Mofo Music by U2 Lyrics by Bono and The Edge Transcribed by Brandon Leniart This is Bono's favorite song off the album--"My whole life's in that song."--it's tuned down 1/2 step, and in A minor. synthesizer riff: 1---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5---7p0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3p0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3p0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-3-3-4-5-6-7-7- 6---------------------------------------------------------------------- pitches of random noises: 1---15---15\3/5-- 2---------------- 3---------------- 4---------------- 5---------------- 6---------------- 1------------ 2---12b(13)-- 3------------ 4------------ 5------------ 6------------ 1------------ 2---13b(15)-- 3------------ 4------------ 5------------ 6------------ 1--------------------------------- 2--------------------------------- 3--------------------<5>-<5>-<5>-- 4---5-5-3-3-2-2-0-0--------------- 5--------------------------------- 6--------------------------------- basic keyboard riff over verse: 1--------------|------------|------------|------------| 2--------------|------------|------------|------------| 3---7--7--7--7-|-5--5--5--5-|-2--2--2--2-|-2--2--2--2-| 4---7--7--7--7-|-5--5--5--5-|-2--2--2--2-|-2--2--2--2-| 5--------------|------------|------------|------------| 6--------------|------------|------------|------------| Lookin' for to save my, save my soul Lookin' for the places where no flowers grow Lookin' for to fill that GOD shaped hole Mother mother sucking rock and roll Holy dunc, spacejunk comin'in for the spash (been around the back...been around the front) White dopes on punk staring into the flash Lookin' for baby Jesus under the trash Mother mother sucking rock and rooll Mother..rock and roll Am 1---5---------5/17----12--13--15---------- 2---5-----------------------------13--10-- 3---5------------------------------------- 4---7------------------------------------- 5---7------------------------------------- 6---5------------------------------------- Am G Mother, am I still your son? F Am You know I've waited so long to hear you say so Am G Mother, you left and made me someone F Am Now I'm still a child, but no one tells me "no" During chorus, guitar plays these notes with the corresponding chords: 1------------------------------------- 2---10--------8---------6---------\2-- 3------------------------------------- 4------------------------------------- 5------------------------------------- 6------------------------------------- Lookin' for a sound that's gonna drown out the world Lookin' for the father of my two little girls Got the swing, got the sway, got my straw in lemonade Still looking for the face I had before I was made Mother mother sucking rock and roll Bubble poppin' sugar droppin' rock and roll 1---12-----------12----------12------------13--15--15------------ 2---------10-----------10-----------10-------------------13--10-- 3---------------------------------------------------------------- 4---------------------------------------------------------------- 5---------------------------------------------------------------- 6---------------------------------------------------------------- Woo me sister Move me brother Soothe me mother Rule me father Show me mother --Brandon Leniart