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Strumming
Tuning: E A D G B E
Album: Seventeen Seconds (1980)
- For a standalone guitar, mixing guitar, bass and synth elements.
- Put some flanger, a lot of reverb and some delay.
- I play Am C F Dm with open chords and B C F# C with barre chords.
- Interludes: you can also use powerchords.
- Outro: for the real guitar part, see this 1979 TV performance:
https://www.ina.fr/video/I08010384/the-cure-a-forest-video.html
- The last seven Am C F Dm sequences, based on bass, can also be played with powerchords.
[Synth intro]
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|-------------0--|-------------0--|
A|-0---3----------|-0---3----------|
E|---------1------|---------1------|
[Guitar & bass intro]
e|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
D|----7------3----2----3--|-----7------3----2----3--|----7---9---10---3--|
A|--0------0----0----0----|---0------0----0----0----|--0---0---0----0----|
E|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
e|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
B|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
G|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
D|-7-5-7-9-10-9-7-5-7-|-5-7-9-10-9-7-5-7-|---7------3----2----3--|
A|--------------------|------------------|-0------0----0----0----|
E|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
(faster tempo, drums begin)
e|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----7------3----2----3--|-----7------3----2----3--|-----7------3----2----3--|
A|--0------0----0----0----|---0------0----0----0----|---0------0----0----0----|
E|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
e|------------------|---------------|
B|------------------|---------------|
G|------------------|---------------|
D|----7---9---10---7|-5-3-2-0-------|
A|--0---0---0----0--|0-0-0-0--0---0-|
E|------------------|-----------0---|
Am C F Dm (x4)
[Verse]
AmCome closer and see C
Fsee into the trees Dm
Amfind the girl C
Fwhile you can Dm
AmCome closer and see C
Fsee into the dark Dm
Amjust follow your eyes C
Fjust follow your eyes Dm
[Interlude]
B C F# C
B C F# F
Am C F Dm
Am C F Dm
Am C F Dm
Am C F Dm
[Verse 2]
AmI hear her voice C
Fcalling my name Dm
Amthe sound is deep C
Fin the dark Dm
AmI hear her voice C
Fand start to run Dm
Aminto the trees C
Finto the trees Dm
[Interlude]
B C F# C
B C F# FInto the treAmes C! F Dm
Am C F Dm
Am C F Dm
Am C F Dm
[Verse 3]
AmSuddenly I stop C
Fbut I know it's too late Dm
AmI'm lost in a forest C
Fall alone Dm
AmThe girl was never there C
Fit's always the same Dm
AmI'm running towards nothing C
Fagain and again and aDmgain and again...
[Interlude]
and aBgain and again and aCgain and again
and aF#gain and again and aCgain and again
and aBgain and again and aCgain and again
and aF#gain and again and aFgain and again...
[Outro]
Am C F Dm (x8)
(stroke down, up, then palm mute)
Am C F Dm (x7)
(repeat several times, fading like an echo)
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