The Fly (Album Version)

U2 The Fly Checked out and corrected by The Specialist e-mail me at: [email protected] The tempo is ♩= 108 4/4 This song is in . For the intro Edge plays(with echo effects): E------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ D-------5---------------------------------------------------- A----7-----7--5-----7-----7---------------------------------- E----------------0-----0------------------------------------- Followed by Riff 1(only play the slide for the first one) (play fast) E------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------- A----7s/-----0--0---7--7---0--7---0--7--7--5------------------ E---------------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------------- A--------------------------------------------------------- E----0--0---12---12---0--12--0--12--12---10---------------- E------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------- A------------0--0---7--7---0--7---0--7--7--5------------------ E---------------------------------------------------------- (play twice) E-------------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------------- A--------------------------------------------------------- E----0--0---12---12---0--12--0--12--12---10---------------- (play 8 times) This will go until Bono sings it's no secret for the first time After that, it's just chords for a little while. These are 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 6 7 2 7 7 2 0 0 0 x z It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky It's no secret that our world is in darkness tonight They say the sun is sometimes eclipsed by a moon You know I don't see you when she walks in the room Riff 1 It's no secret that a friend is someone who lets you help It's no secret that a liar won't believe anyone else They say a secret is something you tell one other person So I'm telling you, child It changes key here which is why it becomes an E not an Em. The Chords are E and A. 4 4 5 5 6 4 6 6 4 x x 0 (Love, we shine like a A man will beg Burning star A man will crawl We're fallin' from On the sheer face of love Like a fly from the wall The sky... tonight) It's no secret at all Then it goes back to either Chords or Riff 1 whatever you want to play. It's no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest It's no secret that ambition bites the nails of success Every artist is a cannibal Every poet is a thief All kill their inspiration and sing about their grief Then Back to the Chorus (Love, we shine like a A man will beg Burning star A man will crawl We're fallin' from On the sheer face of love Like a fly from the wall The sky... tonight) It's no secret at all Then at the start of the solo he plays chords fist 7 7 8 9 9 7 Then he goes into the fast bit. I can't play this very well (I don't have an electric just yet so hammers are hard). It's easiest not to pick many of these notes, E-----15---14---10---12---15---14---10---12---10---7-------- B----------------------------------------------------------------------- E-----15---14---10---12---15---14---10---10---10--9--10--9--7--9--7--5--7--5 B----------------------------------------------------------------------- E----3--5--3--2--3--2--0--2--0-----0-----0------------ B-------------------------------3-----3--------------- E----5---4---2---0---5---4---2---4---7---9---9----------- B-------------------------------------------------------- E----9---7---7---5--7--5--4--5--4--2--4--2--0--0---0--2------------------ B----------------------------------------------------------------------- E---4--2--0--2---4--2--0--2--4--2--2-0--2--2--4--4--5--4--5--7--7--9--9--11--11 B----------------------------------------------------------------------- E----12--11--12--11--------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------------- The edge continues to solo through the next two Chorus' and verse but I don't know it yet, maybe I'll come back to it later. For now it's just (Love, we shine like a Burning star We're fallin' from The sky... tonight) (Love, we shine like a A man will beg Burning star A man will crawl We're fallin' from On the sheer face of love Like a fly from the wall The sky... tonight) It's no secret at all Then It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky The universe exploding 'cosa one man's lie Look I gotta go, yeah I'm running out of change There's a lot of things if I could I'd rearrange Then there is another bit of solo at the end that goes like this. This may sound wrong if you play it, it needs to be played FAST. Many notes can be cut however. E-----15---15--15--17--14--15--17--12---12---12--14--10--12--14--10--15---15 B----------------------------------------------------------------------- E-----15--17--14--15--17--12---12---12--14--10--12--14--10-15---15 B----------------------------------------------------------------------- E----15--17--15--17--15--14--10--12-----12------------------------ B------------------------------------12----12---10--12--8--12--12-5hold/ HAVE FUN! The Specialist