Zooropa
Music by U2
Lyrics by Bono
Transcribed by Brandon Leniart
Tune down 1/2 step. The beginning piano chords are Gm and Em. You can play
the power chords in the major and minors if you want, but I like to play
major/minor chords when the song speeds up to make it sound more
interesting--I hope my tabs are readable. For the most part it's in E major.
Intro (with wah, phaser, and delay):
1---------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------12--12--12--12--12----------------------------------
3---9--9--9--9--9-----------------------------9--9--9--9--9-----------------
4-------------------------------------------------------------9--9--9--9--9-
5---------------------------------------------------------------------------
6---------------------------------------------------------------------------
(jam with these chords):
D A
1---------------
2---15------10--
3---14------9---
4---12------7---
5---------------
6---------------
E D E
1------------------------------
2------------------------------
3---9--9--9--9---7/9--9--9--9--
4---9--9--9--9---7/9--9--9--9--
5---7--7--7--7---5/7--7--7--7--
6------------------------------
Zooropa, Vorsprung durch Technik...Zooropa, be all that you can be
F# D F# D
1---------------------------------------------
2---------------------------------------------
3---11-----------7------------11-----------7--
4---11-----------7------------11-----------7--
5---9------------5------------9------------5--
6---------------------------------------------
Be a winner, eat to get slimmer
Zooropa, a bluer kind of white...Zooropa, it could be yours tonight
We're mild and green, and squeaky clean
A D
1----------------
2---10--------7--
3---9---------7--
4---7---------7--
5----------------
6----------------
Oh, oh
Zooropa, better by design...Zooropa, fly the friendly skies
Through appliance of science, we've got that ring of confidence
(increase speed of delay):
E Esus4 E D
1-------------------------------------------------------------
2---9--9--9--9----10--10--10--10----9--9--9--9----7--7--7--7--
3---9--9--9--9----9----9---9---9----9--9--9--9----7--7--7--7--
4---9--9--9--9----9----9---9---9----9--9--9--9----7--7--7--7--
5---7--7--7--7----7----7---7---7----7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5--
6-------------------------------------------------------------
And I have no compass, and I have no map
F#m
1---2---
2---2---
3---2---
4---4---
5---4---
6---2---
And I have no reasons, no reasons to get back
And I have no religion, and I don't know what's what
And I don't know the limit, the limit of what we got
E D
1------------
2---9-----7--
3---9-----7--
4---9-----7--
5---7-----5--
6------------
Don't worry baby, it'll be alright
You've got the right shoes to get you through the night
It's cold outside, but brightly lit
F#m
Skip the subway, let's go to the overground
E F#m E
Take your head out of the mud, baby, put flowers in the mud, baby, overground
No particular place names, no particular song
I've been hiding...what am I hiding from?
Don't worry baby, it'll be alright
Uncertainy can be a guiding light
I hear voices, rediculous voices, in the slipstream
F#m E
Let's go, let's go overground, take your head out of the mud baby
F#m
She's going to dream up the world she wants to live in
E
She's gonna dream out loud, dream out loud
1---------12--
2---12--------
3-------------
4-------------
5-------------
6-------------
ZOOROPA
tabbed by: Sergio Lucero, slucero@cec.uchile.cl
capo on 1st
Riff1: E ----------5-5-------------- Riff2: E --2---3---2---0------------
B --3-3-3-3------3-3-3-3----- B --3---3---3---3------------
G -----------------------2-2- G --2---2---2---0------------
D --------------------------- D ---------------------------
A --------------------------- A ---------------------------
E --------------------------- E ---------------------------
D D4 D D9
Intro: Riff1
Am-C-Am-C
D
Zooropa... Vorsprung durch Technik
Zooropa... be all that you can be
Em C Em C
Be a winner, eat to get slimmer
Zooropa... a bluer kind of white
Zooropa... it could be yours tonight
We're mild and green, and squeaky clean
(play intro chords again)
Zooropa... better by design
Zooropa... fly the friendly skies
Through appliance of science
We've got that ring of confidence....
Break: Play riff1. Silence. Play Riff 2 LOUD!
D D4 D D9 <----- This line is what
And I have no compass I call D(riff2)
D D4 D D9
And I have no map
Em C
And I have no reasons
D D4 D D9
No reasons to get back
And I have no religion
And I don't know what's what
And I don't know the limit
The limit of what we got
D(riff2)
Zooropa... don't worry baby. It'll be alright
D(riff2)
Zooropa... you got the right shoes
Zooropa... to get you through the night
D(riff2)
Zooropa... it's cold outside, but brightly lit
D(riff2)
Zooropa... skip the subway
Em
Zooropa... let's go to the overground
C D(riff2)
Get your head out of the mud baby
Em C D(riff2)
Put flowers in the mud baby
Overground
No particular place names
No particular song
I've been hiding
What am I hiding from?
Zooropa... don't worry baby. It's gonna be alright
Zooropa... uncertainty... can be a guiding light
Zooropa... I hear voices, ridiculous voices
Zooropa... in the slipstream
Zooropa... let's go, let's go... overground
Zooropa... take your head out of the mud baby
Em C
(She's gonna dream up the world she wants to live in
D(riff2)
She's gonna dream out loud)
Chord formations
----------------
D xx0232 C x32010
D4 xx0233 Am x02210
D9 xx0030 Em 022000
Zooropa by U2(additions)
Transcribed by Richard Zangoli.
Well I just got myself a wah-wah and got very excited when I played this
song. I don't know exactly what effect Edge uses but you can get close to it
if you use a delay pedal(I set mine at around 400ms) and constantly keep
peddling a wah-wah. I used the transcription on the Net for some guidance
these are some additional suggestions. Note that the tab here (as in the
previous transcription) is half a step (one note) lower than the
CD version. It makes playing open chords for the second half of the song
possible and thus simplifies things a little.
Intro Riff-
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------10-10-10-10--------------------------------- play
G------x-x-7-7-7-7------------------------x-x-7-7-7-7---------------- this a
D---------------------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-couple
of
It then goes to (something like)- times
E------------------------ E------------------------------
B---13--12---10h12p10--10--8h10-10 x2 B--8--7---5h7p5--5---3h-5--5- X2
G------------------------------- G-----------------------------
D------------------------------- D----------------------------
You might want to play around with this ^ a bit until you get something that
you think might be closer to the CD or sound better. But I think that the
above is reasonably close.
The chords given in the previous transcription for the intro verses (ie D D
Em C Em C) sound right but you might want to play the bar chords at the 5th,
7th and 8th frets as they seems to sound closer to the CD. Play the chords a
couple of times each but make sure to let the delay do most of the work.
The chords for the second half of the song (D D4 D D9, Em C) also sound good
but on the CD there is also a guitar that goes something like-
E------------10--------
B---s/10-----------10--
G-----------------------
D-----------------------
This sounds good if it is played after the D9 chord. Have a listen to the CD
to hear it. But if you are using a wah-wah it sound better if you don't
peddle it when playing the riff.
So there you go. Have fun.
Richard Zangoli (a.k.a. Custardo) (ahowden@magna.com.au)