I tabbed “Gone” by U2 from POP. These are just the chords. The chords
from the other people don’t seem entirely correct. Hence, I gave it a
shot, and they are pretty close.
As for the cool high-pitched guitar part, to play that, You need a
slider and a delay pedal, and some sustainer. The beginning and other
parts of the song are played with the sliderer up around the 22nd and
24th frets (this may not actually be a fret on some guitar, but the
slider will hit the notes) of the E and B strings (the bottom two).

Here are my chords:

OPENING: E

VERSE: Em (well not really, Edge mutes the entire 12th fret in the
verse on all the strings).

PRE-CHORUS:
Goodbye, You can keep this suit of lights
I’ll be up with the sun
And I’m not coming down
I’m not coming down
I’m not coming down

Bridge (piano part)
And I’m already gone
Felt that way…. all along
Closer to you every day
I didn’t want it that much any way…

Rest in in Em, and the verse repeat and so on.
Hope this is clear for you.
Questions…. email mps133@psu.edu

Gone

Music by U2
Lyrics by Bono and The Edge
Transcribed by Brandon Leniart

This song is tuned 1/2 step down and also changes keys a few times.
Another one of my personal theories is that Bono is singing this song to
himself, and he’s trying to deal with his success. Just a thought.

this is actually what the riff sounds like:

1------------------------
2------------------------
3------------------------
4---------------------------
5---------------------------
6---------------------------

But since I know that riff is really tough to pull off, I’ve arranged an
easier version to play (which is probably what Edge uses with an
octaver and/or an effect that automatically produces harmonics):

1----------10-----12--
2---12----------------
3---------------------
4---------------------
5---------------------
6---------------------

use these these in between lyrics in the verses:

1---x-x-x-x-x-x-
2---x-x-x-x-x-x-
3---x-x-x-x-x-x-
4---x-x-x-x-x-x-
5---x-x-x-x-x-x-
6---x-x-x-x-x-x-
1---------
2---------
3---------
4---------
5---------
6---------

You get to feel so guilty, got so much for so little
Then you find that feeling just won’t go away
You’re holding on to every little thing so tightly
Till there’s nothing left for you anyway

piano riff:

1---12---10-----------------
2-------------12---10-------
3------------------------12-
4---------------------------
5---------------------------
6---------------------------

Goodbye

1---12---10---------------------
2-------------12---10-----------
3------------------------12---9-
4-------------------------------
5-------------------------------
6-------------------------------

You can keep this suit of lights

1---0/12------
2-------------
3-------------
4-------------
5-------------
6-------------
1---10--10/12-
2-------------
3-------------
4-------------
5-------------
6-------------

I’ll be up with the sun

And not coming down

I’m not coming down

I’m not coming down

You wanted to get somewhere so badly
You had to lose yourself along the way
You change a name, but that’s OK, it’s necessary
And what you leave behind you don’t miss anyway

Goodbye, you can keep this suit of lights
I’ll be up with the sun–I’m not coming down

I’m not coming down, I’m not coming down

Bridge (use these chords):

[1—7–]
[2—7–]
[3—7–]
[4—9–]
[5—9–]
[6—7–]
1—0
2—0
3—0
[4—2]
[5—2]6—0

[1—5-]
[2—5-]
[3—5-]
[4—7-]
[5—7-]
[6—5-]
And I’m already gone

Felt that way all along

Closer to you everyday, didn’t want it that much anyway

You’re taking steps that make you feel dizzy
Then you get to like the way it feels
You hurt yourself, you hurt your lover
Then you discover what you thought was freedom was just greed

Goodbye, no emotional goodnight

We’ll be up with the sun

Are you still holding on?

I’m not coming down

I’m not coming down

Outro:

1---0/12---10---0/12-
2--------------------
3--------------------
4--------------------
5--------------------
6--------------------
1---14--14--12--15--15--14--12-
2------------------------------
3------------------------------
4------------------------------
5------------------------------
6------------------------------

From: AGRIGGSY@aol.com
its a whammy pedal through and through with a 12-string rickenbacker, listen
closley

Music by U2
Lyrics by Bono And The Edge
Transcribed by Brandon Leniart

This song is tuned down 1/2 step and changes keys from E minor to E.
Much respect to fellow U2 transcriber Steve Palmer, who I think was
the first to have this song on a website.

intro:

1———————————-
2———————————-
3———————————-
4—2–2–2————————
5—2–2–2————————
6—0–0–0—0—0–3b4p0–3b4p0–
1——————–
2—3—————-
3—2—————-
4—0—4–4–4——
5——————2-
6——————0-

verse:

1————————————-
2————————3————
3————————2————
4————————0—4–4–4–
5————————————-
6—0–0–3b4p0–3b4p0—————-

She feels the ground is giving way
But she thinks we’re better off that way

use these chords for the prechorus:

[1—3-]
[2—3-]
[3—4-]
[4—5-]
[5—–]
[6—–]

[1—5-]
[2—5-]
[3—6-]
[4—7-]
[5—–]
[6—–]
The more you take the less you feel

The less you know the more you believe
The more you have the more it takes today

You got to give it away

You got to give it away

You got to give it away

She doesn’t care what it’s worth

She’s living like it’s the last night on earth

riff during 2nd & 3rd verses:

1—0————0——5—–0——–
2———3————————-3–
3————————————–
4————————————–
5————————————–
6————————————–

She’s not wating on a saviour to come
She’s at a bus-stop with the news of the world
And the sun, here it comes
She’s not waiting for anyone

last bar before chorus:

