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Never Enough

The Cure
Tab
★4.3(5)

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

Song

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Never Enough by The Cure (Smith, Gallup, Thompson, Williams)

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Tabbed by Greg O'Beirne - gobeirne@lethe.uwa.edu.au

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Times given are from "Never Enough (Big Mix)" from Mixed Up.

Bass line (from 0:19 onwards)

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

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-5-5-5--3-33-3---0-0-0-00-00-0-0-5-5-5--3-33-3---0-0-0-00-00-0-0-|

Riff1 (found at 0:57)

(with wah)

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

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-7~~-5-----5-------------------7~~---5-----5---------------------|
---------7-----7~~---5---5-7-------------7-------7~~~~~~~~~~\----|
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Chorus:

(at 2:25)

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

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-3-3-3-35-55-5-5-----------------3-3-3-35-55-5-5-----------------|
-----------------0-0-0-00-00-0-0-----------------0-0-0-00-00-0-0-|

(at 2:32)

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

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---------------------------------3-3-3-35-55-5-5-----------------|
-5-5-5-53-33-3-3-5-5-5-53-33-3-3-----------------0-0-0-00-00-0-0-|

Another Riff (found at 2:04)

(with wah)

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

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--7b8h5--------------------------| Play this 3 times

--------7-7----X7---7----X7------|
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1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

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XX9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- Then play this...

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Bass Pull-Off variation (found at 3:20)

1 + 2\/\/\/3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

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--5---5---5p3p0h3------------3~~~0-------------------------------|

Triplet

Additions/Corrections/Comments needed and welcomed :)

--

Greg O'Beirne

gobeirne@lethe.uwa.edu.au

"what ever I do it's never enough...."

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