Wake Up Dead Man

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Song

WAKE UP DEAD MAN U2 - POP

Tabbed by: adambuko@hotmail.com-copied by darcyguitar@hotmail.com

Based on original tab by: hynesm@ozemail.com.au

This is the best way to play the song. The others were off the

mark. Tune down a half-step if you want to play along with the cd.

The rhythm given in the intro is the basic rhythm for the entire piece.

The spacing DOES NOT represent accurate time - I just spaced it so it's clear

- listen to the song to get spots that may be unclear - but it's pretty

much all based on the beginning rhythm, so it shouldn't be too bad.

I'm not too familiar with all the tab symbols, so here's a list of what I used:

q.=dotted quarter note

q=quarter note

e=eighth note

(#)=add the note indicated on the repeat

<#>=omit the note indicated on the repeat

[ ]=placed to keep time - see end of verse 2 for rhythm

>=strum/pick hard

Intro:

-----0---------0---------0------------0------
-----10--------10--------10-----------10-----

---------------------------------------------

--7------7--7------7--7------7--7--7------7--

---------------------------------------------

q. e q. e q.

Verse 1: Jesus...Jesus help me...

||------0---------0---------0------------0-------
||------10--------10--------10-----------10------
||o----------------------------------------------
||o--7------7--7------7--7------7--7-(7)----(7)--
||-----------------------------------------------
||-----------------------------------------------
-----0--------0--------0------------0-------
-----8--------8--------8------------8-------

--------------------------------------------

--5-----5--5-----5--5-----5--5-(5)-----(5)--

--------------------------------------------

-----0--------0----------0-----------0-----
-----6--------6----------6-----------6-----

-------------------------------------------

--3-----3--3----3--2--0-----0--0--0--------

---------------------------------------<0>-

---------------------------------------(3)-

-----0-----------0--------3-----------3------||
-----1-----------1--------3-----------3------||
--------------------------------------------o||
--------------------------------------------o||
--3----&lt;3>-3--3-----0------------------------||
-------(3)-------------3-----3--3--3-----(0)-||

q. q q e q. e e q e

Chorus: > >

|-----0---------0--0-----0--------0--------3-------------2--2--2--2--2-----
|-----1---------1--1-----1--------1--------3-------------3--3--3--3--3-----
|-----2---------2--2-----2--------2----------------------2--2--2--2--2-----
|--------------(2)(2)------------------------------------0--0-----0--------
|--0-----0--0--(0)(0)-------0--0-----0-------------3--2-----------------0--
|---------------------------------------3-------3--------------------------

> >

 -----0---------0--0-----0--------0--------3-------------2--------2--2-----|
 -----1---------1--1-----1--------1--------3-------------3--------3--3-----|
 -----2---------2--2-----2--------2----------------------2--------2--2-----|
 --------------(2)(2)------------------------------------0--------0--0-----|
 --0-----0--0--(0)(0)-------0--0-----0-------------3--2--------------------|
 ---------------------------------------3----------------------------------|

*Optional: Add the A and D strings to complete the x02210 Am chord for a fuller

sound if you're playing alone (the 2nd guitar fills it in on the album)

Verse 2: Jesus...I'm waiting here boss...

||------0------------0--------0------------0-------
||------10-----------10-------10-----------10------
||o------------------------------------------------
||o--7------7--7-&lt;7>----7--7------7-&lt;7>(7)-----(7)-
||-------------------------------------------------
||-------------------------------------------------
-----0-----------0--------0------------0-------
-----8-----------8--------8------------8-------

-----------------------------------------------

--5-----5--5-&lt;5>----5-&lt;5>----5--5-&lt;5>-----(5)--

-----------------------------------------------

-----0------(0)--------------0------------0-----
-----6------(6)--------------6------------6-----

------------------------------------------------

--3-----3-------&lt;3>-3--2--0------0-(0)-0--------
---------------------------------------------0--

------------------------------------------------

-----0-----------0--------3-----------3------||
-----1-----------1--------3-----------3------||
--------------------------------------------o||
--------------------------------------------o||
--3-----3-[ ]-3-----0------------------------||
-----------------------3-----3-[ ]-3----(0)--||

q. q q e q. q q e

---CHORUS---

Bridge: Listen to the words...

