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            Song: With or without you - Acoustic
Artist: U2
Composers: U2
Album: The Joshua tree
Tabbed by DJ
7th Aug 2015

An interesting way to get lots of open strings ringing on an acoustic guitar
and still maintain that bass progression. The chords can either be strummed or picked.
From Verse 3 onwards, if you have another guitarist the riff on the G5 could be added.

OPEN TUNING: D-A-D-A-A-D

Tune bottom E string down to D
Tune G string up to A (Take care tuning up,old strings might not take it too well)
Tune B string down to A
Tune top E string down to D

A chromatic tuner can be helpful to check the notes.

PLEASE IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES that the website might suggest,
and use the chord shapes shown below: 

D5    = 050000
Asus4 = x02000
Bm7   = x24000
Gsus2 = 555000

G5 = x x x 10 10 12


If, like me, you find the original key is still too high to sing the very
high notes, drop the tuning down another whole tone to C-G-C-G-G-C. The chord
shapes are exactly the same, but will sound as C5 - Gsus4 - Am7 - Fsus2,
and as an F5 for that high riff chord.
You will need to take more care not to play too heavily, particularly on the
bottom string, as they are a lot slacker, and it may need a bit more fine tuning
more often to keep all the strings in pitch.
N.B. 
I wouldn't recommend the lower tuning if you're using very light gauge strings.

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[Intro]
  D5
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |

    D5          Asus4        Bm7          Gsus2
||: /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / :||[x2]

[Verse 1]
D5          Asus4             Bm7
    See the stone set in your eyes,
        Gsus2                D5        Asus4    Bm7    Gsus2
See the thorn twist in your side, I'll wait for you,
D5            Asus4              Bm7              Gsus2               D5
    Slight of hand and twist of fate, on a bed of nails she makes me wait,
        Asus4        Bm7       Gsus2
And I'll wait with - out you,
               D5       Asus4                 Bm7       Gsus2
With or with - out you,        with or with - out you!

[Verse 2]
D5              Asus4               Bm7              Gsus2             D5
    Through the storm we reach the shore, you give it all, but I want more,
        Asus4   Bm7      Gsus2                 D5      Asus4
And I'm waiting for you,       with or with - out you,
          Bm7            Gsus2        D5  Asus4                   Bm7     Gsus2
With or without you, ah - ha, I can't live----- ...with or with - out you!

[Verse 3]
  D5          Asus4        Bm7           Gsus2
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |

         D5              Asus4         Bm7              Gsus2
And you give yourself a - way, and you give yourself a - way,
         D5           Asus4         Bm7              Gsus2
And you give, and you give, and you give yourself a - way,
D5               Asus4   Bm7          Gsus2
    My hands are tied,       my body bruised,
            D5                Asus4       Bm7           Gsus2
She got me with  ...nothing to win, and nothing left to loose!

[Verse 4]
         D5              Asus4         Bm7              Gsus2
And you give yourself a - way, and you give yourself a - way,
         D5           Asus4          Bm7              Gsus2
And you give, and you give, and you give yourself a - way,
                D5      Asus4           Bm7               Gsus2
With or with - out you,       with or without you, oh -oo, oh,
         D5  Asus4                    Bm7       Gsus2
I can't live-----   ...with or with - out you!

[Verse 5]
 D5           Asus4  Bm7         Gsus2  D5          Asus4      Bm7      Gsus2
Whoa -oh, oh - oh,  whoa -oh,oh - oh,  whoa -oh,oh - oh,   oh, oh -oh!
                D5      Asus4            Bm7               Gsus2
With or with - out you,        with or without you, oh -oo, oh,
         D5  Asus4                   Bm7      Gsus2                 D5
I can't live-----  ...with or with - out you,        with or with - out you!

[Coda]
  D5
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |

    D5          Asus4        Bm7          Gsus2                    D5
||: /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / :||[x4]   |  / ||

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