me … My she-wolf was kind autumn After tea, we went out into the great garden And I enter the station—the glass forest Pretending to be hair and smelling of the long lie I’ve lost my way in the sky Now where? Maybe this is the beginning of madness … If only we don’t offend them Or frighten them away So in crystals of cathedrals Honestly weaving back and forth A skater—into a blue flame Sudden music leapt from ambush The fur on the coats breathed So, I may hang on my own eyelashes Swelling, ripening, reading All the parts of the play till I’m picked The plot is the one thing we know Lyric looked into a mirror phenomenon And Mistral wore a wreath as she sang. | |
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Kay Wanna Be |
#5 by Kay Grøtbekklien at Dec 7, 2000 at 11:09 AM EST |
| achtungbaby02 said: "As much as I would love to think this song is about John the Baptist or the Holy Spirit [and admittedly, these interpretations make a lot of sense], for me the song is too flirty, sexy and fun to be a religious song." Why can't a religious song be flirty and sexy? Bono once said, "We're always asked to choose between the flesh and the spirit. Well I don't know anyone who isn't both." U2 songs since Achtung Baby tend to contain both religious material and some rather cheeky sexual references. So what? The Bible is the raunchiest book on the planet. And Salomé WAS a bellydancer. Speaking of Salomé, wasn't that a sexy song? Shake it, shake it, shake it, Salomé? That's a Bible reference too. Also that fits nicely with Morleigh's presence onstage for Mysterious Ways during the ZOO TV tour, no? | |
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YFLBassplayer Wanna Be |
#6 by YFLBassplayer at Mar 11, 2001 at 11:53 PM EST |
| this song isnt religious lol. listen to the interview with bono in rolling stone. its just a groovy tune about love and how most people never fully figure it out | |
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aaron Wanna Be |
#7 by aaron lira at May 25, 2001 at 6:08 AM EST |
| I heard somewhere that it was really written about Bono's obsession with bellydancers | |
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Ben Average |
#8 by Ben at Sep 23, 2001 at 9:53 PM EST |
| Substitute "He" for "She" in this song and it becomes clear what it is about (at least to me). God works (or "moves") in mysterious ways. God is genderless, but is usually referred to as being male. All Bono did was refer to God in the female sense. If you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel. | |
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Bill Average |
#9 by Bill Connor at Oct 7, 2004 at 3:20 PM EST |
| U2 songs NEVER only convey one message or have one meaning. That's the amazing thing about the lyrics. They're meant to be taken many different ways. "Mysterious Ways" is no exception. When Bono writes, he only provides a canvas with a few ideas and images but the genius of his creative mind is that he wants YOU to be the artist. He wants you to decide what his songs mean. I can think of several very different interpretations that could apply to this song, and most of them probably do, because as I said, U2 songs never have one simple message or meaning. That said, I think this is a very spiritual song in general, but I also think most people try to oversimplify U2 to the point that all their songs and lyrics are simply 'Praise Jesus' hymns in disguise. I'm frankly a bit tired of U2 being defined as one-trick-God-pony. While yes, their lyrics are always spiritual and many of them are about God or a higher power, I don't think their lyrics are getting the full credit they deserve because so many people just pass them off as blandly being "about God". There is always so much more to it than that. As for the song itself, I completely agree with Beshaman here. This almost seems to be a song about someone who is on a quest to discover what it means to be alive and also to open himself up spiritually. The woman who in the lyric is clearly represented as the moon (sister the moon; she turns the tide) represents the mysteries of life and Johnny is afraid of stepping out into the real world and being hurt by it. So the narrative is telling Johnny that the world itself moves in mysterious ways, and he has to be bold enough to live his life to the fullest and not be afraid of what could happen. It's a song about opening yourself up to life and not closing yourself off because you're afraid. Just my thoughts though. :) | |
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anthony Wanna Be |
#10 by anthony danby at Jul 18, 2006 at 9:43 PM EST |
| Love the guitars in this song. Edge was such a pioneer and is incredibly underated... He deserves as much recognition as Tom Morello imho... | |
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