The Playboy Mansion  
 

Music by U2
Lyrics by Bono and The Edge
 

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This is Larry's favorite, in E major.
 

intro, with wah:
 

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 (intro played with this riff, same riff during slide part):
 

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E
If Coke is a mystery, Michael Jackson...history
 

(use these next 2 riffs as the basis for solos during the verse):
 

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A
If beauty is truth
 

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E
And surgery...the fountain of youth
 

C#m F#m
What am I to do?
 
C#m A
Have I got the gifts to get me through
 
E
The gates of that mansion
 

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E
If OJ is more than a drink
And a Big Mac bigger than you think
 

A
If perfume is an obsession
 

E
And talk shows...confession
 

C#m F#m
What have we got to lose?
 

C#m A
Another push and maybe we'll be through
 

E
The gates of that mansion
I never bought a lotto ticket, I never parked in anyone's space
The banks they're like cathedrals, I guess casinos took their place
 

A E
Love come on down, don't wake her she'll come around
Chance is a kind of religion
Where you're damned for plain hard luck
I never did see that movie, never did read that book
 

A E
Love come on down, let my numbers come around
 

C#m F#m
Don't know if I can hold on
 

C#m A
Don't know if I'm that strong
 

C#m F#m
Don't know if I can wait that long
 

C#m A
Till the colours come flashing and the lights go on
 

E
Then will there be no time for sorrow?
Then will there be no time for shame?
 

A E
Though I can't say why, I know I've got to believe
 

C#m F#m
We'll go driving in that pool
 

C#m A
It's who you know that gets you through
 

E
The gates of the playboy mansion
Then will there be no time of sorrow?
Then will there be no time for pain?
Then will there be no time of sorrow?
Then will there be no time for shame?-