The Drowning Man Bass Tab by The Cure

The Drowning Man by The Cure

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G-|19*******18******\15**************/|19*******18******\15***************\| 
D-|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| 
A-|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| 
E-|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

G-|12*******11******8***************|12*******11******8***************| 
D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
A-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
E-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|   

G-|7777777766666666----------------|7777777766666666----------------| 
D-|----------------8***************|----------------8***************| 
A-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
E-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 

G-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
D-|5555555544444444----------------|5555555544444444----------------| 
A-|----------------6***************|----------------6***************| 
E-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
(she stands 12 feet...) 
G-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
D-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
A-|5555555544444444\1**************/|555555554444444\1***************| 
E-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  

(one by one her senses die) 
G-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
A-|---------------2/6**************\|---------------2/6***************| 
E-|333333332222222------------------|388888882222222------------------|  

(leave her) 
G-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
D-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
A-|5555555544444444\1**************/|555555554444444\1***************| 
E-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|   

G-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
A-|---------------2/6**************\|---------------2/6***************| 
E-|333333332222222------------------|388888882222222------------------| 

(starting at the violent sound) 
G-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
D-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
A-|5555555544444444\1**************/|555555554444444\1***************| 
E-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  

(drowns her at its ease) 
G-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
A-|---------------2/6**************\|---------------2/6***************| 
E-|333333332222222------------------|388888882222222------------------|  

G-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
D-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
A-|5555555544444444\1**************/|555555554444444\1***************| 
E-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|   

G-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
A-|---------------2/6**************\|---------------2/6***************| 
E-|333333332222222------------------|388888882222222------------------|  

I would have left the world all bleeding 
G-|19*******18******\15**************/|19*******18******\15***************\| 
D-|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| 
A-|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| 
E-|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|  

Everything was true... 
G-|12*******11******8***************|12*******11******8***************| 
D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
A-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
E-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|  

Words all left me... 
G-|7777777766666666----------------|7777777766666666----------------| 
D-|----------------8***************|----------------8**************\| 
A-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
E-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|                     

Dreaming like the drowning man... 
G-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
D-|5555555544444444----------------|5555555544444444----------------| 
A-|----------------6***************|----------------6***************| 
E-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|   

G-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
D-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
A-|5555555544444444\1**************/|555555554444444\1***************| 
E-|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|   

G-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
D-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
A-|---------------2/6**************\|---------------2/6***************| 
E-|333333332222222------------------|333333332222222------------------|   

G-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
D-|------------------------88--88-8-|---------------------------------| 
A-|---------------2/6666666--66--6-6|---------------2/6**************\| 
E-|333333332222222------------------|333333332222222------------------|   

G-|---------------------------------| 
D-|---------------------------------| 
A-|---------------2/6***************| 
E-|333333332222222------------------|

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