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  "Love is Blindness" (Live) John's version
  -----------------------------------------
  Tune down 1/2 a step
  i didnt bother figuring out the organ part..lol i
  was hoping u guys could..lol..i hope u guys can..
  i was to into figuring out the verse arpeggiation.
  (brooklynfella@hotmail.com)
  
  E-------------------------|-------------------------
  B--------7-------7-------7|-------7-------7--------7
  G---7--------7-------7----|---7-------7-------7-----
  D----------9---9---9---9--|-7---7---7---7---7---7---
  A-9---9-------------------|-------------------------
  E-------------------------|-------------------------
  
  E-------------------------|-------------------------
  B-------7-------7--------7|-------7-------7-------7-
  G---7-------7-------7-----|---7-------7-------7-----
  D---------7---7---7---7---|---------7---7---7---7---
  A10--10-------------------|-7---7-------------------
  E-------------------------|-------------------------
  
  E-------------------------|-----------------------------
  B-------7-------7-------7-|--------7--------7----------7
  G---7-------7-------7-----|---7---------7---------7-----
  D---------9---9---9---9---|-----11---11---11---11---11--
  A-9---9-------------------|-9---------------------------
  E-------------------------|-----------------------------
  
  E-------------------------|--------------------------
  B-------7-------7-------7-|-------7-------7-------7--
  G---7-------7-------7-----|---7-------7-------7------
  D---------9---9---9---9---|---------9---9---9---9----
  A-9---9-------------------|-9---9--------------------
  E-------------------------|--------------------------
  
  *listen for an occasional hit of the high e string 7th fret
  during later verses.
  
  for "a little death without warning" part
  im not clear what he does its stripped down though
  i dont think he arpeggiated the chords fully..play
  with the 5th and 6th measure chords i typed at the top.
  
  PART B(distortion)
  E---10----9---7--7-7~~---10---9-----7h8-9-9
  B------------------------------------------
  G------------------------------------------
  D-9----9----9----------9----9----9---------
  A------------------------------------------
  E------------------------------------------
  
  E-8-8h9p8-7--------------------------------
  B-----------10-10-10~--8-8-8-8-7h8p7h8p7---
  G------------------------------------------
  D------------------------------------------
  A------------------------------------------
  E------------------------------------------
  
  back to VERSE(clean)
  start to add 7th fret high e string to arpeggiation
  
  
  towards the end of the verse before the solo all i hear
  clearly is a slide from the g string 9/119
  
  and just before the solo strum
  E-7
  B-7 upward many times
  G-7
  D-9
  
  SOLO: distortion
  im gonna put the way the chords strummed then
  just put the notes from there on...note they
  are slid to eachother
  E-x------------------------------------------------
  B-15-7-14-15-14-7-14-15-7-15-14-7-14-15-7-14-15-14-
  G-x------------------------------------------------
  D-x------------------------------------------------
  A--------------------------------------------------
  E--------------------------------------------------
  
  E---------------------------
  B-17-14-15-14-15-17-15-17-19
  G---------------------------
  D---------------------------
  A---------------------------
  E---------------------------
  
  E-----------------
  B-14-15-15p14h15(B)
  G-----------------
  D-----------------
  listen to add 17th fret on b string
  
  mess around with thse chords
  E----17----19---
  B-15----17------ listen for slide
  
  then back to 14-15-15p14h15-(b)
  
  then
  
  E-----------------------------------------------
  B-----------------------------------------------
  G-----------------------------------------------
  D-9-/11/12/14-16---16/1716---16/17/19--21-21-21
  A-----------------------------------------------
  E-----------------------------------------------
  
  E---------------------------------------------------
  B---------------------------------------------------
  G---------------------------------------------------
  D-191716/17161412/14--12h14p1211-11h12p11-----
  A----------------------------------------------12/14
  E---------------------------------------------------
  
  then back to messing with verse chords..somewhat stripped
  down less notes..ok fellas take care.
  
