WAKE UP DEAD MAN U2 - POP Tabbed by: adambuko@hotmail.com-copied by darcyguitar@hotmail.com Based on original tab by: hynesm@ozemail.com.au This is the best way to play the song. The others were off the mark. Tune down a half-step if you want to play along with the cd. The rhythm given in the intro is the basic rhythm for the entire piece. The spacing DOES NOT represent accurate time - I just spaced it so it's clear - listen to the song to get spots that may be unclear - but it's pretty much all based on the beginning rhythm, so it shouldn't be too bad. I'm not too familiar with all the tab symbols, so here's a list of what I used: q.=dotted quarter note q=quarter note e=eighth note (#)=add the note indicated on the repeat =omit the note indicated on the repeat =placed to keep time - see end of verse 2 for rhythm >=strum/pick hard Intro:
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q. e q. e q. Verse 1: Jesus...Jesus help me...
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q. q q e q. e e q e Chorus: > >
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|-----2---------2--2-----2--------2----------------------2--2--2--2--2-----
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*Optional: Add the A and D strings to complete the x02210 Am chord for a fuller sound if you're playing alone (the 2nd guitar fills it in on the album) Verse 2: Jesus...I'm waiting here boss...
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q. q q e q. q q e
---CHORUS---
Bridge: Listen to the words...
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---CHORUS---
Verse 3: Jesus...were you just around the corner...
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---REPEAT CHORUS 3x--- Song ends on an Am chord
There's the whole song. There are some small variations I probably missed when the texture gets thicker, but this should give you a pretty accurate tab of the whole song. Enjoy!
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Wake up dead man (album cut from POP) by U2 transcribed by ragecanx2 (ragecanx2@yahoo.com) okay..here's the deal...i don't know what you people out there are drinking...but hmm ...after i play the transpcriptions for the song..they just don't seem right...so... after sitting my ass down and listening to the song, i came up with this...to me, atleast, it seems a bit closer to what other people have come up with...enjoy... _________________________________________________________________________________________ i'm pretty much just gonna give you the shape of the chords...the rest is up to you... -verse and intro- A G F C G
e|----0-------|---0--------|---0--------|--------0---|---3--------|
b|---10-------|---8--------|---6--------|--------1---|---3--------|
G|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|-7----------|-5----------|-3---(3-2-0)|------------|------------|
A|------------|------------|------------|(0-2-)3-----|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|-3----------|
**play the stuff in () if you can...(or if you want)** -chorus- Am Am G D
e|-----0-0----|-0-0-0------|---3---------|-2----------|
b|-----1-1----|-1-1-1------|---3---------|-3----------|
G|-----2-2----|-2-2-2------|---0---------|-2----------|
D|-----2-2----|-2-2-2------|---0---------|------------|
A|-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0------|-------3-2---|------------|
E|------------|------------|-3-----------|------------|
the keyboard stuff is pretty straight forward....i didn't take the time to figure it out, seeming i don't have keyboard handy. Also, you can call me lazy, but the bendy fills the edge does in the 3rd and 4th choruses are no brainers...it was done with multi-tracking...so...you'd need another guitar to do it...and if you had two guitars playing the song...the 2nd guitarist would be pretty damn bored...but, if you are a creative soul, and have actually incorperated a 2nd guitar part here they are:
1st(e)|------12b14-12b14---|------10b12-10b12-----|
also theres a fill during the "listen" part it's a little sometin' like dis:
3rd(G)|--2/4--4/5--5/7--5/2------|
-lyrics- Jesus, jesus help me i'm alone in this world and a fucked world it is too Tell me Tell me the story the one about enternity and the way it's all gonna be... -chorus- Wake up wake up dead man (x2) Jesus i'm waiting here boss I know your looking out for us but maybe your hands aren't free your father he made the world in seven he's in charge of heaven will you put a word in for me (chorus x2) Listen to the words they'll tell you what to do listen over the rhythm that's confusing you listen to the reed in the saxaphone listen over the hum of the radio listen over the sounds of blades on rotation listen through the traffic and circulation listen as hope and peace try to rhyme listen over marching bands playing out their time (chorus x2) jesus were you just around the corner did you think and try to warn her or are you working on something new if there's an order in all of this disorder is it like a tape recorder can we rewind it just once more (chorus x2) So, there you have it...the fills and stuff should be (as always) improvisational... so shame on you for wanting to know exactly how something goes...always put your own little something into the song...it makes it more worth it =) WAKE UP DEAD MAN U2 tabbed by: hynesm@ozemail.com.au This is the only way to play this song. The others were all way of the mark. Tune down a semitone.
