Cedars of Lebanon Tabs & Lyrics by U2
Cedars of Lebanon
guitar tabs lyrics
U2 - Cedars Of Lebanon
(No Line On The Horizon, 2009)
chords used:
Ebm x68876
Bbm 688666
Db/Ebm7 968676
Ebm* 6988xx
Db x46664
N.B. It�s easier to play this song with a capo on 1
Dm xx0231
Am x02210
G/Am7 302210
Dm* x0323x
C x32010
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===== Intro =====
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guitar 1 (capo on 1):
e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
A---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
guitar 2 (no capo):
e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G-8---------------|-6---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-6---------------|-4---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
guitar 1:
e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
A---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
guitar 2:
e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G-8---------------|-6---------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-6---------------|-4---------------|-1---------------|-----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
guitar 1:
e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-0---0---0---0---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2/-----------|
A---3---3---3---3-|-----------------|-------3--3/---0-|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
guitar 2:
e-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
G-8---------------|-10--------------|-------6--------|
D-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A-6---------------|-8---------------|-------4--------|
E-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
guitar 1:
e-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|
A-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
E---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|
guitar 2:
e-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|
G-3---------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|
A-1---------------|-----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|
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===== Verse 1 =====
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N.B. Each chord has its own �riff�:
Ebm Bbm Db/Ebm7 Ebm* Db
e--------------||--------------||-------------||-------------||-------------|
B--------------||--------------||-------------||-------------||-------------|
G------8-----8-||------6-----6-||-------------||-------------||-----6-----6-|
D----8-----8---||----8-----8---||-----8-----8-||-----8-----8-||---6-----6---|
A-/6-----6-----||-/8-----8-----||---6-----6---||---9-----9---||-4-----4-----|
E--------------||--------------||-9-----9-----||-6-----6-----||-------------|
Ebm Bbm
Yesterday I spent asleep
Ebm Db/Ebm7
Woke up in my clothes in a dirty heap
Ebm Bbm
Spent the night trying to make a deadline
Ebm*
Squeezing complicated lives into a simple headline
Ebm Bbm
I have your face here in an old Polaroid
Ebm Db/Ebm7
Tidying the children�s clothes and toys
Ebm* Bbm
You�re smiling back at me, I took the photo from the fridge
Ebm*
Can�t remember what then we did
Ebm Bbm
I haven�t been with a woman, it feels like for years
Ebm Db/Ebm7
Thought of you the whole time, your salty tears
Ebm* Bbm
This shitty world sometimes produces a rose
Ebm Ebm* Ebm
The scent of it lingers and then it just goes
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===== Chorus =====
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Ebm Db/Ebm7 Ebm* Ebm* Ebm Db/Ebm7
Return the call to home
Guitar riff 1:
e-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-/16-----14----14-----------------/16-----14----(14)-------------|
G-----15-----13-------------------------15-----13-----------------|
D--------------------16-15--13------------------------16-15--(13)-|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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===== Verse 2 =====
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Ebm* Bbm
The worst of us are a long drawn out confession
Ebm Ebm*
The best of us are geniuses of compression
Ebm* Bbm
You say you�re not going to leave the truth alone
Ebm Ebm*
I�m here �cos I don�t want to go home
Ebm Bbm
Child drinking dirty water from the river bank
Ebm Ebm*
Soldier brings oranges he got out from a tank
Ebm Db/Ebm7
I�m waiting on the waiter, he�s taking a while to come
Ebm*
Watching the sun go down on Lebanon
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===== Chorus =====
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Ebm* Db/Ebm7 Ebm* Bbm
Return the call to home
|Ebm* |Bbm |Ebm* |Ebm* |Ebm* |Bbm |Ebm* |Ebm* |
Guitar riff 2:
e----------------------------------------------|
B-1~~~---------------4-----/6--7-----/12---11--|
G----------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|
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===== Verse 3 =====
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Db Bbm
Now I�ve got a head like a lit cigarette
Ebm Ebm*
Unholy clouds reflecting in a minaret
Db Bbm
You�re so high above me, higher than everyone
Ebm*
Where are you in the Cedars of Lebanon?
Interlude:
e---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G--------6---8--------------------------|
D----/8-------8--------8--6-------------|
A-6----------------6--9--------9--6-4-6-|
E---------------------------------------|
Db (guitar riff 1) Bbm
Choose your enemies carefully �cos they will define you
Ebm Ebm
Make them interesting �cos in some ways they will mind you
They�re not there in the beginning but when your story ends
Gonna last with you longer than your friend
