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**THE COMPLETE PORNOGRAPHY'S CHORD CHART **
compilated by: graph_sas
Words by: Robert Smith
Music by: The Cure
From the recognized 1982's album "Pornography" from The Cure
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++++++++++++DATE: April 11th, 2009+++++++++++++++
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WARNING: The following compilation of chords is personal and free on the album published
Fiction Records in 1982 for The Cure and only with didactic and philanthropic purposes.
songs are copyrighted by the publishers and these tabs are property of his respective authors.
The Tabbers are:
graph_sas [tabs: 2,3,4,7,8] graph_sas@hotmail.com
Winston Campbell [tab 1]
Mario Dorion [tab 6] Mario.Dorion@canada.Sun.Com
Unregistered [tab 5] (please, send me your name and mail 'cos your tab is great!!)
The Songs are:
1. 100 years
2. A Short Term Effect
3. The Hanging Garden
4. Siamese Twins
5. The Figurehead
6. A Strange Day
7. Cold
8. Pornography
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"100 YEARS"
Words by: R.Smith Music by: The Cure published by: Fiction Records, 1982
Tabbed by: Winston Campbell
Main Riff: Cm, B
It doesn't matter if we all die
Ambition in the back of a black car
In a high building there is so much to do
Going home time
A story on the radio
Something small falls out of your mouth
And we laugh
A prayer for something better
A prayer for something better
Please love me
Meet my mother
But the fear takes hold
Creeping up the stairs in the dark
Waiting for the death blow
Bridge: Bb
Waiting for the death blow
Waiting for the death blow
Repeat Main Riff: Cm, B
Stroking your hair as the patriots are shot
Fighting for freedom on the television
Sharing the world with slaughtered pigs
Have we got everything'
She struggles to get away
The pain and the creeping feeling
A little black haired girl
Waiting for Saturday
The death of her father pushing her
Pushing her white face into the mirror
Aching inside me
And turn me around
Just like the old days
Just like the old days
Bridge: Bb
Just like the old days
Just like the old days
Caressing an old man
And painting a lifeless face
Just a piece of new meat in a clean room
The soldiers close in under a yellow moon
All shadows and deliverance
Under a black flag
A hundred years of blood
Crimson
The ribbon tightens round my throat
I open my mouth
And my head bursts open
A sound like a tiger thrashing in the water
Thrashing in the water
Over and over
We die one after the other
Over and over
We die one after the other
Bridge: Bb
One after the other
One after the other
One after the other
One after the other
Crd: Gb
It feels like a hundred years
A hundred years
A hundred years
A hundred years
A hundred years
One hundred years
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"A SHORT TERM EFFECT"
Words by: R.Smith Music by: The Cure published by: Fiction Records, 1982
Tabbed by: graph_sas
Main Riff: Dm, C, G, F
DmMovement
No movement
CJust a falling birdG F
DmCold as it hits the Cbleeding grounGd F
DmHe lived and died
Catch Csight
Cover me with eartGh F
DmDraped in black
CStatic
White sound G F
Here is the brige:
BbA day without substance
A cChange of thought
An Bbatmosphere that rots with Ctime
BbColours that flicker in Cwater
A short teDmrm effecCt G F
Repeat the main riff over the verse:
Scream
As she tries to push him over
Helpless and sick
With teeth of madness
Jump jump dance and sing
Sideways across the desert
A charcoal face
Bites my hand
Time is sweet
Derange and disengage everything
BbA day without substance
A cChange of thought
An Bbatmosphere that rots with Ctime
BbColours that flicker in Cwater
A short teDmrm effecCt G F
Repeat Main Riff: Dm, C, G, F
A short term effect
A short term effect
A short term effect
An echo
And a stranger's hand
A short term effect
An echo
And a stranger's hand
A short term effect
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"THE HANGING GARDEN"
Words by: R.Smith Music by: The Cure published by: Fiction Records, 1982
Tabbed by: graph_sas
DmCreatures kissing Cin the rain Dm C
DmShapeless in the dCark again Dm Bb
DmIn the hanging garden Cplease don't speakDm C
DmIn the hanging garden nCo one sleeps Dm Bb
Riff: Dm, C, Dm, Bb, C (x2)
Catching haloes on the moon
Gives my hands the shapes of angels
In the heat of the night
The animals scream
In the heat of the night
Walking into a dream...
AmFall fall fall fall
BbInto the walls
AmJump jump Bbout of time
AmFall fall fall fall
BbOut of the sky
AmCover my face Bbas the animals die
Dm C Dm, C,
In the hanging garden
DmIn the hBbanging garden
Creatures kissing in the rain
Shapeless in the dark again
In a hanging garden
Change the past
In a hanging garden
Wearing furs and masks...
