Gone

by U2 · posted by Morph

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−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
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Tab

This song looks scary, but if you can condense all those consecutive 4' and -3'' sort of things into one blow or draw to make it a bit easier. It's a great song, written about Michael Hutchence, the late lead singer from INXS.


U2 - Gone

-3   5  -4  5  -4   5  -4 -5 -4 -(56)-(56)-4
you get to feel so guilty got so much for so 
-3 -4  
little
 -4   -4  -4  -4    -4 -4' -4'  -4'  -4' -3-3 
then you find that feeling just won't go away
 -3     5 -4   5  -4 5 -4  5 -4  -(56)  -4  
you're holding on to every little thing so 
 -3-4
tightly
 -4   -4     -4  -4   -4 -4' -4'  -4' -3-3 
till there's nothing left for you anyway

 -3-3'' -3 -3'' -3   -3'' -3-3-3''-2-2' 2
Goodbye you can keep this suit of lights
 2   2  5   -4   -3 -4 
I'll be up with the sun
 6   6   6-(56) 5
I'm not coming down
 6   6   6-(56) 5 
I'm not coming down
 6   6   6-(56) 5 
I'm not coming down

-3   5  5  -4 5   -4 -(56) -4 -3 -4 
you wanted to get somewhere so badly
 -4  -4 -4  -4' -4' -4'  -4'  -4' -3-3 
you had to lose yourself along the way
-3   5    -4  5   -4    5    -4-5   -4
you change a name but that's okay... it's 
-(56)-(56)-4-3-4
    necessary
-4   -4  -4  -4    -4 -4' -4'  -4' -4'    -3-3 
and what you leave behind you don't miss anyway

Goodbye you can keep this suit of lights
I'll be up with the sun
And I'm not coming down
And I'm not coming down
And I'm not coming down

 5   5  -7-6 6   5
And I'm already gone
 5    5   -7   -6 6-65    
felt that way all along
 -6-6  -6  -6 -6 6   5      
closer to you every day
-6-6    -6  -6  -6  -6  -6 6 5        
didn't want it that much anyway

 -3     5 5    5     -4 -(56)-(56)-4   -3-4 
you're taking steps that make you feel dizzy
-4   -4  -4  -4 -4   -4' -4' -4  -3 
then you get to like the way it feels
-3   5   -4  5    -4  5    -4   5 -4 
you hurt yourself you hurt your lover
-(56)-(56)-4-3-4
then you discover...
-4   -4   -4     -4   -4 -4' -4'  -4 -3-3 
what you thought was freedom was just greed

-3-3''    -3 -3-3-3''-3-466-(56)6  
goodbye... no emotional goodnight
 5    5 -7  -6   6  -65
we'll be up with the sun
 5   5  -7    -6  6  -65
are you still holding on
6   6   6-(56) 5 
I'm not coming down
6   6   6-(56) 5 
I'm not coming down 
6   6   6-(56) 5 
I'm not coming down

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