1—3—-3—-3—–2–
2—3—-3————-
3———————-
4———————-
5———————-
6———————-

You got to give it away

You got to give it away

You got to give it away

She knows just what it’s worth
She’s living like it’s the last night on earth

1—7–9–10–
2————-
3————-
4————-
5————-
6————-

palm mute:

1—————————–
2—————————–
3—————————–
4—————————–
5—————————–
6—0–0–0–0–0–0–0—

bridge chords:

bridge notes:

1—————————
2—————————
3—————————
4—————————
5—————————
6—12—129—95—5/12–

Slipping away, slip slide
The world turns and we get dizzy
Slipping away
She’s living next week now
You know she’s going t opay it back somehow

She hasn’t been to bed in a week

She’ll be dead soon, then she’ll sleep

You got to give it away

You got to give it away

You got to give it away

She already knows it hurts
She’s living like it’s the last night on earth
Last night on earth
Last night on earth

1—7–9–10–
2————-
3————-
4————-
5————-
6————-

palm mute:

1—————————
2—————————
3—————————
4—————————
5—————————
6—0–0–0–0–0–0–0–0–

–Brandon Leniart

U2 ‘LAST NIGHT ON EARTH’

————————

steve palmer
spalmer@engsoc.carleton.ca

tune 1/2 step down

intro/main riff:

e————————————————–
b————————————————–
g————————————————–
d——————-0—-7–7-7——————–
a-2—-2—–2——0–2/5–5-5——————–
E-0–0-3bp0–3bp0———————————-

i hope this doesn’t look to complicated. the 3bp0 means:
-pick 3rd fret, bend and pull off to 0

verse:
she feels the ground is giving way
but she thinks we’re better off that way
‘the more you take the less you feel
the less you know the more you believe
the more you have the more it takes today’

chorus:
you got to give it away
you got to give it away
you got to give it away
she doesn’t care what it’s worth
she’s living like it’s the last night on earth

2nd verse

2nd chorus

bridge: E C#m C#m A

slipping away…slip slide…
the world turns and we get dizzy
slipping away

end on Em
back to main riff

outro: Em A Em A

e-0———0—————-
b-0–0——2—————-
g-0—-0—-2—————-
d-2——0–2—————-
a-2———0—————-

Last Night on Earth

I think the main riff goes like this:
from: “Douglas S. Wood”

intro/main riff:

e————————————————–
b————————————————–
g————————————————–
d——————-0—-4–4-4——————–
a-2—-2—–2——0—-0–0-0——————–
E-0–0-3bp0–3bp0———————————-

Music by U2
Lyrics by Bono and The Edge
Transcribed by Brandon Leniart

This is Bono’s favorite song off the album–“My whole life’s in that
song.”–it’s tuned down 1/2 step, and in A minor.

synthesizer riff:

1----------------------------------------------------------------------
2----------------------------------------------------------------------
3----------------------------------------------------------------------
4----------------------------------------------------------------------
5---7p0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3p0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3p0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-3-3-4-5-6-7-7-
6----------------------------------------------------------------------

pitches of random noises:

1---15---153/5--
2----------------
3----------------
4----------------
5----------------
6----------------
1------------

[2—12b(13)–]

3------------
4------------
5------------
6------------
1------------

[2—13b(15)–]

3------------
4------------
5------------
6------------
1---------------------------------
2---------------------------------
3------------------------
4---5-5-3-3-2-2-0-0---------------
5---------------------------------
6---------------------------------

basic keyboard riff over verse:

1--------------|------------|------------|------------|
2--------------|------------|------------|------------|
3---7--7--7--7-|-5--5--5--5-|-2--2--2--2-|-2--2--2--2-|
4---7--7--7--7-|-5--5--5--5-|-2--2--2--2-|-2--2--2--2-|
5--------------|------------|------------|------------|
6--------------|------------|------------|------------|

Lookin’ for to save my, save my soul
Lookin’ for the places where no flowers grow
Lookin’ for to fill that GOD shaped hole
Mother mother sucking rock and roll
Holy dunc, spacejunk comin’in for the spash
(been around the back…been around the front)
White dopes on punk staring into the flash
Lookin’ for baby Jesus under the trash
Mother mother sucking rock and rooll
Mother..rock and roll

1---5---------5/17----12--13--15----------
2---5-----------------------------13--10--
3---5-------------------------------------
4---7-------------------------------------
5---7-------------------------------------
6---5-------------------------------------

Mother, am I still your son?

You know I’ve waited so long to hear you say so

Mother, you left and made me someone

Now I’m still a child, but no one tells me “no”

During chorus, guitar plays these notes with the corresponding chords:

1-------------------------------------
2---10--------8---------6---------2--
3-------------------------------------
4-------------------------------------
5-------------------------------------
6-------------------------------------

Lookin’ for a sound that’s gonna drown out the world
Lookin’ for the father of my two little girls
Got the swing, got the sway, got my straw in lemonade
Still looking for the face I had before I was made
Mother mother sucking rock and roll
Bubble poppin’ sugar droppin’ rock and roll

1---12-----------12----------12------------13--15--15------------
2---------10-----------10-----------10-------------------13--10--
3----------------------------------------------------------------
4----------------------------------------------------------------
5----------------------------------------------------------------
6----------------------------------------------------------------

Woo me sister
Move me brother
Soothe me mother
Rule me father
Show me mother

–Brandon Leniart