Mercy Solo Tab (360 Live)

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Was wondering if anyone can help me with the solo for Mercy, as played during the 360 Tour. I know roughly where on the fretboard it is played (somewhere around the 12th-16th frets, first three strings) but not the exact chords/notes and I'm not great at tabbing for guitars. I do not know much about chords, but if someone could tab this for me, I would be very thankful.
I know the main riff (intro/verse riff) and the chorus riff, though I'm a little unsure about the end of the chorus (the "Because, because..." part) so if someone could confirm that too, that would be great.
 
I've seen pretty good covers out there though, I was hoping someone who can or who has tried to play this could help tab it out.
 
I have seen that before, and did try to use it but it is actually the tab for the older version of Mercy and just doesn't sound completely right for the 360 version to me.
 
Yes, most of the parts are there, it's just arranged a little differently, I think. But the main riff and chorus riff for what was played on the 360 tour are there, I think even a similar part to the solo is there too, but it's not quite right, and then that "Because, Because..." part at the end of the new chorus is not in that version.
I wouldn't have started a thread before failing to find a tab or to figure it out myself.
 
Mercy Tutorial (360° Tour) - YouTube

This guy seems to have it down. The next video shows him playing all the parts in full with a backing track, Verse, Chorus, Post-Chorus, Solo etc. Hope this helps!

For the record, I prefered it when the guitar part now used as the Solo was still the pre-chorus with the 'Ripping the stitches lyrics over it', had a lot more emotional impact and the new post-chorus part feels so...awkward is the only word I can find that fits it. And the original 2004 version had that great crescendo outtro section, which I love, but that's just my rambling 2 cents :p
 
Yeah I have studied that video, it is mostly how I figured out the main and chorus riffs, and I think I have that "awkward" (which I can understand) part, it sounds good, but because I am inexperienced I am (always) unsure.
But... It's still missing that solo lol, the same user has another video of the whole song, but I can't tell which frets he's using. Thanks though!
Maybe if I get it though (the tabs), I should post it?
 
It's the same notes as Edge uses in the pre-chorus of the 2004 version I think.


e|---------------------------------------------------------
b|------------------7---5---3------0--3/5--7---5---3-------
g|---------------------------------------------------------
d|---------------------------------------------------------
a|---------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------

When i'm rippin the stitches, without two cents to rub. ..



e|---------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------|
g|--0--3p0--3--7---5---3------0--3/5--5/7--7--5--3---3-3-3-|
d|---------------------------------------------------------|
a|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

Except twelve frets higher, so it would be 12 instead of 0, 15 instead of 3 etc. As far as I can tell that's what Edge is doing on Mercy 2011; it's also important to note he bends the notes now that this part is a solo, so that might require some adjustment, but I'm sure once you have the frets down, it wont be too hard to go from there! Hope this helps!
 
I think that's right! Thanks very much everyone :) If I can write it out, I'll post the whole song, probably in a few days, unless someone beats me to it haha.
 
It's the same notes as Edge uses in the pre-chorus of the 2004 version I think.


e|---------------------------------------------------------
b|------------------7---5---3------0--3/5--7---5---3-------
g|---------------------------------------------------------
d|---------------------------------------------------------
a|---------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------

When i'm rippin the stitches, without two cents to rub. ..



e|---------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------|
g|--0--3p0--3--7---5---3------0--3/5--5/7--7--5--3---3-3-3-|
d|---------------------------------------------------------|
a|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

Except twelve frets higher, so it would be 12 instead of 0, 15 instead of 3 etc. As far as I can tell that's what Edge is doing on Mercy 2011; it's also important to note he bends the notes now that this part is a solo, so that might require some adjustment, but I'm sure once you have the frets down, it wont be too hard to go from there! Hope this helps!
You're exactly right. It's the original pre-chorus riff played up an octave.
 
