Open chords by The Cure

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



Intro:
*    C5   F5   G5
*    C5   Dm   Gm7
F    Bb   Gm Fm Gm Dm
F    Dm Gm   F  Gm F
Gm F  Gm F  G  F  Gm F
Gm F  Gm Dm F    Dm
Gm F  Gm Dm F    Dm
Gm F  Gm F  Gm F  Gm F
Gm F  Gm F  Gm F  Gm F

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

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

Interlude:
Gm F Gm F
Gm F Gm Dm

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

Post Verse:
     F
But the air is getting heavier
     Dm          Gm  F  Gm  Dm
And the closet is starting to sway.
     F
And the hands all on my shoulders
      G5         Gm  F  Gm
Don't have names and won't go away.
  F   Gm
So here I go
 F   Gm     F
Here I go again.


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

Interlude:
Gm F Gm F
Gm F Gm Dm
Gm F Gm F
Gm F Gm Dm

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

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

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

Interlude:
G  G G  G
Gm F Gm F
G  G G  G
Gm F Gm F

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

Outro:
Gm F Gm F
Gm F Gm Dm
(repeat and fade out)