One Tree Hill by U2 - guitar chords, guitar tabs and lyrics

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This first bit is the synth that plays throughout the song.

 E |-------------------------|
 B |-------------------------|
 G |---17-17-17---17-17-17-17|
 D |-------------------------|
 A |-15---------15-----------|
 E |-------------------------|

Intro:

 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 B |-------------------------|--13--13--13--13--13------|-------------13--13--13--|
 G |----5-5---5/7---5--------|--12--12--12--12--12------|-----12--12--12--12--12--|
 D |----5-5---5/7---5--------|--------------12--12--10--|-10--12--12--14--14--14--|
 A |-------------------------|----------------------10--|-10----------------------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 B |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 G |--12--12--------------12-|--12--10--10--10----------|-------------------------|
 D |--12--12--10--10--10--12-|--12--10--10--10--10--10--|--10--10--10-------------|
 A |----------10--10--10-----|------------------10--10--|---8---8---8-------------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|

Riff 1: (Repeated throughout verses with variations)

 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 B |--------13----13---------|----------13----13--------|---------6-----6---------|
 G |--12----------------12---|--12-12-------------12----|---5-----------------5---|
 D |--10---------------------|--10-10-------------------|---3---------------------|
 A |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|

Bb5

 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 B |---------6-----6---------|--------11----11----------|---------6----6----------|
 G |--5-5----------------5---|--10---------------10-----|---5----------------5----|
 D |--3-3--------------------|---8----------------------|---3---------------------|
 A |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|

 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 B |--------13-----13--------|--13---13---11----13------|
 G |--12-----------------12--|--12---12---12----12------|
 D |--10---------------------|--------------------------|
 A |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|

Riff 2: ("You run like a river...")

 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------0----|
 B |-11------11-------11-----|-10------10------10-----10|--8-----8-----8----------|
 G |-----10-------10------10-|-----10------10------10---|-------------------------|
 D |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 A |-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|-----8-----8-----8-------|

Synth chords: (Played after cello solo, throughout 3rd verse and at very end)

Bb5

F/C

 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 B |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 G |----9--------10----------|------10--------10--------|
 D |---10---------7----------|-------8---------7--------|
 A |--------------8----------|--------------------------|
 E |----8--------------------|-------6---------8--------|

Distorted guitar: (Played towards end and more extensively when live)

 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 B |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 G |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 D |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 A |--1---3---1---3---1---1--|--0---1---0---1-----------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 B |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 G |-------------------------|--------------------------|
 D |-------------------------|--1---1---1---1-----------|
 A |--1--3--3--3--1--3--3----|----3---3---3-------------|
 E |-------------------------|--------------------------|

First verse with Riff 1:

	C5	F5
	We turn away to face the cold	, enduring chill

	Bb5	F5	C5	C7	C5
As the	day begs the nig	ht for	mercy love

	C5	F5
	The sun's so bright it leaves no	shadows, only scars

	Bb5	F5	C5	C7	C5
	carved into	stone on the	face of earth

	C5	F5
	The moon is up and over	One Tree Hill

	Bb5	F5	C5
We see the	sun go	down in your	eyes

Chorus with Riff 2:

	Bb	F	C5
You run like	river	in like a	sea

	Bb	F	C5
you run like a	river	runs to the se	a

Second verse same as first verse:

And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone

Where poets speak their hearts, then bleed for it

Jara sang, his song a weapon, in the hands of love

You know his blood still cries from the ground

Chorus as before.

Cello Solo.

Now play synth chords (C C F F Bb5 F/C C C)

Third verse with synth chords:

	C	F
	I don't believe in painted	roses or bleeding hearts

	Bb5	F/C	C
while	bullets rape the nigh	t of the merc	iful

	F
I'll see you again when the s	tars fall from the sky

	Bb5	F/C	C
and the	moon has turned red	over one	tree hill

Continue to play Riff 2 to end.

Distorted guitar kicks in towards end.

Outro: (With synth chords)

	C	F/C	Bb5	F/C
	Oh great	ocean,	old great	sea

	C	F	Bb5	F/C	C
	run to the	ocean,	run	to the	sea.

Greg Carroll's funeral 10th July 1986

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One Tree Hill

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tabbed by: Scott Yanoff, yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

	C	F
W	e turn away to face the	cold, enduring chill

	Bb	F	C
As the d	ay begs the ni	ght for me	rcy

Your sun's so bright it leaves no shadows, only scars

Carved into stone on the face of earth

The moon is up and over One Tree Hill

We see the sun go down in your eyes

	Bb	F	C
You ran like r	ive	r to the s	ea

	Bb	F	C
Like a r	ive	r to the s	ea

And in our world a heart of darkness, a firezone

Where poets speak their hearts, then bleed for it

Jara sang, his song a weapon, in the hands of love

You know his blood still cries from the ground

It runs like a river to the sea, like a river to the sea

I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts

While bullets rape the night of the merciful

I'll see you again when the stars fall from the sky

And the moon has turned red over One Tree Hill

We run like a river to the sea, like a river to the sea

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