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Repeat whole thing Chorus: > >
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Wake Up Dead Man U2
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Typed by: Xyndiack@hotmail.com Oyvind Aasan Chords: Gm Fm Em C#m Bm EmII F#m
e|-------|--------|-------|--------|--------|--11----|--------|
b|-------|--------|-------|--------|--------|--12----|--------|
G|----13-|-----11-|----9--|-----6--|-----4--|--13----|--------|
D|----13-|-----11-|----9--|-----6--|-----4--|--13----|----4---|
A|11-----|--9-----|-7-----|--4-----|--2-----|--11----|----4---|
E|-------|--------|-------|--------|--------|--------|-2------|
E D# C#
Quick bass line: A|--7--6---4
Gm Fm Jesus, Jesus help me Em E D# C#(quick bass-tones) I'm alone in this world Bm C#m and a fucked up world it is too Gm Fm tell me, tell me the story Em E D# C#(quick bass-tones) the one about eternity Bm F#m and the way it's all gonna be Em EmII E D# C#(quick bass-tones) WAKE UP WAKE UP DEAD MAN WAKE UP WAKE UP DEAD MAN Jesus, I'm waiting here boss I know you're looking out for us but maybe your hands aren't free your Father , He made the world in seven He's in charge of heaven will you put a world in for me WAKE UP WAKE UP DEAD MAN WAKE UP WAKE UP DEAD MAN listen to your words they're tell you what to do listen over the rhythm that's confusing you listen to the reed in the saxophone listen over the hum of the radio listen over sounds of blades in rotation listen through the traffic and circulation listen as hopeand peace try to rhyme listen over marching bands playing out their time WAKE UP WAKE UP DEAD MAN WAKE UP WAKE UP DEAD MAN Jesus, were you just around the corner? did You think to try and warn her? or are you working on something new? if there's an order in all of this disorder is it like a tape recorder? can we rewind it just once more WAKE UP WAKE UP DEAD MAN WAKE UP WAKE UP DEAD MAN That's it... listen to the song to get the timing right. Do send Corrections or Comments to: Xyndiack@hotmail.com Oyvind Aasan Wake Up Dead Man Music by U2 Lyrics by Bono and The Edge Transcribed by Brandon Leniart "It's a very angry song." says Bono--tune down 1/2 step, in A minor. Jesus
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2--------5--------------5--
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Jesus help me
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2--------3--------------3--
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I'm alone in this world
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2--------1---------------
3--------2---------------
4---3----3---3---3--2--0-
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6------------------------
1---1---1--
2---3---3--
3---2---2--
4---0---0--
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6----------
And a fucked up world it is, too
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2-----------1---1--
3-----------0---0--
4-----------2---2--
5---0---3---3---3--
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2-----------3-------3--
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4-----------0-------0--
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Tell me, tell me the story The one about eternity, and the way it's all gonna be Wake up
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2---1--1--
3---2--2--
4---2--2--
5---0--0--
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Wake up dead man
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2-----------3--
3-----------2--
4-----------0--
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Wake up, wake up dead man upstroke: 1---5-- 2---5-- 3---5-- 4---7-- 5---0--
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Jesus, I'm wating here, boss I know You're looking out for us But maybe Your hands aren't free
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Your Father, He made the world in seven He's in charge of heaven Will You put a word in for me? Wake up, wake up dead man Wake up, wake up dead man mellotron-like sounds:
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Listen to your words they'll tell you what to do Listen over the rhythm that's confusing you Listen to the reed in the saxophone Listen over the hum of the radio
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3---2/4---4---5---5/7---5\4--
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Listen over the sounds of blades in rotation Listen through the traffic and circulation Listen as hope and peace try to rhyme Listen over marching bands playing out their time Wake up during 3rd & 4th choruses, with wah:
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2---15b17---15b17--
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Wake up dead man
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2---13b15---13b15--
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Wake up, wake up dead man Jesus, were You just around the corner? Did You think to try and warn her? Or are you working on something new? If there's an order in all of this disorder Is it like a tape recorder? Can we rewind it just once more? Wake up, wake up dead man Wake up, wake up dead man end with pitch shifter:
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from: " Oksenberg" You can use standard tuning VERSE Chords Abm7 Gb6 EMaj Dbm BMaj Gbm TAB
