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Submitted by: undertone

Sunday Bloody Sunday 
*Pillarized*    written by U2 performed by Pillar
•1st of all – credit where credit is due
 I pulled all except my interpretation of Pillar’s playing from other tab sites
•Tabbed in standard tuning
 I suppose that they play in dropped D (who doesn’t)
 so for all you dropped D types it’s a simple conversion
 All chords with root on lowE(dropped to D)
 get root note moved up 1 whole step(2 frets) (ex. G is 555 instead of 355)
•Lots of hard down strokes all through this song.  I can’t do them.
•My son Zak loves this song

1ST verse riff (repeat throughout–vocals begin before guitar–
wipe your tears…sunday Bloody...)
     Bm      D       G       		  
E||------2-------2-------0-------0----|
B||----3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
G||--4-------2-------0-------0--------|
D||-----------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|

***or you can do the 1st verse riff this way***
sliding up from 7(A) to 9(B) just makes it easier
to get back to the starting position 
       Bm      D       G       
E||-------------------------------------|
B||--------7-------7-------5-------5----|
G||------7---7---7---7---7---7---7------|
D||--7/9-------7-------5-------5-----5--|
A||-------------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------|
 
(:30 power chords + distortion / vocals - How long...to(night))
     D    Em   D   Em(palm mute then let off about half way through)
E||-------------------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------------------------------|
G||--7----9----7------------------------------------|
D||--7----9----7----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A||--5----7----5----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E||-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

(:42 vocals - (to)night we can...)
play 2 times 
     Bm       D           G        G
E||---------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------------|
D||--9-9--9---12-12--12---5-5—-5---5-5—-5-|
A||--9-9--9---12-12--12---5-5—-5---5-5—-5-|
E||--7-7--7---10-10--10---3-3--3---3-3—-3-|
      

(:52 vocals - broken bottles under...against the wall)
play 4 times – I have listened to the song over and over again
and I think that this is close but I can’t play it right
because it sounds like all down strokes.
I am just no good at fast down strokes.
     Bm          D           G
E||-----------------------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------------------|
G||-----------------------------------------------------|
D||--4-4-4-2po0--7-7-7-5po4--12-12-12-10po9---12-10po9--|
A||--2-2-2-------5-5-5—------10-10-10---------10--------|
E||-----------------------------------------------------|

***or you can play it this way***
using G chord with root on the first string 3rd fret
     Bm          D           G
E||-----------------------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------------------|
G||-----------------------------------------------------|
D||--4-4-4-2po0--7-7-7-5po4-----------------------------|
A||--2-2-2-------5-5-5—------5-5-5-3po2--5-3po2---------|
E||--------------------------3-3-3-------3--------------|

 
   
(1:12 vocals - Sunday bloody...)
play 2 times
     Bm       D           G        G
E||---------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------------|
D||--9-9--9---12-12--12---5-5—-5---5-5—-5-|
A||--9-9--9---12-12--12---5-5—-5---5-5—-5-|
E||--7-7--7---10-10--10---3-3--3---3-3—-3-|

(1:22 harmonics on this part / vocals continue - Sunday bloody…)
play 2 times
E||--------------------------------------------------------------|
B||------------------------(7)-------------------------------(7)-|
G||------(7)-(7)------(5)------(7)----------(7)-(7)-----(5)------|
D||--(7)----------(7)--------------(7)--(7)----------(7)---------|
A||--------------------------------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------------------------------|

***or you can play it this way***
same thing as above without harmonics     
E||-----------------15-14-------------------------15-14-|
B||-----15-15----15-------15----------15-15----15-------|
G||--14-------14-------------14----14-------14----------|
D||-----------------------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------------------------|

 (1:31 LET’S GO – no vocals)
play 2 times
     Bm       D           G        G
E||---------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------------|
D||--9-9--9---12-12--12---5-5—-5---5-5—-5-|
A||--9-9--9---12-12--12---5-5—-5---5-5—-5-|
E||--7-7--7---10-10--10---3-3--3---3-3—-3-|


(1:42 vocals - the battles just…)
play 4 times
     Bm          D           G
E||-----------------------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------------------|
G||-----------------------------------------------------|
D||--4-4-4-2po0--7-7-7-5po4--12-12-12-10po9---12-10po9--|
A||--2-2-2-------5-5-5—------10-10-10---------10--------|
E||-----------------------------------------------------|
   
(2:02 vocals - How long...to(night))
     D    Em   D    Em(palm mute then let off about half way through)
E||-------------------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------------------------------|
G||--7----9----7------------------------------------|
D||--7----9----7----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A||--5----7----5----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E||-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

(2:14 vocals - (to)night we can...bloody Sunday)
play 4 times 
     Bm       D           G        G
E||---------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------------|
D||--9-9--9---12-12--12---5-5—-5---5-5—-5-|
A||--9-9--9---12-12--12---5-5—-5---5-5—-5-|
E||--7-7--7---10-10--10---3-3--3---3-3—-3-|

(2:34 harmonics on this part / vocals continue - Sunday bloody…)
play 2 times    
E||----------------------------------------------------------------|
B||------------------------(7)---------------------------------(7)-|
G||------(7)-(7)------(5)------(7)------------(7)-(7)-----(5)------|
D||--(7)----------(7)--------------(7)----(7)----------(7)---------|
A||----------------------------------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------------------------|

(2:44 vocals - wipe your tears…Sunday bloody...)
play 4 times – I would do this part with what I think
is called “pinch harmonics” meaning strum down each chord
allowing the thumb to touch each string which gives a
ringing sound to the note.   

