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This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation
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SONG TITLE: Sweetest Thing
ARTIST/GROUP: U2
ALBUM: The Best Of 1980-1990
TRANSCRIBED BY: qualitytabs@qualitytabs.tk
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CHORDS:
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EADGBE
C (x32010)
G (320033)
F (133211)
Dm (xx0231)
Dm/C (x3x231) or (x30231)
I just got the Best Of 1980-1990 CD for christmas and it's great!
This song was originally a B-side to Where The Streets Have No Name.
There's a lot of picking in this song, but I'm just gonna transcribe
the basic chords. I'll try to tab out some more U2 songs if you want.
INTRO: [piano transcribed for guitar]
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C G F
E|-0----0-------------------|
B|-1----1------3------1-----| The piano plays this through
G|-------------4------2-----| all the verses. You can play this
D|--------------------------| or just strum the chords.
A|---3----3-----------------|
E|-------------3------1-----|
You play this tab a few times while Bono sings
something like 'hoooo-haaa-yeah-' or something like
that.
[Listen to the song to get the rhythm for the chords]
VERSE 1:
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C G F C G F
My love she throws me like a rubber ball (Ohhhhhh the sweetest thing)
C G F C G F
But she won't catch me or break my fall (Ohhhhhh the sweetest thing)
C G F C G F
Baby's got blue skies up ahead but in this I'm a rain cloud
C G F C G F
You know she wants dry kind of love (Ohhhhhh the sweetest thing)
CHORUS:
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Dm Dm/C G
I'm losing you,
Dm Dm/C G
I'm losing you,
C
Ain't love the sweetest thing
VERSE 2: [same as verse 1]
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I wanted to run but she made me crawl (Ohhhhhh the sweetest thing)
Eternal fire, she turned me to straw (Ohhhhhh the sweetest thing)
You know I got black eyes, but they burn so brightly for her
Guess it's a blind kind of love (Ohhhhhh the sweetest thing)
CHORUS:
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Dm Dm/C G
I'm losing you,
Dm Dm/C G
who-oh, hi-I'm losing you,
F
Ain't love the sweetest thing (Ain't love the sweetest thing)
C
Ain't love the sweetest thing
Here's the last C chord in the chorus above tabbed out:
C
E|-------------8---------|
B|--------8------8-------|
G|---9h10---10-----10-9--|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
[Play this two times and then the
verse chord progression a few times
while Bono sings 'who-oh, ha yeah' something]
VERSE 3: [same as verses 1 & 2]
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Blue eyed boy meets a brown eyed girl (Ohhhhhh the sweetest thing)
You can sew it up but you still see the tear (Ohhhhhh the sweetest thing)
Baby's got blue skies up ahead but in this I'm a rain cloud
Ours is a stormy kind of love (Ohhhhhh the sweetest thing)
OUTRO:
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OK, I'm not gonna write the complete lyrics
for the outro, you just sing 'Duru-duh-duh' many
times and play the same chords as in the verses.
Oh and in the end he sings 'Sweetest Thing' two
times or something.
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