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A Reflection

The Cure
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★4.7(6)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 95 12:31:21 EST

From: Winston Campbell <jieuryli@eden.rutgers.edu>

Subject: A REFLECTION by The Cure

A Reflection

(Gallup/Hartley/Smith/Tolhurst)

The opening instrumental for -Seventeen Seconds- is simply:

Riff A:

A5 Bb Gm A5

E -5-------|-6------|--3-------|--5------||
B -5-------|-6------|-(3)------|--5------||
G -x-----5-|-7------|--3---6-3-|--x------||
D -7-------|-8------|--5-------|-(7)-----||
A -7---7---|-8------|--5-------|--7------||
E -5-------|-6------|--3-------|--5------||

(The number in the parenthesis is the note that is accented by the piano

playing)

Riff B:

Fmaj7 F5

E -0------|-------||
B -1------|-------||
G -2------|-------||
D -3------|-3-----||
A -3------|-3-----||
E -1------|-1-----||

Play: Riff 1 (4x), Riff 2 (4x), Riff 1 (4x)

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