Okay so I think now I've got this all figured out. But please note: 1) I do not play any instrument, I “played” the bass twice. 2) I am more interested in the drums. 3) I am playing this with an app! Haha, and it is called “iShred”. Otherwise I have simply observed. No music lessons of any kind, I wasn't even interested before I really started listening to U2. And I have never posted any kind of tab before, only written a bunch of drum tabs in a notebook. But I hope you guys like this.
The Mercy 360 Tutorial from kepex62 on YouTube, and the mentioned above tab helped a lot.
Here's the whole tab, with lyrics above their corresponding bars. Based off of the San Sebastian 360 show, 2010-09-26:
(You could probably let the echo fill in some notes)
Intro: Main riff x10 (with slight variation every few bars)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +......
e|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|
B|----10----10-------12----|--------10----10--------12----|------10----10--------12----|-----10----10--------12----|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
e|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12-10-12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|
B|----10----10-------12----|---------------10--------12----|------10----10--------12----|-----10----10--------12----|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
e|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12-10-12----12-10----10-|
B|----10----10--------12----|----------10-------12----|
G|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
Verse: 0:18 (continue main riff x32)
“I was drinking some wine And it turned to blood”
e|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|
B|----10----10-------12----|--------10----10--------12----|------10----10--------12----|-----10----10--------12----|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
“What's the use of religion If you're only good”
e|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|
B|----10----10-------12----|-----10----10--------12----|------10----10--------12----|-----10----10--------12----|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
“I know I'm weed killer honey You're sugar”
e|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|
B|----10----10-------12----|-----10----10--------12----|------10----10--------12----|-----10----10--------12----|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
“If you're the prosecution I'd get away with murder”
e|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|
B|----10----10-------12----|-----10----10--------12----|------10----10--------12----|-----10----10--------12----|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
“You're gravity Searching for the ground”
e|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12-10-12----12-10----10-|
B|----10----10-------12----|-----10----10--------12----|------10----10--------12----|------------10--------12----|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
“You're silence Searching for a sound”
e|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12-10-12----12-10----10-|
B|----10----10-------12----|-----10----10--------12----|------10----10--------12----|------------10--------12---|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
“Your heart is aching Your heart is my home”
e|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12-10-12----12-10----10-|
B|----10----10-------12----|-----10----10--------12----|------10----12--------10----|------------10--------12----|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
“It's fascinating I know I'll never be alone”
e|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12-10-12------------------|
B|----10----10-------12----|-----10----10--------12----|------10----10--------12----|------------12/--------------|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
Chorus: 1:20, (I play the chorus riff like this... Just slightly different from the first version.)
“You wanna kill me and I wanna die|We're perfect for each other, you and I|Souls who like to push|And there's no one else to trust|
e|-----------5---------------7--5--|----------5---------------7--5--|-----------5-------------7--5--|-----------5--------------7--5--|
B|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7----------|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7----------|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7----------|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7---------|
D|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
“I'm not sorry you're not gonna cry|You put the blue back in my eye, It's just us ”
e|-----------5---------------7--5--|----------5---------------7--5--|-----------5-------------7--5--|
B|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7----------|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7----------|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7----------|
D|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
(Now for the end of the chorus, I looked at that other tab and played with some of the chords from “guitar 2”.)
“Because, because, Because we can, We must”
G'' Em'''|D''
e|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7--7-|-5-|
B|-8-8---8-8---8-8--8-8---8--8-|-7-|
G|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7--9-|-7-|
D|-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5--9-|-7-|
A|-x-x---x-x---x-x---x-x---x--7-|-5-|
E|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7--x--x-|
(Right away back to main riff x20)
Verse: 1:50
e|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|
B|----10----10-------12----|-----10----10--------12----|------10----10--------12----|-----10----10--------12----|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
“If you hunger Baby let me feed it”
e|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|
B|----10----10-------12----|-----10----10--------12----|------10----10--------12----|-10----10--------12----|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
“If your heart is full Baby let me bleed it”
e|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|
B|----10----10-------12----|-----10----10--------12----|------10----10--------12----|-----10----10--------12----|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
“And happiness is for Those who don't really need it”
e|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|
B|----10----10-------12----|-----10----10--------12----|------10----10--------12----|-----10----10--------12----|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
“You love me Too much”
e|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12-10-12-----------------|
B|----10----10-------12----|-----10----10--------12----|------10----10--------12----|------------12/--------------|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
Chorus: 2:28
“You wanna kill me and I wanna die|We're perfect for each other, you and I|Souls who like to push|And there's no one else to trust|
e|-----------5---------------7--5--|----------5---------------7--5--|-----------5-------------7--5--|-----------5--------------7--5--|
B|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7----------|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7----------|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7----------|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7---------|
D|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
“I'm not sorry you're not gonna cry|You put the blue back in my eye, It's just us ”
e|-----------5---------------7--5--|----------5---------------7--5--|-----------5-------------7--5--|
B|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7----------|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7----------|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7----------|
D|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
“Because, because, Because we can, We must”
G'' Em'''|D''
e|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7--7--|5-|
B|-8-8---8-8---8-8--8-8---8--8-|-7-|
G|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7--9-|-7-|
D|-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5--9-|-7-|
A|-x-x---x-x---x-x---x-x---x--7-|-5-|
E|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7--x-|-x-|
Bridge: 2:58 (Main riff x8)
e|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12-10-12----12-10----10-|
B|----10----10-------12----|-----10----10--------12----|------10----10--------12----|------------10--------12----|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|

