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An Cat Dubh
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Transcribed by Richard Averill.
If you have any corrections, complements or whatever,
e-mail me at: nigelolympus@tinet.ie
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Notes
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Tune all the strings on your guitar down 1/2 a step.
Use a very short delay effect and also lots of reverb.
The tempo is about 80 beats per minute.
BAR PART
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1-10 Intro.
11-22 Verse 1.
23-34 Chorus.
35-40 Bridge.
41-52 Verse 2.
53-64 Chorus.
65-74 Bridge.
75-86 Verse 3.
87-98 Chorus.
99-120 Solo.
121+ Segue into "Into the Heart".
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Intro
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3|-----2-----------3-----------2---|-------3---------------3-------|
4|-0-----------0-----------0-------|---0---------------------------|
5|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2|--------<7>----------------------|-------------------------------|
3|----<7>--------------------------|-------------------------------|
4|<7>------------------------------|-------------------------------|
5|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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Verse 1
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2|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
3|-----2---------------------------|-------------------------------|
4|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------0---|
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1. Say good - night. She
2. When I'm still____________, she
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2|---------------------------------|---0---------------------------|
3|-5------------------------------<12>-----------------------------|
4|-----------------------------0---|---------------------------0---|
5|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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waits____ for_______ me___________ to______________
waits__________ to_______ break__________ my______________
_____________________________
/ 2nd time only \
1|---------------------------------|---0---------------------------|
2|-----0---13----------------------|-----------13------------------|
3|-14----------14------------------|-------------------14----------|
4|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
5|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
put out the light________________.
will_________________________________. Whoa oh oh______,
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Chorus
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1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2|-1-----------0-------1-----------|---1-------1---0---------------|
3|-0-------------------------------0-------------------0-----------|
4|-2-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
5|-3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
oh____________, oh________, whoa__________, ho_____________,
1|-0-------------------0-----------|-------------------------------|
2|-10--------------------------10--|-------------------------------|
3|-11------------------------------|---11--------------------------|
4|-0-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
5|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
ho___________________________________. Whoa___ ho_____,
1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2|-1-----------0-------1-----------|---1--------1--0---------------|
3|-0-------------------------------0-------------------0-----------|
4|-2-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
5|-3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
ho_________ ho____________, oh____________, ho_____________,
1|-0-------------------0-----------|-------------------------------|
2|-10----------------------10------|-------------------------------|
3|-11--------------------------11--|-----------11------------------|
4|-0-------------------------------|---0---------------0-----------|
5|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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ho_______________________________________. Yes if I
1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2|-1-----------0-------1-----------|---1-------0-------------------|
3|-0-------------------------------0------------------0------------|
4|-2-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
5|-3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
know the truth a--bout
1|-3-----------------------3---3---|-------------------------------|
2|-0-----------------------0---0---|-------------------------------|
3|-0-----------------------0---0---|-------------------------------|
4|-3-----------------------3---3---|-------------------------------|
5|-3-----------------------3---3---|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
you______________________. She got it.
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Bridge
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Repeat intro, only playing main riff twice.
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And
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Verse 2
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Same guitar as Verse 1.
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
in the day - light, a
she___ is_______ done_____, she
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black - bird_________ makes__________ a_______________
sleeps________ be - side___________ the_____________
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
fi--re in--side_________. And when
wall_____________________________. Yo oh oh______,
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Chorus
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Repeat chorus.
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Bridge
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Repeat intro.
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Verse 3
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2|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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Huh, huh. Huh, huh.
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2|---------------------------------|-------------------0---0---0---|
3|---------------------------------|-------------------13--13--13--|
4|---------------------------------|-------------------12--12--12--|
5|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Huh, huh. Huh, huh huh.
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2|-0-------------------0---0---0---0-------------------0---0---0---|
3|-11------------------13--13--13--11------------------13--13--11--|
4|-12------------------12--12--12--12------------------12--12--12--|
5|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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Huh, huh. Huh, huh.
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2|-0---0---------------0---0---0---0-------------------0---0---0---|
3|-13--11--------------13--13--13--11------------------13--13--11--|
4|-12--12--------------12--12--12--12------------------12--12--12--|
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6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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(Lyric ad-lib)??? (Please e-mail me if you know what he says!)
