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Three Imaginary Boys

The Cure
Tab
★4.6(10)

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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~From: mrgreen@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (matthew green)

3 Imaginary Boys The Cure.

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The chords are..

Intro: Em G B D#dim

Bridge: Am G B B

Chorus: G F#m F Eb Em

Em 022000

G 320033

B x24442

D#dim x21003

Am x02210

F#m 244222

Eb x221xx

The bass is like this:

First time..

g -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
d -|--------------------------|--------------1--1--2--4---|
a -|--------------------------|--2------------------------|
e -|--0-----------3--3--------|---------------------------|

| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |

Verse.

g -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
d -|--2--2--4--2--------------|--------------1--1--2--4---|
a -|--------------------------|--2--2--1--2---------------|
e -|--------------3--3--5--3--|---------------------------|

| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |

Bridge

g -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
d -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
a -|--0--0--2--0--------------|--2--2--2--2-2-2-2--3--5---|
e -|--------------3--3--5--3--|---------------------------|

| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |

Chorus

g -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
d -|--5--5--7--5--4--4--5--4--|--3--3--4--3--1--1--2--4---|
a -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
e -|--------------------------|---------------------------|

| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |

This is pretty much what the solo is.. I'm a tiny bit unsure

of some of the timing - I was too lazy to listen to it to

check...

e -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
b -|--------------------------|--------------------5--7---|
g -|-----------------0-----2--|--4-----------7--7---------|
d -|--2-----------------------|---------------------------|
a -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
e -|--------------------------|---------------------------|

| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |

e -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
b -|--5-----------------------|---------------------------|
g -|--------------7--7-----4--|--4-----------2--2-0-------|
d -|--------------------------|--------------------4------|
a -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
e -|--------------------------|---------------------------|

| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |

e -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
b -|--------------------------|--------------------5--7---|
g -|-----------------0-----2--|--4-----------7--7---------|
d -|--2-----------------------|---------------------------|
a -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
e -|--------------------------|---------------------------|

| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |

e -|--------------------------|--------11----12----14-----|
b -|--5-----7-----8-----10----|--12-----------------------|
g -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
d -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
a -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
e -|--------------------------|---------------------------|

| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |

e -|--15----------------------|---------------------------|
b -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
g -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
d -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
a -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
e -|--------------------------|---------------------------|

| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |

Singing starts again on the e-15 ...

.. blah. so much for just fixing up Chris's mistakes. :)

l8r..

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Transcribed by Matthew Green.

"Oh, I wasn't expecting this. Now everything is destroyed."

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Ted Graves

rudeboy@uclink2.berkeley.edu

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