A Sort of Homecoming Music by U2 Lyrics by Bono Transcribed by Andy Aledort, sent in by Brandon Leniart This is the song that Rolling Stone #443 called "fussy and unfocused", yet it keeps in the U2 tradition of the first-song-on-the-album-setting-the-mood. This is in D major, and there was nothing wrong with Scott Yanoff's version, it just didn't have any tabs. If it makes it easier, learn these chords then apply them to the previous version. Tune down 1/2 step for the LIVE version on "Wide Awake In America". Intro (with delay): 1-----------|---------------------|-------------------------|--<12>-<12>-<12>------| 2---3-------|----------/15----17--|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--/20----|------------------<7>-| 3--------4--|--(4)----------------|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---------|----------------------| 4-----------|---------------------|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X------19-|----------------------| 5-----------|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------| 6-----------|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------| Verse (with delay): 1-0---------------------0--0--0-|------0--0--0--0--0------------0--0----| 2-3---------------------3--0--0-|--3---3--3--3--3--3---3--3--3----------| 3-------0---2--2--2-----0--0--0-|--2-------------------2--2--2----------| 4-------------------------------|--0------------------------------------| 5-------------------------------|---------------------------------------| 6-------------------------------|---------------------------------------| 1-0-----------------------0--0---|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------| 2-3-----------------------3--3---|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------| 3-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0---|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------| 4--------------------------------|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------| 5--------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 6--------------------------------|-------------------------------------| (with sliding up and down neck, hitting muted strings, etc.) And you know it's time to go through the sleet and driving snow Across the fields of mourning to a light's in the distance And you hunger for the time: time to heal, desire time And your earth moves beneath your own dream landscape Chorus: 1---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--| 2---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---| 3---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---| 4-------------------------------------------------------| 5-------------------------------------------------------| 6-------------------------------------------------------| 1---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10---| 2---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8----| 3---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7----| 4--------------------------------------------------------| 5--------------------------------------------------------| 6--------------------------------------------------------| Oh, ho ho, on borderland we run 1---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--10-|---------------------------------------| 2---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---7-|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--| 3---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---7-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---| 4---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| 5---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| 6---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| I'll be there, I'll be there tonight (3 bars) (1 bar) 1-----------------------------------|-------------------------| 2---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|--x---x---x---x---x---x--| 3---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|--x---x---x---x---x---x--| 4---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|--x---x---x---x---x---x--| 5-----------------------------------|-------------------------| 6-----------------------------------|-------------------------| A high road, a high road out of here 1---10---|------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--0----------|--0---------------------| 2---10---|------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--3---3------|--------3------------3--| 3----9---|--2------------------------------|--0-------0--|--------2-----2---------| 4--------|--0------------------------------|-------------|------------------------| 5--------|---------------------------------|-------------|------------------------| 6--------|---------------------------------|-------------|------------------------| The city walls are all come down, the dust a smoke-screen all around See faces ploughed like fields that once gave no resistance And we live by the side of the road, on the side of a hill, as the valleys explode Dislocated, suffocated, the land grows weary of its own O comaway, o comaway, o com, o comaway, I say, I, hmmm, hmmm O comaway, o comaway, o com, o comaway, I say I Oh, ho, ho, on borderland we run, and still we run, we run and don't look back I'll be there, I'll be there tonight, I believe 1--------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------| 2--------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------| 3--5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5-5-2-4-4-4-4--|-x-x-4-4-4-4-x-x-|-x-x--------------x--| 4--5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5-5---5-5-5-5--|-x-x-5-5-5-5-x-x-|-x-x--5--5--5--5--x--| 5--------------|--------3-3-3-3--|-----------------|------3--3--3--3-----| 6--------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------| I'll be there so high, I'll be there tonight, tonight O comaway, I sing I say, um ha, o comaway o say The wind will crack in wintertime, this bomb blast lightning waltz No spoken words, just a scream, yeah, oh, tonight We'll build a bridge across the sea and land See the sky, the burning rain, she will die and live again, tonight And your heart beats so slow through the rain and fallen snow Across the fields of mourning light's in the distance Oh don't sorrow, no don't weep for tonight at last I am coming home, I am coming home 1---0--| 2---3--| 3---2--| 4---4--| 5---5--| 6------| A Sort of Homecoming -------------------- tabbed by: Scott Yanoff, yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu Intro G6 D2 G6 D2 G6 D2 G6 D2 And you know it's time to go G6 D2 through the sleet and driving snow G6 D2 across the fields of mourning to a G6 light's in the distance D2 G6 D4 D2 And you hunger for the time time to heal, 'Desire', time and your earth moves beneath your own dream landscape G G2 G G2 D2 D4 D Gii Oh, ho, ho on borderland we run________ G G2 G G2 I'll be there, I'll be there D2 D4 D Gii tonight, a high road, a high road out of here the city walls are all come down the dust a smoke screen all around to see faces ploughed like fields that once gave no resistance And we live by the side of the road on the side of a hill as the valleys explode dislocated, suffocated the land grows weary of it's own G6 D2 G6 D2 O come away, o come away, o come, o come away I say I hmm hmm G6 D2 G6 D2 O come away, o come away, o come, o come away I say I G G2 G G2 D2 D4 D G Oh, ho, ho on borderland we run, and still we run, we run and don't look back G G2 G G2 D2 D4 D D4 I'll be there, I'll be there tonight tonight tonight C7 I'll be there tonight, I believe. I'll be there so high (land), D D2 G6 D2 I'll be there tonight, tonight____________ G6 D2 G6 D2 O come away, I sing I say, um ha, o come away oh say. G6 D2 G6 D2 G6 The wind will crack in wintertime D2 G6 this bomb-blast lightning waltz D2 G6 D2 G6 D4 D G G2 G G2 no spoken words, just a scream . . . yeah.... oh........ oh..... D2 D4 D Gii tonight we'll build a bridge across the sea and land G G2 see the sky burning rain G G2 D2 D4 D Gii G6 D2 G6 D4 D G6 D2 G6 D4 D she will die and live again tonight_______ And you heart beats so slow through the rain and fallen snow across the fields of morning to a light that's in the distance Oh don't sorrow, no don't weep for tonight, at last I am coming home I am coming home CHORD FORMATIONS (This might make a nice acoustic version with these) ----------------- G6 x x 0 0 3 0 D2 x x 0 2 3 0 D4/A x 0 0 0 3 x G 3 x 0 0 0 x G2 3 0 0 0 0 3 D4 x x 0 2 3 3 D x x 0 2 3 2 Gii x x 0 0 3 3 (G, type 2) C7 x 3 2 3 1 x But The Edge is probably playing the chorus this way (esp. for intro of live version where it is arpeggio) G x x x 7 8 7 G2 x x x 7 10 x D2,D x x x 7 7 10 D4,Gii x x x 7 8 10