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U2 - All I Want Is You - Guitar Lesson

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Rattle and Hum album cover
Rattle and Hum
1988 6:31
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U2 Pop Rock 1988 D major
Capo Advisor 0 D major · Original key

About All I Want Is You

From the 1988 album Rattle and Hum, this U2 track sits in D major at a moderate 113 BPM, and the guitar work rewards careful attention to feel as much as to notes. The Edge builds the song around a clean, arpeggiated figure that rings openly rather than being picked hard, so your right-hand control matters a great deal. Getting those arpeggios to breathe and sustain evenly is the real challenge, and if the pattern keeps tripping you up, use the Practice Toolbar to loop that opening section slowed down until the picking motion becomes automatic. Standard E tuning keeps everything accessible, but the song's quiet intensity means any sloppy note rings out clearly, so cleanliness is the goal throughout. As the track builds, the rhythm guitar swells with Pop Rock restraint, always serving the dynamic arc rather than pushing to the front. Focus on dynamics and touch: going from barely-there to full strums is what makes this one convincing.

  • The song's guitar part centres on a clean arpeggiated pattern in D major that demands consistent right-hand control and even pick attack.
  • Playing in standard E tuning at 113 BPM, the tempo is relaxed enough to focus on dynamics and note clarity throughout.
  • The main challenge is controlling your volume swell from delicate picked arpeggios to full rhythmic strums without losing the song's quiet mood.

How to Play All I Want Is You

Tuning: E Standard · Key: D major · Tempo: 113 BPM

Use the section loop to isolate a passage, drop the speed below 100%, and set the metronome to 113 BPM to build it up to tempo.

Fender Stratocaster
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Fender Stratocaster

The Edge uses American Vintage Stratocasters for their bright single-coil sparkle, delivering the glassy chime essential to clean arpeggios like 'One' where delay patterns need absolute clarity. The articulate tone lets every note ring distinctly through his dense effects chain.

Fender Telecaster
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Fender Telecaster

The Edge's 1975 Fender Telecaster Custom provides crisp, chimey tones for cleaner passages, offering single-coil brightness that cuts through his signature delay textures without losing note definition.

Gibson Les Paul Standard
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Gibson Les Paul Standard

While less documented than his Explorer, the Les Paul Standard's humbucker warmth and sustain complement The Edge's heavier, distorted textures on tracks requiring thicker tonal body.

Gibson Les Paul Custom
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Gibson Les Paul Custom

The Edge deploys the Gibson Les Paul Custom for specific heavier tracks, using its humbucker output to generate warmer, more sustained tones that anchor driving rhythms with midrange punch.

Gibson Explorer
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Gibson Explorer

The Edge's 1976 Gibson Explorer with modified bridge humbucker is his signature guitar, providing the midrange punch and sustain needed for his iconic dotted-eighth delay patterns on 'Where The Streets Have No Name' and 'Pride'.

Fender Deluxe Reverb
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Fender Deluxe Reverb

The Edge uses Fender Deluxe Reverbs alongside his Vox AC30s for pristine clean tones and lush reverb textures, creating stereo width that showcases his delay-driven arpeggios with spatial depth.

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