"THE DROWNING MAN"
Words by: R.Smith  Music by: The Cure  published by: Fiction Records, 1981
Tabbed by: graph_sas

Tuning: normal 
Intro: Dm, Em, Bb

Riff 1: [Dm, Em, Bb]

Dm (xx0231@1)               Em (022000@1)She stands twelve feet above the flood
    BbShe (x1333x@1)stares
Alone
Across the water
     Dm (xx0231@1)                EmThe (022000@1)loneliness grows and slowly 
          BbFills (x1333x@1)her frozen body
Sliding downwards

Riff 2: [G, F#, Bb]
G (320003@1)            F#One (244322@1)by one her senses die 
    BbThe (x1333x@1)memories fade 
And leave her eyes
       G (320003@1)               F#Still (244322@1)seeing worlds that never were
     Bb (x1333x@1)                        Repeat Riff 1: [Dm, Em, Bb] x2
And one by one the bright birds leave her ...
                                 Repeat Riff 2: [G, F#, Bb] x 2

Dm (xx0231@1)             EmStarting (022000@1)at the violent sound
     BbShe (x1333x@1)tries to turn
But final
Noiseless
Dm (xx0231@1)                  EmSlips (022000@1)and strikes her soft dark head
    BbThe (x1333x@1)water bows
Receives her

G (320003@1)              F# (244322@1)  BbAnd (x1333x@1)drowns her at its ease
 G (320003@1)              F# (244322@1)  BbDrowns (x1333x@1)her at its ease

Dm (xx0231@1)                EmI (022000@1)would have left the world all bleeding
BbCould (x1333x@1)I only help you love
    Dm (xx0231@1)               Em (022000@1)        BbThe (x1333x@1)fleeting shapes so many years ago

So young and beautiful and brave

G (320003@1)             F#Everything (244322@1)was true
            BbIt (x1333x@1)couldn't be a story
   G (320003@1)             F#I (244322@1)wish it was all true
           BbI (x1333x@1)wish it couldn't be a story

DmThe (xx0231@1)words all left me
EmLifeless (022000@1)Hoping
BbBreathing (x1333x@1)like the drowning man
    Dm (xx0231@1)  EmOh (022000@1)Fushia
You leave me
Bb (x1333x@1)                            G, F#, BbBreathing (x1333x@1)like the drowning man
Bb (x1333x@1)                            G, F#, BbBreathing (x1333x@1)like the drowning man
Repeat Riff 1,and 2 two times alternately to the end...