||------0---------0--------0-----------0-----
||------5---------5--------5-----------5-----
||o------------------------------------------
||o------------------------------------------
||---0------0--0-----0--0-----0--0--0-----0--
||-------------------------------------------
-----0--------0--------0-----------0-----
-----3--------3--------3-----------3-----

-----------------------------------------

--3-----3--3-----3--3-----3--3--3-----3--
-----1--------1--------1-----------1-----
-----1--------1--------3--------3--3-----
-----------------------------2-----------
--------------------0-----0--------------

-----------------------------------------

--1-----1--1-----1--------------------3--
-----0-----------0--------3-----------3------||
-----1-----------1--------3-----------3------||
--------------------------------------------o||
--------------------------------------------o||
--3--------3--3-----0------------------------||
--------3--------------3-----3--3--3----(0)--||

---CHORUS---

Verse 3: Jesus...were you just around the corner...

||------0-----------0--------0-----------0-----
||------1-----------1--------1-----------1-----
||o--------------------------------------------
||o--------------------------------------------
||---0-----0-[ ]-0-----0--0-----0-[ ]-0--------
||---------------------------------------------
-----3-----------3--------3-----------3-----
-----3-----------3--------3-----------3-----

--------------------------------------------

--3-----3-[ ]-3-----3--3-----3-[ ]-3--------
-----1-----------1-----------1--------1-----
-----1-----------1-----------3--------3-----
--------------------------2-----------------
--3-----3-[ ]-3-----2--0-----------0--------

--------------------------------------------

-----0-----------0--------3-----------3------||
-----1-----------1--------3-----------3------||
--------------------------------------------o||
--------------------------------------------o||
--3-----3-[ ]-3-----0------------------------||
-----------------------3-----3-[ ]-3----(0)--||

---REPEAT CHORUS 3x--- Song ends on an Am chord

There's the whole song. There are some small variations

I probably missed when the texture gets thicker, but this

should give you a pretty accurate tab of the whole song. Enjoy!

------------------------

Wake up dead man (album cut from POP)

by U2

transcribed by ragecanx2 (ragecanx2@yahoo.com)

okay..here's the deal...i don't know what you people out there are drinking...but hmm

...after i play the transpcriptions for the song..they just don't seem right...so...

after sitting my ass down and listening to the song, i came up with this...to me,

atleast, it seems a bit closer to what other people have come up with...enjoy...

_________________________________________________________________________________________

i'm pretty much just gonna give you the shape of the chords...the rest is up to you...

-verse and intro-

A G F C G

e|----0-------|---0--------|---0--------|--------0---|---3--------|
b|---10-------|---8--------|---6--------|--------1---|---3--------|
G|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|-7----------|-5----------|-3---(3-2-0)|------------|------------|
A|------------|------------|------------|(0-2-)3-----|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|-3----------|

**play the stuff in () if you can...(or if you want)**

-chorus-

Am Am G D

e|-----0-0----|-0-0-0------|---3---------|-2----------|
b|-----1-1----|-1-1-1------|---3---------|-3----------|
G|-----2-2----|-2-2-2------|---0---------|-2----------|
D|-----2-2----|-2-2-2------|---0---------|------------|
A|-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0------|-------3-2---|------------|
E|------------|------------|-3-----------|------------|

the keyboard stuff is pretty straight forward....i didn't take the time to figure it

out, seeming i don't have keyboard handy. Also, you can call me lazy, but the bendy

fills the edge does in the 3rd and 4th choruses are no brainers...it was done with

multi-tracking...so...you'd need another guitar to do it...and if you had two guitars

playing the song...the 2nd guitarist would be pretty damn bored...but, if you are a

creative soul, and have actually incorperated a 2nd guitar part here they are:

1st(e)|------12b14-12b14---|------10b12-10b12-----|

also theres a fill during the "listen" part it's a little sometin' like dis:

3rd(G)|--2/4--4/5--5/7--5/2------|

-lyrics-

Jesus,

jesus help me

i'm alone in this world

and a fucked world it is too

Tell me

Tell me the story

the one about enternity

and the way it's all gonna be...

