Whos Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses - U2
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Band : U2
Song: Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed by: Jeff Martin

Haven't seen a good (any?) tabs on this song yet, so I'll give it a go. Here is my interpretation...

Opening:

Listen to the song for timing on each of these chords.

0:06
|----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-1----|
|-x-x-x-x-x-0----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-2----|
|-2-2-2-2-2-3----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-x----|

Verse 1

0:31
|------0-0-0-----------------------------------2-2-2-2-2---------------|
|---1--1-1-1-----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3---------------|
|---0--0-0-0---0---------------0---0-----------2-2-2-2-2---------------|
|-0-2--------0-2--------2-2-2--------2---------------------------------|
|-2-3--------2-3--0-0-0-3-3-3----0---3-2--0--------------3-3-3-2-0-----|
|-3----------3----3-3-3----------3-------3---3-------------------------|

Verse 1 (second part)
Listen close, Edge or a 2nd guitar is playing variations of this riff behind the G and C chords.
Pick up the rythym of the open G and C chords from the song...

1:08
G/////////////////////C//////////////////////
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------| X4
|-0-9--9-9-9-7-9-7-0-10--10-10-10-9-7-0-6--------|
|------------------------------------------------|

Pre-Chorus

Use open Chords
D////C////D////C

Chorus:

Guitar 2:

G/////D/////C...


Edge sound like he's playing:

****(the Zero = the 10th fret)*****
1:44
|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--7-8-8-8-8--7-8-8-8-8-----|
|-7-8-8-8-8--7-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-----|
|-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-----| X4
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|


Verse 2 = second part of verse 1 (above)

Chorus 2 = same G-A-D for Guitar 1

Edge:

**** 0=10th fret, 2=12th fret, 3=13th fret, 5=15th fret (better tab spacing I guess)****

It's all happening on the 7th and 12th frets...

2:49
|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--------|
|-7-8-8-8-8--7-8-8-8-8--2-3-3-3-3--2-3-3-3-3--------|
|-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--------| X4
|----------------------------------------------| |--|
|---------------------------------------------------|

Bridge

3:18
|------------------------|
|-----5-----3------------|
|----5-----4-----5-------|
|---5-----5--------5--7--| X2
|--------------5---------|
|-5-----0----------------|

Finish the bridge with this, watch the volume, this part starts faint and picks up as
chorus comes back in...

3:47ish
|-10-|
|-8--|
|-7--|
|-7--|
|----|
|----|

Back to chorus riffs... etc

That's about it. All the parts are here! Seems pretty close. Other tabs seem to have
the chord correct.

Enjoy

JM
Song info
Whos Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
U2
2001
  • Rock
  • Pop Rock
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