"Fire In Cairo" by The Cure (from the album "Three Imaginary Boys")
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transcribed by Gilles Velay (gvelay@free.fr)

updates :
 * 23 feb 2003, fix one passing note in riffs 1
                fix string used in riff2
                simplify fingering in bass solo (riff 4)

Notations :
  e : 8th             q : quarter         w : whole           


Riff 1
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    q    q    e q    e   q    q    e q+e      q    q    e e q      e q    q    e e e  
G-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
D-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
A-|--------------------|-4----4-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E-|-6----6----4-4----4-|-----------4-4------|-2----2----2-2-2----|-2-2----2----2-2-2-|

Riff 1b
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    q    q    e q    e   q    q    e q+e      q    q    e e q      e q    q    e e e  
G-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
D-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-4-4----4----4-4-4-|
A-|--------------------|-4----4-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E-|-6----6----4-4----4-|-----------4-4------|-2----2----2-2-2----|-------------------|

Riff 1c
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    q    q    e q    e   q    q    e q+e      q    e e q    e e   q    e e q    e e  
G-|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D-|--------------------|--------------------|------4-4------4-4-|------4-4------4-4-|
A-|--------------------|-4----4-------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E-|-6----6----4-4----4-|-----------4-4------|-2--------2--------|-2--------2--------|

Riff 1d
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    q    q    e q    e   q    q    e q+e      e e q    e e e e   e e e e e e e e  
G-|--------------------|--------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D-|--------------------|--------------------|------------------|-4-4-5-5-6-6-7-7-|
A-|--------------------|-4----4-------------|------------------|-----------------|
E-|-6----6----4-4----4-|-----------4-4------|-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-|-----------------|

    w               
G-|----------------|
D-|-8--------------|
A-|----------------|
E-|----------------|


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


Riff 3
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    q q q q q q q q   e q    q    e q     
G-|-----------------|--------------------|
D-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-4----6----6-6----|
A-|-----------------|--------------------|
E-|-----------------|--------------------|

Riff 3b
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    q+e    q    e e e   q+e    q    e q     
G-|-------------------|--------------------|
D-|-3------3----3-3-1-|-4------4----4-4----|
A-|-------------------|--------------------|
E-|-------------------|--------------------|


Riff 4
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     q      e  e  e  e  e  e    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e   e e q    e e q     
G-|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
D-|--------11-15-------------|-11-11-13-15----------11-|-------------------|
A-|-13-----------11-11-13-15-|-------------11-11-13----|-9-9-9----9-9-9----|
E-|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|

    e   e  e  e  e  e  e  e  
G-|----11----12----13----14-|
D-|-------------------------|
A-|-9-----10----11----12----|
E-|-------------------------|



Song Structure
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Intro Guitar

Verse 1 
   Riff 1   (x 4)
   Riff 2   (x 2)

Bridge
   Riff 1   (x 2)

Verse 2
   Riff 1   (x 3)
   Riff 1b

Chorus
   Riff 3   (x 3)
   Riff 3b

Musical Bridge
   Riff 1   (x 3)
   Riff 1b

Chorus
   Riff 3   (x 8)

Bass Solo
   one bass plays Riff 1 while a second bass plays Riff 4   (x 4)

Final Verse
   Riff 1c  (x3)
   Riff 1d 

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| on Sun Feb 23 17:20:43 2003                                        |
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