"Play For Today" by The Cure (from the album "17 seconds") ========================================================== transcribed by Gilles Velay (gvelay@free.fr) Notations : w : whole e : 8th / : silde up h : half s : 16th R : rest q : quarter +++ : tied notes Riff 1 ------ q e e q e e e e e q e e e G-|-----------------|-----------------| D-|-2---2-2-5---5-5-|-4-4-4-0---0---0-| A-|-----------------|-------------2---| E-|-----------------|-----------------| Riff 2 ------ q e e q e e e e e q e e e G-|-----------------|-----------------| D-|-2---2-2-0---0-0-|-2-2-2-0---0---0-| A-|-----------------|-------------2---| E-|-----------------|-----------------| Riff 3 ------ e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e G-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| D-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| A-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-/-| E-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| e e e e e e q G-|-------------------------| D-|-------------------------| A-|-14-14-R--14-R--14-14----| E-|-------------------------| Riff 4 ------ q+e e e e e e q+e e e e e e q+e e e e e e q+e e e e e e G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------4-5-|-----------------| E-|-7-----7-7-4-7-4-|-5-----5-5-4-5-4-|-7-----7-7-7-----|-5-----5-5-4-5-4-| q+e e e e e e q+e e e e e e G-|-----------------|-----------------| D-|-----------------|-----------------| A-|-----------------|-----------------| E-|-7-----7-7-4-7-4-|-5-----5-5-4-5-5-| Riff 5 ------ e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e G-|-----------------|-----------------| D-|-----------------|-----------------| A-|-----------------|-----------------| E-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| Riff 5b ------- e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q G-|-------------------|-------------------------| D-|-------------------|-------------------------| A-|-------------------|-------R-----R-----------| E-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-/-|-14-14----14----14-14----| Riff 6 ------ q+e e e e e e q+e e e e e e G-|-----------------|-----------------| D-|-----------------|-----------2-4-2-| A-|-4-----4-4-2-4-2-|-5-----5-5-------| E-|-----------------|-----------------| Riff 7 ------ q+e e q e e e e e e e e e e q+e e q e e e e e e e e e e G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A-|-------------R---|-R---R-----------|-------------R---|-R---R-----------| E-|-2-----2-2-----2-|---2---2-2-2-2-2-|-0-----0-0-----0-|---0---0-0-0-0-0-| ----------------- |Song Structure | ----------------- Intro : drums (4 bars) then Riff 1 (x3) Riff 2 Riff 1 (x3) Riff 2 (x2) Riff 3 Verse 1 Riff 4 + Riff 5 (x2) then lyrics enter Riff 4 + Riff 5 Riff 4 + Riff 5b Bridge 1 Riff 6 (x3) Riff 3 Verse 2 : same as Verse 1 Bridge 2 : same as Bridge 1 Outtro Riff 4 + Riff 5 (x2) Riff 7 (x2) --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tab generated with GnTabber (http://gvelay.free.fr/tools/gntabber) | |on Sun Jul 23 18:29:12 2000 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------