Learn Music: If You Wear That Velvet Dress guitar tab - U2 tabs

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  velvet dress live in popmart
  "john" 
  
  tune down 1/2 a step
  
  E-7----5----4----3 ending of discoteque
  repeat that many times
  
  Verse: clean 
    (1x only)
  e-2---2-----2-2------0-0------3-3-----
  b-3-3---3---3---3----0---0----3---3---
  g-4---------2-----2--1-----1--0-----0-
  d-------------------------------------
  a-------------------------------------
  e-------------------------------------
  (this way the rest of the time)
  e-2-2------2-2------0-0------3-3------
  b-3---3----3---3----0---0----3---3----
  g-4-----4--2-----2--1-----1--0-----0--
  d-------------------------------------
  a-------------------------------------
  e-------------------------------------
  
  ECHO PART
  
  e-7-------10-9-7----- repeat a couple
  b---7---7--------10-- of times
  g-----7--------------
  d--------------------
  a--------------------
  e--------------------
  
  and thats it fellas see ya.
                                JOHN
  ----------------------------------------------------
  
  
  If You Wear That Velvet Dress
  U2
  Mexico City
  Tune down ½ step.
  
  Heavy distortion and long sustain. Try a Big Muff if you don't have the Lovetone pedal Edge uses.
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    Tonight               the moon is playing 
  
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  tricks again             Feeling sea 
  
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  sick again and the      whole world could just        dissolve 
  
  
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  into a glass of water 
  
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  E|---------------7------------5--------4-------------------3-------------|
  I've been good                                                    'cause I know you don't 
  
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  E|---7-------------------------------------------5----4-----3-------------|
  want me to                                   Do you really 
  
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  want me to be as       blue as    you it's her     daylight that 
  
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  gets me through
  
  
  Use a clean tone here, with no delay.
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  B|----------3----------------3---------0----------------3---------3----------------3---------0---------------3-|
  G|-------4--------4---2--------2---1--------1---0--------0---4--------4---2--------2---1--------1---0--------0-|
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  If you wear                            that velvet dress
  
  e|-------------2----------2---------------0----------3---------------2----------2---------------0----------3---|
  B|----------3----------------3---------0----------------3---------3----------------3---------0---------------3-|
  G|-------4--------4---2--------2---1--------1---0--------0---4--------4---2--------2---1--------1---0--------0-|
  D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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  If you wear                            that velvet dress
  
  Tonight the moon's drawn its curtains 
  It's a private show, no one has to know I'm wanting
  e|---6-----------9---8---6-----6-----------9---8---6-----6------------9---8---6-----6---------------|
  B|------6-----6--------------9-----6-----6--------------9-----6-----6--------------9-----6-----6----|
  G|---------6---------------------------6---------------------------6---------------------------6----|
  D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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          Tonight                         the moon is a mirror ball               Light
  
  e|----9---8---6-----6-----------9---8---6-----6------------9---8---6-----6---------------|
  B|----------------9-----6-----6--------------9-----6-----6--------------9-----6-----6----|
  G|--------------------------6---------------------------6---------------------------6----|
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          Flickers from across the hall           who'll catch the star 
  e|----9---8---6-----6-----------9---8---6-----6------------9---8---6-------|
  B|----------------9-----6-----6--------------9-----6-----6-----------------|
  G|--------------------------6---------------------------6------------------|
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          When it falls
  
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  If you wear                            that velvet dress
  
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  If you wear                            that velvet dress                                that
  
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  B|----3----------------3------------0-------------3---------3----------------3------------0----------3-|
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  velvet dress                            that velvet dress                               that
  
  fade
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          velvet dress…
  
  
  Author/Artist: U2
  Title: If you wear that velvet dress LIVE
  Album: pop
  Transcribed by: L. Wolfs
  Email: l.l.g.m.wolfs@wxs.nl
  
  
  Song starts with Bbm - C# - Eb - F#
  
  In the middle The Edge plays
  
  E--9---8---6-------6---------6------
  B--------------9----------6---------
  G----------------------6------------
  D-----------------------------------
  A-----------------------------------
  E-----------------------------------
  (Use 1 finger barre on 6th pos.)
                                                                                
  The song ends with Bbm - C# - Eb - F#
  
  Play the song with a clean sound.
  
