Birdmad Girl chords by The Cure

Chords with lyrics

birdmad girl (the cure) written by: smith, tolhurst 1984
transcribed by jared morris from the album "the top"

normal tuning:

chords:                              =20


intro and chorus: E MajorE / C# minorC#m
          B minorBm / D MajorD  (x2 or x4)

pre-verse: F# minorF#m B minorBm (x2)

verse: F# minorF#m B minorBm (x2)
    Bm7Bm7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 (x2)

ends on: (see rythem figure IV)

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intro and chorus: lead guitar (classical)

   E MajorE / C# minorC#m            B minorBm / D MajorD
E MajorE ----------------------|---------------------------9---------------
BB ----------------------|----------------------9----9---------------
G+G ----------------------|----------------------7----7---------------
D MajorD -------4-6-6-6-6-4----|---6-6-6-6-4----------9--------------------
A augmentedA -------------------4--|--------------4-5--------------------------
E MajorE ----------------------|-------------------------------------------

2nd part of verse: guitar (flanger)

  Dmaj7Dmaj7
E MajorE -------9----------9-----------------------------------------------
BB -----7---7~-----7---7~--------------------------------------------
G+G ---9----------9---------------------------------------------------
D MajorD ------------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA ------------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------------------------

intro and chorus: other lead guitar


E MajorE ----------12--------12--------------------------------------------
BB ------10---------10-----------------------------------------------
G+G --13----------13--------------------------------------------------
D MajorD ------------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA ------------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------------------------

song ends on: (classical guitar)

  Esus2Esus2
E MajorE --12-------------------------------------------------------------
BB --10-------------------------------------------------------------
G+G --13-------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD -----------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA -----------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE -----------------------------------------------------------------


progression:

intro x2
pre verse x2 / verse / chorus x2
pre verse x2 / verse / chorus x4
pre verse x2 / verse / chorus x 4
end.