Fall fall fall fall
Into the walls
Jump jump out of time
Fall fall fall fall
Out of the sky
Cover my face as the animals die
In the hanging garden
In the hanging garden
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"SIAMESE TWINS"
Words by: R.Smith Music by: The Cure published by: Fiction Records, 1982
Tabbed by: graph_sas
Am F Dm7 F }*4
AmI chose an Feternity of tDm7his F
AmLike falling Fangels the Dm7world disappeared F
AmLaughing into the fiFre, is it aDm7lways like this ' F
AmFlesh and blood and the fFirst kiss
Dm7The first colors the fFirst kiss.
Am F Dm7 F }*2
(repeat Am F Dm7 F throughout the verse)
We writhed under a red light
Voodoo smile, siamese twins
Girl at the window looks at me for an hour
Then everything falls apart
Broken inside me, it falls apart.
CThe walls and the ceDm7iling move in Amtime
CPush a blade into my Dm7hands, slowly up the stairs
EmAnd into the room
EmIs it always like this '
AmDancing in my Fmaj7pocket
AmWorms eat my Fmaj7skin
AmShe glows and grows wiFmaj7th arms outstretched
E7Her legs around me, in the morning I cried.
Am F Dm7 F }*4
(repeat Am F Dm7 F)
Leave me to die, you won't remember my voice
I walked away and grew old
You never talk, we never smile
I scream you're nothing
And I don't need you anymore
You're nothing
It fades and spins
Fades and spins.
CSing out lDm7oud we all die Am
CLaughing into the Dm7fire
EmIs it always like thBbis '
EmIs it always like thBbis '
No Chord
Is it always like this '
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"THE FIGUREHEAD"
Words by: R.Smith Music by: The Cure published by: Fiction Records, 1982
Tabbed by: unregistered
C5Sharp and open, Bb5leave me aloF5ne and sleG#5eping less every night
As the C5days become heavier and Bb5weighted
Waiting F5in the cold light G#5
A noise, a C5scream tears my clothes as the Bb5figurines tighten F5
With spiders inG#5side them
And dust on the C5lips of a vision of Bb5hell
I laughed in the F5mirror for the G#5first time in a year.
C5BriBb5dge F5(FiG#5gure 1) 2x
*1:06*
e|-----------------|
B|--1-3-4-1-3-4----|
G|--------------1--|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Verse 2: *1:23*
A C5hundred other words Bb5blind me with your F5purity G#5
Like an C5old painted doll in the Bb5throes of daF5nce I thinkG#5 about tomorrow
Please let me C5sleep as B5bI slipF5 down thG#5e window freshly squashed fly
You mean C5nothingBb5, you mean F5nothing. G#5
C5 F#5 C5 Bb5 F5
Bb5BridF5ge G#5(Figure 2) 4x Bridge (Figure 1) 1x Bridge (Figure 3) 1x
*1:58* *2:16* *2:24*
e|--------2-3-2--| e|-----------------| e|----------------3--1------|
B|--1-3-4--------| B|--1-3-4-1-3-4----| B|--1-3-4-1-3-4--------4-3--|
G|---------------| G|--------------1--| G|--------------1-----------|
D|---------------| D|-----------------| D|--------------------------|
A|---------------| A|-----------------| A|--------------------------|
E|---------------| E|-----------------| E|--------------------------|
C5 Bb5 F5 G#5 C5 Bb5
G#5Bridge (Figure 4) 1x Bridge (Figure 3) 1x
*2:33* *2:41*
e|--------1-----------1--------| e|----------------3--1------|
B|--1-3-4---4-3-1-3-4--4-3-----| B|--1-3-4-1-3-4--------4-3--|
G|-----------------------------| G|--------------1-----------|
D|-----------------------------| D|--------------------------|
A|-----------------------------| A|--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------| E|--------------------------|
Verse 3: *2:50*
I can C5lose myself in Bb5Chinese art and AF5merican girls G#5
All the C5time lose mB5be in thF5e daG#5rk please do it right
Running into the C5night I Bb5will lose myself tomorrow
F5Crimson pain, my G#5heart explodes
My C5memory in a Bb5fire and someoF5ne wilG#5l listen at least for a short while.
