Three Imaginary Boys Tab

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~From: mrgreen@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (matthew green)
 
	3 Imaginary Boys 	The Cure.
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The chords are..
 
Intro:    Em   G    B    D#dim
Bridge:   Am   G    B    B
Chorus:   G    F#m  F    Eb   Em
 
Em     022000
G      320033
B      x24442
D#dim  x21003
Am     x02210
F#m    244222
Eb     x221xx
 
The bass is like this:
 
 
First time..
 
g -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
d -|--------------------------|--------------1--1--2--4---|
a -|--------------------------|--2------------------------|
e -|--0-----------3--3--------|---------------------------|
   |  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  |  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  |
 
Verse.
 
g -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
d -|--2--2--4--2--------------|--------------1--1--2--4---|
a -|--------------------------|--2--2--1--2---------------|
e -|--------------3--3--5--3--|---------------------------|
   |  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  |  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  |
 
Bridge
 
g -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
d -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
a -|--0--0--2--0--------------|--2--2--2--2-2-2-2--3--5---|
e -|--------------3--3--5--3--|---------------------------|
   |  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  |  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  |
 
Chorus
 
g -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
d -|--5--5--7--5--4--4--5--4--|--3--3--4--3--1--1--2--4---|
a -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
e -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
   |  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  |  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  |
 
This is pretty much what the solo is..  I'm a tiny bit unsure
of some of the timing - I was too lazy to listen to it to
check...
 
e -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
b -|--------------------------|--------------------5--7---|
g -|-----------------0-----2--|--4-----------7--7---------|
d -|--2-----------------------|---------------------------|
a -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
e -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
   |  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  |  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  |
 
e -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
b -|--5-----------------------|---------------------------|
g -|--------------7--7-----4--|--4-----------2--2-0-------|
d -|--------------------------|--------------------4------|
a -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
e -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
   |  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  |  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  |
 
e -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
b -|--------------------------|--------------------5--7---|
g -|-----------------0-----2--|--4-----------7--7---------|
d -|--2-----------------------|---------------------------|
a -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
e -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
   |  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  |  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  |
 
e -|--------------------------|--------11----12----14-----|
b -|--5-----7-----8-----10----|--12-----------------------|
g -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
d -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
a -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
e -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
   |  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  |  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  |
 
e -|--15----------------------|---------------------------|
b -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
g -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
d -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
a -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
e -|--------------------------|---------------------------|
   |  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  |  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  |
 
Singing starts again on the e-15 ...
 
 
..  blah.  so much for just fixing up Chris's mistakes.  :)
 
l8r..
 
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Transcribed by Matthew Green.
"Oh, I wasn't expecting this.  Now everything is destroyed."
 
 
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Ted Graves
rudeboy@uclink2.berkeley.edu
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