e|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12----12----12-10----10-|-12-10-12----12-10----10-|
B|----10----10-------12----|-----10----10--------12----|------10----10--------12----|------------10--------12----|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
Solo: 3:14 (This is the pre-chorus riff tabbed exactly from the original version, up one octave. You'll have to figure out the timing and bends.)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------19---17---15-------12--15/17--19---17---15------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--12--15p12--15--19---17---15------12--15/17--17/19--19--17--15---15-15-15-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus: 3:29
“You wanna kill me and I wanna die|We're a perfect match, you and I|Souls ? in the tide|When it's so hard ? and lust(???)”
e|-----------5---------------7--5--|----------5---------------7--5--|-----------5-------------7--5--|-----------5--------------7--5--|
B|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7----------|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7----------|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7----------|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7---------|
D|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
“I'm not sorry your not gonna cry|You put the blue back in my eye|It's just us”
e|-----------5---------------7--5--|----------5---------------7--5--|-----------5-------------7--5--|
B|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7----------|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7----------|-7-6-7-------7-7-6-7----------|
D|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
“Because, because, Because we can, We must”
G'' Em'''|D''
e|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7--7-|-5-|
B|-8-8---8-8---8-8--8-8---8--8-|-7-|
G|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7--9-|-7-|
D|-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5--9-|-7-|
A|-x-x---x-x---x-x---x-x---x--7-|-5-|
E|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7--x-|-x-|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
“Because, because, Because we can, We must”
G'' Em'''|D''
e|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7--7-|-5-|
B|-8-8---8-8---8-8--8-8---8--8-|-7-|
G|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7--9-|-7-|
D|-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5--9-|-7-|
A|-x-x---x-x---x-x---x-x---x--7-|-5-|
E|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7--x-|-x-|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
“Because, because, Because we can, We must”
G'' Em'''|D''
e|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7--7-|-5-|
B|-8-8---8-8---8-8--8-8---8--8-|-7-|
G|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7--9-|-7-|
D|-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5--9-|-7-|
A|-x-x---x-x---x-x---x-x---x--7-|-5-|
E|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7--x-|-x-|

Here is the chorus as played in the original version, it may still be used for this too:
e|----------5------------7--5------------5------------7--5-----|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6h7-------6-6h7------------7p6--------7-7p6------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
The part the piano plays is this:
e|--------5-----------------------|
B|--7----------5---7-------------|
G|----------------------6---7----|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

And since this didn't copy/paste well from my document....
Here's the main riff:
e|-12----12----12-10----10-|
B|----10----10---------12-----|

The variation is usually like this:
e|-12-10-12----12-10----10-|
B|--------------10-------12-----|

Chorus riff:
e|-----------5----------------7--5-|
B|------------------------------|
G|-7-6-7--------7-7-6-7-------|

If anyone has any suggestions or confirmations for the end of the chorus, or any part, feel free to speak up.
 
Okay that looks horrible lol, should have just posted what each riff is, but anyway... Guess it can't be deleted?
And the main riff (from the YouTube video) might actually be

e|-12--------12--------12----10--------10-
B|-------10--------10---------------10-------

And the solo possibly this? (Though the other part still works)
G|------------16---h15-h14----12--13--15--16---h15-h15.... Maybe?
 
Try this.

Standard tuning.

Main riff

e|--12----10----12----10---12----10------|
b|--10----10----10----10---10----10------|
g|-------------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|


Chorus repeat twice

e|-----------------5------------------7--5-------------------5-----------------------7--5-------------------5--------------------7--5------------------------5------------------7--5----------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|--6--6h7--7-------6--6h7--7----------7--7h6---6-----------7--7h6---6-----------6--6h7--7----------6--6h7--7---------------6--6h7--7----------6--6h7--7-----------------|
d|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


And end on this...

(because, because, because we can, we must)
e|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7------7---7----------------|
b|---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8------8---8----------------|
g|---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9------9---9----------------|
d|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


Solo

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-17b(19)--17--15----12h15/17---17b(19)--17--15----12h15/17---17b(19)--17--15----12h15/17---17b(19)--17--15------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
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