The Cure – A Forest (Guitar Solo Tab)

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Album: Seventeen Seconds (1980) - For a standalone guitar, mixing guitar, bass and synth elements. - Put flanger, a lot of reverb and some delay. - You can play Am C F Dm with open chords while singing, or play the notes on the E string with the A string as a drone (see the sequence before verse 1). I have just indicated the first fret positions to begin improvising that solo.
[Synth intro]
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|-------------0--|-------------0--|
A|-0---3----------|-0---3----------|
E|---------1------|---------1------|

[Guitar & bass intro]
e|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
D|----7------3----2----3--|-----7------3----2----3--|----7---9---10---3--|
A|--0------0----0----0----|---0------0----0----0----|--0---0---0----0----|
E|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|

e|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
B|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
G|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
D|-7-5-7-9-10-9-7-5-7-|-5-7-9-10-9-7-5-7-|---7------3----2----3--|
A|--------------------|------------------|-0------0----0----0----|
E|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|

(drums begin, tempo is faster)
e|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----7------3----2----3--|-----7------3----2----3--|-----7------3----2----3--|
A|--0------0----0----0----|---0------0----0----0----|---0------0----0----0----|
E|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

e|------------------|---------------|
B|------------------|---------------|
G|------------------|---------------|
D|----7---9---10---7|-5-3-2-0-------|
A|--0---0---0----0--|0-0-0-0--0---0-|
E|------------------|-----------0---|

   Am                C                 F                 Dm
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| x4
[Verse 1]
Am                  C
Come closer and see

F                  Dm
see into the trees

Am            C
find the girl

           F            Dm
while you can

Am                  C
Come closer and see

F                 Dm
see into the dark

Am                    C
just follow your eyes

F                       Dm
just follow your   eyes
[Interlude] B5 C5 F#5 C5 B5 C5 F#5 F5 Am C F Dm Am C F Dm Am C F Dm Am C F Dm [Verse 2]
Am               C
I hear her voice

F               Dm
calling my name

    Am            C
The sound is deep

          F           Dm
in the dark

  Am             C
I hear her voice

     F           Dm
and start to run

Am             C
into the trees

F               Dm
into the  trees...
[Interlude] B5 C5 F#5 C5
B5 C5 F#5 F5           Am C F Dm
          Into the trees !
Am C F Dm Am C F Dm Am C F Dm [Verse 3]
Am              C
Suddenly I stop

       F                 Dm
but I know it's too late

    Am               C
I'm lost in a forest

        F         Dm
all alone

    Am                   C
The girl was never there

F                    Dm
it's always the same

Am                          C
I'm running towards nothing

  F                   Dm
again and again and again and again...
[Interlude]
     B5                  C5 
and again and again and again and again

     F#5                 C5
and again and again and again and again

     B5                  C5 
and again and again and again and again

     F#5                 F5
and again and again and again and again...
[Outro]
Am C F Dm (x8)
(just a sketch of the solo to improvise, each note is played several times)

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-7-5-7-9-10-9-7-5-4-...|
A|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0----|
E|-----------------------|
(stroke down, up, then palm mute)
Am C F Dm (x7)
(repeat several times, fading like an echo)
A5