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U2 I Will Follow Guitar Tab

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Transcribed by Andy Aldort for: U2, The Best Of.


>From my information, The Edge used 'Memory Man Echo' F/X's on this song.


NOTATION KEY:

L = Legato Slide
S = Shift Slide
* = Percussive Tone (Muffled) (Finger mute)
P.M. = Heavy Muting (P.M.) (Palm Mute)
ZU = Slide up past fretboard




U 2

I W I L L F O L L O W

Tempo: 154 Time: 4/4

INTRO (1st time-Solo gtr., 2nd time-Drums enter, 3rd time-Bass enters)

Rhy. Fig 1

(E5) (A)

E ---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|---0--0--0-12-12-12--0--0--|
B --12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
G ---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
D ---------------------------|---------------------------|
A ---------------------------|---------------------------|
E ---------------------------|---------------------------|


/-1.2.3.-----------------
(E5) (A) (D)

E ---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|---0--0--0-12-12-12--0--0--|
B --12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
G ---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
D ---------------------------|---------------------------|
A ---------------------------|---------------------------|
E ---------------------------|---------------------------|


/-4.--------------------- I was on the out
E5
(A) (D) 1st Verse
end Rhy Fig. 1 P.M.-----------:
E ---0--0--0-12--------------||--------------------------|
B --10-10-10-10--------------||-----5------5------5------|
G ---9--9--9--9--------------||--4-----4-------4-----2---|
D ---------------------------||--------------------------|
A ---------------------------||--------------------------|
E ---------------------------||--------------------------|


- side when you said_
A(sus4)

Let ring
E ----0-----------0--------------------------------------|
B ----------3-----0--------------------------------------|
G -(2)---------------------------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


__ you said you need - ed me,
E5

P.M.----:
E -(0)-------------------0------0-----0-----2------------|
B -(0)-------3------3----3------3-----3-----3------------|
G -----------2------2----2------2-----2-----2------------|
D ------------------------------------------2------------|
A ------------------------------------------0------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


__
A(sus4)

Let ring
E -(2)--------------0-----------0-----0-----0------------|
B -(3)-------3-----------0------3-----3-----3------------|
G -(2)--------------------------2-----2-----2------------|
D -(2)---------------------------------------------------|
A -(0)---------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|

I was look - ing at__
E5

P.M.-----:
E --0--------0----0----0----0------0---------------------|
B --0--------5----5----5----5------5-----3---------------|
G -----------4----4----4----4------4-----2---------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|

__ my - self,__ I was blind,__
A(sus4) E5


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


could not see.__ Yeah!
A(7sus4)

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


Repeat Rhy Fig 1, 2 times (2nd time use 4th ending)
(See Rhy Fig 1, above)
(E5), (A), (E5), (A), (D),
(E5), (A), (E5), (A), (D), Well a boy__


E5 A(sus4)
__ tries hard_ to be a man,_
2nd Verse
P.M.----------:
E ------------------------------------------0------------|
B ----5----5----5------5----5S3---(3)---3---0------------|
G ----4----4----4------4----4S2---(2)---2----------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|

E5 A(sus4)
his moth - er takes_ him by his hand_
P.M.-------:
E ------0------0---0---5----5---0----0-----0--0--0---0---|
B -5----5------5---5---5----5---5----5--3--3--3--3---0---|
G -4----4------4---4---4----4---4----4--2--2--2--2-------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


E5
______ (if) he stops to think,_ he
P.M.--------:
E -0----0----0-----0----*---5--5---5----0----0----0------|
B -3----3----3-----3----*---4--4---4----5----5----5----3-|
G -2----2----2--------------------------4----4----4----2-|
D -2----2----2-------------------------------------------|
A -0----0----0-------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


A(sus4) E5
starts to cry,_ oh why?_
Let ring
E ----------0----0---0-------0----0---0-----0---5---5--0-|
B -(3)------3----3---0-------0----0---5-----5---5---5--5-|
G -(2)--------------------------------4-----4---4---4--4-|
D --0----------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


A(sus4)
___________ If you

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

Chorus
E5
walk a - way, walk a - way,

E -0------0---0----5------5---0-----0--------------------|
B -5------5---5----5------5---5-----5L3------------------|
G -4------4---4----4------4---4-----4L3------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


A(sus4)
walk a - way, walk a - way,___

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

E5
I____ will fol

E -0----0----0----5----5----0----0-----------------------|
B -5----5----5----5----5----5----5L3---------------------|
G -4----4----4----4----4----4----4L2---------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


