"Fire In Cairo" by The Cure
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transcribed by Gilles Velay (gvelay@free.fr)

Notations
? w : whole?????? e : 8th
? h : half??????? s : 16th
? q : quarter

Riff 1
------
??? q?? q?? e q?? e?? q?? q?? e q+e???? q?? q?? e e q???? e q?? q?? e e e? 
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|-4---4-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-6---6---4-4---6-|---------4-4-----|-2---2---2-2-2---|-2-2---2---2-2-2-|

Riff 1b
-------
??? q?? q?? e q?? e?? q?? q?? e q+e???? q?? q?? e e q???? e q?? q?? e e e? 
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4---4---4-4-4-|
A-|-----------------|-4---4-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-6---6---4-4---6-|---------4-4-----|-2---2---2-2-2---|-----------------|

Riff 1c
-------
??? q?? q?? e q?? e?? q?? q?? e q+e???? q?? e e q?? e e?? q?? e e q?? e e? 
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----4-4-----4-4-|
A-|-----------------|-4---4-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-6---6---4-4---6-|---------4-4-----|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|

Riff 1d
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??? q?? q?? e q?? e?? q?? q?? e q+e???? e e q?? e e e e?? e e e e e e e e?? w?? 
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-5-5-6-6-7-7-|-8--|
A-|-----------------|-4---4-----------|-----------------|-----------------|----|
E-|-6---6---4-4---6-|---------4-4-----|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-----------------|----|


Riff 2
------
??? q q q q?? e q?? q?? e e e? 
G-|---------|-----------------|
D-|-3-3-4-4-|-3-3---4-----2---|
A-|---------|-----------4---4-|
E-|---------|-----------------|


Riff 3
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??? q q q q q q q q?? e q?? q?? e q??? 
G-|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-4---6---6-6---|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|

Riff 3b
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??? q+e?? q?? e q???? q+e?? q?? e q??? 
G-|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-3-----3---3-3---|-4-----4---4-4---|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|


Riff 4
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??? q???? e? e? e? e? e? e??? e? e? e? e? e? e? e? e??? e e q?? e e q??? 
G-|----------10----------5--|-6--6--8--10----------6--|-----------------|
D-|-8-----11----6--6--8-----|-------------6--6--8-----|-4-4-4---4-4-4---|
A-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
E-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|

??? e e e e e e e e? 
G-|---6---7---8---9-|
D-|-4---5---6---7---|
A-|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|



Song Structure
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Intro Guitar

Verse 1 
?? Riff 1?? (x 4)
?? Riff 2?? (x 2)

Bridge
?? Riff 1?? (x 2)

Verse 2
?? Riff 1?? (x 3)
?? Riff 1b

Chorus
?? Riff 3?? (x 3)
?? Riff 3b

Musical Bridge
?? Riff 1?? (x 3)
?? Riff 1b

Chorus
?? Riff 3?? (x 8)

Bass Solo
?? one bass plays Riff 1 while a second bass plays Riff 4?? (x 4)

Final Verse
?? Riff 1c? (x3)
?? Riff 1d