ONE TREE HILL – U2

The following tab gives the main points for playing the complete song.
There are variations and improvisations throughout the song (especially in Riff 2).

This first bit is the synth that plays throughout the song.

E |-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|
G |---17-17-17---17-17-17-17|
D |-------------------------|
A |-15---------15-----------|
E |-------------------------|

Intro:

E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|--13--13--13--13--13------|-------------13--13--13--|
G |----5-5---5/7---5--------|--12--12--12--12--12------|-----12--12--12--12--12--|
D |----5-5---5/7---5--------|--------------12--12--10--|-10--12--12--14--14--14--|
A |-------------------------|----------------------10--|-10----------------------|
E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G |--12--12--------------12-|--12--10--10--10----------|-------------------------|
D |--12--12--10--10--10--12-|--12--10--10--10--10--10--|--10--10--10-------------|
A |----------10--10--10-----|------------------10--10--|---8---8---8-------------|
E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|

Riff 1: (Repeated throughout verses with variations)

[(C5)] [(F5)]

E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B |--------13----13---------|----------13----13--------|---------6-----6---------|
G |--12----------------12---|--12-12-------------12----|---5-----------------5---|
D |--10---------------------|--10-10-------------------|---3---------------------|
A |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|

[(Bb5)] [(F5)]

E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B |---------6-----6---------|--------11----11----------|---------6----6----------|
G |--5-5----------------5---|--10---------------10-----|---5----------------5----|
D |--3-3--------------------|---8----------------------|---3---------------------|
A |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|

[(C5)] [(C7)] [(C5)]

E |-------------------------|--------------------------|
B |--------13-----13--------|--13---13---11----13------|
G |--12-----------------12--|--12---12---12----12------|
D |--10---------------------|--------------------------|
A |-------------------------|--------------------------|
E |-------------------------|--------------------------|

Riff 2: (“You run like a river…”)

[(Bb)] [(F)] [(C5)]

E |-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------0----|
B |-11------11-------11-----|-10------10------10-----10|--8-----8-----8----------|
G |-----10-------10------10-|-----10------10------10---|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-----8-----8-----8-------|

Synth chords: (Played after cello solo, throughout 3rd verse and at very end)

[F/C]

E |-------------------------|--------------------------|
B |-------------------------|--------------------------|
G |----9--------10----------|------10--------10--------|
D |---10---------7----------|-------8---------7--------|
A |--------------8----------|--------------------------|
E |----8--------------------|-------6---------8--------|

Distorted guitar: (Played towards end and more extensively when live)

E |-------------------------|--------------------------|
B |-------------------------|--------------------------|
G |-------------------------|--------------------------|
D |-------------------------|--------------------------|
A |--1---3---1---3---1---1--|--0---1---0---1-----------|
E |-------------------------|--------------------------|
E |-------------------------|--------------------------|
B |-------------------------|--------------------------|
G |-------------------------|--------------------------|
D |-------------------------|--1---1---1---1-----------|
A |--1--3--3--3--1--3--3----|----3---3---3-------------|
E |-------------------------|--------------------------|

First verse with Riff 1:

We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill

As the day begs the night for mercy love

The sun’s so bright it leaves no shadows, only scars

carved into stone on the face of earth

The moon is up and over One Tree Hill

We see the sun go down in your eyes

Chorus with Riff 2:

You run like river in like a sea
you run like a river runs to the sea

Second verse same as first verse:
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone
Where poets speak their hearts, then bleed for it
Jara sang, his song a weapon, in the hands of love
You know his blood still cries from the ground

Chorus as before.

Cello Solo.

Now play synth chords (C C F F Bb5 F/C C C)

Third verse with synth chords:

I don’t believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts

while bullets rape the nigh[F/C]t of the merciful

I’ll see you again when the stars fall from the sky

and the moon has turned red[F/C] over one tree hill

Continue to play Riff 2 to end.

Distorted guitar kicks in towards end.

Outro: (With synth chords)

Oh great [F/C]ocean, old great [F/C]sea

run to the ocean, run [F/C]to the sea.

Greg Carroll’s funeral 10th July 1986

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One Tree Hill

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tabbed by: Scott Yanoff, yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill
As the day begs the night for mercy
Your sun’s so bright it leaves no shadows, only scars
Carved into stone on the face of earth
The moon is up and over One Tree Hill
We see the sun go down in your eyes

You ran like river to the sea
Like a river to the sea

And in our world a heart of darkness, a firezone
Where poets speak their hearts, then bleed for it
Jara sang, his song a weapon, in the hands of love
You know his blood still cries from the ground

It runs like a river to the sea, like a river to the sea

I don’t believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts
While bullets rape the night of the merciful
I’ll see you again when the stars fall from the sky
And the moon has turned red over One Tree Hill

We run like a river to the sea, like a river to the sea