Disintegration bass tab by The Cure

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E,A,D,G, low to high)


Intro bass begins at 0:01
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|3~---3-3-3-/5~---5-5-5-------------------------|
E|------------------------0~---0-0-0--0~---0-0-0-|

Alternative way to play:
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|---5---5-----------5-----------5-----------5---|
A|3~---3---3-/5~---5---5-------5---5-------5---5\|
E|------------------------0~----------0~---------|

Verse 1:35 "Oh I miss the kiss of treachery..."
(Repeat Intro figure until:)

Chorus 3:10 "But I never said I would stay to the end..."
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-/9-9-9-10~--9-10-9-----------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| x4

Interlude (same as Intro) 3:41
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|3~---3-3-3-/5~---5-5-5-------------------------|
E|------------------------0~---0-0-0--0~---0-0-0-|

Verse 4:12 "So it's all come back 'round to breaking apart again..."
(Repeat Interlude figure until:)

Pre-Chrous 4:44 "Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces..."
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| x4

Chorus 5:15 "I never said I would stay to the end..."
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-/9-9-9-10~--9-10-9-----------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| x4

Interlude (same as Intro) 5:47
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|3~---3-3-3-/5~---5-5-5-------------------------|
E|------------------------0~---0-0-0--0~---0-0-0-| x8

Outro 6:50 "How the end always is..."
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|3~---3-3-3-/5~---5-5-5-------------------------|
E|------------------------0~---0-0-0--0~---0-0-0-| x7 then

G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|3~---3-3-3-/5~---5-5-5-----------|
E|------------------------0~-------|

Alternatively:
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|---5---5-----------5-----------5-----------5---|
A|3~---3---3-/5~---5---5-------5---5-------5---5\|
E|------------------------0~----------0~---------| x7 then

G|---------------------------------|
D|---5---5-----------5-------------|
A|3~---3---3-/5~---5---5-----------|
E|------------------------0~-------|

🏷Legend
~ let ring
/ slide up
\ slide down