Song: With or without you - Acoustic
Artist: U2
Composers: U2
Album: The Joshua tree
Tabbed by DJ
7th Aug 2015
An interesting way to get lots of open strings ringing on an acoustic guitar
and still maintain that bass progression. The chords can either be strummed or picked.
From Verse 3 onwards, if you have another guitarist the riff on the could be added.
Tune bottom string down to
Tune string up to (Take care tuning up,old strings might not take it too well)
Tune string down to
Tune top string down to
A chromatic tuner can be helpful to check the notes.
PLEASE IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES that the website might suggest,
and use the chord shapes shown below:
= 050000
= x02000
= x24000
= 555000
= x x x 10 10 12
If, like me, you find the original key is still too high to sing the very
shapes are exactly the same, but will sound as - - - ,
and as an for that high riff chord.
You will need to take more care not to play too heavily, particularly on the
bottom string, as they are a lot slacker, and it may need a bit more fine tuning
more often to keep all the strings in pitch.
N.. I wouldn't recommend this tuning if you're using very light gauge strings.
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See the stone set in your eyes,
See the thorn twist in your side, I'll wait for you,
Slight of hand and twist of fate, on a bed of nails she makes me wait,
And I'll wait with - out you,
With or with - out you, with or with - out you!
Through the storm we reach the shore, you give it all, but I want more,
And I'm waiting for you, with or with - out you,
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And you give yourself a - way, and you give yourself a - way,
And you give, and you give, and you give yourself a - way,
My hands are tied, my body bruised,
She got me with ...nothing to win, and nothing left to loose!
And you give yourself a - way, and you give yourself a - way,
And you give, and you give, and you give yourself a - way,
With or with - out you, with or without you, oh -oo, oh,
Whoa -oh, oh - oh, whoa -oh,oh - oh, whoa -oh,oh - oh, oh, oh -oh!
With or with - out you, with or without you, oh -oo, oh,
[Coda]
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