Electrical Storm Tab

[mikal]

my band plays this song, but a little faster than the original version. and the outro, our guitarist plays about a 2 minute solo while i sing "and i must be an acrobat, to talk like this, and act like that!" it works really well.

here's the tab:

Song: Electrical Storm (William Orbit Mix)
Artist: U2
Album: Best of 1990-2000
Transcribed by Ango Frederiksen

I couldn't tab all of what G2 (guitar 2) plays, cuz I didn't have my guitar with me,
so I hope everyone out there can plays the song out from this..

Verse 1 (N.C.)
The sea is swells like a sore head
and the night it is aching
Two lovers lie with no sheets on their bed
and the day it is breaking

On rainy days we go swimming out
on rainy days, swimming in the sound
On rainy days we go swimming out

Pre-chorus:
G1
|--2---------------|
|--2---2----0---4--|
|--2---2----1---4--|
|--4---2----2---4--|
|--4---0----2---2--|
|--2--------0------|
You're in my mind all of the time
I know that's not enough
if the sky can crack
there must be some way back
for love and only love

Chorus:
G1
|--2---------------|
|--2---2----0---4--|
|--2---2----1---4--|
|--4---2----2---4--|
|--4---0----2---2--|
|--2--------0------|

G2
|----9--9---7--7---9--9---7--7--|
|---7--7---7--7---7--7---7--7---|
|--9--9---9--9---9--9---9--9----|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
Electrical Storm
Electrical Storm
Electrical Storm
Baby don't cry

Verse 2:
G1
|--2---------------|
|--2---2----0---4--|
|--2---2----1---4--|
|--4---2----2---4--|
|--4---0----2---2--|
|--2--------0------|

G2
|----9--9---7--7---9--9---7--7--|
|---7--7---7--7---7--7---7--7---|
|--9--9---9--9---9--9---9--9----|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
Car alarm and back to sleep
you kept awake dreaming some else's dream
coffee is cold, but it will get you through
compromise, there's nothing new to you
let's see colours that have never been seen
let's go to places no one else has been

Pre-Chorus:
G1
|---------------------|
|--7---0---2---5---7--|
|--7---1---2---6---7--|
|--7---2---2---6---7--|
|--5---2---0---4---5--|
|------0--------------|
You're in my mind all of the time
I know that's not enough
if the sky can crack
there must be some way back
to love and only love

Chorus: End Chorus with
G1
|--2-------2------||-----|
|--3---0---2---2--||--4--|
|--2---1---2---2--||--4--|
|--0---2---4---2--||--4--|
|------2---4---0--||--2--|
|------0---2------||-----|

G2
|---9--7-9-7-9----9--7-9-7-9----9--7-9-7-9----9--|
|--7-------------7-------------7-------------7---|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Electrical Storm
Electrical Storm
Electrical Storm
Baby don't cry

Verse 3:
G1
|--2---------------|
|--2---2----0---4--|
|--2---2----1---4--|
|--4---2----2---4--|
|--4---0----2---2--|
|--2--------0------|

G2
|----9--9---7--7---9--9---7--7--|
|---7--7---7--7---7--7---7--7---|
|--9--9---9--9---9--9---9--9----|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
It's hot as hell, honey in this room
sure hope the weather will break soon
the air is heavy, heavy as a truck
hope the rain will wash away our bad luck

Pre-Chorus:
G1
|---------------------|
|--7---0---2---5---7--|
|--7---1---2---6---7--|
|--7---2---2---6---7--|
|--5---2---0---4---5--|
|------0--------------|
heeeey... heeeey.....
If the sky can crack, there must be some way back
for love and only love

Chorus: End Chorus with
G1
|-----------------||-----|
|--7--------------||--4--|
|--7---9---2---2--||--4--|
|--7---9---4---2--||--4--|
|--5---7---4---0--||--2--|
|----------2------||-----|

G2
|---9--7-9-7-9----9--7-9-7-9----9--7-9-7-9----9--|
|--7-------------7-------------7-------------7---|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Electrical Storm
Electrical Storm
Electrical Storm

Bridge:
G2
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|--10-------------------|
|--10---/10--9---5---2--|
|--8--------------------|
|-----------------------|
Baby don't cry


Solo:
|------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|--/12--/10--/8--7h8-7--5/3-3--||--/12--/10--/8--7h8-7--5/3-3/5--|
|------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|------------------------------||--------------------------------|

|------------------------------|
|--/12--/10--/8--7h8-7--5/3-3--|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3/5/7/5/7/8/10/8/10/12/13/14/15-14-14-15-14-14-15-14-14-15--17-17~~--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Baby don't cry
Baby don't cry
Baby don't cry

 

[Flaming Friar Sr]

thanks mikal ill chaeck this out later

 

[bono_man2002]

shouldnt this forum be part of Even Better Than The Real Thing?....i mean like where the album has no name in EYKIW

 

[U2Kitten]

Thank you!!!

 

[Elvis]

shouldnt this forum be part of Even Better Than The Real Thing?....i mean like where the album has no name in EYKIW

Lyrics and tabs are both about the music, and both are their own forums - both are dedicated to specific topics.

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Does that answer your question?

 

[FizzingWhizzbees]

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Am I going nuts or was this forum not always here?

 

[Elvis]

Am I going nuts or was this forum not always here?

lol.

This forum was created last night. Some previous tab threads we moved in.

 

[FizzingWhizzbees]

Oh thank goodness. I thought I'd honestly been visiting Interland for nearly three years without ever noticing it. I know I can be unobservant, but that's just ridiculous.

 

[bono_man2002]

Lyrics and tabs are both about the music, and both are their own forums - both are dedicated to specific topics.

It's A Musical Journey
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Guitar Tabs
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As far as EYKIW, it's a general discussion area for U2....

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Does that answer your question?

yeah i get ya

 

[Chizip]

thanks for the tab mikal, what kind of effects do you use to make it sound great?

 

[mikal]

thanks for the tab mikal, what kind of effects do you use to make it sound great?

i use moderate delay and clean during the verses, and then heavy distortion and a little touch of flanger during the chorus and outro, while our lead guitarist uses a lot of wah pedal during the outro, "while he does his thing"(that's what we always say about him, lol).

 

[Strato Edge]

The chorus is: D, E, A, C#m, D

 

[popacrobat]

old thread, I know but rather bump up an old one than make a new one- but does anybody know exactly what edge plays for the chorus riff for the demo version/

Spoiler

live

version?

 

[popacrobat]

anybody? Bueller?

 

['RoomOnFire]

He plays....

e--2---------------2
B--2----7----9----2
G--2----7----9----2
D--4----7----9----4
A--4----5----7----4
E--2---------------2

Or do you mean the ascending riff during "You're in my mind all of the time"?

 

[popacrobat]

yeah, the riff.

 

['RoomOnFire]

yeah, the riff.

Pick each note twice.

E--5/7/9/12--5/7/9/12--4/5/7\4--14/12/10/9--

Theres a video of them playing this in Gothenburg during the summer and thats what I came up with from watching that. Sounds close enough anyway!

 

[popacrobat]

Thanks a ton, that sounds great!