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From: ZooTVFly@aol.com
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 19:30:05 -0500
Subject: "Surrender" by U2
"Surrender"
U2 (WAR, 1983)
tune down 1/2 step...
Verses: A-D-E-D-A
A: 5 7 7 6 5 5
D: 5 5 7 7 7 x
E: 7 7 9 9 9 x
during the "Surrender" parts...:
Riff A:
e--12-12/10-10--12----12--12/12-10-10--12----12-------
A--12-12/10-10-----12-----12/12-10-10-----12----------
G--------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
e--15--15--15--15--17--17--19----19/up--
A----15--15--15--15--17--17--19--19/up--
G-----------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------
A D E
The city's alight
D A
With lovers and lies
D E
Bright blue eyes
D A
The city is bright
D E
It's brighter than day tonight
(Riff A)
Surrender
A D E A
Surrender
A D
Sadie said she couldn't
E D
Work out what it was all about
A
And so she let go
D E D
Now Sadie's on the street
A
And the people she meets you know
D
She tried to be a good girl
And a good wife
E
Raise a good family
D
Lead a good life
A
It's not good enough
D E
She got herself up on the 48th floor
D
Got to find out, find out
A
What she's living for
(Riff A)
Surrender
(Solo)
Tonight
Oh, the city's a fire
A passionate flame
Which knows me by name
The city's desire
To take me for more and more
It's in the street getting under my feet
It's in the air, it's everywhere I look for you
It's in the things I do and say
And if I want to live
I've got to die to myself someday
Papa sing my sing my sing my song
Papa sing my sing my sing my song
Papa sing my sing my sing my song
Surrender
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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bob Average |
#1 by bob fred at Apr 23, 1970 at 3:22 AM EST |
| I love this song. In Bono's universe, I think the word "city" is interchangeable with "world". The "world" is full of lovers and lies. The big lie in the world is that there is no God, and everything just sort of exploded out of thin air, for no reason at all. The main character in this song is Sadie. But she could really be anybody. Apparently she's never thought about God or why she is really here on earth. She's living her life, going through the motions. She's beginning to realize that life is pretty pointless when you have no purpose or higher calling. So she's on the 48th floor thinking about commiting suicide. But Bono tells her to "surrender." I think he is saying that she should surrender her life to God. Just let God handle all of her problems. But it's hard to do this, because the "city" or world is so much fun. It's hard to think about God. There's so much "fun" stuff to see and do. Why do we need God? Well, that's basically what I think this song is about. | |
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KISS is the gre Average |
#2 by KISS is the greatest at Aug 16, 1970 at 6:06 PM EST |
| Freaking great song. I loved Larry's drumming on this oe :-) | |
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terry Rhythm Player |
#3 by terry terry watts at Sep 14, 1991 at 1:36 AM EST |
| I can't believe only 2 comments on this song, one of their truly beautiful timeless song, you listen to it and just feel like your floating out of time where nothing matters, the harmony this song creates is incredible anyway I was on you-tube and found some u2 interview on japanese tv from back in 1983, bono said de niro's 'taxi driver' film inspired this song I guess it kind of makes sense, maybe sadie is how jodie fosters character would've ended up if de niro/travis didn't help her out The last few lines, 'if I wanna live I gotta die to myself someday' could refer to travis's exile from the social world, and how he goes on the mission to kill the pimp and mafiso while nearly killing himself, which I guess breaks him out of his slump?, althought the ending of taxi driver isn't really clear, so maybe this song more refers to jodie fosters character being 'sadie' | |
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