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Track 2 Form the 'Boy' Album
Tuning (Eb,Ab,Db,Gb)
Intro (00:06)
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|*-------14/-----------------------10--------10/---------------------|
Ab|*-----------------5-------5/---------------------------2---------2/-|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|*-------------------12------12/--------------------------------------*|
Ab|*-7-------7/------------------------3--------3/------14--14-14-14-14/*|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Second Lick (00:20)
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|*--------------------------------------------------------------------*|
Ab|*--7--#-7#--7-7-7---5--#-5#--5-5-5---3--#-3#--3-3-3---2--#-2#--2-2/--*|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Third Lick (00:27)
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|*--------9-------9--------7-------7--------5-------5-----------------*|
Ab|*--7--7----7--7-----5--5----5--5-----3--3----3--3-----2---2-2-2-2-2/-*|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse (00:34)
Gb|------------9-----9----------7-----7----------5-----5-----------------|
Db|*--------------------------------------------------------------------*|
Ab|*--7#--7#-----7-----5#--5#------5-----3#--3#-----3-----2#--2#--2--2/-*|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------9-----9----------7-----7----------5-----5-----------------|
Db|*--------------------------------------------------------------------*|
Ab|*--7#--7#-----7-----5#--5#------5-----3#--3#-----3-----2#--2#--2--2/-*|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge (00:48)
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|*--------9-------9--------7-------7--------5-------5-----------------*|
Ab|*--7--7----7--7-----5--5----5--5-----3--3----3--3-----2---2-2-2-2-2/-*|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse (00:54)
Gb|------------9-----9----------7-----7----------5-----5-----------------|
Db|*--------------------------------------------------------------------*|
Ab|*--7#--7#-----7-----5#--5#------5-----3#--3#-----3-----2#--2#--2--2/-*|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------9-----9----------7-----7----------5-----5-----------------|
Db|*--------------------------------------------------------------------*|
Ab|*--7#--7#-----7-----5#--5#------5-----3#--3#-----3-----2#--2#--2--2/-*|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge (01:08)
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|*--------9-------9--------7-------7--------5-------5-----------------*|
Ab|*--7--7----7--7-----5--5----5--5-----3--3----3--3-----2---2-2-2-2-2/-*|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus (01:15)
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|*---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|*7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------*|
Ab|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2*|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge (01:29)
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|*-----------------------------------*|
Ab|*-----------------------------------*|
Eb|-0-2-3--0-2-3--0-2-3--0-2-3--0-2-3-0-|
Out Of Bridge (01:45)
Gb|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Db|*---------------------------------|----------------------------------*|
Ab|*---------------------------------|----------------------------------*|
Eb|-5---------#-3------5---------#-3-|-5---------#-3------5---------#-3--|
Out Of Chorus
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|*---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|*-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|*----------------------------------*|
Ab|*-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-*|
Eb|------------------------------------|
Then (01:55)
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|*--------------------------------------------------------------------*|
Ab|*7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2*|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|*--------9-------9--------7-------7--------5-------5-----------------*|
Ab|*--7--7----7--7-----5--5----5--5-----3--3----3--3-----2---2-2-2-2-2/-*|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse (02:10)
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|*--------------------------------------------------------------------*|
Ab|*7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2*|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
2 times
Bridge (02:22)
Gb|------------------------------------------------------|
Db|*----------------------------------------------------*|
Ab|*2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-*|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus (02:28)
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|*--------------------------------------------------------------------*|
Ab|*7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2*|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
2 times
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|*--9-7-----9-7------7-5-----7-5--------5-3-----5-3-------------------*|
Ab|*7-----9-7-----9--5-----7-5-----7-5--3-----5-3-----3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2*|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
2 times
Guitar Solo (02:55)
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|*--------------------------------------------------------------------*|
Ab|*7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2*|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
2 times
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|*--------9-------9--------7-------7--------5-------5-----------------*|
Ab|*--7--7----7--7-----5--5----5--5-----3--3----3--3-----2---2-2-2-2-2/-*|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
2 times
Chorus (03:22)
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|*--------------------------------------------------------------------*|
Ab|*7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2*|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------------*|
Ab|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14*|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge (03:35)
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|*-----------------------------------*|
Ab|*-----------------------------------*|
Eb|-0-2-3--0-2-3--0-2-3--0-2-3--0-2-3-0-|
Out Of Bridge (03:39)
Gb|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Db|*---------------------------------|----------------------------------*|
Ab|*---------------------------------|----------------------------------*|
Eb|-5---------#-3------5---------#-3-|-5---------#-3------5---------#-3--|
Outro (03:52)
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|*---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|*-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
3 times
Gb|----------------------|
Db|*--------------------*|
Ab|*-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-*|
Eb|----------------------|
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
John Lead Player |
#1 by John Bombara at Apr 5, 2006 at 8:47 AM EST |
| Sounds like the theme song for NAMBLA to me. "In the shadow, boy meets man." And no, I'm not just making a joke. It sounds like a boy gets molested by a man and is forever shaken by the event. | |
Stefano Average |
#2 by Stefano Santin at Dec 2, 2006 at 7:05 PM EST |
| Pencilneck, you are right on. As in most of U2's lyrics, the images are creative enough that they can invoke different meanings to different people, but I can't believe the second verse could mean anything else. Curiously, in Niall Stokes' book about how all U2 songs were about some sort of sex he decided this one was about the Reagan administration. | |
Dan Wanna Be |
#3 by Dan DeSantis at Dec 21, 2006 at 11:44 AM EST |
| The entire Boy album is immortal to me. I began listening to U2 as a young teenager. Only a few years younger than they were when they wrote the Boy album. Because I first heard this song and that album in that particular period of my life, I related to some of the lyrics pretty strongly. Like Bono when he wrote these lyrics, I was also at a point in my life when I was both a child and an adult. A strange and mystifying time where nothing is concrete and everything is changing. Try to think back to when you were that age and how you felt and how you saw the world around you and then read the "Twilight" lyrics or listen to the song again. Now try to imagine that you're a teenager who's mind and body is changing in a way you don't understand and you're also dealing with the loss of your mother, possibly the most important relationship you had at that age. This song then makes perfect sense. He's growing. He's trying to understand the things that are happening to him and he compares the changes coming about within himself to the changes between night and day. Somehow he feels caught in between one and the other. As for the old man in this song, it's anyone's guess. It could be Bono's grandfather who passed on when he was 14, or it could be just about anyone. One thing that really stands out to me though is that Bono seeks knowledge from this person. It's almost as if Bono is hiding some kind of adolescent secret in this song and he desperately wants to confide in this "old man" and seek wisdom. If it is his grandfather he's referring to, this would make perfect sense, as his grandfather is dead and that was a person Bono felt he could really talk to. Perhaps, "His eyes are closed but I see something" refers to his grandpa being dead but Bono still longing for his advice or even praying to him for guidance. Just a thought... | |
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Josh Wanna Be |
#4 by Josh at Jan 6, 2007 at 11:34 PM EST |
| Maybe it's about growing up and how it sneeks up on you. ... in the dark. Just a guess. | |
Vincent Average |
#5 by Vincent Côté at Jul 30, 2007 at 6:51 AM EST |
| Great song. Does anyone have any idea what its all about? | |
bean Badass |
#6 by bean stalk at Oct 3, 2007 at 5:32 AM EST |
| Maybe it's about growing up and how it sneeks up on you. ... in the dark. Just a guess. | |
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