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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 21:36:47 -0500
From: David Datta 
Message-Id: <199308190236.AA18813@cs.uwp.edu>
To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu
Subject: Achtung1.0

Album: ACHTUNG BABY (1991)             (Chords Release 1.0 August 1993)

CHORDS/TABS CREDITS:[Scott Yanoff, yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu] (1,4,5,6,8)
                    [Sergio Lucero, slucero@cipres.cec.uchile.cl] (1,6,7,9,10)
                    [William Maton, 646379@acadvm1.uottawa.ca] (13)
                    [mal11@cwns5.INS.CWRU.Edu] (2)
                    [Aaron S. Field, a.field@uic.edu] (3)
                    [Harry C. Nye, hcnyeiv@esu.edu] (11,12)

COMPILATION and			[Sergio Lucero, slucero@cipres.cec.uchile.cl]
MODIFICATION CREDITS:           
 (and therefore editing			 (send all flames here ^^^)
    responsibility)                   (also corrections and additions)

SONGS:  Zoo Station				
        Even Better Than The Real Thing		
        One			
        Until The End Of The World
        Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
	So Cruel
        The Fly
        Mysterious Ways
        Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World
        Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
        Acrobat
        Love Is Blindness
EXTRA:  Satellite Love (B-Side for "One")

NEW SINCE VERSION 0.83: + Added "Acrobat" and "Love Is Blindness"
                        + Corrected some lyrics
                        + Checked original tone for songs
                        + Added tiny details to "So Cruel" and "One"
                        + "The Fly": corrected intro + added solo
                        + "Mysterious Ways": simplified chords
                        + "Trying...": Changed Aadd2 for D and added bridge
                        + "Ultraviolet": added chord for intro
                        + The file is now *exactly* 1000 lines long!

COMING UP:		+ Anyone know where we could store this?
			+ Rattle & Hum, Unforgettable Fire... (help needed!)

PLEASE SEND ANY COMMENTS, CORRECTIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS OR JUST CONGRATULATIONS
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 "Zoo Station"
  -----------

Use heavy distortion and make the slides heard.

Intro: (Repeat about 12 times)
E---------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------
A-12/-----------------------------------
E-----3-5-------------------------------

  (The / means to slide all the way down the string)

 Second Part of Intro & Also used in Chorus:
E-----10---------10--------5--------5---
B---8----8-----8----8----3---3----3---3-
G-7----------7---------2--------2-------
D---------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------

     A
I'm ...
     G     D                    A
I'm ..
Ready ....
Ready ...
     G     D                    A
I'm ..
In ..
        G              D        A
I'll ..

                       Gadd9    D    A
She's ..
                       Gadd9    D    A
Got ..
   
I'm ..
I'm ..
Ready ..
Ready ..
I'm ..
    
She's ..
Got ..

Alright..
It's ..
Hey ..
it's ..

 D/A                        A
Time ..
             G               D
Leaves ..
       A
Your ..
    
I'm ..
Under ..
I'm ..
Tracing ...
I'm ..
Just ..
Just ...


Solo at end:
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11---------
D-11---9--7---11---9--7----------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------

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 "Even Better Than the Real Thing"
  -------------------------------

 Heavy distortion recommended. :)

Intro:            (Riff below is repeated during verses)
E--------5-5-----|------------------------------------------
B----------------|------------------------------------------
G----------------|-----------6/7\6--------------------------
D----------------|------------------5--4--------------------
A----------------|------------------------------------------
E--5-5-----------|------5-----------------------------------

         A                  Dsus4 D/A          A
Give ..
         D                 Dsus4   D      A
Give ..
       Gadd9
Well ..
    Bm7
My ..
        D               Dsus4           D       A
Give ..
     
(Check it out)

  A         G       D   A       G         D
You're ..
  A         G       D
You're ..
  A                   G         D       A
Even ..
     
verse

chorus
        D               G
We're ..
     D                  G
The ..
 A   G   D
Oh ..
     
Take ..
Can ..
Will ..

You're ..
You're ..

Even ..
Even ..
Even ..
      
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   "One"
    ---

Intro:          h=hammer on
                p=pull off
                /=slide up
                
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------h-p-h-----------h-p-h-----------h-p-h------------------------
---h---5--/9--7-9-7-9-------7-5-7-5-7---/7--9-7-9-7-9-7--------------h--p---
--5-7-------------------/7--7-5-7-5-7---/7--7-7-7-7-7-7---7/9---10--9-10-9--
-------0----------------/5--------------/8----------------8/10--10--10------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chords:

 Am           Dadd2
Is ..
 Fmaj7             G6+
Or ..
 Am             Dadd2
Will ..
 Fmaj7                  G6+
Now ..

