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Hanging Garden

The Cure
Bass Tab
★4.5(7)

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

Song

Standard tuning

Intro

G|---|
D|---|

A|-5-|

E|---|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------5-5-5--7-7-7-|
A|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8--10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

Verse

G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------5-5-5--7-7-7-|
A|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8--10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------5-5-5--7-7-7-|
A|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8--10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------5-5-5--7-7-7-|
A|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------|
E|----------------------6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-|

Chorus

G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6--8-8-8--10-10-10-|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------5-5-5--7-7-7-|
A|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8--10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------5-5-5--7-7-7-|
A|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------|
E|----------------------6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6--8-8-8--10-10-10-|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|-------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
E|------------------------------------------|

2 times

G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
E|------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-10-10--12-12-12--13-13-13--5-|
E|---------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------5-5-5--7-7-7-|
A|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8--10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------5-5-5--7-7-7-|
A|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------|
E|----------------------6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------5-5-5--7-7-7-|
A|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

4 times

G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|------------------------------------------|

4 times

Outro

G|---|
D|---|

A|-5-|

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