Zoo station U2
Lyrics and guitar chords
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"Zoo Station"
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tabbed by: Scott Yanoff, yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Sergio Lucero, slucero@cipres.cec.uchile.cl
*corrections-*Zoo Station--This song is in A, and I think the
tab shows the song like 1- 10 10- In reality it would
2- 8 8 -
look like this: 1- 12 12 which would keep it
2- 10 10
in the key of A. This isn't a huge change, but necessary.
(from Leniart, Brandon K (leniarbk@jmu.edu))
Use heavy distortion and make the slides heard.
Intro: (Repeat about 12 times)
G---------------------------------------
[D---------------------------------------]A-12/-----------------------------------
E-----3-5-------------------------------
(The / means to slide all the way down the string)
Second Part of Intro & Also used in Chorus:
E-----10---------10--------5--------5---
B---8----8-----8----8----3---3----3---3-
G-7----------7---------2--------2-------
E---------------------------------------
I'm r
I'm r
Ready to duck, ready to dive
Ready to say I'm glad to be alive
I'm r
In the cool of the night, the warmth of the breeze
I'll be
She's just down the lin
Got to make it on time
I'm ready, I'm ready for the gridlock
I'm ready to take it to the street
Ready for the shuffle, ready for the deal
Ready to let go of the steering wheel
I'm ready, ready for the crush
She's just down the line ... Zoo Station
Got to make it on time ... Zoo Station
Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright
It's alright...it's alright...it's alright...it's alright
Hey baby...hey baby...hey baby...hey baby
it's alright, it's alright
T
Leaves you st
Your fa
I'm just down the line from your love...Zoo Station
Under the sign of your love...Zoo Station
I'm gonna be there...Zoo Station
Tracing the line...Zoo Station
I'm gonna make it on time...make it on time...Zoo Station
Just two stops down the line...Zoo Station
Just a stops down the line...Zoo Station
Solo at end:
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[B--------------------------------------------------------------------------]G-----------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11---------
D-11---9--7---11---9--7----------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Zoo Station(live)
Transcribed by Richard Zangoli.
I transcribed this song from the Live in Sydney video but most versions
don't differ much at all. This should be used with the transcription to this
song already on the U2 Guitar Archive(mainly to show where the chord changes
are made).
Intro-
D----------------------------
[A----------------------------]E--17s/-------3----5---------
Slide the note on the 17th fret all the way up the fretboard to the 3rd
fret. However, while sliding it up the string, keep on picking it (quite
quickly) with both up and down strokes and then play the 3rd and 5th fret
notes. After playing this a couple of times play this-
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------]G----------------------------------------------------------------------------etc.
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------]E--17s/----3---5-----5--5---5---5---5---5--------17s/-------3--5----5---5---5--
Now for the nice riff that Edge plays (here and during the chorus). Form
what I hear he
picks 2 chords-
(X X 12 9 10 12) and (X X 11 9 10 12). This will give you and idea of how to
pick it-
E-------------------12-------------------12--------------------12-------------
B-------10-----------------10-------------------10-------------------10-----10
G-------------9----------------------------------------------------------9----
D-12------------------------------12--------------------12--------------------
E-------------------12------------------12-------------------12---------------
B--------10---------------10-------------------10-----------------10--------10
G----------------9--------------------------------------------------------9--
D11------------------------------11-------------------11----------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Play this riff a few times. I think Edge varies it a bit but that's the
basic idea.
For the verses there isn't much guitar (mainly bass) but it sounds good to
play palm
muted power chords (of
(577xxx),
G(355xxx) and D(10 12 12 X X X). Alternatively, you could play just the last
note of the
chords instead (on the big E string). Look to the other transcription for
the chord changes.
Also, listen for Edge playing the intro riff(the slide from the 17th fret)
during the verses every now and then.
Just before Bono starts singing "It's alright, it's alright..." there is
pre-recorded
synthesiser playing this-
E---17--17--17--17--17--17--17---15--15--15--15--15--15s/--
B---17--17--17--17--17--17--17---15--15--15--15--15--15s/-- X2
E----------------------------------------------------------
Then Edge plays and A power chord a few times (it sounds good if you play
this bit with
a wah-wah or something similar) -
[E-----------------------------------------------]B--10--10--10--10--10--10--x--x--10--10--10--10--
G--9----9---9---9---9---9--x--x---9---9---9---9- etc...
