**************************************************************** **THE COMPLETE PORNOGRAPHY’S CHORD CHART ** compilated by: graph_sas Words by: Robert Smith Music by: The Cure From the recognized 1982’s album “Pornography” from The Cure ***************************************************************** ++++++++++++DATE: April 11th, 2009+++++++++++++++ Please contribute to this compilation by sending corrections and or additions to me: Thanks! ^^ WARNING: The following compilation of chords is personal and free on the album published Fiction Records in 1982 for The Cure and only with didactic and philanthropic purposes. songs are copyrighted by the publishers and these tabs are property of his respective authors. The Tabbers are: graph_sas [tabs: 2,3,4,7,8] graph_sas@hotmail.com Winston Campbell [tab 1] Mario Dorion [tab 6] Mario.Dorion@canada.Sun.Com Unregistered [tab 5] (please, send me your name and mail ‘cos your tab is great!!) The Songs are: 1. 100 years 2. A Short Term Effect 3. The Hanging Garden 4. Siamese Twins 5. The Figurehead 6. A Strange Day 7. Cold 8. Pornography +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “100 YEARS” Words by: R.Smith Music by: The Cure published by: Fiction Records, 1982 Tabbed by: Winston Campbell Main Riff: Cm, B It doesn't matter if we all die Ambition in the back of a black car In a high building there is so much to do Going home time A story on the radio Something small falls out of your mouth And we laugh A prayer for something better A prayer for something better Please love me Meet my mother But the fear takes hold Creeping up the stairs in the dark Waiting for the death blow Bridge: Bb Waiting for the death blow Waiting for the death blow Repeat Main Riff: Cm, B Stroking your hair as the patriots are shot Fighting for freedom on the television Sharing the world with slaughtered pigs Have we got everything? She struggles to get away The pain and the creeping feeling A little black haired girl Waiting for Saturday The death of her father pushing her Pushing her white face into the mirror Aching inside me And turn me around Just like the old days Just like the old days Bridge: Bb Just like the old days Just like the old days Caressing an old man And painting a lifeless face Just a piece of new meat in a clean room The soldiers close in under a yellow moon All shadows and deliverance Under a black flag A hundred years of blood Crimson The ribbon tightens round my throat I open my mouth And my head bursts open A sound like a tiger thrashing in the water Thrashing in the water Over and over We die one after the other Over and over We die one after the other Bridge: Bb One after the other One after the other One after the other One after the other Crd: F# It feels like a hundred years A hundred years A hundred years A hundred years A hundred years One hundred years ********************************************************************************** “A SHORT TERM EFFECT” Words by: R.Smith Music by: The Cure published by: Fiction Records, 1982 Tabbed by: graph_sas Main Riff: Dm, C, G, F Dm Movement No movement C G F Just a falling bird Dm C G F Cold as it hits the bleeding ground Dm He lived and died C Catch sight G F Cover me with earth Dm Draped in black C Static G F White sound Here is the brige: Bb A day without substance C A change of thought Bb C An atmosphere that rots with time Bb C Colours that flicker in water Dm C G F A short term effect Repeat the main riff over the verse: Scream As she tries to push him over Helpless and sick With teeth of madness Jump jump dance and sing Sideways across the desert A charcoal face Bites my hand Time is sweet Derange and disengage everything Bb A day without substance C A change of thought Bb C An atmosphere that rots with time Bb C Colours that flicker in water Dm C G F A short term effect Repeat Main Riff: Dm, C, G, F A short term effect A short term effect A short term effect An echo And a stranger's hand A short term effect An echo And a stranger's hand A short term effect ********************************************************************************** “THE HANGING GARDEN” Words by: R.Smith Music by: The Cure published by: Fiction Records, 1982 Tabbed by: graph_sas Dm C Dm C Creatures kissing in the rain Dm C Dm Bb Shapeless in the dark again Dm C Dm C In the hanging garden please don't speak Dm C Dm Bb In the hanging garden no one sleeps Riff: Dm, C, Dm, Bb, C (x2) Catching haloes on the moon Gives my hands the shapes of angels In the heat of the night The animals scream In the heat of the night Walking into a dream... Am Fall fall fall fall Bb Into the walls Am Bb Jump jump out of time Am Fall fall fall fall Bb Out of the sky Am Bb Cover my face as the animals die Dm C Dm, C, In the hanging garden Dm Bb In the hanging garden Creatures kissing in the rain Shapeless in the dark again In a hanging garden Change the