The Cure – Open (Guitar)
Capo 3
• Video Lesson
Key
-
Versions
(3)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Open by The Cure (album Wish)
The Cure tuned their guitars G-Bb-F-G-Bb-Bb
- I did my best to translate "Open" into EADGBe tuning.
- It's quite close to their sound, but it's not perfect.
|Intro|
| * | C5 | F5 | G5 |
| * | C5 | Dm | Gm7 |
| F | Bb | Gm Fm | Gm Dm |
| F | Dm Gm | F | Gm F |
| Gm F | Gm F | G F | Gm F |
| Gm F | Gm Dm | F | Dm |
| Gm F | Gm Dm | F | Dm |
| Gm F | Gm F | Gm F | Gm F |
| Gm F | Gm F | Gm F | Gm F |
[Verse 1]
Gm F Gm I really don't know what I'm doing here F Gm G Gm Dm I really think I should've gone to bed tonight Gm F Gm F But just one drink and there are some people to meet you Gm G Gm Dm I think that you'll like them, they like to say, greet you
[Post Verse]
F Dm I promise you this right now Gm F Gm Dm We will honestly go F Dm Now why don't I just get you another Gm F Gm While you just say hello F Gm F Gm Yeah, just say hello F Gm F Gm Just say hello.
[Interlude]
| Gm F | Gm F |
| Gm F | Gm Dm |
[Verse 2]
Gm F So I'm clutching it tight Gm F Another glass in my hand Gm F And my mouth and the smiles Gm F Moving up as I stand Gm F Too close and too wild Gm F And the smiles are too bright Gm F And I breathe in too deep Gm Dm And my head's getting light.
[Post Verse]
F But the air is getting heavier Dm Gm F Gm Dm And the closet is starting to sway. F And the hands all on my shoulders G5 Gm F Gm Don't have names and won't go away. F Gm So here I go F Gm F Here I go again.
[Bridge]
Dm Falling into strangers Bb And it's only just eleven Dm I'm staring like a child Bb Until someone shows me Heaven Cm Take it on my knees Gm Just like a thousand times before Cm I get transfixed Gm That fixed. N.C. Gm Dm Gm And I just look at the floor Dm Gm Dm Gm Just look at the floor Dm Gm Dm Gm Yeah, I look at the floor.
[Interlude]
| Gm F | Gm F |
| Gm F | Gm Dm |
| Gm F | Gm F |
| Gm F | Gm Dm |
[Verse 3]
Gm F I'm starting to laugh Gm F Like an animal in pain Gm G I've got blood on my hands Gm Dm I've got hands in my brain Gm F The first shot of retch Gm F Leaves me gasping for more Gm F I stagger over screaming Gm Dm On my way to the floor.
[Post Verse]
F I think of it bang on my back Dm Gm F Gm Dm With the lights and the lies in my eyes F Dm And the color of the music's too loud Gm F Gm And my head's all the wrong sized. F Gm So here I go F Gm F Here I go again.
[Bridge]
Dm Yeah, I laugh and I jump Bb And I sing and I laugh Dm And I dance and I laugh Bb And I laugh and I laugh Cm And I can't seem to think Gm What this is - Who I am? Cm Why I'm keeping this going? Gm F Keep pouring it out Gm Dm Keep pouring it down Gm F Keeping it going Gm Dm Keep pouring it down. Gm F Gm Dm And a wave of rain comes down hard Gm F Gm Dm That's the way I feel inside.
[Interlude]
| G G | G G |
| Gm F | Gm F |
| G G | G G |
| Gm F | Gm F |
[Verse 4]
Gm F I can't take it anymore Gm F As if I've become Gm F This is as if I can't get Gm Dm When my lungs going numb Gm F I just keep moving my mouth Gm F I just keep moving my feet Gm F I say, "I'm moved to death Gm Dm Like I'm losing my breath" Gm F And all the songs that I wear Gm F And all the games that I play Gm F And all the drinks that I mix Gm Dm And I drink until I'm sick Gm F And all the faces I make Gm F And all the shapes that I throw Gm F And all the people I meet Gm Dm And all the words that I know Gm F Gm F Makes me sick to the heart Gm F Oh, I feel so tired. Gm F Gm F And a wave of rain comes down hard Gm F Gm Dm That's the way I feel inside Gm F Gm F And a wave of rain comes down hard Gm F Gm Dm That's the way I feel inside.
[Outro]
Gm F Gm F
Gm F Gm Dm (repeat and fade out)