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In the howling wind comes a stinging rain

See it driving nails into the souls on a tree of pain

From the firefly a red-orange glow

I see the face of fear

Running scared in the valley below

Bullet the blue sky

Bullet the blue sky

In locust wind comes a rattle and hum

Judith wrestled the angel

And the angel was overcome

She had a demon seed

She rase flower of fire

I see her burning crosses

I see the flames higher and higher

Bullet the blue sky

Bullet the blue sky

And I see her come up to me

Her dress red

Like a rose on a thorn bush

Like all the colors of a royal flush

And she's pealing off those dollar bills

And slapping them down

One hundred

Two hundred

And I can see those fighter planes

And I can see those fighter planes

Across the mud huts where the children sleep

Through the alleys and quiet city streets

Up a staircase to the first floor

I turn the key and slowly unlock the door

A man breathes into a saxophone

Through the walls we hear the city groan

Outside it's America

Outside it's America

"So I'm back in my hotel room,

With Johnnie Coltrane and the love supreme,

In the next room I hear some woman scream out,

That her lover's turning off,

Turning on the television,

I can't tell the difference between :-

ABC news, Hill Street Blues

And some preacher in the old time gospel hour

Stealing money from the sick and the old

Well the God I believe in ain't short of cash Mister !!"

See across the view

See the sky ripped open

See the rain pounding the women and children

Who run

Into the arms of America......

	-----
	Bullet the Blue Sky (original version) by U2, transcribed by Richard Zangoli

There was no complete transcription to this fantabulous (don't look that

word up, I don't think it's in the dictionary) song in its original form so

I decided to do it. I transcribed it from the Rattle and Hum CD version but

the studio version is pretty similar. Tune down half a step.

Intro (after Star Spangled Banner)-

Slide this up the fretboard

E-----------------------------------------
B----9(hold)-------12s/------------12s/---
G------------------12s/------------12s/---    etc... and then play an open big
D------------------12s/------------12s/---    E string
A--------------------  --------------------

When Bono sings "driving nails into the.." hold the note on the 9th fret,

second string, as in the very beginning.

After Bono sings "the red orange glow" Edge plays some mute strings.

This is the chorus riff-

E-------------------------------------------
B----7--7------------------------------------
G----7--7-----------------------------------   play this a few times and play this
D----7--7------------------------------------  to finish off-
A--------------7----5--5--5-----5--7--5--7--
E---------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------
B----7--7------------------------------
G----7--7------------------------------
D----7--7------------------------------
A-------------7----5--5--5----5h7-----
E----------------------------------------

After Bono sings "rattle and hum", play this (the notes are to be bent

together)-

E-------------
B-----5b----
G-----4b----
D------------
A------------
E-------------

After Bono sings "the angel was overcome", scape the edge (no pun intended)

of your pick all the way up the big E string.

When Bono sings "you plant a demon seed" play this(slide this all the way up

the

fretboard)-

E---------------
B------20s/----
G------21s/----
D---------------
A---------------
E----------------

After the chorus play some 12th fret harmonics on first the big E and then

the A string and then play this (which is similar to the intro)-

E--------------------------
B----12s/---12s/---12s/---
G----12s/---12s/---12s/---
D----12s/---12s/---12s/---
A---------------------------
E----------------------------

And then comes the solo. I prefer to play it without the slide so that's the

way that I'll tab it. If you want to play it with the slide, then you'll

have to play it further down the fretboard starting at the 12th fret.

E---s/7-----------7-------------7-----------------7-----------------------------
B--------8------------8--------------8------------------8-----------7s/10 (hold)
G------------7------------7----------------7------------------7-----8s/9--(hold)
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------9---------------s/7------------------7----------------7----------
B---7s/10----------10------------------8------------------8---------------8----
G---8s/9------------------9--------------------7-----------------7-------------7
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--7-----------------7s/9-----9-------9-------9---------9s/10---------10-------
B-------8------------8s----------10-------10--------10-----------11---------11--
G-------------7------7s/9------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------10--10--10s/----------------15--------15--------15--------------14
B----11s/12---12--12--12s/---------s/17---------17--------17---------17---17---
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------14----------14s/-----------------------------------------------------
B----17---------15--------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------7---7--------------7---7s/9s/7----
B-----------7---7--------------7---7s/9s/7-----
G-----------7---7--------------7---7s/9s/7-----    play this last bit twice and end
D------------------------------------------------  with hitting the big E string
A------------------------------------------------
E----0-------------------0-----------------------

Edge then plays around with the tremolo bar (which I don't have because Les

Pauls generally ain't got them) and then he plays (I think)-

Bend this note and then gradually release it

E------------------
B--------9b-------
G-----------------
D-----------------
A-----------------
E------------------

And then that's it!. The solo isn't 100% perfect mainly because I didn't tab

it for a slide but its reasonably close and should give you plenty to work

with. Keep those tabs coming I say!

Richard Zangoli (ahowden@magna.com.au)