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Magnificent

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Magnificent

Written by Adam Clayton, Brian Eno, Daniel Roland Lanois, Paul David Hewson, Laurence Mullen, David Edge

	  		Guitar 1 ¡V Lead Guitar, slight distortion with a 390~ms delay 
           On Verse fills, its about a 250~ms delay 
Guitar 2 ¡V Rhythm Guitar, slight distortion, pretty quiet most of the time 
Guitar 3 ¡V Slide Guitar, the solo.  

INTRO 
The song starts out on what I think is a synth, even  
though it could be (and they¡¦ll probably do it live)  
with a distorted bass from Adam. 

Synth/Bass/(do it on guitar if you have an octaver effect!) 
e|---------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-/16~---\-4----------------------------------------------| 
A|-/16~---\-4----------------------------------------------| 
E|-/14~---\-2----------------------------------------------| 

ON the sixth time the above riff is played, the Edge comes in quietly with this: 
Guitar 2 ¡V Rhythm Guitar 
(0:20) 
e|-0~--------------0~--------------------------------------| 
B|-----2~------2~------2~------2~--------------------------| 
G|---------4~--------------4~------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------| 
Repeat until the other guitar riff comes in (0:45) 

Lead Synth (arranged for guitar) 
(0:29) 
e|----------------------------12-14-12---------------------| 
B|-14-14----16-16----12-12-------------16------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------| 
Play 4 times 




Guitar 1 ¡V Lead * ¡§THE RIFF¡¨ ¡V some distortion, 390~ms delay,  
several repeats 
(0:45)F#m             C#m                    A 
e|--|------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--|-7~----7~--------7~----7~---9-----9~------------------| 
G|-6|----6---------6-----6----------6--------6~----6~------| 
D|--|-------------------------------------9-----9----------| 
A|--|------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--|------------------------------------------------------| 

      E                     B           Bsus2 (maybe Bm?? ?¼) 
e|---------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------0-----0----| 
G|----9-----9~----8-----8~--8~--\------------------6-------| 
D|-11----11----------9-------------4-4~--------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------| 

(0:58)F#m             C#m                    A 
e|--|------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--|-7~----7~--------7~----7~---9-----9~------------------| 
G|-6|----6---------6-----6----------6--------6~----6~------| 
D|--|-------------------------------------9-----9----------| 
A|--|------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--|------------------------------------------------------| 

      E                     B            
e|---------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----9-----9~----8------8~--8~--\-------------------------| 
D|-11----11----------11------------4-4~--------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------| 

   B5                          A5               F#m 
e|---------------------------------|----------|------------| 
B|---------------------------------|----------|------------| 
G|---------------------------------|-play-----|------------| 
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-|-3-times--|-4----------| 
A|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-end-with-|-x----------| 
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-|----------|-2----------| 

Guitar 2 ¡V Backing (fill) 
(1:10) 
e|---------| 
B|-----2~--| 
G|--4~-----| 
D|---------| 
A|---------| 
E|---------| 

*make sure you pay attention to not let every not ring, or  
it gets too muddy. I¡¦ve put a dot under all of the slightly  
palm muted notes, PM them just enough to let them not ring out. 


VERSE 1 
Guitar 2 ¡V Rhythm *light distortion, pretty quiet, it¡¦s hard 
 to tab the strumming pattern exactly, but you get the idea 
   F#m              C#m             A                 E 
e|-2---2---2-2-----|4---4--4--4----|5--5-5-5-5--5-5-|(7--7-7-7--7--7)-| 
B|-2---2---2-2-----|5---5--5--5-x-x|5--5-5-5-5--5-5-|-9--9-9-9--9--9--| 
G|-2---2---2-2-x-x-|6---6--6--6-x-x|6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-9--9-9-9--9--9--| 
D|-4---4---4-4-x-x-|6---6--6--6-x-x|7--7-7-7-7--7-7-|-9--9-9-9--9--9--| 
A|-4---4---4-4-x-x-|4---4--4--4-x-x|7--7-7-7-7--7-7-|-7--7-7-7--7--7--| 
E|-2---2---2-2-x-x-|---------------|5--5-5-5-5--5-5-|-----------------| 

   B             Bm* 
e|-7--7-7--7-7-|-7--7-7---7-7-| 
B|-7--7-7--7-7-|-7--7-7---7-7-|* 
G|-8--8-8--8-8-|-7--7-7---7-7-| 
D|-9--9-9--9-9-|-9--9-9---9-9-| 
A|-9--9-9--9-9-|-9--9-9---9-9-| 
E|-7--7-7--7-7-|-7--7-7---7-7-| 