  
  
  
  ------------------------------------------
  
  "Love Is Blindness"
    -----------------
  
  tabbed by: Harry C. Nye, hcnyeiv@esu.edu
  
  
           Bm                 A
  Love is blindness, I don't want to see
             G               Em
  Won't you wrap the night around me
  Bm          F#          Bm
  Take my heart, love is blindness
  
  In a parked car, in a crowded street
  You see your love made complete
  Thread is ripping, the knot is slipping, love is blindness
  
  Love is clockworks, and cold steel
  Fingers too numb to feel 
  Squeeze the handle, blow out the candle, love is blindness
  
  Love is blindness, I don't want to see
  Won't you wrap the night around me
  Oh my love, blindness
  
            C               G/B
  A little death, without mourning
      F#           Bm
  No call, and no warning
             C          G/B
  Baby... a dangerous idea
          F#
  That almost makes sense
  
  Solo: Bm A  G  Em  Bm  F#  Bm
  U2: Love is blindness (live solo)
  
  Tabbed by Lars Barstad (lapba@grm.hia.no)
  
  This is what I could make out from the video of the sydney show...
  
  The first part is played with a delay (of course), and The Edge picks each
  note quite a few times before SLIDING to the next note... To get the timing
  right, listen to the version on Achtung Baby (note that the ending of the first
  part is different from what is played live, and the second part is faint on
  the album version). The transcription of the first part in particular shows you
  which notes to play rather than HOW to play them...
  
  
  1st part
                          repeat this twice..
  
  E-|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
  B-|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
  G-|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
  D-|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
  A-|--14--6--13--14--13|-6--13--14--6--14--13---|--16--13--14--13--14--16--14--|
  E-|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
  
                 2nd part of solo starts here!
  
                 repeat this for a while...    then repeat this a few times
  
  E-|-----------|----------------------|-----------------|
  B-|-----------|----------------------|-----------------|
  G-|-----------|--15--15--13--15--13--|---------13--15--|
  D-|-----------|----------------------|-----------------|
  A-|--16--18---|----------------------|-----------------|
  E-|-----------|----------------------|-----------------|
  
  
  
  Love is drowning in a deep well
  All the secrets and no one to tell
  Take the money, honey, blindness
  
  Love is blindness, I don't want to see
  Won't you wrap the night around me
  Oh my love, blindness
  
  End: Bm A  G  Em  Bm  F#  Bm
  
  
  Love is Blindness(live version) by U2
  
  Transcribed by Richard Zangoli. 
  This is a transcription (as complete as I can make it) of the version that
  U2 of this song that U2 played during the Zoo TV tour. I transcribed it from
  the version on the U2 Live in Sydney video version but other versions,
  except perhaps in some parts of the solo, are quite similar. It is to be
  used in conjunction with the previous chord transcription by H Nye which is
  on the Archive. Tune down half a step.(note that I haven't tabbed all the
  strings all the time)
  
  Organ intro arranged for guitar-
  E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  D----16---14---12---11----11h12s/14--16--14--12--11--11h12s/14--16--14--12--11--
  A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  B------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  D---11h12s/14--16(hold)---------------------------------------------------------
  A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  Edge then comes in with his guitar. The verse chords in the previous
  transcription sound right but Edge plays it differently live. He bars the
  7th fret, forms a Bm chord and then plays the chords arpeggio style, keeping
  his index finger barring the 7th fret. These sound like the chords that he
  uses-(I don't know their real names-apart from Bm which is just a Bm- so
  I'll use the standard names used in the previous transcription)-
  Bm (799777), A(xx7777), G(x107777), Em(x77777), F#(x911777). Play these 
  arpeggioed chords in the manner and order as in Nye's transcription for the
  verses (ie. Bm,A, G, Em, Bm,F#,Bm). When the arpeggio is played, make sure
  that you initially sound the first or first couple of notes of the chord so
  that the chord change can clearly be heard.For the bit that goes "a little
  death.." do the same type of thing using these  chords(they sound OK but you
  may want to try some thing slightly different)- C(877777), G/B(x107777),
  F#(x911777) and Bm(799777). Play them in the same progression as in the
  previous transcription. (ie C, G/B, F#, Bm, C,G/B,F#).For the arpeggio parts
  you may wish to capo the 7th fret to make playing them easier. If you do
  though you might want to change where you play the solo on the fretboard.
  
