Killing An Arab tab by The Cure

Tabs

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Intermediate

Killing An Arab by The Cure as heard on Boys Don't Cry. This was their first single.

This song does not reflect anti-Arab sentiments, it is based on the book l'Étranger (The
by Albert Camus.


[Intro] (0:00)

E MajorE||----7-8-7-5--7--|----7--8--/11--8--|--7-8-7-5--7----|
BB||----------------|------------------|----------------|
G+G||----------------|------------------|----------------|
D MajorD||----------------|------------------|----------------|
A augmentedA||----------------|------------------|----------------|
E MajorE||----------------|------------------|----------------|

Bass arranged for guitar (0:12)

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|-----5-------4-------3-------2---|-----1-------0-----------|
|-7-7---7-6-6---6-5-5---5-4-4---4-|-3-3---3-2-2---2-1-1-4-1-|


[Solo 1] (0:17)

--7-8-7-5-7-5---5-----------------|----------------------------------|
--------------8---8-7-8-7-5-7-5---|--5-------------------------------|
--------------------------------8-|----8-5-8-5-4-5-4-2-4-2-0-2-0-----|
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----------------------------------|----------------------5---5---5---|--7----|
------------------------------4---|--4-5-4-5-7-5-7-8-7-8---8---8---8-|-------|
------0---0-2-0-2-4-2-4-5-4-5---5-|----------------------------------|-------|
--2-4---4-------------------------|----------------------------------|-------|
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At the same time the bass is going :

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--0-0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0-1-------|

During the chorus, the bass moves up to the A augmentedA string on the first two lines (I'm
dead) and then comes back on the E MajorE string and stays their until the next chorus.

[Solo 2] (1:14)

--7-8-7-5-7-5---5-----------------|----------------------------------|
--------------8---8-7-8-7-5-7-5---|--5-------------------------------|
--------------------------------8-|----8-5-8-5-4-5-4-2-4-2-0-2-0-----|
----------------------------------|------------------------------4-2-|
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------------------------------4---|--4-5-4-5-7-5-7-8-7-8-7-5-7-5-----|
------0---0-2-0-2-4-2-4-5-4-5---5-|------------------------------8-5-|
--2-4---4-------------------------|----------------------------------|
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------------------4-1-4-5-4-5-7-5-|--4-5-4---4---------------4---4---|
--2-------2-4-2-5-----------------|--------5---5-4-5-4-2-4-5---5---5-|
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--8---7-8-7---5---5---4-5-4---4---|-------|
----------------------------5---5-|--4----|
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[Solo 3] (2:02)

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--5---4-5-----4--------------|-------|
------------5---5--4-5-4--2--|--4----|
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[Outro]

Play bass from intro (2:12)

Guitar (2:20)

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