  Chords:
  
  Bbm:	X13321
  C#:	X46664
  Eb:	X68886
  F#:	244322
  
  If You Wear That Velvet Dress
  
  Music by U2
  Lyrics by Bono and The Edge
  Transcribed by Brandon Leniart 
  
  Tune 1/2 step down--in D minor.  "I don't want to talk about that song 
  too much, but let's just say it's haunted." says Bono.  "It's all 
  tangled up in ultraviolet."
  
  acoustic guitar:
  1---------------------------------
  2-------3---1--------------3---1--
  3---------------------2-----------
  4---0------------0----------------
  5---------------------------------
  6---------------------------------
  
  1-------------3---1---------------3---1--
  2----------------------------------------
  3--------0------------------0------------
  4---0-----------------0------------------
  5----------------------------------------
  6----------------------------------------
  
  pick with fingers:
  1---10--
  2---10--
  3-------
  4-------
  5-------
  6-------
  
  Tonight the moon is playing tricks again
  Feeling sea sick again
  And the whole world could just dissolve into a glass of water
  I've been good 'cause I know you don't want me to
  Do you really want me to be as blue as you
  It's her daylight that gets me through
  We've been here before
  Last time you scratched at my door
  The moon was naked and cold
  I was like a 2 year old who just wanted more
  If you wear that velvet dress
  If you wear that velvet dress
  Tonight the moon's drawn its cutains
  It's a private show, no one has to know
  I'm wanting
  
  1st guitar (delay with infinite repeat)
  1---------10--
  2---13--------
  3-------------
  4-------------
  5-------------
  6-------------
  
  2nd guitar (with medium delay)
  1--------------13--------13----------13-----------
  2---10---11---------11--------11-----------11--10-
  3-------------------------------------------------
  4-------------------------------------------------
  5-------------------------------------------------
  6-------------------------------------------------
  
  3rd guitar (with heavy delay):
  *I've arranged this for an acoustic without a cutaway--I think Edge 
  plays this higher up on the fretboard, but you can play it using this 
  solo--I didn't want to alienate the acoustic people here 
  1---12b13r---10----------10---10--
  2------------------13-------------
  3---------------------------------
  4---------------------------------
  5---------------------------------
  6---------------------------------
  
  1--------10---12b13r---10--------10------
  2---13----------------------13--------10-
  3----------------------------------------
  4----------------------------------------
  5----------------------------------------
  6----------------------------------------
  
  1---12b13r---10---------10---10--
  2------------------13------------
  3--------------------------------
  4--------------------------------
  5--------------------------------
  6--------------------------------
  
  1------------------------------------------10-
  2---13---1311---10---10b11--10---11--13------
  3---------------------------------------------
  4---------------------------------------------
  5---------------------------------------------
  6---------------------------------------------
  
  1---12b13r---10----------10---10--
  2------------------13-------------
  3---------------------------------
  4---------------------------------
  5---------------------------------
  6---------------------------------
  
  1---------------------------------
  2---13---13b15r---1311---10--11--
  3---------------------------------
  4---------------------------------
  5---------------------------------
  6---------------------------------
  
  1---------------------------------
  2---8/10---11---11---10---8---10--
  3---------------------------------
  4---------------------------------
  5---------------------------------
  6---------------------------------
  
  1----------------------------------------
  2----------------------------------------
  3---10b11r--10b11r--13---13b15r--15b17r--
  4----------------------------------------
  5----------------------------------------
  6----------------------------------------
  
  1------------------------------
  2---13b15r---108/10---10b11r--
  3------------------------------
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  5------------------------------
  6------------------------------
  
  with delay:
  1---13---12---10--
  2-----------------
  3-----------------
  4-----------------
  5-----------------
  6-----------------
  
