RED HILL MINING TOWN

As recorded by U2
(From the 1987 Album THE JOSHUA TREE)
Transcribed by oranno@yahoo.fr Words by
Music by
Arranged

G/D C/G 3 fr. Csus4/G D/A Dsus4/A A/E Asus4/E Gsus4/D Csus4 C 8 fr. xx D5
x x x xxx x x xx x

D 10 fr. A 5 fr. F5 F 11
b G5 C5 8 fr. G 3 fr. xxD
XIV
14 fr. F B 7 fr. x Csus2
x x x x

P = 140
A Intro

V V V V V
V V V V V V V V V V
G/D C/G

V V
1
I 44 k V V V V V V
Gtr I
let ring let ring

T 12 12 12 12 12 5 5
A 12 12 12 12 12 5 5 5
12 12 12 12 12 5 5 5
B

B Verse

V V V V V
V V V V V V V V V V
G/D

V V k
4
I V V V V
let ring
P.M.

T 5 5 12 12 12 12 12
A 5 12 12 12 12 12
5 5 5 12 12 12 12 12
B
sl.

I c c
V V U W V V
Gtr II \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
T
A
B
8 (8) 3 (3) 8 (8)
sl. sl.

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V V V V V V V V V V gV
C/G Csus4/G C/G

7
I V V u u V V
let ring

T 5 5 6 6 5 5 7
A 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 5
B
H sl.

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I }} V V V
U V }}
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
x
T x
A x
x
B x
3 (3) x 8 (8) 10
sl. sl.

V gV V V V V V gV V V k
D/A Dsus4/A D/A

9
I V V V V V
let ring

T 7 7 8 7 7
A 7 7 7 7 7
7 7 7 7 7
B

I U W V V
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
T
A
B
10 (10) 10 (10)
sl.
A/E Asus4/E A/E C/G

V V V V
11
I V V gV V V V V V V
gV
V V
V V V V V V V
let ring

T 2 2 3 2 2 5 5
A 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5
2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5
B
sl.

I
U W V V U
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
T
A
B
5 (5) 5 (5) 1
sl.
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 RED HILL MINING TOWN - U2 Page 3 of 14
C/G

V V V V V
14
I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V
let ring

T 5 0 0 5 5 5 0
A 5 5 5 5 5 0
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
B

I c V c
U U V V V
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
T
A
B
1 (1) 1 8 (8)
sl. sl.

V V V V V
V V V V V V V V V V
G/D C/G

V V
17
I 44 k V V V V V V
let ring let ring

T 12 12 12 12 12 5 5
A 12 12 12 12 12 5 5 5
12 12 12 12 12 5 5 5
B

I 44 c c
U V } V V U
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
T
A
B
3 (3) x 8 (8) 3
sl. sl.

V V V V V
V V V V V V V V V V V
Csus4/G C/G G/D

V V k k
20
I V V V V

let ring let ring

T 6 5 5 12 12 12 12 12
A 5 5 12 12 12 12 12
5 5 12 12 12 12 12
B

I c c c c
V } V V U V } V V
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
T
A
B
x 8 (8) 3 (3) x 8 (8)
sl. sl. sl. sl.
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 RED HILL MINING TOWN - U2 Page 4 of 14

V V
V V V V V V
C/G G/D

V V V V V k
23
I V V V V V V V V V V
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T 5 5 5 5 5 12 12
A 5 5 5 5 5 12 12 12
5 5 5 5 5 12 12 12
B

I c c
U V } V V U
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
T
A
B
3 (3) x 8 (8) 3
sl. sl.

V V V
V V V V V V
C/G Csus4/G C/G

k V V V k
26
I V V V V V V V V V V
let ring let ring

T 12 12 12 5 5 6 6 5
A 12 12 5 5 5 5 5
12 12 5 5 5 5 5
B

I c c
V V V V V U V V V V V
P.M. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ P.M.

T
A
B
3 7 8 (8) 3 (3) 3 7 8 (8)
sl. sl.

