Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:What the Edge is playing in this song has always been a mystery to me lol. There's about 4 different ways to play it, scattered across the net. Watch Mick's video's on youtube (mick3b1g) he does a great cover of it, watch his fingers, he seems to have it down pat. That's how I figured it out.
Yes, Mick plays like Edge does, which isn't high up around the 12-15th frets:
And he doesn't use the variation the 2nd time he plays the chorus riff.