Cure - Play For Today Chords & Tabs

"Play For Today" by The Cure (from the album "17 seconds")
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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-|
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    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)

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|on Sun Jul 23 18:29:12 2000                                        |
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