Partitions

New Year's Day
U2

Originally posted by:
lka@cs.bham.ac.uk

Corrected/tabbed by:
voodoo@mill2.millcomm.com

Like just about all of "War", this song is tuned down half a step to Eb.


Am C Em
All is quiet on New Year's Day

Am C Em
A world in white, gets underway

Am C Em
And I want to be with you, be with you night and day

Am C Em Am
Nothing changes on New Year's Day
Em
On New Year's Day


Chorus:

G Am
I will be with you again
G F Am C Em
I will be with you again


Am C Em
Under a blood red sky

Am C Em
A crowd has gathered in black and white

Am C Em
Arms entwined, the chosen few

Am C Em G
Newspaper say, says, say it's true, it's true

Am
And we can break through
G F
Though torn in two, we can be one


G Am
I, I will begin again
G F Am C Em Am
I, I will begin again, yeah


Repeat Chorus and fade out

...

Piano part tabbed out for guitar (makes a nice addition to the piano part)


e--------------10--12-----8--10--7--------
A----------10-----------------------------
G----------------------------------------- Repeat about 3 times
D-----------------------------------------
B--12-------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------

e--8-8-7--7--7--7-8-10--12-10-8--10-8--7-8-5--8-7-----------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------

That's an easy way to do it, Edge throws some high (~15 on a guitar)
notes during live performances, which sound to me to be chaotic, but we
all know Edge...

The solo:

e--19--15--17--12--15--10--12--7-----------
A------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------Bar the bass strings and slide up
D-------------------------------------1/13-as a transition between
B-------------------------------------1/13-the two repeats, sounds
E-------------------------------------1/13-cool.
Repeat once more.

Second part:
B------5-2-5-7-0-2--------5-2--10-10-9/5-10-9-9/2-10-9-9-10-12-10
E--0-5--------------0-2-5--------------------------------------------

or

B------5-2-5-7-0-2--------5-2--10-10-9---10-9---10-9-9-10-12-10
E--0-5--------------0-2-5---------------10-----7----------------

I like the first method because it looks cooler when you play it.

Verses: (This is the way Edge does it live, it's not on the album/single
versions)
These are played after the line is finished; listen to UABRS
and pick it up.

All is quiet on New Year's Day...

e---------------------------12-12------------------
A---------------------------------12---------------
D------------------------------------12------------
G---------------------------------------12---------
B--------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------

A world in white gets underway...

e---------------------------------12------------
A------------------------------12---------------
D---------------------------12------------------
G------------------------12---------------------
B-----------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------

Blah... blah... blah...

(This is in the album)

Nothing changes on New Year's Day...
Dsus4 Esus4
e--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------8-8-10-10--------
D--------------------------------7-7--9--9--------
G--------------------------------7-7--9--9--------
B--------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------

On New Year's Day...
Dsus4
e-----------------------------
A-----------xxx----8-8--------
D-----------xxx----7-7--------
G-----------xxx----7-7--------
B-----------------------------
E-----------------------------

Chorus:

I... will be with you again....
Dsus4 Esus4
e---------------------------------------
A-----8--8--8--8---10-10-10-10--------
D-------7--7--7--7---9---9--9--9-------
G---------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------

I got lazy after figuring out the solo tab, so there are varies palm
mutes and more repeats on the verses/chorus parts than what I put down,
but it's very easy to pick up on from the album, or especially a live
version.

All the rest of the song's little fills and riffs that you hear are those
two chords, Dsus4 and Esus4. The other chords listed in the lyrics above
are correct, but they are useful as a key guide only, or perhaps an
acoustic version...

Comments, corrections, death threats, compliments, etc. can be E-mailed
to me at:
voodoo@mill2.millcomm.com