Guitar 1 ¡V Lead (Verse fills)250~ms delay 
(1:27) 
   F#m        C#m        A             E 
e|---------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-7~---7~-7--9~---9~-9--10~---10~-10--9~---9~--9----------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------| 

   B          Bm 
e|------------|------------------| 
B|-7~---7~-7--|7~---7~-7---------| 
G|------------|------------------|repeat, use second ending 
D|------------|-first-ending-----| 
A|------------|------------------| 
E|------------|------------------| 

Second ending 
  (1:50) 
   B5                          A5                
e|---------------------------------|----------| 
B|---------------------------------|----------| 
G|---------------------------------|-play-----| 
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-|-3-times--| 
A|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-end-with-| 
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-|----------| 


Chorus 1 ¡V Same as the part in the intro, Rhythm guitar  
continues strumming, same chord progression in the Chorus 

VERSE 2 ¡V same as Verse 1 

Chorus 2 ¡V Same as Chorus 1, except chord progression is  
played through one extra time, and then a different ending: 
 instead of going to the Bm at the end, go up to D,   as shown. 
 I will show the end of the Chorus riff so you know how it goes 


Guitar 1 
      E                     B            
e|---------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----9-----9~----8------8~--8~--\-------------------------| 
D|-11----11----------11------------4-4~--------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------| 
	 
BRIDGE 
(3:39) 
   D                       A/C# 
e|---------------------------------------------------------| 
B|(7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-)2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----------| 
G|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----------| 
D|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----------| 
A|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4----------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------|  

   C#                      F# 
e|-------------------------2--------------------------------| 
B|(6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6)-2--------------------------------| 
G|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--3--------------------------------| 
D|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--4--------------------------------| 
A|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------2--------------------------------|  

Guitar 2 ¡V Rhythm Guitar 
(3:45) fades in with the same riff from the intro 
e|-0~--------------0~--------------------------------------| 
B|-----2~------2~------2~------2~--------------------------| 
G|---------4~--------------4~------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------| 
Repeat until the solo 

Guitar 1 ¡V Lead Guitar  
(3:54) starts fading in to build up to the solo, it sounds 
 like the Edge is just doing sixteenth note rakes like he  
is famous for doing, though if you want you can do the 
 B octave again. 

e|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------| 
G|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| 
D|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| 
A|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| 
E|---------------------------------| 

GUITAR SOLO 
Guitar 3 ¡V Slide Guitar 
Chords are strummed by Guitar 2 
(4:02) 
   F#m            C#m           A               E 
e|----------------------------------------------------| 
B|-12/14~---12\10-10/14~--------12/14~----12/10-/14---| 
G|-.--------.-----.-------------.---------.-----------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------|   
   	 
             B              Bm              
e|-------------------------------------| 
B|-12~--\10--10/12\10--\7~-------------| 
G|-.---------.-------------------------|play 2x, that¡¦s the  
D|-------------------------------------|whole solo! 
A|-------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------| 

Since slide solos can be complex to tab out on which notes 
 you slide to and which you pick and THEN slide to, I¡¦ve put 
 a dot below every time you actually pick the string, if that 
 makes sense. 

Chorus 3 ¡V same as previous Choruses 

OUTRO ¡V Guitar 2 sounds like it¡¦s doing the straight sixteenths  
B octave again, while Guitar 1 is hopping between B and A in a  
rhythm something like this ¡V I¡¦ve put the count above to help  
me explain the timing I hear on that. 

Guitar 1 
(5:02) 
   B A   B  A  B  A B   B  A  B 
   1   2    3  4   1   2    3  4 
e|---------------|---------------| 
B|---------------|---------------| 
G|---------------|---------------| 
D|-9-7---9--7--9-|-9-7---9--7--9-| 
A|-x-x---x--x--x-|-x-x---x--x--x-| 
E|-7-5---7--5--7-|-7-5---7--5--7-| 

End on: 
   F#m 
e|----| 
B|----| 
G|----| 
D|-4--| 
A|-x--| 
E|-2--| 



SONG ORDER 
Introduction/Refrain 
Verse 1 
Chorus 1 
Verse 2 
Chorus 2 
Bridge  
Solo 
Chorus 3 
Outro 

KEY/LEGEND 

| /      slide up 
| \      slide down 
| //     slide up to infinity 
| \\     slide down to infinity 
| PM...  Palm mute ¡V notes w/the dots directly beneath them are P.M. 
| x      Mute note 
| ~      let note ring 
| (5)    Ghost note/optional note 
		  

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