"Play For Today" by The Cure (from the album "17 seconds") ========================================================== transcribed by Gilles Velay (gvelay@free.fr) updates : * 15 mar 2001, fix riff 6 Notations : w : whole e : 8th / : silde up h : half s : 16th R : rest q : quarter +++ : tied notes Riff 1 ------ q e e q e e e e e q e e e G-|-------------------|------------------| D-|-2----2-2-5----5-5-|-4-4-4-0----0---0-| A-|-------------------|--------------2---| E-|-------------------|------------------| Riff 2 ------ q e e q e e e e e q e e e G-|-------------------|------------------| D-|-2----2-2-0----0-0-|-2-2-2-0----0---0-| A-|-------------------|--------------2---| E-|-------------------|------------------| Riff 3 ------ e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e G-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| A-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-/| E-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| e e e e e e q G-|--------------------------| D-|--------------------------| A-|-14-14-R--14-R--14-14-----| E-|--------------------------| Riff 4 ------ 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-|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| A-|------------------|------------------|--------------4-5-|------------------| E-|-7------7-7-4-7-4-|-5------5-5-4-5-4-|-7------7-7-7-----|-5------5-5-4-5-4-| q+e e e e e e q+e e e e e e G-|------------------|------------------| D-|------------------|------------------| A-|------------------|------------------| E-|-7------7-7-4-7-4-|-5------5-5-4-5-5-| Riff 5 ------ e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e G-|-----------------|-----------------| D-|-----------------|-----------------| A-|-----------------|-----------------| E-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| Riff 5b ------- e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q G-|------------------|--------------------------| D-|------------------|--------------------------| A-|------------------|-------R-----R------------| E-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-/|-14-14----14----14-14-----| Riff 6 ------ q+e e e e e e q+e e e e e e G-|------------------|------------------| D-|------------------|------------------| A-|-7------7-7-4-7-4-|-5------5-5-4-5-4-| E-|------------------|------------------| Riff 6b ------- q+e e e e e e q+e e e e e e G-|------------------|------------------| D-|------------------|------------------| A-|-7------7-7-4-7-4-|-5------5-5-0-5-0-| E-|------------------|------------------| Riff 7 ------ 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-|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| A-|---------------R---|-R---R-----------|---------------R---|-R---R-----------| E-|-2------2-2------2-|---2---2-2-2-2-2-|-0------0-0------0-|---0---0-0-0-0-0-| ----------------- |Song Structure | ----------------- Intro : drums (4 bars) then Riff 1 (x3) Riff 2 Riff 1 (x3) Riff 2 (x2) Riff 3 Verse 1 Riff 4 + Riff 5 (x2) then lyrics enter Riff 4 + Riff 5 Riff 4 + Riff 5b Bridge 1 Riff 6 (x2) Riff 6b Riff 3 Verse 2 : same as Verse 1 Bridge 2 : same as Bridge 1 Outtro Riff 4 + Riff 5 (x2) Riff 7 (x2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Tab generated with GnTabber (http://gvelay.free.fr/tools/gntabber) | | on Sat Mar 17 00:32:05 2001 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------