D--7----7---7---7---7---7--x--x---7---7---7---7--
E-------------------------------------------------
Then the only other bit is the outro and it goes something like this-
[E-------------------------------------------------------------------]B---------------10----10----8--7--8-----10--10--10--10-----8--7--8---etc..
and finish
G----------------9-----9----9--9--9------9---9---9---9-----9--9--9---
on the
D----11--9---7---7--7--7-----------------7---7---7---7------------
power chord.
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
That should have all the guitar parts. Expect some more tabs from me during
December/January. Bye,
Richard Zangoli
U2 ZOO STATION (BASS TAB)
-------------------------
tabbed by: steve palmer- am560@freenet.carleton.ca
This is the line used in the intro, outro, and whenever the chord
is 'A'
g|---
E|---5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2-----5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2--|
(This is repeated until edge starts the chorus riff)
At the chorus riff:
g|---
d|---5-3--------------------------------------------------------|
a|--------5-3--5-3----------------------------------------------|
E|------------------5-3---5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2------------|
(This is repeated 2x and used at every chorus)
g|---
E|---5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2-----5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2--|
I'm ready....
g|---
a|-------------------5-5--3--5-5--3-----------------------------|
E|---3-3--1--3-3--1------------------5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2-|
I'm ready.... ready for what's next...
This formation is repeated for every verse.
Outro:
g|---
E|---5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2-----5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2--|
(repeated several times--no chord change)
suggestions welcome
-----------
tabbed by: Scott Yanoff, yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Sergio Lucero, slucero@cipres.cec.uchile.cl
*corrections-*Zoo Station--This song is in A, and I think the
tab shows the song like 1- 10 10- In reality it would
2- 8 8 -
look like this: 1- 12 12 which would keep it
2- 10 10
in the key of A. This isn't a huge change, but necessary.
(from Leniart, Brandon K (leniarbk@jmu.edu))
Use heavy distortion and make the slides heard.
Intro: (Repeat about 12 times)
E-
--------------------------------------B-
--------------------------------------G---------------------------------------
[D---------------------------------------]A-12/-----------------------------------
E-----3-5-------------------------------
(The / means to slide all the way down the string)
Second Part of Intro & Also used in Chorus:
E-----10---------10--------5--------5---
B---8----8-----8----8----3---3----3---3-
G-7----------7---------2--------2-------
D-
--------------------------------------A-
--------------------------------------E---------------------------------------
I'm r
A
eady, ready for the laughing gasI'm r
G
eady, D
ready for what's nextA
Ready to duck, ready to dive
Ready to say I'm glad to be alive
I'm r
G
eady, D
I'm ready for the pusA
hIn the cool of the night, the warmth of the breeze
I'll be
G
crawling aroundD
on my haA
nds and kneesShe's just down the lin
Gadd9
e ... ZooD
StatA
ionGot to make it on time
Gadd9
... Zoo SD
tatioA
nI'm ready, I'm ready for the gridlock
I'm ready to take it to the street
Ready for the shuffle, ready for the deal
Ready to let go of the steering wheel
I'm ready, ready for the crush
She's just down the line ... Zoo Station
Got to make it on time ... Zoo Station
Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright
It's alright...it's alright...it's alright...it's alright
Hey baby...hey baby...hey baby...hey baby
it's alright, it's alright
T
D/A
ime is a train, makes the fA
uture the pastLeaves you st
G
anding in the stD
ationYour fa
A
ce pressed up against the glassI'm just down the line from your love...Zoo Station
Under the sign of your love...Zoo Station
I'm gonna be there...Zoo Station
Tracing the line...Zoo Station
I'm gonna make it on time...make it on time...Zoo Station
Just two stops down the line...Zoo Station
Just a stops down the line...Zoo Station
Solo at end:
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[B--------------------------------------------------------------------------]G-----------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11---------
D-11---9--7---11---9--7----------------------------------------------------
A-
-------------------------------------------------------------------------E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Zoo Station(live)
Transcribed by Richard Zangoli.
I transcribed this song from the Live in Sydney video but most versions
don't differ much at all. This should be used with the transcription to this
song already on the U2 Guitar Archive(mainly to show where the chord changes
are made).