You ..
 C        Am
One ..
 Fmaj7            C
When ..
             Am
It's ...
  Fmaj7                  C
It ...

        Am-Dadd2-Fmaj7-G6+

verse

Well ..
To ..

We're ..
We ..
One

[Solo]

verse

Did ..
You ..

We're ..
We ..

You ..
 C                Am
Love ..
 C                Am
Love ..
     C                    G
You ..
                      Fmaj7
And ..
                     C
When ..

One ..
One ..
    
One ..
Sisters..

One ..
We ..

One. One.

|-12-12-------------------|-12-12-13-13-12-------|
|-------15-15-13-13-15----|----------------15-13-|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|

# CHORD FORMATIONS:
#  Dadd2  x x x 2 3 x
#  G6+    x x 5 4 3 x

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  "Until The End Of The World"
   --------------------------

INTRO:
E5                D/E
E E E E E E Esus4 E  (Play this sequence 4 times)
D/E

Bm                  D
Haven't ..
     Em
I ..
Bm                  D
Last ..
           Em
We ..

D9                  A9
We ..
Em                      D/G
Everybody ..
            D9
Except ..
            A9
You ..

E E E E E E Esus4 E  (4 times)

verse

E E E E E E Esus4 E  (4 times)

GUITAR SOLO

D/E   Bm
La ..
      D
La ..
      Em
La ..
       Bm
La ..
      D
La ...
      Em
La ...

verse

E E E E E E Esus4 E  (4 times)

OUTRO:
E5  D5/E   E5 D5/E   E5 D5/E   E5 D5/E
E5  D5/E   E5 D5/E   E5 D5/E   E5 Em

CHORD FORMATIONS:

D/E   x 7 7 7  7 x   D9    x x 0 2 3 0
E     x 7 9 9  9 x   A9    x 0 7 6 0 0
Esus4 x 7 9 9 10 x   D/G   3 x 0 2 3 2
Bm    x 2 4 4  3 2   E5    0 7 9 9 x x
D     x 5 7 7  7 x   D5/E  0 7 7 7 x x
Em    x 7 9 9  8 7

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 "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?"
  ----------------------------------
 
        G                       C
You're ..
        G                                       C
You're ..
        G                           C
Well ..
     G              C
For ..
     
 D   C         D       C
Hey ..

You're ..
You're ..
Well ..
Then ..
     
Hey ..
 
 G           D              C
Who's ..
 G           D              C
Who's ..
 G           D              C
Who's ..
 G           D              C
Who's ..
     
verse

Hey hey sha la la, hey hey sha la la la
     
chorus
     
Am    Em
The ..
G                                 D
The ..
Am
Took ..
Em
To ..
G
Under ..
D
At ..
Am
Hallelujah..
F                     D
The ..

           G         D              C
Don't ..
           G         D              C
Don't ..
Don't ..
Don't ..

        C        D
Come ..
     
Who's ..
Who's ..
Who's ..
Who's ..
Who's ..
Who ..

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 "So Cruel"
  --------

Intro:  E-----10----9-5-----10----9-5---

A                         Asus4
We ..
A                         Asus4
Who ..
A                         Asus4
It ..
A                         Asus4
it ..
A                         Asus4
We're ..
A                         Asus4
But ..
A                         Asus4
I'm ..
A               E           A
To ..
     
I ..
You .
I ..
It ..
The ..
They ...
They ..
Baby....

A-D-E-A
Aaaaaaah,
A          D          E      A
You ..
A  D  E  A            E
Oh........
           A
You're ..
     
verse

Oh......love  Sweetheart, you're so cruel
     
F#m
She ..
        D
Like ..
A
Her ..
    E
Her ..
   C#m
Oh ..
                      A
Love, ..
     
verse
     
You ..
Oh........
You're ..
     
To ..
   D      C#m       A           E
oh....hah           .
          A
You're ..

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 "The Fly"
  -------

Intro goes like this:

E-------------------|-------------------|
B-------------------|-------------------|
G-------------------|-------------------|
D-------------------|-------------------|
A---7-7-5-7-5-7-7-5-|---7-7-5-7-5-7-7-5-|
E-0------h---h------|-0------h---h------|

         E
It's ..
It's ..
              A                 D
They ..
                E
You ..

It's ..
It's ..
..
So I'm telling you, child

  C#m  E
(Love, ...                         A ..
  A
Burning ...                        A ..
We're ..                           On ..
    C#m  E     A                   Like a ..
The ..                            It's ..

It's ...
It's ..
Every ..
All ..

Solo: B    E-A-D-E-B-C#m-E-A

(Love...                            A man ..
Burning ..                          A man ..
We're ..                            From ..
The ..            )                 Like ..
                                    It's ..
        E
It's ...
The ...
Look ..
There's ...

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 "Mysterious Ways"
  ---------------

(Heavy distortion recommended)

This song can be played with a capo on the 8th fret, if you can do that.
Then it becomes fairly simple just playing D instead of A, etc. (see the
chord formations). Or you can play it with a capo on 1st fret, which is
how I've finally put the chords. [Editor's Comment]

Intro/transitions: (Repeated about 9 times)
E--------------------------------------
B------10-10---------------------------
G-------9--9---------------------------
D----7--7--7---------------------------
A-10-----------------------------------
E--------------------------------------
  (Note: the above is basically the A chord played on a few strings)

(Note: chords given below generally are played by an organ in background)

A                             D
Johnny ..
        A                 E
Let ..
A                               D
You've ..
A                                       E           A
You've ..
    
Chorus: (the chorus basically just switches back between the A and D chords)

E--------------10-10-|-----------------
B------10-10---10-10-|-----------------
G-------9--9----7--7-|-----------------
D-------7--7---------|-----------------
A--------------------|-----------------
E--------------------|-----------------
         (A)    (D)

(So, when you see A or D, play the above chord formations, respectively)

A              D
She's ..
A                D
She'll ..

A                      D
It's ..
C               G
She ..
A                      D
It's ..
C               G
She ..

Johnny ..
Let ..
To ..
If ..
Better ..
    
She's ..
She ..

It's ..
She ...(x3)
It's ..
Lift ..
    
Guitar Solo:
 E-15-17-15-17-15-17-15-17-15-17-------
 B-------------------------------------
 G-------------------------------------
 D-------------------------------------
 A-------------------------------------
 E-------------------------------------
  (Repeat above riff 5 times)

 E--9--9--9--9--9--9-10--9--7----------
 B-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------
 G--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----------
 D-------------------------------------
 A-------------------------------------
 E-------------------------------------
  (Repeat above riff 6 times) (Note: this is just a "play" on the A chord)

Bridge: (Strum each chord once, and let ring)

Am                   D             Am
One ..
                G               A
Where ..
                 D
While ..
        C
And ..
G
Follow ..

It's ...
She ...
It's ..
We ..
Spirit ..
She ..
C                G                    A
Lift ..

CHORD FORMATIONS:       (8th fret equivalence)
A    x  x  7  9 10  9   (D chord formation)
D   10  9  7  7 10 10   (G/D chord formation)
E    x  7  9  9  9  x   (A chord formation)
C    8 10 10  9  8  8   (F chord formation)
G    7 10  9  7  8  x   (C chord formation)
Am   x  x  7  9 10  8   (Dm chord formation)

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 "Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World"
  ------------------------------------------
     
 A                  D
Six ..
            A                D
You're ..
                A                 D                   A  D
You've ..

You've ..
Your ..
Tryin' ..

           A            D            A         D      A   D-A-D
I'm ..
           A            D            A         D      A   D-A-D
I'm ..

Sunrise ..
You ..
How ..
You've ..

I'm ..
          
I ..
He ..
He ..
He ..
     
I'm ...
     
Bridge: A-E-D-A      A-E-D      A-D-A-D-.....

Nothin' ...
Been ..
A ..
When ..
     
I'm ..
I'm ..
I'm ..
Woman ..
Be ..

*************************************************************************

 "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)"
  --------------------------

[Keyboard plays a C#m on this sentence]

"Sometimes I feel like I don't know, sometimes I feel like checking out
I wanna get it wrong, can't always be strong, and love it won't be long"

Intro: E G#m A (this is structure (1))

(1)	Oh ..
	oh ..
	You ..
	and ..

     	 C#m                        B
(2)  	Feel ..
	 A
	I'm ..
         C#m         B             A
        Baby..
         C#m         B             A
        Baby...

(1) 	You ..
	But ..	
	There ..

(2)     I ...
	Oh..
	Oh..