V V V V V V V V V V V
V V
G/D Gsus4/D G/D C/G

V V k V V
29
I V V V V V V
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T 12 12 13 13 12 5 5
A 12 12 12 12 12 5 5 5
12 12 12 12 12 5 5 5
B

I c
U V V V V V U
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T
A
B
3 (3) 3 7 8 (8) 3
sl.
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T
WW WW
Csus4 C D5 D

32
I W W

T 6 5
A 5 5
5 5
B

V V V V V V c V V
c u u gV V
I V V u V V V V
V V V V
P.M.
10 10 (10) 10
T 10 10 10
A 11
B
3 7 8 10 10 10 10 10
sl. sl.

c
A F5

V V V V WW VV V V j V V V V
I gV u
u V
35

V W V V U
Gtr II
5 5 (5) 5 1 1
T 5 (5) 5 1 1
A 6
B
5 5 5 5 1
sl.

b To Coda

c c
F 11

V V WW k V j V V V VV V V V V V V k
38
I V
V V V V V V W V V V V W V V
(1) 1 1 1 1
T 1 1 1 1 1 1
A 4
B
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 (1) 1 1
sl.

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 RED HILL MINING TOWN - U2 Page 6 of 14

C Chorus

c
V V Vc
G5 D

c V
j WW VV VV VV VV VV VV VV j gV
41
I W W
W W W W
3 3 (3) 3 3 3 10 10
T 3 3 (3) 3 3 3 10
A 11
B
3 3 3 3 10 10
sl.

c V
F5

V V c c
gV V V j V VV VV VV VV VV VV VV VV k
44
I V V W j
u W W V V V V
u u
10 1 1 (1) 1 1 1
T 10 10 1 1 1 (1) 1 1 1
A 11
12
B
10 10 1 1 (1) 1 1 1
sl.

c c c
C5 G

j V V V V V V c VV VV VV k j V V VV
I W V V
W V V W
47

u W W
8 8 (8) 8 8 8 3 3
T 8 8 8 8 8 3 3
A 4
10
B
8 8 (8) 8 8 3 3

c V
D

V V W V W V
gVV V V VV WW
50
I V V W U U
V V V V V V
u
3 10 10 10
T 3 3 10
A 11 11 11 (11)
12 12 12 (12)
B
3 3 3 3 3 10 (10)
sl.

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 RED HILL MINING TOWN - U2 Page 7 of 14

c c
F5 C

j VV VV VV VV
I VV VV WW VV V V WW
cV c
V
53

U V V V V V W V V V V
u u u u
1 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 1
T 1 1 1 1 (1) 1 (1) 1
A
B
1 (1) 1 1 0 1 1 1 (1) 8 (8)
sl. sl.

D Verse

V V UU V V
G/D C/G Csus4/G C/G

u k V V V V
57
I V V V V V V V V V V k
Gtr I
let ring let ring

T 12 5 5 6 6 5
A 12 (12) 5 5 5 5 5
12 (12) 5 5 5 5 5
B

I cV c cV c
U V } V U V } V
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Gtr II
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
T
A
B
3 (3) x 8 (8) 3 (3) x 8 (8)
sl. sl. sl. sl.

V V V V V V V V V V
V V V V k
G/D Gsus4/D G/D C/G Csus4/G C/G

V V V V V V
61
I V V V V V V V V V V k
let ring let ring

T 12 12 13 13 12 5 5 6 6 5
A 12 12 12 12 12 5 5 5 5 5
12 12 12 12 12 5 5 5 5 5
B

I cV c cV c
U V } V U V } V
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T
A
B
3 (3) x 8 (8) 3 (3) x 8 (8)
sl. sl. sl. sl.

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 RED HILL MINING TOWN - U2 Page 8 of 14

V V V V V V V V V V
V V V V k
G/D Gsus4/D G/D C/G Csus4/G C/G

V V V V V V
65
I V V V V V V V V V V k
let ring let ring

T 12 12 13 13 12 5 5 6 6 5
A 12 12 12 12 12 5 5 5 5 5
12 12 12 12 12 5 5 5 5 5
B

I cV c cV c
U V } V U V } V
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
T
A
B
3 (3) x 8 (8) 3 (3) x 8 (8)
sl. sl. sl. sl.
D.S. al Coda

V V V V V V V V V V V V
G/D Gsus4/D G/D C/G Csus4/G C/G

V V V k V V V V V V k
69
I V V V V V V V V V
let ring let ring

T 12 12 13 13 12 5 5 6 6 5
A 12 12 12 12 12 5 5 5 5 5
12 12 12 12 12 5 5 5 5 5
B

I cV c c
U V } V U V V V V V
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ P.M.