-chorus-

Wake up

wake up dead man (x2)

Jesus

i'm waiting here boss

I know your looking out for us

but maybe your hands aren't free

your father

he made the world in seven

he's in charge of heaven

will you put a word in for me

(chorus x2)

Listen to the words they'll tell you what to do

listen over the rhythm that's confusing you

listen to the reed in the saxaphone

listen over the hum of the radio

listen over the sounds of blades on rotation

listen through the traffic and circulation

listen as hope and peace try to rhyme

listen over marching bands playing out their time

(chorus x2)

jesus

were you just around the corner

did you think and try to warn her

or are you working on something new

if there's an order

in all of this disorder

is it like a tape recorder

can we rewind it just once more

(chorus x2)

So, there you have it...the fills and stuff should be (as always) improvisational...

so shame on you for wanting to know exactly how something goes...always put your

own little something into the song...it makes it more worth it =)

WAKE UP DEAD MAN U2

tabbed by: hynesm@ozemail.com.au

This is the only way to play this song. The others were all way of the

mark.

Tune down a semitone.

-------0-------------0-------------0----------------
-------10------------10------------10---------------

----------------------------------------------------

---7-------7---7---------7--7--7-------------------- Twice

----------------------------------------------------

------0-----------0-----------0---------0--------0--------
------8-----------8-----------8---------6--------6--------

----------------------------------------------------------

---5------5----5-----5--5--5----5----3-----3--3-----3--2--

----------------------------------------------------------

-----0----------0--------0--------0---------3-----------3---
-----6----------6--------1--------1---------3-----------3---

------------------------------------------------------------

--0----0--0--0----------------------------------------------
-------------------0--3--------3-----0----------------------
-----------------------------------------3-----3--3--3------

Repeat whole thing

Chorus:

> >

-----0--------0--0-------0--------0--------3------------2-------
-----1--------1--1-------1--------1--------3------------3-------
-----2--------2--2-------2--------2---------------------2-------
--------------------------------------------------------0-------
--0-----0--0----------------0--0-----0--3--------3--2-----------
----------------------------------------------3-----------------

Wake Up Dead Man U2

---- -- ---- --- --

Typed by: Xyndiack@hotmail.com

Oyvind Aasan

Chords:

Gm Fm Em C#m Bm EmII F#m

e|-------|--------|-------|--------|--------|--11----|--------|
b|-------|--------|-------|--------|--------|--12----|--------|
G|----13-|-----11-|----9--|-----6--|-----4--|--13----|--------|
D|----13-|-----11-|----9--|-----6--|-----4--|--13----|----4---|
A|11-----|--9-----|-7-----|--4-----|--2-----|--11----|----4---|
E|-------|--------|-------|--------|--------|--------|-2------|

E D# C#

Quick bass line: A|--7--6---4

Gm Fm

Jesus, Jesus help me

Em E D# C#(quick bass-tones)

I'm alone in this world

Bm C#m

and a fucked up world it is too

Gm Fm

tell me, tell me the story

Em E D# C#(quick bass-tones)

the one about eternity

Bm F#m

and the way it's all gonna be

Em EmII E D# C#(quick bass-tones)

WAKE UP WAKE UP DEAD MAN

Jesus, I'm waiting here boss

I know you're looking out for us

but maybe your hands aren't free

your Father , He made the world in seven

He's in charge of heaven

will you put a world in for me

WAKE UP WAKE UP DEAD MAN

listen to your words they're tell you what to do

listen over the rhythm that's confusing you

listen to the reed in the saxophone

listen over the hum of the radio

listen over sounds of blades in rotation

listen through the traffic and circulation

listen as hopeand peace try to rhyme

listen over marching bands playing out their time

WAKE UP WAKE UP DEAD MAN

Jesus, were you just around the corner?

did You think to try and warn her?

or are you working on something new?

if there's an order in all of this disorder

is it like a tape recorder?

can we rewind it just once more

WAKE UP WAKE UP DEAD MAN

That's it...

listen to the song to get the timing right.

