City Of Blinding Lights Guitar Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 Ver 4 
	

City Of Blinding Lights #3 Tabs:

City Of Blinding Lights (Radio Edit)

City Of Blinding Lights Bass Tab

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This is probably 100 % perfect!!!

Piano
-18-------16-------15----------------16-------15-------------------------|
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4X

Melody :
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-14-----13--------9--/11--/14------13------9----------9--/11---/14-----|
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--13-13-------11----\---6------------------------------------------------|
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2X

Chorus : 
e|-11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-11-11-------|
b|-9--9--9--—9—-9—-9---9—-9—-9--9---9--9--9--—9—-9—-9---9—-9—-9--9--------|
g|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
( listen to the song and hear how much times, it depends on how fast you play 
it)
( palm muted)


e|-----11------11-------11-----
b|-9------9--------9---------9-
g|-----------------------------
d|-----------------------------
a|-----------------------------




e|-11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----11--11-11--11-11-11-11--|
b|-9--9--9--—9—-9—-9---9—-9—-9--9--8--8--8--8/11--11--8--8/9--9—-9—-9--9--|
g|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
( same thing here) ( palm muted)






"And I miss you when..."
-9-------7-------6-------7-------6---4---6-------------------------------|
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2X

"U uu uu ..."

-11-11-11-9-11-11-11-9-11-11-11-9-11-11-11-9-|
-11-11-11-9-11-11-11-9-11-11-11-9-11-11-11-9-|
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-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-13-13-13-13-9-9-9-9-----|
-9-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9—-9--9--9--9-9-9-9-----|
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3X

Melody :
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-14-----13--------9--/11--/14------13------9----------9--/11---/14-------|
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--13-13-------11----\---6------------------------------------------------|
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2X





Chorus :
e|-11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-11-11-------|
b|-9--9--9--—9—-9—-9---9—-9—-9--9---9--9--9--—9—-9—-9---9—-9—-9--9--------|
g|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
( listen to the song and hear how much times, it depends on how fast you play 
it)
( palm muted)

e|-----11------11-------11-----
b|-9------9--------9---------9-
g|-----------------------------
d|-----------------------------
a|-----------------------------






e|-11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----11--11-11--11-11-11-11--|
b|-9--9--9--—9—-9—-9---9—-9—-9--9--8--8--8--8/11--11--8--8/9--9—-9—-9--9--|
g|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
( same thing here) ( palm muted)


"Can you see the beauty..."
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-10------11-10----8------10------11-10----8------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------6------6------8---------|
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2X



"And I miss you when..."

-9-------7-------6-------7-------6---4---6-------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------9------7------6-------5-|
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2X

"U uu uu ..."

-11-11-11-9-11-11-11-9-11-11-11-9-11-11-11-9-|
-11-11-11-9-11-11-11-9-11-11-11-9-11-11-11-9-|
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( palm muted)


-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-13-13-13-13-9-9-9-9-----|
-9-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9—-9--9--9--9-9-9-9-----|
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3X ( palm muted)








Melody :
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-14-----13--------9--/11--/14------13------9----------9--/11---/14-----|
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--13-13-------11----\---6------------------------------------------------|
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2X


"Time, time..."

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-10/15--10/15---10/13--10/15\-|
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(you can improvise here, hear it)


-11-11-11-9-11-11-11-9-11-11-11-9-11-11-11-9-|
-11-11-11-9-11-11-11-9-11-11-11-9-11-11-11-9-|
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( palm muted)


-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-13-13-13-13-9-9-9-9-----|
-9-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9—-9--9--9--9-9-9-9-----|
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6X ( palm muted)


Melody :
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-14-----13--------9--/11--/14------13------9----------9--/11---/14-----|
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--13-13-------11----\---6------------------------------------------------|
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2X


Chorus :( palm muted)
e|-11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-11-11-------|
b|-9--9--9--—9—-9—-9---9—-9—-9--9---9--9--9--—9—-9—-9---9—-9—-9--9--------|
g|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
( listen to the song and hear how much times, it depends on how fast you play 
it)

e|-----11------11-------11-----
b|-9------9--------9---------9-
g|-----------------------------
d|-----------------------------
a|-----------------------------



e|-11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----11--11-11--11-11-11-11--|
b|-9--9--9--—9—-9—-9---9—-9—-9--9--8--8--8--8/11--11--8--8/9--9—-9—-9--9--|
g|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
( same thing here)

( et the end its this part and also the piano from the beginning)

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture john Wanna Be	#1 by john dolmayan at Aug 15, 2006 at 11:36 AM EST
	This song to me is like a combination of "Where The Streets Have No Name", "Dirty Day", and "Always". A GREAT song.

No Picture Trey Average	#2 by Trey Davis at Dec 22, 2006 at 7:04 AM EST
	"Don’t look before you laugh Look ugly in a photograph Flash bulbs purple irises The camera can’t see " To me this sounds like he is saying that you should not worry about the little things and just enjoy life because it is so short.

No Picture Sam Average	#3 by Sam Ordway at Jan 31, 2007 at 9:16 AM EST
	I found the following quote somewhere, can't remember where though. Bono: "It's a New York song. About going there for the first time. We were the first band to play Madison Square Gardens after 9/11. During 'Where the Streets Have No Name' the house lights came up and there were 20,000 people in tears. It was beautiful."

No Picture Rosa Wanna Be	#4 by Rosa Beauchamp at Mar 11, 2007 at 9:06 AM EST
	this song has a speacial personal meaning to me but id say its a love song definetly 543210

No Picture The REAL Godfat Average	#5 by The REAL Godfather at Mar 21, 2007 at 8:14 AM EST
	The meaning of CITY OF BLINDING LIGHTS becomes simple when you watch the film THE ROAD TO ELDORADO! In additional, the gitar melodies are just as in the film, soundtrack done by Elton John.

No Picture Scott Average	#6 by Scott Muir at Apr 27, 2007 at 8:16 AM EST
	I've been listening to the new album for a couple of days now and this is one song that stood out right away.(other than 'Vertigo') I can't wait to hear it live if U2 ever has a concert in my neck of the woods. Other than it being about NYC, I interpret this song to be another inspirational song by U2.

No Picture Eric Average	#7 by Eric Phillips at May 31, 2007 at 3:30 AM EST
	I like this song so much. I heard it for the first time a couple of days ago when I was in my cousin's car and they had the U2 cd playing and this song caught imediatly my atention. It talks about a big city (New York). It talks about the beauty of this city and also of the beauty of a particular person. The song kick ass!

No Picture Jacob Lead Player	#8 by Jacob Julian at Jul 16, 2007 at 5:17 AM EST
	great song, i like the line 'what happened to the beauty a i had inside of me?

No Picture eric was here Professional Badass	#9 by eric was here at Aug 4, 2007 at 1:09 AM EST
	u2takemehigher im not sure what that lines really mean but i guess they are dreamers, dreamers always look up the sky. im not sure though. its just my opinion i hope this help you ....