Open chords by The Cure

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Intro:
*    C5C5   F5F5   G5G5
*    C5C5   DmDm   Gm7Gm7
FF    Bb majorBb   G minorGm F minorFm G minorGm DmDm
FF    DmDm G minorGm   FF  G minorGm FF
G minorGm FF  G minorGm FF  G+G  FF  G minorGm FF
G minorGm FF  G minorGm DmDm FF    DmDm
G minorGm FF  G minorGm DmDm FF    DmDm
G minorGm FF  G minorGm FF  G minorGm FF  G minorGm FF
G minorGm FF  G minorGm FF  G minorGm FF  G minorGm FF

Verse 1:
  G minorGm      FF          G minorGm
I really don't know what I'm doing here
  FF   G minorGm    G+G    G minorGm   DmDm
I really think I should've gone to bed tonight
   G minorGm    FF            G minorGm    FF
But just one drink and there are some people to meet you
  G minorGm        G+G        G minorGm      DmDm
I think that you'll like them, they like to say, greet you

Post Verse:
  FF          DmDm
I promise you this right now
         G minorGm  FF  G minorGm  DmDm
We will honestly go
   FF             DmDm
Now why don't I just get you another
           G minorGm  FF  G minorGm
While you just say hello
    FF     G minorGm  FF  G minorGm
Yeah, just say hello
 FF     G minorGm  FF  G minorGm
Just say hello.

Interlude:
G minorGm FF G minorGm FF
G minorGm FF G minorGm DmDm

Verse 2:
     G minorGm     FF
So I'm clutching it tight
     G minorGm     FF
Another glass in my hand
    G minorGm       FF
And my mouth and the smiles
G minorGm        FF
Moving up as I stand
   G minorGm      FF
Too close and too wild
     G minorGm       FF
And the smiles are too bright
    G minorGm      FF
And I breathe in too deep
    G minorGm       DmDm
And my head's getting light.

Post Verse:
     FF
But the air is getting heavier
     DmDm          G minorGm  FF  G minorGm  DmDm
And the closet is starting to sway.
     FF
And the hands all on my shoulders
      G5G5         G minorGm  FF  G minorGm
Don't have names and won't go away.
  FF   G minorGm
So here I go
 FF   G minorGm     FF
Here I go again.

Bridge:
 DmDm
Falling into strangers
     Bb majorBb
And it's only just eleven
   DmDm
I'm staring like a child
    Bb majorBb
Until someone shows me Heaven
 C minorCm
Take it on my knees
       G minorGm
Just like a thousand times before
 C minorCm
I get transfixed
   G minorGm
That fixed.
N.C.           G minorGm  DmDm  G minorGm
And I just look at the floor
   DmDm      G minorGm  DmDm G minorGm
Just look at the floor
     DmDm      G minorGm  DmDm G minorGm
Yeah, I look at the floor.

Interlude:
G minorGm FF G minorGm FF
G minorGm FF G minorGm DmDm
G minorGm FF G minorGm FF
G minorGm FF G minorGm DmDm

Verse 3:
   G minorGm     FF
I'm starting to laugh
    G minorGm     FF
Like an animal in pain
      G minorGm     G+G
I've got blood on my hands
     G minorGm     DmDm
I've got hands in my brain
   G minorGm      FF
The first shot of retch
     G minorGm      FF
Leaves me gasping for more
  G minorGm       FF
I stagger over screaming
   G minorGm      DmDm
On my way to the floor.

Post Verse:
  FF
I think of it bang on my back
     DmDm            G minorGm  FF  G minorGm  DmDm
With the lights and the lies in my eyes
     FF            DmDm
And the color of the music's too loud
            G minorGm     FF  G minorGm
And my head's all the wrong sized.
  FF   G minorGm
So here I go
 FF   G minorGm     FF
Here I go again.

Bridge:
     DmDm
Yeah, I laugh and I jump
    Bb majorBb
And I sing and I laugh
    DmDm
And I dance and I laugh
    Bb majorBb
And I laugh and I laugh
    C minorCm
And I can't seem to think
     G minorGm
What this is - Who I am?
     C minorCm
Why I'm keeping this going?
   G minorGm     FF
Keep pouring it out
   G minorGm     DmDm
Keep pouring it down
 G minorGm     FF
Keeping it going
   G minorGm     DmDm
Keep pouring it down.
    G minorGm   FF     G minorGm     DmDm
And a wave of rain comes down hard
      G minorGm   FF   G minorGm   DmDm
That's the way I feel inside.

Interlude:
G+G  G+G G+G  G+G
G minorGm FF G minorGm FF
G+G  G+G G+G  G+G
G minorGm FF G minorGm FF

Verse 4:
     G minorGm     FF
I can't take it anymore
  G minorGm     FF
As if I've become
    G minorGm       FF
This is as if I can't get
     G minorGm     DmDm
When my lungs going numb
      G minorGm     FF
I just keep moving my mouth
      G minorGm     FF
I just keep moving my feet
      G minorGm     FF
I say, "I'm moved to death
     G minorGm     DmDm
Like I'm losing my breath"
       G minorGm      FF
And all the songs that I wear
       G minorGm      FF
And all the games that I play
       G minorGm      FF
And all the drinks that I mix
    G minorGm       DmDm
And I drink until I'm sick
      G minorGm    FF
And all the faces I make
      G minorGm       FF
And all the shapes that I throw
       G minorGm    FF
And all the people I meet
       G minorGm      DmDm
And all the words that I know
     G minorGm      FF   G minorGm FF
Makes me sick to the heart
    G minorGm   FF
Oh, I feel so tired.
    G minorGm   FF     G minorGm     FF
And a wave of rain comes down hard
      G minorGm   FF   G minorGm  DmDm
That's the way I feel inside
    G minorGm   FF     G minorGm     FF
And a wave of rain comes down hard
      G minorGm   FF   G minorGm  DmDm
That's the way I feel inside.

Outro:
G minorGm FF G minorGm FF
G minorGm FF G minorGm DmDm
(repeat and fade out)

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