New Years Day, Words by Bono, Music by U2
Transcribed by Matt@petrol.demon.co.uk
(Intro/Bass guitar)
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---------5---------------------------------------------------------
---7--7-----7--7-7--------------------------5-------------5--------
----------------------------7--------7--7-7---7-7-7-0-7-7----7-7-7-
--------------------0--8--8---8--8-8-------------------------------
(Piano tabbed for guitar)
----------------|------------|---------19-----17------17--|
--------15--17--|-----15-----|----------------------------|
-----14---------|-17-----16--|-----16------16-----16------|
----------------|------------|--14------------------------|Repeat
-0--------------|------------|----------------------------|
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--------15--17-|-----15-----|------------|--------------15-|--17--15----|
-----14--------|--17----16--|-17--17--16-|-16---16--17-----|----------17|
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-0-------------|------------|------------|-----------------|------------|
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Harmonics
---------------|----------|---------------|--------|---12-12-12-12-|
---------------|--15------|---------------|----15--|---12-12-12-12-|
17--16--17--14-|------16--|---16-----17---|--------|---12-12-12-12-|
---------------|----------|---------------|--------|---12-12-12-12-|
---------------|----------|---------------|--------|---------------|
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All is quiet on New years day a world in white
-------------------------------|--0------|-----------------|-----0----|
-------------------------------|-----0---|-----------------|-----0----|
---------------------12--------|---------|-----------------|----------|
---------------------12-----9--|---------|----7------------|----------|
-------------------------------|---------|-----------------|----------|
---------------------hm--------|---------|-----------------|----------|
Gets underway Ooh I want to be with you night and
--------------12-------|---------------|----------|--------------|
----------------12-----|---------------|----------|--------------|
------------------12---|---------------|----------|--------------|
--------------------12-|---------------|----------|--------------|
--------------hm......-|---------------|----------|----hm--------|
-----------------------|---------------|----------|----7---------|
day Nothing changes on New Years Day
--------------------|------------------|-----------10-10-|
--------------------|------------------|------------8--8-|
------------7-------|------------------|------------7--7-|
------7--------7---7|------------------|-----------------|
--------7-----------|------------------|-----------------|
-hm-7...............|------------------|-----------------|
On
10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|-10/12-12-----------|------------------|
-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8|--8/10-10---10-10-10|---10-10-10-------|
-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7|--7/9---9----9--9--9|----9--9--9-------|
-----------------------|-------------7--7--7|----7--7--7-------|
-----------------------|--------------------|------------------|
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New Years Day
---|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
---|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
---|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
---|--------------------------|
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G A
I will be with you again
A F
I will be with you a---gain
(For the next part:- run your finger along the top of the 3rd string from the
3rd fret to the 12th and back while plucking fast to get the run of harmonics.
The Edge then plays the 3rd fret on the bottom string. I think he uses delay
again to get the correct effect)
i.e:-
a crowd has gathered in black and white
--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------harmonics-----------
----------------------------------------------3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-etc---
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Repeat above pattern.
Say its true its true We can break through
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---------8--8---8----------10-10------------------
---------7--7---7---etc-----9--9--etc-------------
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Torn in two we can be one
------------------------8---8----------------------------------------
-8-8--------------------10--10---------------------------------------
-7-7--etc---------------10--10-etc-----------------------------------
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Use rhythms outlined in all the above until guitar solo:-
(with slide)
--19-|-----17-----|-15---------|--7---|-7/-19--19--|----17-----|
-----|--20-----17-|-----15--17\|------|------------|-20----17--|
-----|------------|------------|------|------------|-----------|
-----|------------|------------|------|------------|-----------|
-----|------------|------------|------|------------|-----------|
-----|------------|------------|------|------------|-----------|
(w/o slide)
-15-----|------7--|---------|--------|---------|--------|-------------|
-----15-|-17------|---------|--------|---------|--------|-------------|
--------|---------|------0--|---0--2-|---------|------0-|---5--4------|
--------|---------|----0----|-2------|-0--2----|----0---|---------5---|
--------|---------|--0------|--------|-------0-|--2-----|-------------|
--------|---------|---------|--------|---------|--------|-------------|
Ah ah wa da ah etc
----------------------------------7--7---7--7---7-----------
---------------------------------------------------etc------
-4-----------0---5--5--4--4--5----4--4---4--4---4-----------
---5------7-------------------------------------------------
-------7----------------------------------------------------
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End on Am
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