Album: All That You Can't Leave Behind
Transcribed by: Stephanie van der Linde


Note: The Edge seems to be using a lot of different distortion effects through most of the song.  I've tried to match them as best as I can:  Guitar #1 requires the gain and bass buttons on your amp to be turned all the way up (10), and the treble button to be turned all the way down.  Guitar #2 requires the gain, treble, and bass to all be turned up to 10.

Intro

Play riff 1 seven times, then (Bono singing "Ooh!") play riff 2 along with riff 1 seven times.



(Guitar 1)
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|----9-----------------------|
|----9--x2---------7-------|
|----7--------------7-x2---|
|--------------------5-------|

(Guitar 2)
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|----9-------------14-------|
|----9-x4---------14-x4---|
|----7-------------12-------|
|-----------------------------|

Before verse 1 starts, add this riff in using guitar 2:



(Guitar 2)
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|----4-4--4-4-4 \ 2----2--2--------------|
|----4-4--4-4-4 \ 2----2--2--------------|
|----2-2--2-2-4 \ 0----0--0--------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

Verse 1

(Guitar 1)
     B5      A5            E5
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----4--4 \ 2--2--2-----9---9--------|
|----4--4 \ 2--2--2-----9---9--------|   x4
|----2--2 \ 0--0--0-----7---7--------|
|----------------------------------------|
Chorus

The chorus uses the same chords from verse 1, plus the following acoustic riff:

(Guitar 2 in acoustic)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5p3h5-----5p3h5------3---0----5p3h5----5p3h5--0--3---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|     x4
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2

(Guitar 1)
     B5      A5            E5
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----4--4 \ 2--2--2-----9---9--------|
|----4--4 \ 2--2--2-----9---9--------|   x4
|----2--2 \ 0--0--0-----7---7--------|
|---------------------------------|

Chorus

The chorus uses the same guitar 1 chords from verse 2, plus the following acoustic riff:

(Guitar 2 in acoustic)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5p3h5-----5p3h5------3---0----5p3h5----5p3h5--0--3---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|    x4
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Bridge Lead in
(Play this before the bridge while Bono is singing "Oooh")

Riff 1 + Riff 2 x7.  On the last time, add in riff 3 with guitar 2

Bridge

The bridge is an acoustic section (While Bono is singing "Love, lift me up out of these...) It uses the chords E, D, A.  Just finger pick each chord

Chord diagram:

     E                   D                    A
|----7-----|       |---10----|        |----5----|
|----9-----|       |---10----|        |----5----|
|----9-----|       |---11----|        |----6----|
|----9-----|       |---12----|        |----7----|
|----7-----|       |---12----|        |----7----|
|----7-----|       |---10----|        |----5----|

E                  A
Love, lift me up out of these blues
E                                                 D                      A
Won't you tell me something true     I believe in you

Chorus

The chorus uses the same guitar 1 chords from verse 2, plus the following acoustic riff:

(Guitar 2 in acoustic)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5p3h5-----5p3h5------3---0----5p3h5----5p3h5--0--3---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|    x4
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Outro

Play these two bits together 4 times

(Guitar 1)
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|------9----8----7-------|
|------9----8----7-------|
|------7----6----5-------|
|--------------------------|

(Guitar 2)
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|----9-------------14-------|
|----9-x2---------14-x2---|
|----7-------------12-------|
|-----------------------------|

After you've played this four times, fade out with riff 1 and riff 2

Lyrics:

Intro

Yeah, yeah

Ooh!    

Verse 1

High, higher than the sun
You shoot me from a gun
I need you to elevate me here
At the corner of your lips
As the orbit of your hips
Eclipse
You elevate my soul

Chorus

I've got no self-control
Been living like a mole now
Going down, 
Excavation
I and I, in the sky
You make me feel like I can fly,
So high
El-e-vation

Verse 2

A star, lit up like a cigar
Strung out like a guitar
Maybe you could educate my mind
Explain all these controls
I can't sing but I've got soul
The goal,
Is elevation

Chorus

A mole, diggin' in a hole
Digging up my soul now
Going down
Excavation
I and I, in the sky
You make me feel like I can fly,
So high
El-e-vation

Bridge lead in

Ooh! 

Bridge

Love, lift me up out of these blues
Won't you tell me something true
I believe in you

Chorus

A mole, diggin' in a hole
Digging up my soul now
Going down excavation
I and I, in the sky
You make me feel like I can fly
So high
El-e-vation

Outro

Ooh!
Ooh!
Hoo hoo!
Ooh!
Ooh!
Ooh!
Ooh!