U2Mysterious Ways Transcribed by Richard ZangoliChecked out and corrected by The Specialiste-mail me at: thespecialist@u2star.com The tempo is ♩= 100
Tune down 1/2 a step and use a wah-wah whereappropriate. The intro- E---7-----------------------------B---7-----------------------------G---8----------------------------- x 8D---9---9--9s/------x--x-----7h9---A---9---9--9s/---------------------E-------7--7s/---------------------- For the verses this is the keyboard arranged for guitar- Johnny take a walk with your sister the moon let her pale light in tofill upE--7---------------------------------------------------------------------B--7---------------------------------------------------------------------G--8-----8------------------9----------------------8----------------11---D--9-----9------------------9----------------------9----------------11---A--9---------------------------------------------------------------------E--7--------------------------------------------------------------------- your room. You've been living underground, eating from a can, you've beenrunning awayE------------------------------------------------------------------------B------------------------------------------------------------------------G-----------------8-------------------9------------------------------8---D-----------------9-------------------9------------------------------9---A------------------------------------------------------------------------E------------------------------------------------------------------------ from what you don't understand. Look,E---------------------------------------B---------------------------------------G---------------11--------------8--------D---------------11--------------9--------A----------------------------------------E---------------------------------------- The second verse is the same with the only difference being that after Bonosings "you can't explain", Edge plays this- E---------B--15s/---G--15s/---D--15s/---A---------E--------- Note that instead of playing the synthesiser chords as I have tabbed themabove (ie. B(xx89xx),E5(xx99xx),F5(xx11 11xx)) you might want to just playthe bar chords (ie. B(799xxx),E(x799xx),F(x9 11 11xx)) as they sound ok andin my opinion are easier to play. For the pre-chorus Edge plays something like this- She's slippery, You're sliding down she's gonna bethere when E---7---7s/--------------------12---12s/---------------------7--7s/---------B---7---7s/--------------------12---12s/---------------------7--7s/---------G---8---8s/--------------------13---13s/---------------------8--8s/---------D---9---9s/--------------------14---14s/---------------------9--9s/---------A---9--------------------------14----------------------------9--------------E---7--------------------------12----------------------------7-------------- you hit the groundE------12--12--12--12--12-----12s/--B------12--12--12--12--12-----12s/--G------13--13--13--13--13-----13s/--D------14--14--14-------------14s/--A------14--14--14-------------14s/--E------12--12--12-------------12s/-- For the second pre-chorus (ie she's the wave...) play something similar. Now for the chorus- It's alright, it's alright it's alright She movesin E----7--------------7-------------------------------12--10----10--10--10--10-B----7--------------7-------------------------------12--10----10--10--10--10-G----8--------------8------s/13----13--13--13-------13--11----11--11--11--11-D----9--------------9------s/14----14--14--14-----------------12--12--12--12-A----9--------------9------s/14----14--14--14-----------------12--12--12--12-E----7--------------7------s/12----12--12--12-----------------10--10--10--10- mysterious waysE---5-----5-----5----5s/--B---5-----5-----5----5s/--G---6-----6-----6----6s/--D---7-----7-----7----7s/-- and play the B E D and A chords over. A---7-----7-----7----7s/--E---5-----5-----5----5s/-- After the first chorus the intro riff is played 3 times. Now for the bit just before the guitar solo. There are two guitars here. Oneis playing this with some delay (listen to the record for the timing)- E---17--19--17--19--17--19--17--19-B----------------------------------G---------------------------------- x 5 and the other is playing this (this is what Edge plays in the live version)- E---2-------------------------B---2--------------------------G---3------------------------- x 5D---4----4--4s/------x--2h4---A---4----4--4s/---------------E---2----2--2s/---------------- Now for the actual solo- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------B-16--16--16--16-----------------------------16--16--16--16--x--x--17--x-x--16----14G-14--14--14--14------------14---------------14--14--14--14--x--x--14--x-x--14----14D---------------------14h16------16---14----------------------------------------14--A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------B--16--16--16--16--x--x--17--x--x--16----14-----16--16--16--16--x-x--16--17--16----14G--14--14--14--14--x--x--14--x--x--14----14-----14--14--14--14--x-x--14--14--14----14D-------------------------------------14----------------------------------------14---A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------B-16--16--16--16--x-x--17--x-x--16----14----16--16--16--16--x--x-17--x-x--16-----14-G-14--14--14--14--x-x--14--x-x--14----14----14--14--14--14--x--x-14--x-x--14-----14-D----------------------------------14-----------------------------------------14----A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the bridge before the chorus simply play the chorus chords(ie. B,E,D,A)
arppeggio.For example- One day you'll look back and you'll seeE---7------------------------------------------------------------------------------B---7-------------7----------------9-------9h10p9----------------------------------G---8-------8--------8------8------9---9--------------9-----9-----11---11--11------D---9-------9------------9---------9---------------------9--9-----12-------12------A---9------------------------------7------------------------------12---------------E---7-------------------------------------------------------------10--------------- where you were held how by this loveE----`------------------5--5--5---5---5-----B-----------------------5--5--5---5---5-----G------11------11-------6--6--6---6---6-----D------12------12-------7--7--7---7---7-----A------12------12-------7--7--7---7---7-----E-----------------------5--5--5---5---5------ And then go back to playing the chorus chords normally. Play them during thefinal time that the chorus is sung and end on the B chord. That should have all the guitar bits and, by the way, the bass line (I thinkthe only really distinguishable one in the album version) is this- G---------------------------------D---------------------------------A--------5-----5h7--5------------- over and over again.E----7-------------------7----5--- HAVE FUN!The Specialist