e-----------4---------------4------------4-------------------4
B-----------4---------------4------------4-------------------4
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D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----4------------4-4------------4----------------4-4-------
e-------------2-------------2---------------2-----------------2
B-------------4-------------4---------------4-----------------4
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E----2---------------2-2------------2--------------2-2----------
e-----------------0------------------------------------5----------------5---
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B-----------------0------------------------------------6---------------6----
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G---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------2--1------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------5---------------5-5---------
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e--------------4----------------4--------------2------------------2
B--------------4----------------4--------------2------------------2
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----2--------------2--2-------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------2-------------2-2------------
CHORUS Abm7 Abm7 Abm7 Gb6 Db wake up, wake up dead man Strike the 2 Abm7 hard to get the right sound like on the cd Here is some crds/tab for wake up dead man. (tuned down 1/2 step) Am G Jesus, jesus help me Dm I'm alone in this world C G And what a fucked up world it is too (verses continue like this all way through, there is a riff/chord change on the dm chord which I haven't had time to figure out yet) Chorus: Am (!!) G D Wake up, wake up dead man !! - strike the Am chord twice & let ring Little chorus riff (play over the G & D chords in the chorus):
a------------5---
e----5---3-------
Note: Most of the chords are played by striking the bass note of the chord & then the two bottom strings
ie Am -> ---5-----5-
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This could actually be way off.... any comments would be nice! :) Lars Barstad (lapba@grm.hia.no) U2 - WAKE UP DEAD MAN Transcribed by Mirka Matikainen PUT CAPO ON FOURTH FRET AND TRY THESE CHORDS FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG: xx ooo xxo o x xo o xo x x ooox xoo x ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== IIIIII IIIIII IIIIOI IIIIOI IIIIII IIIIII IIOIII IIIOII IIIIII IIOOII IOIIII IIIOII IIIIII IIIIOI IOIIII IIIIII IIIIII IIIIOI AND IN PART B (WAKE UP,WAKE UP DEAD MAN) THESE: o ooo xxo o xo o ====== ====== ====== IIIIII IIIIII IIIIII IOOIII IIIOII IIOOOI IIIIII IIIIOI IIIIII WORDS ARE HERE: Jesus, Jesus help me I`m alone in this world and a fucked up world it is too tell me, tell me the story the one about eternity and the way it`s all gonna be wake up, wake up dead man wake up, wake up dead man Jesus, I`m waiting here boss I know you`re looking out for us but maybe your hands aren`t free your Father, He made the world in seven He`s in charge of heaven will you put a word in for me wake up, wake up dead man wake up, wake up dead man listen to your words they`ll tell you what to do listen over the rhythm that`s confusing you listen to the reed in the saxophone listen over the hum of the radio listen over the sounds of blades in rotation listen through the traffic and circulation listen as hope and peace try to rhyme listen over marching bands playing out their time wake up, wake up dead man wake up, wake up dead man Jesus, were you just around the corner? did you think to try and warn her? or are you working on something new? if there`s an order in all of this disorder is it like a tape recorder? can we rewind it just once more? wake up, wake up dead man wake up, wake up dead man ..enjoy...Mirka.. Wake Up Deadman from:GregL550@aol.com In Eb, here it is. It involves picking chords. Slight distortion is used during the chorus: Verse: Am G F Dm C G Chorus: Am G D the Dm Edge plays is like this:
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Wake Up Deadman from:Heiko Ziegler Verses : Fis Fis Gism Gism E Cism H Fis (I wrote the first Fis and the first Gism two times to give you a better idea of the timing ) Refrain: Gism Fis Instead of playing the Fis accord in the refrain you can play on the 2., 1. and the 4. fret with the a-string (actually ,that`s what the Edge plays ). I have tried to fix a little bit on Wake Up... This is my verson(some errors, but I'll correct them later) Enjoy I also have the bass-line to If You Wear... here it is: G C(#?) A F E F G (and so on). it also contain an A in the bridge. If any comments to the chords or my English, mail me Xyndiack@hotmail.com Oyvind Aasan minor correction C#m to F#m in the last phrase before the chorus. Xyndiack Oyvind Aasan * Correction * from EMODL1046@aol.com In the chorus when Bono sing 'wake up deadman' the edge plays when Bono says man
E--3------
A---3-2-0
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G---------
B---------
e---------
This is indicated by (??) Also Am will be struck twice during this time and will ring and then go to C This will be indicated by ($$) Am ($$) C (??) Wake up, Wake up deadman Wake up, Wake up deadman
Source: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/u/u2/wake_up_deadman_tab.html