     Bm      D       G       		  
E||----2-------2-------3----------------|
B||---3-------3-------3-----------------|	
G||--4-------2-------0------------------|
D||-------------------------------------|
A||-------------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------|

***Yet another alternative - or the above can be played this way***
     Bm      D       G       		  
E||-------------------------------------|
B||----7-------7-------8----------------|	
G||---7-------7-------7-----------------|
D||--9-------7-------9------------------|
A||-------------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------|

(3:04 / vocals - and today the millions…)
play 1 time   
     Bm       D        G        
E||----------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------------|
G||--44444444-77777777---------------------|
D||--44444444-77777777—555555555555555555--|
A||--22222222-55555555-555555555555555555--|
E||--------------------333333333333333333--|

(3:08 / Em added to chord progression – very cool / vocals – we eat and…)
play 1 time
     Bm       D    Em   G        
E||---------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------|
G||--44444444-7777-9999-------------------------|
D||--44444444-7777-9999—55555555555555—-5---5---|
A||--22222222-5555-7777-55555555555555--5---5---|
E||---------------------33333333333333--3---3---|

(3:14 / vocals – the battle’s just…) 
play 2 times
     Bm       D        G        
E||----------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------------|
G||--44444444-77777777---------------------|
D||--44444444-77777777—555555555555555555--|
A||--22222222-55555555-555555555555555555--|
E||--------------------333333333333333333--|

(3:21 JESUS WON)
hard stop & then some kind of G thing.
I’m sure its simple but this whole thing has worn me out so this is it from me.
     G        
E||----------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------------|
G||----------------------------------------|
D||--5--5--5--5--5--5----------------------|
A||--5--5--5--5--5--5----------------------|
E||--0--3--0--3--0--3----------------------|

(3:24 vocals - Sunday bloody...)
play 4 times
     Bm       D           G        G
E||---------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------------|
D||--9-9--9---12-12--12---5-5—-5---5-5—-5-|
A||--9-9--9---12-12--12---5-5—-5---5-5—-5-|
E||--7-7--7---10-10--10---3-3--3---3-3—-3-|

(3:43 harmonics on this part / vocals continue - Sunday bloody…)
play 2 times
E||-----------------------------------------------------------|
B||----------------------(7)------------------------------(7)-|
G||------(7)-(7)-----(5)-----(7)----------(7)-(7)-----(5)-----|
D||--(7)---------(7)-------------(7)--(7)---------(7)---------|
A||-----------------------------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------------------------------|

(3:51 end with sustained G)

Comments about this tab

swimmer009 - 2005-07-05

isnt this song played in cgcfad cause thta how i play it
just wondering cause im pretty shure it is

undertone - 2005-07-06

sorry - this is really a simple version in standard tuning for 1 guitar - basically for basement playing - regardless of tuning, though, I think this is the right key - not for pros or purists but for fun

What5647 - 2005-08-09

very nice. not exactly like pillar did it but it still sounds good.

JohnM - 2005-08-27

Pillar plays a lot in Drop-C... but you can just play this tab 2 frets higher in Drop C.

Looks right to me, only correction I'd have is that the "How long.. how long must we sing this song" chords are an octave lower (in Drop D, 000xxx instead of x577xx).

JohnM - 2005-08-29

Ah, correction. I listened to it with my guitar, and this song is indeed in Drop C. So it would be played as tabbed, just in CGCFAD tuning, and thus sounds a whole step lower.

undertone - 2005-09-01

I should have known it was tuned down a whole step to and then low D dropped to C. Pretty common for bands these days. I just play everything in standard tuning. I know that U2 did the original in standard tuning. I'm not old school just old.

ChurchPunk 2 - 2005-11-19

Yeah, all of where do we go from here was in c, so it makes since that this song is, too. I saw them play it live, and it was pretty sweet. Good job on the tab, man!

krazykrutchfan - 2005-12-20

played this through to and i think it is in drop c
although if youre in the basemant and not real serious you can use either tuning but good job on the tab

krazykrutchfan - 2005-12-20

played this through too and i think it is in drop c
although if youre in the basemant and not real serious you can use either tuning but good job on the tab

krazykrutchfan - 2005-12-20

sorry about the double post....

Xavos - 2005-12-21

Yeah, everyone's already said it was in drop c, everyone ELSE doesn't need to repeat them thus giving the tabber a hard time... Sheesh...

AllForHim2008 - 2006-05-19

yeah i think its in DROP C, j/k, ive tried your tab man and it sounds fine to me. Keep tabbin' it up. God Bless.

cheddarblister - 2006-06-13

if you put it in drop c then take the 6th string up a step, you can play the intro like this:


d--------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------
f--------------------------------------------
c---0-4-0----0-4-0----0-2-0----0-2-0---------
g-2--------0---------------------------------
d-------------------3--------3---------------

cheddarblister - 2006-06-13

or you could leave it as it is and play it like this:


d--------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------
f--------------------------------------------
c---0-4-0----0-4-0----0-2-0----0-2-0---------
g-2--------0---------------------------------
d-------------------5--------5---------------

heisouronlyhope - 2006-10-06

the tuning is drop D 1/2 step down I'm sure of it.

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