past In a hanging garden Wearing furs and masks... Fall fall fall fall Into the walls Jump jump out of time Fall fall fall fall Out of the sky Cover my face as the animals die In the hanging garden In the hanging garden ********************************************************************************** “SIAMESE TWINS” Words by: R.Smith Music by: The Cure published by: Fiction Records, 1982 Tabbed by: graph_sas Am F Dm7 F }*4 Am F Dm7 F I chose an eternity of this Am F Dm7 F Like falling angels the world disappeared Am F Dm7 F Laughing into the fire, is it always like this ? Am F Flesh and blood and the first kiss Dm7 F The first colors the first kiss. Am F Dm7 F }*2 (repeat Am F Dm7 F throughout the verse) We writhed under a red light Voodoo smile, siamese twins Girl at the window looks at me for an hour Then everything falls apart Broken inside me, it falls apart. C Dm7 Am The walls and the ceiling move in time C Dm7 Push a blade into my hands, slowly up the stairs Em And into the room Em Is it always like this ? Am Fmaj7 Dancing in my pocket Am Fmaj7 Worms eat my skin Am Fmaj7 She glows and grows with arms outstretched E7 Her legs around me, in the morning I cried. Am F Dm7 F }*4 (repeat Am F Dm7 F) Leave me to die, you won't remember my voice I walked away and grew old You never talk, we never smile I scream you're nothing And I don't need you anymore You're nothing It fades and spins Fades and spins. C Dm7 Am Sing out loud we all die C Dm7 Laughing into the fire Em Bb Is it always like this ? Em Bb Is it always like this ? No Chord Is it always like this ? ********************************************************************************** “THE FIGUREHEAD” Words by: R.Smith Music by: The Cure published by: Fiction Records, 1982 Tabbed by: unregistered C5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 Sharp and open, leave me alone and sleeping less every night C5 Bb5 As the days become heavier and weighted F5 Ab5 Waiting in the cold light C5 Bb5 F5 A noise, a scream tears my clothes as the figurines tighten Ab5 With spiders inside them C5 Bb5 And dust on the lips of a vision of hell F5 Ab5 I laughed in the mirror for the first time in a year. C5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 Bridge (Figure 1) 2x *1:06* e|-----------------| B|--1-3-4-1-3-4----| G|--------------1--| D|-----------------| A|-----------------| E|-----------------| Verse 2: *1:23* C5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 A hundred other words blind me with your purity C5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 Like an old painted doll in the throes of dance I think about tomorrow C5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 Please let me sleep as I slip down the window freshly squashed fly C5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 You mean nothing, you mean nothing. C5 F#5 C5 Bb5 F5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 Bridge (Figure 2) 4x Bridge (Figure 1) 1x Bridge (Figure 3) 1x *1:58* *2:16* *2:24* e|--------2-3-2--| e|-----------------| e|----------------3--1------| B|--1-3-4--------| B|--1-3-4-1-3-4----| B|--1-3-4-1-3-4--------4-3--| G|---------------| G|--------------1--| G|--------------1-----------| D|---------------| D|-----------------| D|--------------------------| A|---------------| A|-----------------| A|--------------------------| E|---------------| E|-----------------| E|--------------------------| C5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 C5 Bb5 Ab5 Bridge (Figure 4) 1x Bridge (Figure 3) 1x *2:33* *2:41* e|--------1-----------1--------| e|----------------3--1------| B|--1-3-4---4-3-1-3-4--4-3-----| B|--1-3-4-1-3-4--------4-3--| G|-----------------------------| G|--------------1-----------| D|-----------------------------| D|--------------------------| A|-----------------------------| A|--------------------------| E|-----------------------------| E|--------------------------| Verse 3: *2:50* C5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 I can lose myself in Chinese art and American girls C5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 All the time lose me in the dark please do it right C5 Bb5 Running into the night I will lose myself tomorrow F5 Ab5 Crimson pain, my heart explodes C5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 My memory in a fire and someone will listen at least for a short while. C5 F#5 Eb5 F#5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 Bridge (Figure 2) 4x Bridge (Figure 5) 4x Bridge (Figure 6) 5x *3:25* *3:43* *4:00* e|--------2-3-2--| e|--11--14—-11--2--3--2---| e|-----------| B|--1-3-4--------| B|-------------(7)(8)(7)--| B|--6--9--8--| G|---------------| G|-------------11-12-11---| G|-----------| D|---------------| D|------------------------| D|-----------| A|---------------| A|------------------------| A|-----------| E|---------------| E|------------------------| E|-----------| *4:10* F5 (I can never say no) F5 F5 I can never say no to anyone but you. C5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 C5 F5 Ab5 Bridge (Figure 7) 2x Bridge (Figure 4) 1x *4:17* *4:34* e|-----------------6--4--| e|--------1-----------1--------| B|-----------6--8--------| B|--1-3-4---4-3-1-3-4--4-3-----| G|--5--7--8--------------| G|-----------------------------| D|-----------------------| D|-----------------------------| A|-----------------------| A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------| E|-----------------------------| C5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 Bridge (Figure 8) 1x *4:43* e|-----------------6--4--3--1--------------| B|-----------6--8--------------4--3-----1--| G|--5--7--8--------------------------3-----| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------| Verse 4: *4:51* C5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 Too many secrets, too many lies writing with hatred C5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 Too many secrets, please make it good tonight C5 Bb5 F5 But the same image haunts me in sequence, in despair of time Ab5 C5 I will never be clean again Bb5 F5 Touched her eyes, pressed my stained face Ab5 C5 I will never be clean again (Figure 1) Bb5 F5 Touch her eyes, press my stained face Ab5 C5 Bb5 F5 I will never be clean again Ab5 C5 Bb5 F5 I will never be clean again Ab5 C5 Bb5 F5 I will never be clean again Ab5 I will never be clean again. Outro: Drums *6:02-6:13* ********************************************************************************** “A STRANGE DAY” Words by: R.Smith Music by: The Cure published by: Fiction Records, 1982 Tabbed by: Mario Dorion SSE Sun Montreal A B G Give me your eyes that I can see A B G The blind man kissing my hands The sun is humming My head turns to dust as he plays on his knees As he plays on his knees F G And the sand and the sea glows I close my eyes F G Move slowly through drowning waves A B Going away on a strange day And I laugh as I drift in the wind Blind Dancing on a beach of stone Cherish the faces as they wait for the end Sudden hush across the water And we're here again And the sand And the sea grows I close my eyes Move slowly through drowning waves Going away On a strange day F G And the sand and the sea glows I close my eyes F G Move slowly through drowning waves A B Going away on a strange day E F My head falls back and the walls crashed in G A And the sky and the impossible explodes B C And for one moment I remember a song D An expression of sounds E And the everything is gone forever Fig.1 1 - 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 - 3 3 3 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 - 2 0 4 - 5 - 6 - A B G A strange day Repeat fig.1 ********************************************************************************** “COLD” Words by: R.Smith Music by: The Cure published by: Fiction Records, 1982 Tabbed by: graph_sas SYNTH PROGRESSION CHORDS: C, C#, Bb, Ab, F, F# GUITAR PROGRESSION CHORDS: Bm, G Bm Scarred Your back was turned G Curled like an embryo Bm Take another face G You will be kissed again Bm I was cold as I mouthed the words G And crawled across the mirror Bm I wait Await the next breath G Your name Like ice into my heart Main Riff: Bm, G (x2) Bm A shallow grave G A monument to the ruined age Bm Ice in my eyes G And eyes like ice don't move Bm Screaming at the moon G Bm Another past time G Your name Like ice into my heart Main Riff: Bm, G (x2) Repeat the progression chord through the verse: Everything as cold as life Can no one save you? Everything As cold as silence And you never say a word Your name Like ice into my heart (x2) ********************************************************************************** “PORNOGRAPHY” Words by: R.Smith Music by: The Cure published by: Fiction Records, 1982 Tabbed by: graph_sas The basics chords are: Dm, Bb, A, Bb A hand in my mouth A life spills into the flowers We all look so perfect As we fall down In a n electric glare The old man cracks with age She found his last picture In the ashes of the fire An image of the queen Echoes round the sweating bed Sour yellow sounds inside my head In books And films And in life And in heaven The sound of slaughter As your body turns But it’s too late The Brigde chords are: F#m, G (x3) F#m, F One more day like today and I’ll kill you A desire for flesh And real blood And I’ll watch you drown in the shower Pushing my life through your open eyes I must fight this sickness Find a cure... ********************************************************************************** All chord chats are taken from and feedback for ultimate-guitar.com From the author of this compilation: Sergio Atencia Sánchez [graph_sas@hotmail.com] Please, e-mail me for any question, suggestion or warning. 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