Lament by The Cure

Name: Lament
Description: Learn to play the bass tablature for 'Lament' by The Cure with accurate tab notation, lyrics, and easy-to-follow bass charts.

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Intro:
G|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
D|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
A|-12--12--1212-12-12-12-|-10--10-10--10-10-10-|-12--12--1212-12-12-12-|-10--10-10--10-10-10-|
E|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|


G|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
D|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
A|-8--8--88-8-8-8-|-10--10-10--10-10-10-|-8--8--88-8-8-8-|-10--10-10--10-10-10-|
E|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|

G|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
D|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
A|-12--12--1212-12-12-12-|-10--10-10--10-10-10-|-12--12--1212-12-12-12-|-10--10-10--10-10-10-|
E|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-8--8--88-8-8-8-|-7--77-7-77-7-7-|-8--8--88-8-8-8-|-7--77-7-77-7-7-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Pre-Verse:
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------|
A|-5--5--55-5-5-5-|-7--77-7-77-7-7-|-8--8--88-8-8-8-|-10--1010-10-1010-12-12-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------| x2

Verse:
G|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
A|-5--5--55-5-5-5-|-7--77-7-77-7-7-|-8--8--88-8-10-10-|-1--11-1-11-3-3-|
E|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------| x3

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|-3--3--33-3-3-3-|-5--55-5-55-5-5-|-6--6--66-6-6-6-|-6--66-6-66-8-8-| x2

Pre-Verse:
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------|
A|-5--5--55-5-5-5-|-7--77-7-77-7-7-|-8--8--88-8-8-8-|-10--1010-10-1010-12-12-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------| x2

Verse:
G|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
A|-5--5--55-5-5-5-|-7--77-7-77-7-7-|-8--8--88-8-10-10-|-1--11-1-11-3-3-|
E|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------| x3

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|-3--3--33-3-3-3-|-5--55-5-55-5-5-|-6--6--66-6-6-6-|-6--66-6-66-8-8-| x2

Bridge:
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|------------3-3-|----------------|------------3-3-|
A|-5--5--55-5-5-5-|-1--11-1-11-----|-5--5--55-5-5-5-|-1--11-1-11-----|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|-5--5--55-5-5-5-|-1--11-1-11-3-3-|
E|----------------|----------------|

Verse:
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|-3--3--33-3-3-3-|-5--55-5-55-5-5-|-6--6--66-6-6-6-|-6--66-6-66-8-8-| x2

Outro:
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------|
A|-5--5--55-5-5-5-|-7--77-7-77-7-7-|-8--8--88-8-8-8-|-10--1010-10-1010-12-12-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------| x3

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------|
A|-5--5--55-5-5-5-|-7--77-7-77-7-7-|-8--8--88-8-8-8-|-10--1010-10-1010-10-10-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------|

G|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
D|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
A|-12--12--1212-12-12-12-|-10--1010-10-1010-10-10-|-12--12--1212-12-12-12-|-10--1010-10-1010-10-10-|
E|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|

G|----------------|------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
D|----------------|------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
A|-8--8--88-8-8-8-|-10--1010-10-1010-10-10-|-8--8--88-8-8-8-|-10--1010-10-1010-10-10-|
E|----------------|------------------------|----------------|------------------------|

G|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
D|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
A|-12--12--1212-12-12-12-|-10--1010-10-1010-10-10-|-12--12--1212-12-12-12-|-10--1010-10-1010-10-10-|
E|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-8--8--88-8-8-8-|-7--77-7-77-7-7-|-8--8--88-8-8-8-|-7--77-7-77-7-7-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-8--8--88-8-8-8-|-7--77-7-77-7-7-|-8--8--88-8-8-8-|-7--------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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Last Updated: September 10, 2025