The Cure - The head on the door

From: michael.healey@balliol.ox.ac.uk (Mike) Date: Wed, 07 Jun 95 01:02:29 GMT Subject: CRD: The Cure - The Head On The Door Chords for all the songs on 'The Head on the Door' by The Cure. All songs by Robert Smith. The chords are written essentially for someone who wants to play and sing the songs on an acoustic guitar, although I guess electric would work too. In most cases they are quite different to what the guitarists in the band would be playing. All except for 'Screw' worked out by Mike Healey <michael.healey@balliol.ox.ac.uk>. I lose this account very soon (June '95) so don't bother trying to contact me after the end of the month. Inbetween Days -------------- Intro: (this is basically a riff incorporated in a chord sequence; don't worry if it takes you a while to get it right, or just miss it out altogether). A Asus2 A Asus2 Dmaj7 Dmaj7sus2 Dsus2 D7 A Asus2 A Asus2 Dmaj7 D5 D5 D7 Yesterday I got so scared I shivered like a child Yesterday away from you It froze me deep inside Come back come back Don't walk away Come back come back Come back today Come back come back Why can't you see Come back come back Come back to me And I know I was wrong When I said it was true That it couldn't be me and be her Inbetween without you Without you A: x0222x Asus2: x0220x Dmaj7: xx022x Dmaj7sus2: xx0220 Dsus2: xx0230 D5: xx02xx Bm: x2443x E/B: x2210x D7: xx020x Kyoto Song ---------- Bm Bm Bm Bm A F# Bm Bm A nightmare of you Of death in the pool I see no further now than this dream The trembling hand of the trembling man Hold my mouth To hold in a scream I try to think To make it slow If only here is where I go If this is real I have to see I turn on fire And next to me It looks good It tastes like nothing on earth It looks good It tastes like nothing on earth Its so smooth it even feels like skin It tells me how it feels to be new Either play it as straight chords, or use this picking pattern for each chord. (It doesn't work too well on its own though). Bm A F# Em C |---------|---------|---------|---------|-------0-| |-------0-|-------0-|-------0-|-------0-|---------| |-----0---|-----0---|-----0---|-----0---|-----0---| |---4-----|---4-----|---4-----|---2-----|---5-----| |-2-------|-0-------|---------|---------|-3-------| |---------|---------|-2-------|-0-------|---------| The Blood --------- F# G F# E (repeat) Tell me who doesn't love What can never come back You can never forget how it used to feel The illusion is deep Its as deep as the night I can tell by your tears you remember it all G G A A F# G F# G I am paralysed by the blood of Christ Though it clouds my eyes I can never stop How it feels to be dry Walking bare in the sun Every mirage I see is a mirage of you As I cool in the twilight Taste the salt on my skin I recall all the tears All the broken words I am paralysed by the blood of Christ Though it clouds my eyes I can never stop B C B C F# G F# G When the sunsets glow drifts away from you You'll no longer know If any of this was really true at all F#: 133211 G: 355433 E: 022100 A: 577655 B: 224442 C: 335553 Six Different Ways ------------------ C G/B Am (repeat) This is stranger than I thought Six different ways inside my heart And everyone I'll keep tonight Six different ways go deep inside C: x32010 G/B: x20003 Am: x02210 Em: 022000 F: 133211 Push ---- INTRO: (this is basically a riff incorporated in a chord sequence; don't worry if it takes you a while to get it right, or just miss it out altogether). [repeat intro] Bm: x24432 Bsus2: x24422 G9: 300203 G: 320003 D: xx0232 Dsus2: xx0230 A: x02220 Asus2: x02200 G2/F#: 200003 Em: 022000 The Baby Screams ---------------- Dm C F C/G Heaven Give me a sign Waiting for the sun to shine Pleasure fills up my dreams And I love it Like a baby screams Its so useless How can you be proud When you're sinking into the ground Into the ground fills up my dreams And I love it Like a baby screams Couldn't ask for more you said Take it all And strike me Strike me dead Waiting again Waiting Like I waited before Waiting again Waiting here for nothing at all Heaven fills up my dreams And I love it Like a baby screams Couldn't ask for more you said Couldn't ever let it end Take it all Take it all And strike me dead Heaven Heaven Dm: xx0231 C: x32010 F: 133211 C/G: 332010 Close to Me ----------- I never thought that this day would end I never thought that tonight could ever be This close to me Just try to see in the dark Just try to make it work To feel the fear before you're here I make the shapes come much too close I pull my eyes out Hold my breath And wait until I shake E E B B I've waited hours for this I've made myself so sick I wish I'd stayed asleep today I never thought that this day would end I never thought that tonight could ever be This close to me But if I had your face I could make it safe and clean If only I was sure That my head on the door Was a dream B: x24442 G#m: 466444 F#: 244322 F#/E: 044322 A Night Like This ----------------- Say hello on a day like today Say it everytime you move The way that you look at me now Makes me wish I was you It goes deep It goes deeper still This touch And the smile and the shake of your head I'm coming to find you if it takes me all night Can't stand here like this anymore For always and ever is always for you I want it to be perfect Like before This is the keyboard part written for guitar. You could use it as an intro. (Thanks to matthew green <mrgreen@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU>) F#m D/F# D#dim/F# D/F# e -------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| b ---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| g ---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| d ---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| a -------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| e -------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| F#m: 244222 D: xx0232 B: x24442 F#m/G#: 444222 F#m/A: x04222 C#m: x46654 Bm: x24432 G#m: 466444 E: 022100 ~From: winston campbell <jieuryli@eden.rutgers.edu> Screw ----- The guitar riff is quite simple and it oscillates between strings (if there is such a thing). The basic riff is: E ----------------------------------------| B ----------------------------------------| G ----------------------------------------| D ----------------------------------------| A -------------------------------------5--| E --3---1---0---1--3---3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5----| There is also a part in the song where the riff changes, it goes unto a different string like this: E ----------------------------------------| B ----------------------------------------| G ----------------------------------------| D -------------------------------------5--| A --3---1---0---1--3---3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5----| E ----------------------------------------| There is also another part of the song where the riff goes on the D string, which I will not get into at this time as you may see the point of this. And that is basically it. Screw ----- When you screw up your eyes When you screw up your face When you throw out your arms And keep changing your shape Taste the taste in your mouth Taste the taste on your tongue On the film on your eyes of what I've become What do I do when you screw up your eyes' What do I do when you screw up your face' What do I do When you throw out your arms Fall on the floor And keep changing your shape' Jump right into your mouth' Jump around on your tongue' And the film on your eyes of the way I've become Makes me sick at the way that I try Anything in the world To impress that I'm doing this Only for you Sinking ------- The secrets I hide Twist me inside They make me weaker The chords here are very basic and will need some filling in, e.g. playing the bass line, or messing about with the top strings and using different chord shapes. ========= Mike H. ========= michael.healey@balliol.ox.ac.uk