New Years Day - U2

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Song:   New year's day
Artist: U2
Lyrics: Bono and The Edge   Music: U2
Album:  War
Tabbed by DJ  1st Jan 2023

To hear the U2 track,
copy and paste this link into your browser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYCyCaK_5k

IMPORTANT NOTES:
This is not intended to be the way The Edge plays it, but is an arrangement
on one guitar for vocal accompaniment, and incorporates chords suggested by
the piano and bass riffs and the chorus backing vocal harmonies.

DROPPED TUNING
D#-G#-C#-F#-A#
All strings tu
recording in t

:
-D#   (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
ned a semi-tone down to match the original studio
he key of G#m

[Main riff]
        
eb |-0-0------
Bb |-1-1------
Gb |-2-2------
Db |-2-2------
Ab |-0-0--3---
Eb |----------

        
0----|-0-0----
1--1-|-1-1----
2-2--|-0-0----
2----|-2-2--2-
0----|-3-3----
-----|--------

          
-0-----|-0-0--
-1-1-3-|-0-0--
-0-----|-0-0--
-2-----|-2-2--
-3-----|-2-2--
-------|-0-0--

         
----0-------|-
----0-------|-
----0-------|-
----2-------|-
----2-------|-
3---0-0-0-0-|-

   
0-0------0----
0-0------0----
0-0------0----
2-2------2----
2-2------2----
0-0--3---0-0-0

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-0-|

NOTE:
Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might automatically display
and instead use the voicings suggested below in the text numbers:

   = x02210           = 320033               = x02200
 = x32210       = 320013               = x02230
    = x32010     = xx3010               = xx5435
  = xx2010       = xx3210               *   = xx5433
   = 022000        = x03231 or 10323x     = xx3213
 = 322000         = x02213               = xx3013

^ = Emphasise the beats

Please take a second to just scroll down to the bottom of the page
and select a star rating for my tab, it would be much appreciated.
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Oh      - oh! 

         
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[Chorus - repeats]
             
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