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2|-0---0---------------0---0---0---0---------------0-------0-------|
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4|-12--12--------------12--12--12--12--------------12------12------|
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Yo oh oh______,
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Chorus
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Repeat chorus.
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Solo
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Repeat main intro riff four times, then play:
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/ x2 \
1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
3|-2-----------3-----------2-------|---5-----------2-------3-------|
4|-0-----------0-----------0-------|---0-----------0-------0-------|
5|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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_______________________________________________________________
/ x2 \
1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
3|/11----------12----------11------|---14----------11------12------|
4|-0-----------0-----------0-------|---0-----------0-------0-------|
5|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
3|-14--14--15--14--14--17------14--15------14--15------14--15--15--|
4|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
5|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
3|-14--14--17--14--14--15--14--14--17------14--15------17----------|
4|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
5|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
3|-17--19--17--21------17--19--19--17--21--17--21--17--19------17--|
4|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
3|-19--19--17--21------17--19--19--17------15------14------12------|
4|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
5|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
3|-2-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
4|-0-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
5|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2|--------<7>----------------------|------<5>----------------------|
3|----<7>--------------------------|--<5>--------------------------|
4|<7>-----------------------------<5>------------------------------|
5|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------||
2|<5>------------------------------|-------------------------------||
3|------------<5>------------------|-------------------------------|| Segue into
4|------------------------<5>------|-------------------------------|| "Intothe Heart".
5|---------------------------------|--<5>--------------------------||
6|---------------------------------|--------------<5>--------------||
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U2 "An Cat Dubh"
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steve palmer - am560@freenet.carleton.ca
Tune down 1/2 step to: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Intro riff:
D D
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|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|:----------------------9-7----|------------------------9-7----|
|:----7----8----7----8------8--|-----7----8----7-----8------8--|
|---5----5----5----5-----------|---5----5----5----5------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
While the bass plays D during verse, edge plays riff similar to this:
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|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|:-----------------------------------------7-------------------|
|:---7----------------7----9---------12----7-------------------|
|--5----------------5------7---------10------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Say goodnight, she waits for me to put out the light.
D
Say goodnight, she waits for me to put out the light.
D
Lay there still,
D
She waits to break my will.
C G D
Yo oh oh, oh oh, yoh oh, oh
C G D
Yo oh oh, oh oh, yoh oh, oh
C G D
Yo oh oh, oh oh, yoh oh, oh
C G
Yes, if I know the truth,
F
How bout you?
(She got it)
And in the daylight,
A blackbird makes a fire inside.
And when she is done,
She sleeps beside the night.
Yo oh oh, oh oh, yoh oh, oh
Yo oh oh, oh oh, yoh oh, oh
Yo oh oh, oh oh, yoh oh, oh
Yes, I know the truth,
How bout you?
(She got it)
<1st solo>:
D D
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|:-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|:-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--14--14/12----14--14/12------|--14--14/12----14--14/12-------|
|--12--12/10----12--12/10------|--12--12/10----12--12/10-------|
Yo oh oh, oh oh, yoh oh, oh
Yo oh oh, oh oh, yoh oh, oh
Yo oh oh, oh oh, yoh oh, oh
Yes, I know the truth,
How bout you?
(She got it)
<2nd solo>:
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|:-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|:---3---4-3-2------3---4-3-2--|----7---8-7-6-------7---8-7-6--|
|--5---5----------5---5--------|--9---9-----------9---9--------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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|:---5---7---5---7---5---7---5---7---5------------------------|
|:-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--------------------------|
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|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|:----9----11---9----11---9----11---9----11--------------------|
|:-12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12--------12--------|
|---------------------------------------------13-12--12--------|
|----------------------------------------------------10--------|
(let ring)
An Cat Dubh
tabbed by: jonathan.lozoya@rgfn.epcc.Edu
E -------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------4---------------------
G ----------------------------------6--------------
D -----6-----7-----6-----7-------7-----------------
A --4-----4-----4-----4----------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------4---------------------
G ----------------------------------6--------------
D -----6-----7-----6-----7-------7-----------------
A --4-----4-----4-----4----------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------4---------------------
G ----------------------------------6--------------
D -----6-----7-----6-----7-------7-----------------
A --4-----4-----4-----4----------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------4---------------------
G ----------------------------------6--------------
D -----6-----7-----6-----7-------7-----------------
A --4-----4-----4-----4----------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------
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