T
A
B
3 (3) x 8 (8) 3 (3) 3 7 8 (8)
sl. sl. sl.

S
E Chorus

c
^ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ k _ ^
G5 D D
Gtr III

c
6 10fr.

j WW VV VV
c
VV VV VV VV VV j V V Vc V
gV
73
I W W
W W W W
Gtr II
3 3 (3) 3 3 3 10 10
T 3 3 (3) 3 3 3 10
A 11
B
3 3 3 3 10 10
sl.
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 RED HILL MINING TOWN - U2 Page 9 of 14

c
_ _ _ _ _ k ^ _ _ ^ _ _ k _ _
XIV
D F B C

2 open

V V c V c c
gV V V j V VV VV VV VV VV VV VV VV k
76
I V V W j
u W W V V V V
u u
10 10 1 1 (1) 1 1 1
T 10 10 1 1 1 (1) 1 1 1
A 11
12
B
10 10 10 1 1 (1) 1 1 1

c c
sl.

^ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ^
G5

c c c
j V V V V V V c VV VV VV k j V V VV
I W V V
W V V W
79

u W W
8 8 (8) 8 8 8 3 3
T 8 8 8 8 8 3 3
A 4
10
B
8 8 (8) 8 8 3 3

_ _ _ _ _ _ ^ ^ _ _ _ _ j
D D

6 10fr.

V W c
VV VV WW gVV V V VV WW V V
82
I U U
V V V V V V
u
3 3 10 10 10
T 3 3 3 10
A 11 11 11 (11)
12 12 12 (12)
B

b
3 3 3 3 3 3 10 (10)
sl.

^ ^ _ ^ ___ _ __^ _ ___ _

F F 11 F B C

c c
6 7fr.

j VV VV VV VV VV VV WW VV V V WW
I cV c
V
85

U V V V V V W V V V V
u u u u
1 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 1
T 1 1 1 1 (1) 1 (1) 1
A
B
1 (1) 1 1 0 1 1 1 (1) 8 (8)
sl. sl.
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 RED HILL MINING TOWN - U2 Page 10 of 14

F Verse

^ ^ ^ ^
G C/G

I c c
V V V V V V V V
89

U V U V
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T
A
B
3 (3) 3 7 8 (8) 3 (3) 3 7 8 (8)
sl. sl.

^ ^ ^ ^
G C/G

I c
V V V V V V V V V V
93

U V U V
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ P.M. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
T
A
B
3 (3) 3 7 8 (8) 3 (3) 3 8 8 8 8 7
sl. sl. sl.

^ ^ ^ ^
G C/G

I c
V V V V V V V V V V
97

U V U V
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T
A
B
3 (3) 3 7 8 (8) 3 (3) 3 8 8 8 8 7
sl. sl. sl.

^ ^ ^ ^
G C/G

I c c
V V V V V V V V
101

U V U V
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ P.M. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ P.M.

T
A
B
3 (3) 3 7 8 (8) 3 (3) 3 7 8 10
sl. sl. sl.

V V V c V
D5 D

V V u u V gV V V
105
I V u V V V V
10 10 (10) 10
T 10 10 10
A 11
B
10 10 10 10
sl.

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c
A F5

V V V V WW VV V V j V V V V
I gV u
u V
107

V W V V U
5 5 (5) 5 1 1
T 5 (5) 5 1 1
A 6
B
5 5 5 5 1

b
sl.

c c
F 11

V V WW k V j V V V VV V V V V V V k
110
I V
V V V V V V W V V V V W V V
1 (1) 1 1 1 1
T 1 1 1 1 1 1
A 4
B
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 (1) 1 1
sl.

c
_ k k _ _ _
G Chorus

^ _ ^
G5 G DXIV
Gtr III

c
6 3fr.

j WW VV VV
c
VV VV VV VV VV j V V Vc V
gV
113
I W W
W W W W
3 3 (3) 3 3 3 10 10
T 3 3 (3) 3 3 3 10
A 11
B
3 3 3 3 10 10

c Fb11 F G
sl.