A(sus4)
- low. If you

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


E5
walk a - way, walk a - way,

E -0------0---0----5------5---0-----0--------------------|
B -5------5---5----5------5---5-----5L3------------------|
G -4------4---4----4------4---4-----4L3------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


A(sus4)
walk a - way, walk a - way,_____

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



E5
I will

E -0----0----0------0----0----0--------------------------|
B -5----5----5S5----5----5----5----3---------------------|
G -4----4----4S4----4----4----4----2---------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


A(sus4)


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

w/Rhy. Fig 1, 2 times
fol - low!
(E5), (A), (E5), (A), (D),
(E5), (A), (E5), (A), (D), (To Coda)


E5 A(sus4)
I was on the in - side
3rd Verse
P.M.---------------------: Let ring
E ----------------------------0------------------0-------|
B -*---*--5----5---*---*---*--3-------------3----3-------|
G -*---*--4----4---*---*---*--2---2---------2----2-------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


E5
when they pulled_ the_ four_ walls_


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


E5
down.______ I was look - ing

P.M-:
E -0--(0)----0----0----0---*--*--0----0-----0----0---0---|
B -----------3----3----2---*--*--5----5-----5----5---5---|
G -----------2----2--------------4----4-----4----4---4---|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


A(sus4) E5
through_ the win - dow, I was lost,

Let ring
E -------------------0-----0----0---0---0----0----0----5-|
B --------------3----------3----3---0---5----5----5----5-|
G -2------2-----------------------------4----4----4----4-|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|




A(sus4)
I am found._ If you


E -5----0----0-----3---------3----3----3----3----3----0--|
B -5----5----5L3---3---------3----3----3----3----3----0--|
G -4----4----4L2---2---------2----2----2----2----2-------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus
E5
walk a - way, walk a - way,

E -0------0---0----5------5---0-----0--------------------|
B -5------5---5----5------5---5-----5L3------------------|
G -4------4---4----4------4---4-----4L3------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


A(sus4)
walk a - way, walk a - way,___

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

E5
I____ will fol

E -0----0----0----5----5----0----0-----------------------|
B -5----5----5----5----5----5----5L3---------------------|
G -4----4----4----4----4----4----4L2---------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


A(sus4)
- low. If you

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


E5
walk a - way, walk a - way,

E -0------0---0----5------5---0-----0--------------------|
B -5------5---5----5------5---5-----5L3------------------|
G -4------4---4----4------4---4-----4L3------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


A(sus4)
walk a - way, walk a - way,_____

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



E5
I will

E -0----0----0------0----0----0--------------------------|
B -5----5----5S5----5----5----5----3---------------------|
G -4----4----4S4----4----4----4----2---------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


A(sus4)


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

w/Rhy. Fig 1, 2 times
fol - low!
(E5), (A), (E5), (A), (D),
(E5), (A), (E5), (A), (D), (To Coda)



Interlude N.C. (Echo pedal)
(2nd time) Your
term. bar
(slight vib.)
Coda /////
Harm.-------------------------------------------:
E -------------------------------5--------------7--------|
B -12---------------7------------5--------------7--------|
G -12---------------7------------5--------------7--------|
D -12---------------7------------5--------------7--------|
A -12----------------------------------------------------|
E -12----------------------------------------------------|


Repeat Rhy. Fig. 2 (2 times)
N.C. (Echo pedal)

eyes_______ make a cir - cle, I see you when I go
in there______

But it's your eyes,_
Harm---:
E -*----*-------------12--12--12--12--12--12--12--0---0--|
B -*----*---12---12---12--12--12--12--12--12--12--10--10-|
G ------------------------------------------------9---9--|
D ------------------------------------------------7---7--|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


But it's your

E -0----0---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----|
B -10---0---0----10---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---|
G -9----7---7----9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9----|
D -7-----------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


eyes,_

E -0----0----0----12------12----0-----0----0----0----0---|
B -10---10---10---10------10----10----10---12---12---12--|
G -9----9----9----9-------9-----9-----9----9----9----9---|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


but it's your eyes,_

E -0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----12----12------|
B -12---12---12---12---12---10---10---10---10----10------|
G -9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9-----9-------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


Hey! Yeah!_

E -0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0--------|
B -10---10---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12-------|
G -9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9--------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


Your_

E -12---12---12----------------------------0----0--------|
B -10---10---10----------------------------0----0--------|
G -9----9----9-----------------------------7----7--------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|



Repeat Rhy. Fig. 1 (2 times)
_Eyes______ oh!_____(w/Rhy Fill 1)
(E5), (A), (E5), (A), (D),
You can
(E5), (A), (E5), (A), (D), (To Coda)

Rhy. Fil 1
E -0----0----0----12-----------------------0----0--------|
B -10---10---10---10-----------------------0----0--------|
G -9----9----9----9------------------------0----0--------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


E5
walk a - way, walk a - way,

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


A(7sus4)
walk a - way, walk a - way,

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



E5
I____ will fol

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


A(7sus4)
- low. If you

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



E5
walk a - way, walk a - way,

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


A(7sus4)
walk a - way, walk a - way,

E -0------0---0----3------3---3---3----0----0------------|
B -3------3---3----3------3---3---3----5----5------------|
G -2------2---2----2------2---2---2----------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|



E5
I____ will fol -

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




(E5)
I____ will fol
P.M.---------------: Harm.---:
E -0-----------------------------------------------------|
B -----------5----5----*---------------------------------|
G ------4----4----4----*----3----3----2------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


(A)
- low.
Let ring
E ---0----------0-----------0-----------0----------------|
B ----------3-------2-------2------3---------------------|
G -2------------------------2----------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


(E5)
I____ will
Let ring
E -------------------------------------------------------|
B -3ZU---------------------------------------------------|
G ---------------------------------------------2---------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


(A)
fol - low.

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


(E5)

I____ will fol

E -0-----------------------------------------------------|
B -0-----------*----*----*-------------------------------|
G -------------*----*----*--------2----------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|

(A)
- low,

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


(E5)

I____ will,_

E -0----0----0----0----5L7----0----0---------------------|
B -0----0----0----0-----------0----0---------------------|
G -------------------------------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|



A(7sus4)

I____ will,

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


(E5)

_

E -0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0------------------|
B -12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12-----------------|
G -9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


(A)

I

E -0----0----0----12---12---12---0----0------------------|
B -10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10-----------------|
G -9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


(E5)

will,

E -0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0------------------|
B -12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12-----------------|
G -9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


(A) (D)

I ___

E -0----0----0----12---12---12---0----0------------------|
B -10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10-----------------|
G -9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


(E5)

will!

E -0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0------------------|
B -12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12-----------------|
G -9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


(A)



E -0----0----0----12---12---12---0----0------------------|
B -10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10-----------------|
G -9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|


(E5)



E -0----0-------------(0)--------------------------------|
B -12---12------------(12)S------------------------------|
G -9----9-------------(9)S-------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------|



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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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Trent
Average
#1 by Trent Zelasney at Dec 21, 1977 at 7:03 AM EST
i disagree. i think its about following your idols, trying to retrace the footsteps of his favourite musicians and rockstars.
 
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Razzle
Wanna Be
#2 by Razzle jester at Oct 22, 1980 at 4:58 AM EST
In the Rolling Stone interview Bono says that this song is about agape love. The Greek apparantly have three words for love: agape love is unconditional love, like the love for God. There was also erotic love and friendly love (can't remember the exact words for those ones). The interviewer then asked Bono if this song was about his mother and he agreed, but said that it could also be about God.
 
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Mike
Wanna Be
#3 by Mike Jeffries at Oct 6, 1989 at 2:49 PM EST
Just to get this out there, this was the 2ND SINGLE U2 ever released. "A Day Without Me" was the first one. I learned this off of Wikipedia, which has to be the greatest site ever invented. Along with songmeanings, of course.
 
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Andrew
Rhythm Player
#4 by Andrew Clayton at Apr 18, 1992 at 7:08 AM EST
In the book U2 Into The Heart it says that he wrote this song about following his mother throu the next life, and wherever she may go. So in a way, it can be related to God because of the afterlife, but the book says that Bono would follow his mother no matter what, and the growth from a boy to a man. I also think he got a couple of the lines from Amazing Grace "I was blind but now I see, and I was lost but now I'm found" -J
 
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Josh
Average
#5 by Josh Duncan at May 28, 1999 at 1:34 AM EST
Can you imagine how good this song was for Bono to write a after his mother passed away?? Most of us don't have a band for that kind of outlet, but the message is clear: he was too young to pay good attention to his mother but then he realizes he'll follow her example... These are my favorite lines: "I was on the inside When they pulled the four walls down I was looking through the window I was lost, I am found" I also heard Bono lost his father...but I'll say Bono is a really good role model in our public eye...its amazing.
 
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Tom
Average
#6 by Tom Gregory at Mar 5, 2002 at 6:30 AM EST
This is a pretty religious song...Bono is saying he will follow God.
 
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Failure by Desi
Average
#7 by Failure by Design at May 23, 2005 at 9:49 AM EST
and probably Bonos growth when his mother died.