The Cure – A Short Term Effect (Guitar)

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Words by: R.Smith Music by: The Cure published by: Fiction Records, 1982 Album: Pornography Tabbed by: graph_sas ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The powerchords are based on the bass line. But you can also play the Dm C G F chords instead. A wah wah pedal can help to reproduce the oppressive atmosphere.
[Intro]
(riff)
e|--------9---9------7------------7---------|
B|-----10-------10--------8----------8------|
G|----------9------------------9------------|
D|-7---------------7------------------------|
A|-------------------10---------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
(drums)
(bass)
D5 E5 C5 D5 G5 A5 F5 C5 (x4) [Verse 1]
Dm                     C               G      F
Movement, no movement, just a falling bird

Dm                  C               G      F
Cold as it hits the bleeding ground

   Dm                    C                     G      F
He lived and died, catch sight, cover me with earth

Dm               C                  G      F
Draped in black, static white sound
[Chorus]
Bb                          C
A day without substance, 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
[Instrumental] D5 E5 C5 D5 G5 A5 F5 C5 (x4) [Verse 2]
Dm                      C             G                  F
Scream, as she tries to push him over, helpless and sick

Dm                     C                    G      F
With teeth of madness, jump jump dance and sing,

Dm                     C                G                 F
Sideways across the desert, a charcoal face bites my hand

Dm               C               G              F
Time is sweet, derange and disengage everything
[Chorus]
Bb                          C
A day without substance, a change of thought

Bb                            C
The atmosphere that rots with time

Bb                      C
Colours that flicker in water

         Dm        C  G  F
A short term effect
[Outro]
               Dm  C  G  F
A short term effect

   Dm             C                G               F
An echo, and a stranger's hand, a short term effect

   Dm             C                G               F
An echo, and a stranger's hand, a short term effect
D5 E5 C5 D5 G5 A5 F5 C5 (x4) D5