The Cure – Play For Today (Bass Tab)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Charles Savoie E-mail: [email protected] As recorded on the studio album "Seventeen Seconds" and compilation "Standing on a Beach." Notations : e : 8th q : quarter w : whole +++ : tied notes / : slide up R : rest
Intro - Riff 1
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    q   e e q   e e   e e e q   e e e   q   e e q   e e   e e e q   e e e  
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|---------5---5-5-|-4-4-4-----------|---------5---5-5-|-4-4-4-----------|
A-|-7---7-7---------|-------5---5---5-|-7---7-7---------|-------5---5---5-|
E-|-----------------|-------------7---|-----------------|-------------7---|

    q   e e q   e e   e e e q   e e e   q   e e q   e e   e e e q   e e e  
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|---------5---5-5-|-4-4-4-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-7---7-7---------|-------5---5---5-|-7---7-7-5---5-5-|-7-7-7-5---5---5-|
E-|-----------------|-------------7---|-----------------|-------------7---|

(repeat above once, then:)
    q   e e q   e e   e e e q   e e e  
G-|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-7---7-7-5---5-5-|-7-7-7-5---5---5-|
E-|-----------------|-------------7---|

(Riff 2)
    e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e  e  e  e  e  e  q       
G-|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
A-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----/|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|

     e  e e   e e   e  e e   
G-|-------------------------|
D-|-------R-----R--------R--|
A-|-15-15----15----15-15----|
E-|-------------------------|

Verse - Riff3 -- "It's not a case..."
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    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-|-----R-----------|-----R-----------|-----R-----------|-----R-----------|
A-|-2-----2-2-------|-----------------|-2-----2-3-5-3-2-|-0---------------|
E-|-----------3-0-3-|-5-----5-5-3-0-3-|-----------------|-------5-5-3-0-3-|

    q   e e e e e e   q   e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e  
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----R-----------|-----R-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-2-----2-2-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-----------3-0-3-|-5-----5-5-0-2-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

 play twice, except 2nd time replace last bar with (slide up):
    e  e  e  e  e  e  q         e  e e   e e   e  e e   
G-|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D-|--------------------------|-------R-----R--------R--|
A-|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----/|-15-15----15----15-15----|

Bridge - Riff 4 - "You expect me to act..."
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    q   e e e e e e   q   e e e e e e  
G-|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----R-----------|-----R-----------|
A-|-4-----4-4-------|-5-----5-5-7-5---|
E-|-----------2-4-5-|---------------7-|
(Play 3 times, then play Riff2) (Verse repeats)
2nd Bridge - Riff 5
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    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-|-----R-----------|-----R-----------|-----R-----------|-----R-----------|
A-|-7-----7-7-----4-|-5-----5-5-0-4-5-|-7-----7-7-----4-|-5-----5-5-0-4-5-|
E-|-----------5-7---|-----------------|-----------5-7---|-----------------|

    q   e e e e e e   q   e e e e e e  
G-|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----R-----------|-----R-----------|
A-|-7-----7-7-----4-|-5-----5-5-0-7-5-|
E-|-----------5-7---|-----------------|
(Then Riff2) (Verse bass line repeats)
Outro - Riff 6
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    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-|-----R-------R---|-R---R-----------|-----R-------R---|-R---R-----------|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-2-----2-2-----2-|---2---2-0-3-5-2-|-0-----0-0-----0-|---0---0-0-2-3-5-|
(repeat above once, then at the end when the drums stop:)
    w++++++++++++++++h+q+e        e   w++++++++++++++++h+q+e        e
G-|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D-|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A-|----------------|----------------|-7--------------|-7--------------|
E-|-2--------------|-2------------7-|----------------|--------------7-|

    w++++++++++++++++h+q+e        e  w++++++++++++++++w               
G-|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D-|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A-|-9--------------|-9--------------|-7--------------|-7--------------|
E-|----------------|--------------7-|----------------|----------------|
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