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Celebration Tab

Send "Celebration" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

From: JASON BROWN 
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 23:24:56 -0500

HEY U2 junkies. HAVE I GOT A PRESENT FOR YOU. THE CORRECT TAB TO A
CELEBRATION. HERE GOES:

E-------------------------|-------------------------|---5-4---------5--4----------|
B-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-0-0-3-0--0--0--0--3--(5)--|
G----4-------4--------4---|-----4-------4-------4---|-----------------------------|
D--------4--------4-----4-|---------4-------4-----4-|-----------------------------|
A--2---2---2----2---2-----|-------2---0---0---0-----|-----------------------------|
E-------------------------|---0---------------------|-----------------------------|

E--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|
B--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------|
G--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
D--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
A------------------|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E------------------|-------------------|

THE FIRST PART IS THE INTRO VERSE, THE SECOND PART IS THE GUITAR FILL OR
LEAD IF YOU LIKE, THE LAST PART IS THE CHORUS I THINK. THE CHORD
PROGRESSION IS B-E-A IN THE VERSE WHILE THE CHORD PROGRESSION FOR THE
CHORUS IS D5-E5. OH YEAH, THE NOTE WITH THE () AROUND IT IS A NATURAL
HARMONIC. AS IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW.

THE NEXT SONG THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ONLY GET THE INTRO GUITAR LINE TO IS
"TWILIGHT". SORRY, IT'S ALL I CAN GET AT THE MOMENT. HERE GOES:

BE SURE TO TUNE DOWN A 1/2 STEP FROM STANDARD TUNING, THAT'S IN Eb DUDES.

E---------0--------5-------0-------5---|-0----5--------|
B------3--------3--------3-------3-----|-5----5----5---|
G.---4--------4--------4-------4-----.-|-4----4--------|
D.-----------------------------------.-|---------------|
A--------------------------------------|---------------|
E--------------------------------------|---------------|

YOU WANT TO REPEAT THE INTRO GUITAR LINE, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY TIMES
BEFORE THE CHORD PROGRESSION CHANGES. KNOCK YOURSELF OUT..........

THE GUITAR MAN

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Celebration Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Ben Rhythm Player	#1 by Ben at Apr 27, 1978 at 6:26 AM EST
	This was the first video from U2 I ever saw when MTV first came out and I HAD to find out who these guys were. The song is infused with energy and set the tone for what I expected from the Band as each new album was released through my youth...

No Picture Phillip Average	#2 by Phillip Nguyen at Jan 12, 1979 at 6:55 PM EST
	I love this song. It's a pity it isn't on any of their albums.

No Picture Ultra Violet Average	#3 by Ultra Violet at Mar 8, 1983 at 11:00 PM EST
	It was the first U2 video I saw, as well. Only I saw it on ABC's Friday Night Videos (we didn't have cable at that time).

No Picture robert Average	#4 by robert liedberg at Jan 10, 1995 at 1:33 PM EST
	Great song. I have it on a cassette tape from my teenage years (Arrghh, Matey!) It's kind of a multipurpose protest song. In the live version I have, Bono shouts "No Way!" after the line "I believe in the atomic bomb" Here's my best take on the song: The main focus on the song is Irish protest. Christchurch is the oldest cathedral in Dublin, and the seat of the archbishop of the Church of Ireland (Anglican) but is officially recognized as the seat of the Roman Catholic bishop, who is physically located at St. Mary's. "I believe in the bells of Christchurch" could be either way, Catholic or Protestant. But "ringing for this land signifies a unified Ireland. I think the lines about Mountjoy are pretty bold. I think the actual line is "I believe in the cells of Mountjoy there's an honest man." I believe it refers to the hunger strikes. Mountjoy is an infamous prison in Dublin. Thomas Ashe, founder of the Irish Volunteers died there on hunger strike during the Irish Revolution. He was the inspriation for the IRA hunger strikes in which Bobby Sands died in 1981 at Long Kesh. The real force comes at the end of the song where Bono refers to Mountjoy and then sings "and you.. can go there too.. and you can go there too.." The "Shake, Shake" goes along with the trumpet sound, which refers to the trumpets the Lord commanded the people to blow to bring down the walls of Jericho in the Bible (see Joshua 6:1-26).

No Picture ryan Lead Player	#5 by ryan harney at Jan 31, 1998 at 9:29 AM EST
	montrose, email me and I will send you a file. BTW, I have this on an import 45 record too from when I was a teenager.

No Picture Chris Rhythm Player	#6 by Chris Marcoux at Aug 10, 2003 at 10:07 PM EST
	Ever since "The Complete U2" was released on iTunes, this song has been available for download there. But I can only imagine how hard it must've been to get before that.

No Picture Jon Badass	#7 by Jon Coath at Apr 16, 2007 at 11:27 AM EST
	From what I hear, this is the rarest U2 song out there - only released on 45'. I've never heard it, so I can't quite say what it means..but if anyone knows where I can get a listen, let me know.