Do send Corrections or Comments to:

Xyndiack@hotmail.com

Oyvind Aasan

Wake Up Dead Man

Music by U2

Lyrics by Bono and The Edge

Transcribed by Brandon Leniart <leniarbk@jmu.edu>

"It's a very angry song." says Bono--tune down 1/2 step, in A minor.

Jesus

1--------5--------------5--
2--------5--------------5--
3---2-----------2--2-------

4--------------------------

5--------------------------

6--------------------------

Jesus help me

1--------3--------------3--
2--------3--------------3--
3---0-----------0--0-------

4--------------------------

5--------------------------

6--------------------------

I'm alone in this world

1--------1---------------
2--------1---------------
3--------2---------------
4---3----3---3---3--2--0-

5------------------------

6------------------------

1---1---1--
2---3---3--
3---2---2--
4---0---0--

5----------

6----------

And a fucked up world it is, too

1-----------0---0--
2-----------1---1--
3-----------0---0--
4-----------2---2--
5---0---3---3---3--

6------------------

1-----------3-------3--
2-----------3-------3--
3-----------0-------0--
4-----------0-------0--

5----------------------

6---3---3---3---3---3--

Tell me, tell me the story

The one about eternity, and the way it's all gonna be

Wake up

1---0--0--
2---1--1--
3---2--2--
4---2--2--
5---0--0--

6---------

Wake up dead man

1-----------2--
2-----------3--
3-----------2--
4-----------0--
5---3---2------

6--------------

Wake up, wake up dead man

upstroke:

1---5--
2---5--
3---5--
4---7--
5---0--

6------

Jesus, I'm wating here, boss

I know You're looking out for us

But maybe Your hands aren't free

1--------------------

2--------------------

3--------7-----------
4---7---------7---7--

5--------------------

6--------------------

Your Father, He made the world in seven

He's in charge of heaven

Will You put a word in for me?

Wake up, wake up dead man

mellotron-like sounds:

1---<5>----------------

2---------<5>----------

3-----------------<5>--

4----------------------

5----------------------

6----------------------

1----------------------

2---<5>----------------

3----------<5>---------

4-----------------<5>--

5----------------------

6----------------------

1----------------------

2----------------------

3---<5>----------------

4----------<5>---------

5-----------------<5>--

6----------------------

Listen to your words they'll tell you what to do

Listen over the rhythm that's confusing you

Listen to the reed in the saxophone

Listen over the hum of the radio

1----------------------------

2----------------------------

3---2/4---4---5---5/7---5\4--

4----------------------------

5----------------------------

6----------------------------

Listen over the sounds of blades in rotation

Listen through the traffic and circulation

Listen as hope and peace try to rhyme

Listen over marching bands playing out their time

Wake up

during 3rd & 4th choruses, with wah:

1------------------

2---15b17---15b17--

3------------------

4------------------

5------------------

6------------------

Wake up dead man

1------------------

2---13b15---13b15--

3------------------

4------------------

5------------------

6------------------

Wake up, wake up dead man

Jesus, were You just around the corner?

Did You think to try and warn her?

Or are you working on something new?

If there's an order in all of this disorder

Is it like a tape recorder?

Can we rewind it just once more?

Wake up, wake up dead man

end with pitch shifter:

1--------

2--------

3---5\2--

4--------

5--------

6--------

from: " Oksenberg" <oksenberg@globalserve.net>

You can use standard tuning

VERSE

Chords

Abm7 Gb6 EMaj Dbm BMaj Gbm

TAB

e-----------4---------------4------------4-------------------4
B-----------4---------------4------------4-------------------4

G----------------------------------------------------------------

D-----------------------------------------------------------------

A----------------------------------------------------------------

E----4------------4-4------------4----------------4-4-------
e-------------2-------------2---------------2-----------------2
B-------------4-------------4---------------4-----------------4

G------------------------------------------------------------------

D-----------------------------------------------------------------

A-------------------------------------------------------------------

E----2---------------2-2------------2--------------2-2----------
e-----------------0------------------------------------5----------------5---

