U2 - One Tree Hill

      
 
 ONE TREE HILL - U2
 
 The following tab gives the main points for playing the complete song.
 There are variations and improvisations throughout the song (especially in Riff 2).
 
 This first bit is the synth that plays throughout the song.

 E |-------------------------|
 B |-------------------------|
 G |---17-17-17---17-17-17-17|
 D |-------------------------|
 A |-15---------15-----------|
 E |-------------------------|
 

 
 
 Intro:

 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 B |-------------------------|--13--13--13--13--13------|-------------13--13--13--|
 G |----5-5---5/7---5--------|--12--12--12--12--12------|-----12--12--12--12--12--|
 D |----5-5---5/7---5--------|--------------12--12--10--|-10--12--12--14--14--14--|
 A |-------------------------|----------------------10--|-10----------------------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 B |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 G |--12--12--------------12-|--12--10--10--10----------|-------------------------|
 D |--12--12--10--10--10--12-|--12--10--10--10--10--10--|--10--10--10-------------|
 A |----------10--10--10-----|------------------10--10--|---8---8---8-------------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 

 
 Riff 1: (Repeated throughout verses with variations)
 
 (C5) (F5) 
   

 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 B |--------13----13---------|----------13----13--------|---------6-----6---------|
 G |--12----------------12---|--12-12-------------12----|---5-----------------5---|
 D |--10---------------------|--10-10-------------------|---3---------------------|
 A |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 

 
 (Bb5) (F5) 
   

 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 B |---------6-----6---------|--------11----11----------|---------6----6----------|
 G |--5-5----------------5---|--10---------------10-----|---5----------------5----|
 D |--3-3--------------------|---8----------------------|---3---------------------|
 A |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 

 
 (C5) (C7) (C5) 
    

 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 B |--------13-----13--------|--13---13---11----13------|
 G |--12-----------------12--|--12---12---12----12------|
 D |--10---------------------|--------------------------|
 A |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 

 
 Riff 2: ("You run like a river...")
 
 (Bb) (F) (C5) 
   

 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------0----|
 B |-11------11-------11-----|-10------10------10-----10|--8-----8-----8----------|
 G |-----10-------10------10-|-----10------10------10---|-------------------------|
 D |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 A |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-----8-----8-----8-------|
 

 
 
 Synth chords: (Played after cello solo, throughout 3rd verse and at very end)
 
 C F Bb5 F/C 
     

 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 B |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 G |----9--------10----------|------10--------10--------|
 D |---10---------7----------|-------8---------7--------|
 A |--------------8----------|--------------------------|
 E |----8--------------------|-------6---------8--------|
 

 
 
 Distorted guitar: (Played towards end and more extensively when live)

 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 B |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 G |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 D |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 A |--1---3---1---3---1---1--|--0---1---0---1-----------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 B |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 G |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 D |-------------------------|--1---1---1---1-----------|
 A |--1--3--3--3--1--3--3----|----3---3---3-------------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 

 
 
 First verse with Riff 1:
 
 C5                            F5              
  We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill
 
        Bb5             F5     C5        C7 C5 
 As the day begs the night for mercy love
 
 C5                                F5                 
  The sun's so bright it leaves no shadows, only scars
 
 Bb5         F5           C5           C7 C5 
 carved into stone on the face of earth
 
 C5                       F5           
  The moon is up and over One Tree Hill
 
            Bb5    F5           C5  
 We see the sun go down in your eyes
 
 Chorus with Riff 2:
 
              Bb   F         C5  
 You run like river in like a sea
                Bb   F              C5 
 you run like a river runs to the sea
 
 Second verse same as first verse:
 And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone
 Where poets speak their hearts, then bleed for it
 Jara sang, his song a weapon, in the hands of love
 You know his blood still cries from the ground
 
 Chorus as before.
 
 Cello Solo.
 
 Now play synth chords (C C F F Bb5 F/C C C)
 
 Third verse with synth chords:
 
 C                           F                       
  I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts
 
       Bb5                  F/C          C   
 while bullets rape the night of the merciful
 
                              F                     
 I'll see you again when the stars fall from the sky
 
         Bb5                F/C      C         
 and the moon has turned red over one tree hill
 
 Continue to play Riff 2 to end.
 
 Distorted guitar kicks in towards end.
 
 Outro: (With synth chords)
 
 C        F/C    Bb5       F/C 
 Oh great ocean, old great sea
 
 C          F      Bb5 F/C    C   
 run to the ocean, run to the sea.
 
 Greg Carroll's funeral 10th July 1986

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 One Tree Hill

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 tabbed by: Scott Yanoff, yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
 
  C                       F                   
 We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill
         Bb            F         C  
 As the day begs the night for mercy
 Your sun's so bright it leaves no shadows, only scars
 Carved into stone on the face of earth
 The moon is up and over One Tree Hill
 We see the sun go down in your eyes
 
               Bb F         C 
 You ran like river to the sea
         Bb F         C 
 Like a river to the sea
 
 And in our world a heart of darkness, a firezone
 Where poets speak their hearts, then bleed for it
 Jara sang, his song a weapon, in the hands of love
 You know his blood still cries from the ground
 
 It runs like a river to the sea, like a river to the sea
 
 I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts
 While bullets rape the night of the merciful
 I'll see you again when the stars fall from the sky
 And the moon has turned red over One Tree Hill
 
 We run like a river to the sea, like a river to the sea