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With or Without You Guitar Tablature
I saw all of the other tabs for this song and they are all either wrong or they are the bass line for the song, so i tab this by ear, 2:30hrs. It took this amount of time cause i was playin Basket Case in between. Tell me what you think and have fun.

A few notes:

1) Ever since I misplaced my Infinite Guitar I've had to cope with 
conventional effects. What I use instead is a BOSS delay pedal set to 0.4 sec
with a feedback rate of about 70% maximum (the arrow points directly right).
I also turn up the reverb on my amp to about half of maximum. You may have 
to gently repluck strings especially at the beginning of the song.

2) It is important to turn off the delay when indicated, otherwise the sound 
will all flood together.

3) Most of this is from the Joshua Tree song book. It's somewhat simplified
but will still sound about the same. The end is from Rattle & Hum (the movie)

4) The lyrics are above the music.

notation guide:
(#) - hold note on #th fret (see above) 
/ - slide up
 - slide down
p/h - pull off/hammer on

synth arr. for guitar (repeat):
e|-10----------10----------|
B|-------10----------10----|
G|----------11----------11-|
D|---12----------12--------|

Chords: D D/A Bm7 G
                    Bass & Drums enter
|-14-|-(14)-|-(14)-|-(14)-|-(14)-|-(14)-|-(14)-15-|-17-|-(17)-|-(17)-|-(17)-|

 See the stone set in your eyes, see the thorn twist in your side. I'll wait 
e|-(17)-------|-(17)-----------|-(17)---------|-(17)------------|-(17)------|
 
 for you._                       Slight of hand and twist of fate,
e|-(17)-|-19-|-(19)(17)-|-1514-14------------|-(14)------------|
 
 on a bed of nails she makes me wait_ and I wait without you
e|-(14)-----------|-(15)---------15p|14---------|-(14)---|-------|
B|----------------|-----------------|-----------|--------|-10-12-|
 
 With or Without  You       With or Without You          Through the storm
e|---------------|------|-12-----------|-------14/|15-|15/14--------------|
B|-(12)----------|-10---|--------------|----------|---|-------------------|
 
 we reach the shore you have it all but I want more_ and I'm wait - in' for
e|-(14)------------|-(14)----------|-(14)-19-------|-17----------|-(17)----|
B|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|-15------|
 
 you.   With or Without You, With or Without You oh ho_  I can't live
e|-14-|-15-------------|-14-|-----------|-14----|-----|-(14)---------|

      With or Without You
e|----|----------|--------|---------|----|------|
B|-15-|----1514|12------|-(12)-10-|-15-|-(15)-|
(Turn off delay)

Chorus riff:
                     And you      give   yourself away
e|-----10-----10--10----10--10----|---------------------|
B|--------8----------8---------7--|---------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-----------------0---|
D|--------------------------------|------0--------------|
(Continue riff)
And you give yourself away, and you give, and you give, and you give
yourself away. My hands are tied, my body bruised she got me with nothing to
win, and nothing left to lose.
(Turn on delay)   
   And you give yourself away, and you give yourself away  and you give,
e|-1210--|-(10)-------------|-(10)--------|-------------|-12----------|
B|--------|-10---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

 and you give, and you give yourself away
e|-----------|--------|------------------|
B|-15--------|-(15)---|-(15)-------------|
(Delay off)
Begin chorus riff

With or Without you, With or Without you oh ho, I can live With or Without
You.
     Whoa,_                 whoa,                 whoa,
e|-------0---|-------0----|-------0-----|----3--|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
B|-----3---3-|-----3--3---|-----3---3---|----3--|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
G|---2-------|-0-2------2-|---2-------2-|-0--0--|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
D|-0---------|------------|-------------|-------|----------------------|
A|-----------|------------|-2-----------|-------|----------------------|
                                  oh ho
e|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
B|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
G|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
                             With or with out you
e|-15-15-15-15-15-14----|------------0----|---------0----|
B|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|---------3-----3-|------3-----3-|
G|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-----2-----------|---2----------|

 With or Without You oh ho                I can't live 
e|-----0----|-3-3-3-3-3-2---|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
B|---3---3--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
G|-2--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|

                                        With or With-
e|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
B|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
G|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|

 out You                    with or with out you  [delay on]
e|-15-15-15-15-15-14-------|------------|-2------|-(2)-|
B|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----|------------|-3------|-(3)-|
G|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----|------------|-2------|-(2)-|

                 Ooo
e|-(2)-|-(2)-|----17-|--17/19-|--19p18p17-|-(17)-|-(17)-|-19-17-19-|
B|-(3)-|-(3)-|-------|--------|-----------|------|------|----------|
G|-(2)-|-(2)-|-------|--------|-----------|------|------|----------|
              [delay off]
e|-17-|-(17)-|  For the next 2 progressions strum D, Dsus2, D, Dsus4

Dsus2: X X X 2 3 0
Dsus4: X X X 2 3 3

Then Edge starts chorus riff (if you have 2 guitars, one should continue the
strumming.)

After a couple of times through the chorus riff play this ending then the solo
                           Solo:         3X
e|---10---10---10-10-10-10-[----17-17----17-]-15-15-15-14-10-|
B|-8----8----8---8--8--8---[-15-------15----]----------------|
                                                          2X
e|----17-19p17h19-|----17-19p17h19-[-17-19p17h19--17-19p1719-]
B|-15-------------|-15-------------[-------------------------]
  
  Ya We'll shine like stars in the summer night
     We'll shine like stars in the winter night
     One heart, one hope, one love
Repeat 2X with coresponding ending      Ending 1  Ending 2
e[-------0---|-------0----|-------0-----]----3--|-3-3-3-3-3-2---|
B[-----3---3-|-----3--3---|-----3---3---]----3--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G[---2-------|-0-2------2-|---2-------2-]-0--0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D[-0---------|------------|-------------]-------|---------------|
A[-----------|------------|-2-----------]-------|---------------|

With or Without You. With or Without You
Start strumming of D, Dsus2, D, Dsus4
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