B-----------------0------------------------------------6---------------6----

G---------------------------------------------------------------------------

D-----------------------------------2--1------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------5---------------5-5---------
E------0-------------------0------------------------------------------------
e--------------4----------------4--------------2------------------2
B--------------4----------------4--------------2------------------2

G-----------------------------------------------------------------------

D----------------------------------------------------------------------

A-----2--------------2--2-------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------2-------------2-2------------

CHORUS

Abm7 Abm7 Abm7 Gb6 Db

wake up, wake up dead man

Strike the 2 Abm7 hard to get the right sound like on the cd

Here is some crds/tab for wake up dead man.

(tuned down 1/2 step)

Am G

Jesus, jesus help me

I'm alone in this world

C G

And what a fucked up world it is too

(verses continue like this all way through, there is a riff/chord change

on the dm chord which I haven't had time to figure out yet)

Chorus:

Am (!!) G D

Wake up, wake up dead man

!! - strike the Am chord twice & let ring

Little chorus riff (play over the G & D chords in the chorus):

a------------5---
e----5---3-------

Note:

Most of the chords are played by striking the bass note of the chord &

then the two bottom strings

ie Am -> ---5-----5-
         ---5-----5-

-----------

         -5---5-5---

This could actually be way off.... any comments would be nice! :)

Lars Barstad (lapba@grm.hia.no)

U2 - WAKE UP DEAD MAN

Transcribed by Mirka Matikainen <mirka.matikainen@tuakk.fi>

PUT CAPO ON FOURTH FRET AND TRY THESE CHORDS FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG:

xx ooo xxo o x xo o xo x x ooox xoo x

====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ======

IIIIII IIIIII IIIIOI IIIIOI IIIIII IIIIII

IIOIII IIIOII IIIIII IIOOII IOIIII IIIOII

IIIIII IIIIOI IOIIII IIIIII IIIIII IIIIOI

AND IN PART B (WAKE UP,WAKE UP DEAD MAN) THESE:

o ooo xxo o xo o

====== ====== ======

IIIIII IIIIII IIIIII

IOOIII IIIOII IIOOOI

IIIIII IIIIOI IIIIII

WORDS ARE HERE:

Jesus, Jesus help me

I`m alone in this world

and a fucked up world it is too

tell me, tell me the story

the one about eternity

and the way it`s all gonna be

wake up, wake up dead man

Jesus, I`m waiting here boss

I know you`re looking out for us

but maybe your hands aren`t free

your Father, He made the world in seven

He`s in charge of heaven

will you put a word in for me

wake up, wake up dead man

listen to your words they`ll tell you what to do

listen over the rhythm that`s confusing you

listen to the reed in the saxophone

listen over the hum of the radio

listen over the sounds of blades in rotation

listen through the traffic and circulation

listen as hope and peace try to rhyme

listen over marching bands playing out their time

wake up, wake up dead man

Jesus, were you just around the corner?

did you think to try and warn her?

or are you working on something new?

if there`s an order in all of this disorder

is it like a tape recorder?

can we rewind it just once more?

wake up, wake up dead man

..enjoy...Mirka..

Wake Up Deadman

from:GregL550@aol.com

In Eb, here it is. It involves picking chords. Slight distortion is used

during the chorus:

Verse: Am G F Dm C G

Chorus: Am G D

the Dm Edge plays is like this:

-----------------0--------------E
-----------------6-------------B
-----------------7------------G
-----------------7----------------D
-----------------5----------------A

Wake Up Deadman

from:Heiko Ziegler <heiko.ziegler@stud.uni-regensburg.de>

Verses : Fis Fis Gism Gism E Cism H Fis

(I wrote the first Fis and the first Gism two times to give you a

better idea of the timing )

Refrain: Gism Fis

Instead of playing the Fis accord in the refrain you can play on the 2.,

1. and the 4. fret with the a-string (actually ,that`s what the Edge

plays ).

I have tried to fix a little bit on Wake Up...

This is my verson(some errors, but I'll correct them later)

Enjoy