  Now to what you might call Edge's mini solo-
  
  E-10--9--------------------------10--9-------9h10--10------10--9h10p9----------
  B--------12--12--12--12 -12---------------------------------------------12--12--
  G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  B--12---10--10--10-------------------------------------------------------------
  G-------------------12--12--12--11--11--11--12--12--12--11--11--11--12--12--12--
  
  After this go back to the arpeggio chords but this time play them a bit
  louder and let the notes ring out a bit more.Now for the main guitar
  solo(listen to the song for the timing)-
  
  E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  B----15--15--15--15--15--15s/7--7--7--7--7--7--14--15--14-14-14s/--7--7--7--7--7
  G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  B--14--14s/15--15--15--15--15--15s/7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7s/15--14--14--14s/--7-7
  G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   
  E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  B--7--7--7s/14-15--15--15--7--7-7-7--7--7--7s/15--14--14--14--14--14--14s/17-17
  G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  B--14--14--15--15--14--14--15--15--15--17-17-15--17--17--19--19--19--19--19-----
  G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Then play this (or something similar)-
  E----------------------- 12-----------------------------12-----
  B---s/14--15--15--14--15---------14--15--15--14----15--------
  G-------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  Play it a few times gradually more aggressively, starting to bent the B
  string towards the end when you play it. In the middle of repeating this
  riff Edge also plays this once(listen out for it)-
  E----------------12----------12--12------------------
  B---14--15--14---15---14-----15--15--14---------------
  G------------------------------------------------16--------
  
  After playing it quite a few times he goes to this-
  E--------17-------------17-----------17-----------------------19------------19--
  B-s/19------------19-----------19------------19-------17---------------17-------
  G------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  E-------19-----------------------------------17--------------17---------------17
  B-17-----------17s/--------------------s/19--------------19--------------19-----
  G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  E-------17-----------------19-----------------19---------21--21--21--21s/19--19-
  B-19---------------17------------------17---------------------------------------
  G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  E----------17---------17--------------17---------------------19-----------19----
  B-s/19-----------19-------------19---------------17------17----------17---------
  G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  And then play something similar to the riff that Edge already played, for
  example,-
  
  E----------------------------------------------------12------------------
  B------14--14--15--15--14--15--14--15--15-----------------15-------  etc.. etc..
  G-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  And now this is the final bit (I'll only tab the last 3 strings)-
  
  D---s/9(hold)-----(9)s/11s/12s/14s/16(hold)----16h17p16--16(hold)s/17s/19(hold)-
  A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  D------21--21--21---19--17--16h17--16--14--12h14--------12h14p12--11------------
  A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  D---11h12p11---9(hold)-------------
  A-------------------------------------
  E--------------------------------------
  
  It was a bit hard to tab the last bit of the solo but it should give you the
  general idea. Also, the whole song, especially the solo sounds much better
  which some delay.Am I wrong or is that a fantastic solo?. Have fun 
  Richard Zangoli (ahowden@magna.com.au)
  
  
  
  *addition
  here's what I play towards the end of the main solo,
  Cheers, jules.
  
  
  E-----17----17----17----17----19----19----19----19--
  B--19----19----19----19----17----17----17----17---
  
  E-----17----17----17----17----19----19----19----19--
  B--19----19----19----19----17----17----17----17---
  
  adding this bit E--21-21-21-21
  
  E-----17----17----17----17----19----19----19----19--
  B--19----19----19----19----17----17----17----17---

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