_ _ _ _ j ^ ^ _ _ k _ _ _
F

3 open

V V c V c c
gV V V j V VV VV VV VV VV VV VV VV k
116
I V V W j
u W W V V V V
u u
10 10 1 1 (1) 1 1 1
T 10 10 1 1 1 (1) 1 1 1
A 11
12
B
10 10 10 1 1 (1) 1 1 1
sl.

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 RED HILL MINING TOWN - U2 Page 12 of 14

^ _ _ _ _ _ ^
C G5

c c c
j V V V V V V c VV VV VV k j V V VV
I W V V
W V V W
119

u W W
8 8 (8) 8 8 8 3 3
T 8 8 8 8 8 3 3
A 4
10
B
8 8 (8) 8 8 3 3

c
^ _ _ k _ ^ ^ _ _
DXIV

V W c V
V V W gVV V V VV WW V
122
I V V W U U
V V V V V V
u
3 3 10 10 10
T 3 3 3 10
A 11 11 11 (11)
12 12 12 (12)
B
3 3 3 3 3 3 10 (10)
sl.

c GC
^ _ _ _ _ ^ ^
F

c c
j VV VV VV VV VV VV WW VV V V WW
125
I
U V V V V V W V V
u u u u
1 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 1
T 1 1 1 1 (1) 1 (1) 1
A
B
1 (1) 1 1 0 1 1

c
^ _ _ k k _ _ _
Csus4 C D G5

VV c c
V VVVV VV
VV
VV gVV VV
VV V V k j V V V V V c V V
128
I VVV V V V
U W V
u
let ring let ring
8 8 3 3 (3) 3
T 8 8 10 10 3 3 3
A 9 10 9 11 11 0 0
10 10 12 12
B 10
8 3 (3) (3)
sl.

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^ _ _ _ _ j ^ ^
D F

c c
j V V Vc V V V c V V c
gV gV V V V k j VV VV VV V
131
I U U VV VV VV
U
let ring let ring let ring
10 10 (10) 10 10 1 1 1 1
T 10 10 10 10 1 1 1
A 11 11 2 2 2
3 3 3
B
10 10 1

c
sl.

_ _ k _ _ _ ^ _ _ _ _ _
C

c WW VV VV
V c VV VV k j W V V WWW VV VV VV
V V V
134
I VV V V V
U W V
W V u
u
let ringlet ring let ring let ring
1 1 8 8 (8) 8 8
T (1) 1 1 1 8 8 (8) 8 8
A (2) 2 9 9 (9) 9 9
B
1 (1) 8 8 8

c
sl. sl.

^ ^ _ _ k _ ^
G5 D

c
j V V V
c c
V V c V V j V V Vc V
gV
137
I V V V U
U W V
u
let ring let ring let ring
3 3 (3) 3 10 10
T 3 3 3 10
A 0 0 11
B
3 (3) 3 10

c
sl.

^ _ _ ^ _ _ _ _
F

c
V V c V V c
gV V V V k j V V V V V c V VV VV k
140
I U V V V V
U U
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10 10 1 1 (1) 1 1
T 10 10 10 1 1 1 1 1 1
A 11 2
3 3
B
10 1 1
sl.

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 RED HILL MINING TOWN - U2 Page 14 of 14

GC
^ ^
G5

c c
j V V V V V c V VV VV k j
V V V V V V V
143
I U W j V
U
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8 8 (8) 8 8 3 3
T 8 8 8 8 8 8 3
A 9 0
10 10
B
8 (8) 3

c c
V V Vc
D

c V V V c V V
V V c V V j gV gV V V V k
146
I V V U U
W V
u
let ringlet ring let ring let ring
3 10 10 (10) 10 10
T 3 3 10 10 10 10
A 0 11 11
B
3 10 10
sl.

c
F N.C.

j V V V V V
149
I V V V W
U V V V V V V V V V V V V
u
let ring let ring let ring let ring let ring
1 1 (1)
T 1 1 1
A 2
3
B
1 (1) 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1

152
I
V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V
let ring

T
A
B
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0

k UU UU
Csus2

154
I UU UU
V V V V V V V
let ring let ring
3 (3)
T 3 (3)
A 0 (0)
B 3 (3)
1 1 1 0 1 1 0

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