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)