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From: Sagi Assaf 

Chords for : The Cure - The Figurehead
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Guitar ONE (power chords) :

Intro : C5 Bb5 F5 G#5 C5 Bb5 F5 G#5 C5 Bb5 F5 G#5

C5 (x355xx@1)            Bb5Sharp (x133xx@1)and open, leave me alone
    F5 (133xxx@1)                G#5And (133xxx@4)sleeping less every night
       C5 (x355xx@1)                    Bb5As (x133xx@1)the days become heavier and weighted
        F5 (133xxx@1)              G#5Waiting (133xxx@4)in the cold light
           C5 (x355xx@1)                           Bb5 (x133xx@1)             F5A (133xxx@1)noise, a scream tears my clothes as the figurines tighten
               G#5With (133xxx@4)spiders inside them
                C5 (x355xx@1)                Bb5And (x133xx@1)dust on the lips of a vision of hell
                 F5 (133xxx@1)           G#5I (133xxx@4)laughed in the mirror for the first time in a year.

C5 Bb5 F5 G#5 }*2 (with Rhythm Figure 1)

  C5 (x355xx@1)                Bb5 (x133xx@1)              F5 (133xxx@1)     G#5A (133xxx@4)hundred other words blind me with your purity
        C5 (x355xx@1)                    Bb5Like (x133xx@1)an old painted doll in the throes of dance
  F5 (133xxx@1)                  G#5I (133xxx@4)think about tomorrow
              C5Please (x355xx@1)let me sleep
                   Bb5As (x133xx@1)I slip down the window
F5 (133xxx@1)                 G#5Freshly (133xxx@4)sqashed fly
         C5 (x355xx@1)   Bb5 (x133xx@1)      F5 (133xxx@1)      G#5You (133xxx@4)mean nothing, you mean nothing.

C5 F#5 C5 F#5 }*2 (with Rhythm Figure 3)
C5 Bb5 F5 G#5 }*4 (Rhythm Figure 1 twice, then 6, then 1 again)
      C5 (x355xx@1)           Bb5 (x133xx@1)            F5 (133xxx@1)            G#5I (133xxx@4)can lose myself in Chinese art and American girls
        C5All (x355xx@1)the time
               B5b
Lose me in the dark
             F5 (133xxx@1)   G#5Please (133xxx@4)do it right
                 C5Running (x355xx@1)into the night
              Bb5I (x133xx@1)will lose myself tomorrow
F5 (133xxx@1)             G#5Crimson (133xxx@4)pain, my heart explodes
   C5 (x355xx@1)        Bb5My (x133xx@1)memory in a fire
                 F5And (133xxx@1)someone will listen
   G#5At (133xxx@4)least for a short while.

C5 F#5 C5 F#5 }*2    (with Rhythm Figure 3)
Eb5 F#5 Eb5 F#5 }*2  (with Rhythm Figure 4)
F5 F5 F5 F5 F5       (with Rhythm Figure 5 - with every F5)

       F5(I (133xxx@1)can never say no)
      F5 (133xxx@1)            F5I (133xxx@1)can never say no to anyone but you.

C5 Bb5 F5 G#5 }*4 (with Rhythm Figure 2 twice, then 6, then 2 again)

C5 (x355xx@1)              Bb5Too (x133xx@1)many secrets, too many lies
F5 (133xxx@1)                 G#5Writhing (133xxx@4)with hatred
C5 (x355xx@1)              Bb5 (x133xx@1)                        F5 (133xxx@1)G#5Too (133xxx@4)many secrets, please make it good tonight
        C5But (x355xx@1)the same image haunts me
   Bb5 (x133xx@1)                          F5In (133xxx@1)sequence, in despair of time
       G#5 (133xxx@4)            C5I (x355xx@1)will never be clean again
            Bb5 (x133xx@1)            F5Touched (133xxx@1)her eyes, pressed my stained face
       G#5 (133xxx@4)            C5I (x355xx@1)will never be clean again (with Rhythm Figure 1)
          Bb5 (x133xx@1)          F5Touch (133xxx@1)her eyes, press my stained face
       G#5 (133xxx@4)            C5 (x355xx@1)Bb5 (x133xx@1)F5I (133xxx@1)will never be clean again
       G#5 (133xxx@4)            C5 (x355xx@1)Bb5 (x133xx@1)F5I (133xxx@1)will never be clean again
       G#5 (133xxx@4)            C5 (x355xx@1)Bb5 (x133xx@1)F5I (133xxx@1)will never be clean again
       G#5I (133xxx@4)will never be clean again.


Guitar TWO : -When guitar ONE plays C5 during verses :

                e|--------------|
        B|--------1-------------|
        G|------0---------------|    (Cm)
        D|----1-----------------|
        A|--3-------------------|
        E|----------------------|


             -Rhythm Figure 1 :

	e|----------------3--1------|
	B|--1-3-4-1-3-4--------4-3--|
	G|--------------1-----------|
	D|--------------------------|
	A|--------------------------|
	E|--------------------------|


             -Rhythm Figure 2 :

	e|--------1-----------------|
	B|--1-3-4---3---------------|
	G|------------3-1--(0)-(1)--|
	D|--------------------------|
	A|--------------------------|
	E|--------------------------|


             -Rhythm Figure 3 :

	e|--------2-3-2---|
	B|--1-3-4---------|
	G|----------------|
	D|----------------|
	A|----------------|
	E|----------------|


             -Rhythm Figure 4 :

	e|--11-----11-------------|
	B|------12----------------|
	G|-------------11--12-11--|
	D|------------------------|
	A|------------------------|
	E|------------------------|


             -Rhythm Figure 5 :

	e|------------|
	B|------------|
	G|--10--13-12-|
	D|------------|
	A|------------|
	E|------------|


             -Rhythm Figure 6 :

	e|--------1-----------1--------|
	B|--1-3-4---4-3-1-3-4--4-3-----|
	G|-----------------------------|
	D|-----------------------------|
	A|-----------------------------|
	E|-----------------------------|

OK, that's it, not very difficult.

Any feedback, corrections, suggestions, questions, etc... :
                 s3220602@techst02.technion.ac.il


Enjoy.

- Transcribed by Assaf Sagi, 20/09/94 -