  Sunlight, sunlight fills my room
  It's sharp and it's clear
  But nothing at all like the moon
  
  use this as the basic solo for next verse:
  1---------------------
  2---6/8--8/10--10/11--13b15--
  3---------------------
  4---------------------
  5---------------------
  6---------------------
  
  It's okay, the struggle for things not to say
  I never listened to you anyway
  And I got my own hands to pray
  But if you wear that velvet dress
  
  1---15/18--17--18--17--15--12--1310--
  2-------------------------------------
  3-------------------------------------
  4-------------------------------------
  5-------------------------------------
  6-------------------------------------
  
  If you wear that velvet dress
  Tonight the moon is a mirrorball
  Light flickers from across the hall
  Who'll catch the star when it falls?
  
  1------------------------
  2------------------------
  3---9---10---10/12---10--
  4------------------------
  5------------------------
  6------------------------
  
  1-------------------
  2-------------------
  3---9---10---10b12--
  4-------------------
  5-------------------
  6-------------------
  
  
  
  
  If You Wear That Velvet Dress (live)
  
  
  
          Music by U2
  
          Words by Bono and The Edge
  
          Transcribed by Phil O' Donnell (odie99@compuserve.com)
  
  
  
          This is an excellent addition to the end of 'Discotheque' live,
          and, even in its shortened version (i.e. without solo), is a joy to behold.
  
          As with all U2 live performances, tune down ½ step.
  
  
  
  (I don't really have a clue about notation, so 
  
          » = legato slide)
  
  intro (with flanger, phase, distortion, reverb and delay of approx 200ms,
  as at end of 'Discotheque):
  
  
  
  RIFF 1:
  
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  -----------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------
  -------7(hold) » 5(hold) » 4(hold) » 3(hold)---------
  
  
  
          [ Repeat this many times, with sustained notes, allowing the flanger
            and phase to take effect. Try and leave the slide as late as possible,
            and use one of your fingers to hit the string at the same time as the pick,
            creating a cool harmonic sound. ] 
  
  
  
          " Tonight, the moon is playing tricks again, 
  
          Yeah I'm feeling sea-sick again and the whole world could just dissolve......
          into a glass of water
          I've been good
          'Cos I know you don't want me to
          Do you rerally want me to be as you (?)
          It's the daylight that gets me through
          But if you (drums and bass enter, end riff 1)
  
  [ strike the first note of riff 2 as Bono sings 'wear' . If you can,
  use a clean channel, plenty of reverb, delay of @ 450ms and all pickups in ]
  
  
  RIFF 2: (let ring)      Repeat twice    
  
  ----------2-------------------2-------------------------------------------3---------
  --------------3--------------------3-------------------5-----------------------3----
  ------------------4---------------------2------------------4----------------------0-
  ---------------------------------------------------5------------5-------------------
  ------2------------------0----------------------------------------------------------
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------3-------------
  
       w -  e -  a -   r                                             that     v - e - l   
  
  -----2-------------------2---------------------------------------------3------------
  ---------3--------------------3-------------------5-------------------------3-------
  -------------4---------------------2------------------4--------------------------0--
  ----------------------------------------------5------------5------------------------
  -2------------------0---------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------3------------------
  
           -   v - e  - t        d r e s s                                 If    you 
  
  
  
  
  
  RIFF 3: (delay = 550ms, neck pickup only)
  
  ----7------------------10---9---7----5------7----------------10---9---7----5--
  ---------7--------7-------------------------------7--------7------------------
  --------------7----------------------------------------7----------------------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  
  
  (Here, Bono sems to forget the words or get mixed up, so I'm tabbing as it was in Rotterdam)
  
  " Tonight.....the moon is a mirrorball
     Light flickers from across the hall
     Who'll catch the star when it falls?
     It's okay......the struggle for things not to say
     But I've got my own hands to pray
     But if you (back to chorus and riff 2) wear.....that velevet dress. "       
  
  
  
  Any comments, recommendations etc, e-mail me at odie99@compuserve.com.
  
  
  
  "Rock and roll is ent ertainment"

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