KITE tabbed by Brandon Leniart (leniart@juno.com) This is my favorite song off the new album, and probably one of Bono's most personal songs to date, again perhaps about his marriage. U2 proves they never lost their trademark huge sound with this album centerpiece in E major. (keyboard string intro) 1------------------------------------------------------------------- 2---7--9----7--10--------------------------------------------------- 3------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-----------------------------------------------4------------2------ 5-----------------------------------------------------2-----------2- 6------------------------------------------------------------------- (ambient guitar) 1-------- 2---14\9- 3---14\9- 4-------- 5-------- 6-------- (verse) E Esus4 (interlude) A C#m A (interlude lead guitar with delay) 1------------------------------------------- 2------------------------------------------- 3---9--8b9--8b9--8\6--- four times ---9/16- 4------------------------------------------- 5------------------------------------------- 6------------------------------------------- (prechorus) E A C#m E 1---0---5---9------7--- 2---0---5---9------9--- 3---1---6---9------9--- 4---2---7---11-----9--- 5---2---7---11--------- 6---0---5---9---------- (prechorus lead guitar) 1---------------------------------------- 2---------------------------------------- 3---------------------------------------- 4---------------------------------------- 5---------------------------------------- 6---0---2/4/5-------5/7/9-------9/11/12-- (chorus with Bono belting out in true Bono Vox fashion) E B A A 1-----------5---7- 2---9---4---5---5- 3---9---4---6---6- 4---9---4---7---7- 5---7---2---7---7- 6-----------5---5- (solo) 1--7/9--11b12r11--9\7--7\5---5------7/9--11b12r11--9\7--7\4---2/4---2\0- 2----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4----------------------------------------------------------------------- 5----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6----------------------------------------------------------------------- (post solo with Edge adding several improvisations to the chorus chords) E B A 1-------7---5- 2---9---7---5- 3---9---8---6- 4---9---9---7- 5---7---9---7- 6-------7---5- (outro...not a note-for-note tab but a rough guide) 1------------------------------------------------------------------ 2------------------------9-------------------------------------10-- 3--------------9---------------------------------------9----------- 4---9h11------------9-----------------------9h11-----------9------- 5------------------------------------------------------------------ 6------------------------------------------------------------------ 1---------------------------- 2--------------------9------- 3---9h11-------------------9- 4---------------------------- 5---------------------------- 6---------------------------- ======================================================================== Kite Tabbed by Brian Thalman (bonovox@networld.com) String part at beggining: F#-G#-F#-A F#-G#-F#-A F#-G#-F#-A F#-G#-F#-E Slide part: e---------------------------- B--14\----------------------- G--14\----------------------- D---------------------------- A---------------------------- E---------------------------- Verse Chords: E Esus4 e--0--0----0--0--0--0-------- B--0--0----0--0--0--0-------- G--1--1----2--2--2--2-------- D--2--2----2--2--2--2-------- A--2--2----2--2--2--2-------- E--0--0----0--0--0--0-------- (Verse riff) Something Is about to give I can feel it coming I think I know what it is I'm not afraid to die I'm not afraid to live And when I'm flat on my back I hope to feel like I did For this next part the chords are C#m and A, and Edge plays this with a slide: e---------------------------- B-5\4/5\4/5\2---------------- Play this a few times and then slide G---------------------------- up to infinity.... D---------------------------- A---------------------------- E---------------------------- And hardness It sets in You need some protection The thinner the skin This is the third riff for the "I want you to know part": E Esus4 C#m A e--0----0---------4-------0---------- B--0----0---------5-------2---------- G--1----2---------6-------2---------- D--2----2---------6-------2---------- A--2----0---------4-------0---------- E--0----0---------x-------0---------- E Esus4 I want you to know C#m A That you don't need me anymore E Esus4 I want you to know C#m You don't need anyone A Or anything at all Okay now the chorus,use open chords: E Who's to say where the wind will take you B Who's to say what it is will break you A I don't know Which way the wind will blow E Who's to know when the time has come around B A Don't want to see you cry I know that this is not goodbye (Verse riff) It's somewhere I can taste the salty sea There's a kite blowing out of control on the breeze I wonder what's gonna happen to you You wonder what has happened to me Solo: e--7/9-9---12\11-11--\7-7--\5-5----------------- B----------------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------------- D----------------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------------- Repeat this twice E----------------------------------------------- and then: e---------------------------- B---------------------------- Also during this part there's a riff G---/13\11\9----------------- similar to the one played during the D---------------------------- "And hardness...it set's in" part. A---------------------------- E---------------------------- (Chorus riff) I'm a man I'm not a child A man who sees The shadow behind your eyes (Chorus riff) Who's to say where the wind will take you Who's to say what it is will break you I don't know Where the wind will blow Who's to know when the time has come around I don't want to see you cry I know that this is not goodbye (Verse riff) Did I waste it Not so much I couldn't taste it Life should be fragrant Rooftop to the basement The last of the rocks stars When hip-hop drove the big cars In the time when new media Was the big idea What was the big idea Okay so that's my BASIC tab, actually while I was writing this, I figured out a lot of other little parts. And I'll write them in later. Anyway, I think this is the best song on the album. And I REALLY like it. Bonovox ================================================================= KITE ---- q@ucsd.com Intro: Smooth F and Bb, like a slow Angel of Harlem, continuing with the first stanza (Look at the CD booklet) Stanza I: F Bb Something is about to give . . . Stanza II: Dm Bb Cause hardness it sets in . . . Same chords, both verses Stanza III: F Bb I want you to know Dm Bb That you don't need me anymore Chorus: F Who's to say where the wind will take you C Who's to know what it will break you Dm I don't know which way the Bb Wind will blow F Who's to know when the time has come around C Who'se to know when the time will come around Dm Don't want to see you cry Bb I know that this is not good-bye Stanza I again: In the summer . . . Stanza II again: I'm a man . . . Chorus again Stanza I again in end: Did I waste it? THis song is about Bono trying to raise his children. HE was flying a kite with his children, and it crashed. Wery deep, and potential top ten with this track. Any corrections, send to q@ucsd.com ======================================================== Kite Intro transposed for guitar e------------------------------------------ b------------------------------------------ g--11--13--11--14--14^11--11^12--11--14---- d------------------------------------------ a------------------------------------------ e------------------------------------------ from: Brett Sellars "Smilz"