The Cure – Wrong Number (Guitar)

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Artist: The Cure Song: Wrong Number Album: Galore (1997) URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrong_Number_%28song%29 Tempo: 4|4 Style: Rhythm Guitar: Heavy bass accent on neck pickup. Chords E A D G B E A7: X 0 2 0 2 0 D/A: X 0 0 2 3 2 A7º: X1214121412 (11th position) D: X 5 7 7 7 5 (3rd position) E: X 7 9 9 9 7 (5th position) Aº: X1214141412 (7th position) Am: X 0 2 2 1 0 G: X1012121210 (6th position) F: 1 3 3 2 1 1 Bm: X 2 4 4 3 2 Bm7: X 2 4 2 3 2 C: X 3 2 0 1 0 INTRO:(Synth over) |A7 |D/A |A7º | |D/A |D |E | |Aº |G | VERSE 1:

G    Aº        
Lime green lime green lime green and tangerine,

        Am
Are the sickly sweet colours of the snakes I'm seein'.

G    Aº
Lime green lime green and tangerine,

        Am
Are the sickly sweet colours of the devil in my dreams.

VERSE 2:

G    Aº
Lime green, lime green, lime green and tangerine,

        Am
Are the sickly sweet colours of the snakes I'm seein'.

G    Aº
Lime green, lime green and tangerine,

        Am
Are the sickly sweet colours of the devil in my dreams.

VERSE 3:

A7                    D/A     
It gets to Friday and I give you a call,

          A7    
"You know I'm getting kind of worried.

       D/A                            D
No she doesn't seem herself at all...

E                
Lime green and a sickly kind of orange,

           Aº                         G
I've never seen her like this before... "

VERSE 4:

          F                    G
I had the best laid plans this side of America,

Am                        C
Started out in church and finished with Angelica.

F                        G
Red and Blue Soul with a snow white smile,

Am                C
"Can you dig it?"

VERSE 5:

          F                    G
I had the best laid plans this side of America,

Am                        C
Started out in church and finished with Angelica.

Dm                         E                          A7      G
And now I'm digging in the dirt and I'm down here for a while...

              Am                    Bm
You've got to make up your mind and make it soon,

Am                          Bm7          C
Is there room in your life, for one more trip to the M-o-o-n?

Am                          Bm7
Is there room in your life, for one more...

INSTRUMENTAL: |A7 |D/A |A7º | |D/A |D |E | |Aº |G | VERSE 6:

G    Aº
Burn red, burn red, burn red burn red and gold,

        Am
Are the deep dark colours of the snakes I hold.

G    Aº
Burn red, burn red, burn red and gold,

        Am
Are the deep dark colours of the Devil, at home.

VERSE 7:

A7                         D/A
"She pulls me down just as I'm trying to hide,

A7                       D/A
Grabs me by the hair and drags me outside.

           D
And starts digging in the dirt...

E                       Aº                G
For a not so early bird it's the only way for her to get the worm...

VERSE 8:

           F                    G
"I had the best laid plans this side of America,

Am                        C
Started out in church and finished with Angelica.

F                        G
Red and blue soul with a snow white smile,

A7
"Can you dig it?"

VERSE 9:

          F                    G     
I had the best laid plans this side of America,

Am                        C
Started out in church and finished with Angelica.

F                        G                                A7
And now I digging in the dirt and I'll be down here for a while...

VERSE 10:

A7                     D/A
"Hello? Hello? Are you still there?"

A7               D/A
... And much too late... 

      D
"... 'Sorry... Wrong number... "

E         Aº        G
Doh-doh-doh-doo-doh.

CODA:
E         Aº        G
Doh-doh-doh-doo-doh,

E         Aº        G
Doh-doh-doh-doo-doh.

[End] Notes 1. Alternatively, the octave chords (Aº & A7º) can be generated more quickly from Standard chords by Octave pedals.