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The Ocean

U2
Bass Tab
★4.7(3)

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

Song

THE OCEAN

U2

Taken from the Island album Boy (1980)

Transcribed by: Damian Pamminger (TwitcheD_85@hotmail.com)

Tune down 1/2 step: Eb Ab Db Gb

* = natural harmonic

|-11--------|-------11-----------11-----------11-----------11-----12*----7*----|
|--9--------|----9------9-----9------9-----9------9-----9------0--12*----7*----|
|--7--------|-7------------7------------7------------7-------------------------|
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12*----7*----12*----7*----12*----7*---|------------|---------18------------|
|---12*----7*----12*----7*----12*----7*---|---REPEAT---|-----16------16--------|
|-----------------------------------------|-three-more-|-14--------------14----|

|-----------------------------------------|---times----|-----------------------|

|-----18--------------17--------------17--------------18--------------18----|
|-16------16------15------15------15------15------16------16------16--------|
|-------------13--------------13--------------14--------------14------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------17--------------17--\---|-------11---------| Repeat
|---------15------15------15----------|----9------9------| until
|-13--13--------------13--------------|-7----------------| end

|-------------------------------------|------------------| fade

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