4th Of July

U2

This song really isn't a song, it was recorded back during the Unforgettable Fire demo sessions on a 4 track recorder in Adam's house. Adam didn't even know he was being recorded, he was simply noodling around with Edge. When they listened to the tape afterwards, they thought it sounded interesting and put it on as an intro to the 1st side of the album. The 24 karat gold CD of "The Unforgettable Fire" has a slightly longer version of this. Shake the notes slightly to get the right dreamy kind of atmosphere the song creates. (delay with many repeats, put as much reverb as possible) 1---------------------------------------------------------------- 2---13/15---(15)--(15)--(15)--(15)---12---(12)--(12)--(12)--(12)- 3---------------------------------------------------------------- 4---------------------------------------------------------------- 5---------------------------------------------------------------- 6---------------------------------------------------------------- 1------------------------------------------------------------- 2---12--(12)--(12)--(12)--(12)----x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)-(x)-(x)-(x)- 3---12--(12)--(12)--(12)--(12)----x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)-(x)-(x)-(x)- 4------------------------------------------------------------- 5------------------------------------------------------------- 6------------------------------------------------------------- 1-------------------------------------------------------------------- 2---15---(15)--(15)--(15)--(15)-------------12----------(12)---------(12)- 3----------------------------------12-------------(12)---------(12)------- 4-------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-------------------------------------------------------------------- 1------------------------------------------------------------- 2-------------------------12----12---10-----(10)--(10)--(10)-- 3---12-------------------------------------------------------- 4------------------------------------------------------------- 5------------------------------------------------------------- 6------------------------------------------------------------- 1------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-----------10--------------------10------------(10)-----------(10)- 3---10------------------10---------------(10)----------(10)--------- 4------------------------------------------------------------------- 5------------------------------------------------------------------- 6------------------------------------------------------------------- 1---3/7--(7)--(7)--(7)--(7)----19\15--(15)--(15)--(15)--(15)- 2---3/7--(7)--(7)--(7)--(7)----19\15--(15)--(15)--(15)--(15)- 3------------------------------------------------------------ 4------------------------------------------------------------ 5------------------------------------------------------------ 6------------------------------------------------------------ (do long slides, letting the slide echos repeat) (rake strings behind the nut) 1---0--0--0--0--0--0--(0)--(0)--------------------------------- 2----------------------------------------0--0--0--0--(0)--(0)-- 3-------------------------------------------------------------- 4-------------------------------------------------------------- 5-------------------------------------------------------------- 6-------------------------------------------------------------- 1---0--0--0--0--0--0--(0)--(0)---12--12--12--12--12--12--(12)--(12)- 2------------------------------------------------------------------- 3------------------------------------------------------------------- 4------------------------------------------------------------------- 5------------------------------------------------------------------- 6------------------------------------------------------------------- 1----------------------------------------- 2---12--12--12--12--12--13/15--(15)--(15)- 3----------------------------------------- 4----------------------------------------- 5----------------------------------------- 6----------------------------------------- Transcribed by Brandon Leniart

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