Play For Today - The Cure
(Smith/Gallup/Hartley/Tolhurst)
Tabbed by: gintareforever9 (gintareforever9@gmail.com or craigmartinwi@yahoo.com)
Intro Part 1:
|---------------||-------------<12>-<7>--------<5>------||------------------------|
|---------------||----<12>------------<7>-----<5>--<5>--||----<12>----------------|
|-[4 bar drums]-||--<12>----------------<7>-<5>---------||--<12>-------<12>-------|
|---------------||--------------------------------------||---------------<12>-----|
|---------------||--------------------------------------||------------------------|
|---------------||--------------------------------------||------------------------|
|------<12>-<7>--------<5>-----------||------------------------------|
|----<12>-----<7>-----<5>--<5>-------||----<12>----------------------|
|--<12>---------<7>-<5>------<5>-----||--<12>------<12>------<12>----|
|------------------------------<5>---||--------------<12>------<12>--|
|-------------------------------<5>--||------------------------------|
|------------------------------------||------------------------------|
Intro Part 2:
C#m C
|------------------------------0-0--||------------------0---0---0---0-0--|
|------5-----0-----0-----5-----5-5--||------5-----0-----0---0---0---0-0--|
|------6-----6-----6-----6-----6-6--||------5-----5-----5---5---5---5-5--|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
Verses:
Bm A G
|------0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0--| |------------------0-----0-----0----|
|------3-3-0-0-0-------2-2-0-0-0--| |------------------0-----0-----0----|
Guitar |--4---4-4-4-4-4---2---2-2-2-2-2--| |------------------4-----4-----4----|
|--4---4-4-4-4-4---2---2-2-2-2-2--| [3xs] |--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|--2---2-2-2-2-2---0---0-0-0-0-0--| |--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|---------------------------------| |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
Keyboard|-------------------------------------------------------| Repeats during nonvocal
|--11~----------12-11~----------12-11~----------11------| Verse Riff
|-------12-14~----------12-14~----------12-14~-----12~--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
1st Chorus:
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/c/cure/320767.html ]
C#m D
|------0-----0-0---0------------------|
|------5-----5-5---0--------0----0-0--|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7----7-7-7--7-7-7--|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7----7-7-7--7-7-7--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5----5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|-------------------------------------|
2nd Chorus (Instrumental Section):
E D
|------0---0-0------------0---0-0-0--|
|------0---0-0------------0---0-0-0--|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|------------------------------------|
Lead Following 2nd Chorus:
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9/-----1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Later in the song variation of A chord riff in verse:
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|--0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-------------------|
Outro Part 1:
F# Em7
|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0--------0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0--------3-----3-----3-----3-----3--|
|------3-----3-----3-----3-----3--------0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
Keyboard During
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--11~------9-11-12~-------14--11~--------9-11-12~-------14-16~--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro Part 2 (same as part 1 but minor change on Em chord)
|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0----0--2--3--0--2--3--0--2--3--0--2--3--0--2--3--|
|------3-----3-----3-----3-----3----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
Order:
Intro Part 1
Intro Part 2
Verse + Keyboard [2xs]
Verse [2xs]
Chorus 1 [3xs]
Intro Part 2
Verse + Keyboard [2xs]
Verse [2xs]
2nd Chorus [3xs]
Intro Part 2 + Lead Following 2nd Chorus
Verse + Keyboard
Verse with changed A riff + Keyboard
Outro Part 1 [2xs] + Keyboard During
Outro Part 1
Outro Part 2
This was a fun song to tab out and I am planning on doing this for the entire
Seventeen Seconds album
