Intro:            (Riff below is repeated during verses)
E|--------5-5-----|------------------------------------------|
B|----------------|------------------------------------------|
G|----------------|-----------6\7\6--------------------------|
D|----------------|------------------5--4--------------------|
A|----------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--5-5-----------|------5-----------------------------------|
  (The \ means to slide to the next fret)

For bass players and people who want to just play chords:
  A  D  A

Part before chorus: ("You're a honey child to a swarm of bees...")
E|------------------|--------------------|
B|-10---------------|--10----------------|
G|--9---------------|---7----------------|
D|--7---------------|---7----------------|
A|------------------|--------------------|
E|------------------|--------------------|
 (each chord above is repeated many times.)

Again, for bassists and chord players:
  G Bminor  D  A

Chorus:"You're the real thing"(repeat)  "..child..."
E|-12-12-12-12------------------|-------|
B|-10-10-10-10------------------|--10---|
G|------------------------------|---9---|
D|------------------------------|---7---|
A|------------------------------|-------|
E|------------------------------|-------|
  (Then back to riff above from intro.)

Chords:
  A  C  D
  A  G  D
  A  C  D
  A  G  D


From: Timo Gorges 
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 95 11:47:45 +0200

 Date:    18-07-95
 From:    habe0001@stud.uni-sb.de
 Subject: Even better than the real thing ( live version ) by U2
          Transcripted by Marko Becker

 This tab is a live version of "Even better than the real thing"
 that U2 played during their Zoo-Tv Tour.
 I personally own a ZOOM " PA YER " 2020 and the sound that I created
 is very similar to Edge's sound.
 I think the most important thing of the song is the delay-effect
 (Zoom Player: 350ms, Feedback 2, Mix 7)

 Comments or other suggestions are requested.
 Now enjoy playing this song.

 **INTRO**

 D5 - x577xx

 At the beginning of the song The Edge plays a D5 chord that he modifies with
 his DigiTech "Whammy". So he can create this special sound.
 If you haven't got a "Whammy" you can create a similar sound
 with a small trick.
 Play the Ab and the Db string together and repeat this 2 times,
 then play the Gb string and the other 2 strings alternately.

 So, that's it, not very difficult.


 ** FIGUD  1 **

      a              b                c            d

E|-------|----------------------|---------|---------------|
B|----7p-|-------------------7p-|---------|----------7p---|
G|-------|-------5--4-----------|-------5-|-4-----0-------|
D|--0----|-5--7--------7--0-----|-5--7----|----7----------|
A|-------|----------------------|---------|---------------|
E|-------|----------------------|---------|---------------|

             e                   f
E|-----------------------|---------------|
B|--------------------7p-|---------------| P = pull string and bend the
G|--------5--4-----------|--------5--4---| note a half step up and
D|--5--7--------7--0-----|--5--7---------| down
A|-----------------------|---------------|
E|-----------------------|---------------|


 ** FIGUD  2 **

       a        b          c             d

E|--8-----|---12----|-----3------|---------------------|
B|--8-----|---12----|-----3------|-----7p--------------|
G|--------|---------|------------|--------------5--4---|
D|--------|---------|------------|--0-----5--7---------|
A|--------|---------|------------|---------------------|
E|--8-----|---12----|-----3------|---------------------|

 ** FIGUD  3 **
                          D5
E|--------------------|--------|
B|--------------------|--------|
G|--------------------|--7-----|
D|--14--12--10--9--7--|--7-----|
A|--12--19---8--7--5--|--5-----|
E|--------------------|--------|

 ** Solo (use bottleneck) **
                                  Solo part I
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------->|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------->|
G|-0--2--7--5--7--11--9--7--5--2--0--2--7--10--12--10--7--10--12--14-->|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------->|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------->|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------->|

                                           Solo part II
                              (repeat the last two notes several times)
E|--13--10--15--13--12--10-|-----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------10-|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------|--7--12--10--9--10--12--10--9--10--9--7--5--7--|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|