C5 F#5 Eb5 F#5
BridF5ge F5(FiF5gurF5e 2F5) 4x Bridge (Figure 5) 4x Bridge (Figure 6) 5x
*3:25* *3:43* *4:00*
e|--------2-3-2--| e|--11--14-11--2--3--2---| e|-----------|
B|--1-3-4--------| B|-------------(7)(8)(7)--| B|--6--9--8--|
G|---------------| G|-------------11-12-11---| G|-----------|
D|---------------| D|------------------------| D|-----------|
A|---------------| A|------------------------| A|-----------|
E|---------------| E|------------------------| E|-----------|
*4:10*
(I can F5never say no)
I can F5never say no to F5anyone but you.
C5 Bb5 F5 G#5 C5
F5BriG#5dge (Figure 7) 2x Bridge (Figure 4) 1x
*4:17* *4:34*
e|-----------------6--4--| e|--------1-----------1--------|
B|-----------6--8--------| B|--1-3-4---4-3-1-3-4--4-3-----|
G|--5--7--8--------------| G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------| D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------| A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------| E|-----------------------------|
C5BriBb5dge F5(FiG#5gure 8) 1x
*4:43*
e|-----------------6--4--3--1--------------|
B|-----------6--8--------------4--3-----1--|
G|--5--7--8--------------------------3-----|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Verse 4: *4:51*
C5Too many secrets, Bb5too many F5lies writG#5ing with hatred
C5Too many secrets, Bb5please make it good tonight F5 G#5
But the C5same imageBb5 haunts me F5in sequence, in despair of time
I will G#5never be clean agC5ain
Touched her Bb5eyes, pressed my F5stained face
I will G#5never be clean agC5ain (Figure 1)
Touch her Bb5eyes, press my F5stained face
I will G#5never be clean agC5ain Bb5 F5
I will G#5never be clean agC5ain Bb5 F5
I will G#5never be clean agC5ain Bb5 F5
I will G#5never be clean again.
Outro: Drums *6:02-6:13*
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"A STRANGE DAY"
Words by: R.Smith Music by: The Cure published by: Fiction Records, 1982
Tabbed by: Mario Dorion SSE Sun Montreal
AGive me your Beyes that I can see G
AThe blind man Bkissing my hands G
The sun is humming
My head turns to dust as he plays on his knees
As he plays on his knees
FAnd the sand and the sea glows I Gclose my eyes
FMove slowly through Gdrowning waves
AGoing away on a Bstrange day
And I laugh as I drift in the wind
Blind
Dancing on a beach of stone
Cherish the faces as they wait for the end
Sudden hush across the water
And we're here again
And the sand
And the sea grows
I close my eyes
Move slowly through drowning waves
Going away
On a strange day
FAnd the sand and the sea glows I Gclose my eyes
FMove slowly through Gdrowning waves
AGoing away on a Bstrange day
EMy head falls back and the walls crashed in F
GAnd the sky and the impossible explodes A
BAnd for one moment I remember a song C
DAn expression of sounds
EAnd the everything is gone forever
Fig.1
1 - 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1
2 - 3 3 3 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0
3 - 2 0
4 -
5 -
6 -
AA straBnge Gday
Repeat fig.1
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"COLD"
Words by: R.Smith Music by: The Cure published by: Fiction Records, 1982
Tabbed by: graph_sas
SYNTH PROGRESSION CHORDS: C, C#, A#, G#, F, F#
GUITAR PROGRESSION CHORDS: Bm, G
BmScarred
Your back was turned
Curled likGe an embryo
BmTake another face
You will be kissed again G
I was Bmcold as I mouthed the words
And crawled across the mGirror
BmI wait
Await the next breath
GYour name
Like ice into my heart
Main Riff: Bm, G (x2)
BmA shallow grave
A monument to the rGuined age
BmIce in my eyes
And eyes like ice don't mGove
BmScreaming at the moon
Another past timeG Bm
GYour name
Like ice into my heart
Main Riff: Bm, G (x2)
Repeat the progression chord through the verse:
Everything as cold as life
Can no one save you'
Everything
As cold as silence
And you never say a word
Your name
Like ice into my heart (x2)
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"PORNOGRAPHY"
Words by: R.Smith Music by: The Cure published by: Fiction Records, 1982
Tabbed by: graph_sas
The basics chords are:
Dm, Bb, A, Bb
A hand in my mouth
A life spills into the flowers
We all look so perfect
As we fall down
In a n electric glare
The old man cracks with age
She found his last picture
In the ashes of the fire
An image of the queen
Echoes round the sweating bed
Sour yellow sounds inside my head
In books
And films
And in life
And in heaven
The sound of slaughter
As your body turns
But it's too late
The Brigde chords are:
F#m, G (x3)
F#m, F
One more day like today and I'll kill you
A desire for flesh
And real blood
And I'll watch you drown in the shower
Pushing my life through your open eyes
I must fight this sickness
Find a cure...
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