Intro-
E-
-------------------------B-
------------------------G-
-----------------------D----------------------------
[A----------------------------]E--17s/-------3----5---------
Slide the note on the 17th fret all the way up the fretboard to the 3rd
fret. However, while sliding it up the string, keep on picking it (quite
quickly) with both up and down strokes and then play the 3rd and 5th fret
notes. After playing this a couple of times play this-
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------]G----------------------------------------------------------------------------etc.
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------]E--17s/----3---5-----5--5---5---5---5---5--------17s/-------3--5----5---5---5--
Now for the nice riff that Edge plays (here and during the chorus). Form
what I hear he
picks 2 chords-
(X X 12 9 10 12) and (X X 11 9 10 12). This will give you and idea of how to
pick it-
E-------------------12-------------------12--------------------12-------------
B-------10-----------------10-------------------10-------------------10-----10
G-------------9----------------------------------------------------------9----
D-12------------------------------12--------------------12--------------------
A-
----------------------------------------------------------------------------E-
----------------------------------------------------------------------------E-------------------12------------------12-------------------12---------------
B--------10---------------10-------------------10-----------------10--------10
G----------------9--------------------------------------------------------9--
D11------------------------------11-------------------11----------------------
A-
----------------------------------------------------------------------------E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Play this riff a few times. I think Edge varies it a bit but that's the
basic idea.
For the verses there isn't much guitar (mainly bass) but it sounds good to
play palm
muted power chords (of
A
G and D, which are the verse chords). That is, A
(577xxx),
G(355xxx) and D(10 12 12 X X X). Alternatively, you could play just the last
note of the
chords instead (on the big E string). Look to the other transcription for
the chord changes.
Also, listen for Edge playing the intro riff(the slide from the 17th fret)
during the verses every now and then.
Just before Bono starts singing "It's alright, it's alright..." there is
Am
pre-recorded
synthesiser playing this-
E---17--17--17--17--17--17--17---15--15--15--15--15--15s/--
B---17--17--17--17--17--17--17---15--15--15--15--15--15s/-- X2
G-
--------------------------------------------------------D-
--------------------------------------------------------A-
----------------------------------------------------------E----------------------------------------------------------
Then Edge plays and A power chord a few times (it sounds good if you play
this bit with
a wah-wah or something similar) -
[E-----------------------------------------------]B--10--10--10--10--10--10--x--x--10--10--10--10--
G--9----9---9---9---9---9--x--x---9---9---9---9- etc...
D--7----7---7---7---7---7--x--x---7---7---7---7--
A-
----------------------------------------------E-------------------------------------------------
Then the only other bit is the outro and it goes something like this-
[E-------------------------------------------------------------------]B---------------10----10----8--7--8-----10--10--10--10-----8--7--8---etc..
and finish
G----------------9-----9----9--9--9------9---9---9---9-----9--9--9---
on the
A
D----11--9---7---7--7--7-----------------7---7---7---7------------
power chord.
A-
------------------------------------------------------------------E---------------------------------------------------------------------
That should have all the guitar parts. Expect some more tabs from me during
December/January. Bye,
Richard Zangoli
U2 ZOO STATION (BASS TAB)
-------------------------
tabbed by: steve palmer- am560@freenet.carleton.ca
This is the line used in the intro, outro, and whenever the chord
is 'A'
g|---
A
-------------------A
----------------------------------------|Dm
|--------------------------------------------------------------|Am
|--------------------------------------------------------------|E|---5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2-----5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2--|
(This is repeated until edge starts the chorus riff)
At the chorus riff:
g|---
G9
----------D9
-----------A
--------------------------------------|d|---5-3--------------------------------------------------------|
a|--------5-3--5-3----------------------------------------------|
E|------------------5-3---5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2------------|
(This is repeated 2x and used at every chorus)
g|---
A
-------------------A
----------------------------------------|Dm
|--------------------------------------------------------------|Am
|--------------------------------------------------------------|E|---5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2-----5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2--|
I'm ready....
g|---
G
----------------D
----------------A
---------------------------|Dm
|--------------------------------------------------------------|a|-------------------5-5--3--5-5--3-----------------------------|
E|---3-3--1--3-3--1------------------5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2-|
I'm ready.... ready for what's next...
This formation is repeated for every verse.
Outro:
g|---
A
-------------------A
----------------------------------------|Dm
|--------------------------------------------------------------|Am
|--------------------------------------------------------------|E|---5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2-----5-5--3--5-5--3--5--3-2-3-2--|
(repeated several times--no chord change)
suggestions welcome
contributions: