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Stories for Boys

U2
Bass Tab
4.6(7)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

U2 "Stories For Boys" -BASS TAB

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steve palmer am560@freenet.carleton.ca

Tune down 1/2 step: Eb AB Db Gb

During intro riff:

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

Main riff:

|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--7---5-5-7-7/12-10-----|--7---5-5-7-7/12-10-----|
|----7-------------------|----7-------------------|

Verse:

|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--7---5-5-7-7/12-10-----|--7---5-5-7-7/12-10-----|
|----7-------------------|----7-------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--7---7---7---7---------|--7---7---7---7---------|
|----7---7---7---7-------|----7---7---7---7-------|

/-played fast-\

|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------5------7------------|
|--5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-----|--5-5-5-5--3-3----5-5----3---------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
  |------------------------|
  |------5------7----------|
  |--3-3----5-5----3-------|
  |------------------------|

Chorus:

          |------------------------|------------------------|
          |-----------------5-5----|-----------------5-5----|
          |--7-7--7-7--5-5---------|--7-7--7-7--5-5---------|
          |------------------------|------------------------|

(These parts make up the rest of the song.)

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