	E  B  C#m   A   (twice)
(3)	Ooooh,..
	C#m    	         B		      E     A
	Baby..

(1)	I ....
	But ...
	When ..

(2)     Your ..
	Baby..
	Baby..

(3)     Ooooh, ultraviolet...

        G#m               A    E                B
(4)	Baby..
        C#m           B            E
        Baby..

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 "Acrobat"
  -------

Intro: Em7 Am

 Am                     G    Fmaj7                  Em/D
Don't ..
 Am                     G          Fmaj7        Em/D
If ..

When ..
What ..

        C
Now ..
    Am7
and ..
         F              G
You ..

And ..
     F              G                Am7
You ..
        F          G                   Am
... Don't ..

No ..
I ..
And ..
Yeah ..

'Cos ..
To ..
To ..
And ..
And ..
... Don't ..

What ..
No ..

And ..
To ..
And ..
And ..
You ..
And ..
You ..
In ..
And ..
I ..
...Don't ..

CHORD FORMATIONS
----------------
Am7  x 0 2 0 1 0	Em/D 0 2 0 0 0 0

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 "Love Is Blindness"
  -----------------

         Bm                 A
Love ..
           G               Em
Won't ..
Bm          F#          Bm
Take ..

In a ..
You ..
Thread ..

Love ..
Fingers ..
Squeeze ..

Love ..
Won't ..
Oh ..

          C               G/B
A ..
    F#           Bm
No ..
           C          G/B
Baby..
        F#
That ..

Solo: Bm A  G  Em  Bm  F#  Bm

Love ..
All ..
Take ..

Love ..
Won't ..
Oh ..

End: Bm A  G  Em  Bm  F#  Bm

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"Satellite Love"
 --------------

G          A7      C         D
Satellites...	(Riff 1)
G           A7                C         D
Things ..Riff 1)
Em(VII)		   D(V)   C(III)
I ..	(Riff 2)

Am		C (Riff 3)
I ..

Chorus:

G(X)	D(X)
Oh	Satellite ..
F(VIII) C(VIII)
Ah	Satellite ..
G(X)	D(X)
	Satellite ..
        G(X) D(X)    C(VIII) D(X)
	Sa - tel   -   lite

(The above chording throughout the versus and for the chorus is the same
 for the rest of the song except where noted.)

Satellites ..
Soon ..
I ..
I ..

Chorus

I've ..
With ..
Monday, ..,
Harry, ..

Satellites..
Things ..
I ..
I ..

Chorus

Ending: G A C(VIII)

CHORDS:
A7              X 0 2 0 2 0     Em(VII)         7 7 9 9 8 7
D(V)            5 5 7 7 7 X     C(III)          3 3 5 5 5 X
G(X)        10 10 12 12 12 10   D(X)        10 12 12 11 10 10
F(VIII)      8  8 10 10 10  8   C(VIII)      8 10 10  9  8  8

Experiment with the following riffs!

Riff 1:				Riff 2:
D
--3-2-0-2-0-2-3-------		----------------------
--3-------------------		----------------------
--2-------------------		----------------------
----------------------		----------------------
----------------------		---3-2--0-------------
----------------------		----------------------

Riff 3
C		2x
-----3-----|-3--------
-------1---|---1------
---------0-|-----0----
---2-------|----------
-3---------|----------
-----------|----------

******************************************************************

Chord Formations:
-----------------
A     x x 2 2 2 0                Am   x x 2 2 1 x
Asus4 x 0 2 2 3 0               Bm7   x x 0 4 3 2
Bb    x x 3 3 3 1                C    x 3 2 0 1 0
C9    x 3 2 0 3 3               C#m   x 4 6 6 5 4
D     x 0 0 2 3 2               Dsus2 x x 0 2 3 x
D/F#  2 0 0 2 3 2               D/A   x x 4 2 3 0
Dm    x x 0 2 3 1               Dm/C  x 3 0 2 3 1
Em    0 2 2 0 0 0               Em7   7 7 9 7 8 7
F     1 3 3 2 1 1               Fmaj7 x x 3 2 1 0
F9    x x 3 2 3 3               F/C   x 3 3 2 1 1
F#m   2 4 4 2 2 2               G     3 2 0 0 3 3
Gadd9 3 5 7 4 3 3 (bar3)        G/D   x x 0 0 3 3
G#m   4 6 6 4 4 4             Gsus4/C x 3 2 0 1 3

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