WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | U2 - If You Wear That Velvet Dress Tabs | Ver. 1
Song starts with Bbm - C# - Eb - F#
In the middle The Edge plays
E--9---8---6-------6---------6------
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(Use 1 finger barre on 6th pos.)
The song ends with Bbm - C# - Eb - F#
Play the song with a clean sound.
Chords:
Bbm: X13321
C#: X46664
Eb: X68886
F#: 244322
Music by U2
Lyrics by Bono and The Edge
Tune 1/2 step down--in D minor. "I don't want to talk about that song
too much, but let's just say it's haunted." says Bono. "It's all
tangled up in ultraviolet."
acoustic guitar:
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pick with fingers:
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Tonight the moon is playing tricks again
Feeling sea sick again
And the whole world could just dissolve into a glass of water
I've been good 'cause I know you don't want me to
Do you really want me to be as blue as you
It's her daylight that gets me through
We've been here before
Last time you scratched at my door
The moon was naked and cold
I was like a 2 year old who just wanted more
If you wear that velvet dress
If you wear that velvet dress
Tonight the moon's drawn its cutains
It's a private show, no one has to know
I'm wanting
1st guitar (delay with infinite repeat)
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2nd guitar (with medium delay)
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3rd guitar (with heavy delay):
*I've arranged this for an acoustic without a cutaway--I think Edge
plays this higher up on the fretboard, but you can play it using this
solo--I didn't want to alienate the acoustic people here
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with delay:
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Sunlight, sunlight fills my room
It's sharp and it's clear
But nothing at all like the moon
use this as the basic solo for next verse:
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It's okay, the struggle for things not to say
I never listened to you anyway
And I got my own hands to pray
But if you wear that velvet dress
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If you wear that velvet dress
Tonight the moon is a mirrorball
Light flickers from across the hall
Who'll catch the star when it falls?
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If You Wear That Velvet Dress (live)
Music by U2
Words by Bono and The Edge
This is an excellent addition to the end of ‘Discotheque’ live,
and, even in its shortened version (i.e. without solo), is a joy to behold.
As with all U2 live performances, tune down ½ step.
(I don’t really have a clue about notation, so
» = legato slide)
intro (with flanger, phase, distortion, reverb and delay of approx 200ms,
as at end of ‘Discotheque):
RIFF 1:
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[ Repeat this many times, with sustained notes, allowing the flanger
and phase to take effect. Try and leave the slide as late as possible,
and use one of your fingers to hit the string at the same time as the pick,
creating a cool harmonic sound. ]
“ Tonight, the moon is playing tricks again,
Yeah I’m feeling sea-sick again and the whole world could just dissolve......
into a glass of water
I’ve been good
‘Cos I know you don’t want me to
Do you rerally want me to be as you (?)
It’s the daylight that gets me through
But if you (drums and bass enter, end riff 1)
[ strike the first note of riff 2 as Bono sings ‘wear’ . If you can,
use a clean channel, plenty of reverb, delay of @ 450ms and all pickups in ]
RIFF 2: (let ring) Repeat twice
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w - e - a - r that v - e - l
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- v - e - t d r e s s If you
RIFF 3: (delay = 550ms, neck pickup only)
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(Here, Bono sems to forget the words or get mixed up, so I’m tabbing as it was in Rotterdam)
“ Tonight.....the moon is a mirrorball
Light flickers from across the hall
Who’ll catch the star when it falls?
It’s okay......the struggle for things not to say
But I’ve got my own hands to pray
But if you (back to chorus and riff 2) wear.....that velevet dress. “
“Rock and roll is ent ertainment”
