The Cure
Fire In Cairo 

Transcribed by: Mario Dorion

Fire In Cairo
=============

Am        G    C          G             F
Slowly fading blue the eastern hollows
Am           G   C             G           F
Catch the dying sun the night time follows

..

E        F           E      F
See your head in the fading light
    E           F         E          F
And through the dark your eyes shine bright
     Am             G    C         G            F
They burn like the fire burn like fire in cairo

..

E                 F G
F-I-R-E-I-N-C-A-I-R-O
E                 F G
F-I-R-E-I-N-C-A-I-R-O
E                 F G
F-I-R-E-I-N-C-A-I-R-O
E                             F
And the heat disapear and the mirror fades away
Am G C G F
ad lib.


Notes: This is not quite the studio version since that version would
not sound good without 2 guitars. This is, though, closer to the
version that has been played live in some of the prayer tour concerts.

Transcribed by: NESWARRI0R@aol.com

this is how ive always heard fire in cairo...

(power chords...)

A* = x x 7 9 10 x
G* =x x 5 7 8 x
E* =x 7 9 9 x x
D   =x 5 7 7 x x
F*  =x x 3 5 6 x
C   =x 3 5 5 x x
B   =x 2 4 4 x x
A   =x 0 2 2 x x    

Ok....

Verse...

A* A*   G* G*   E* E*   D D   F* F*   C C   F* F*   G* G*
 thats how the "solo"  i guess you could call it goes too just play it more
emm... obviously... 

then "see your..."
just alternate B C B C etc

and F I  R E   I N C A I R O
      B B B B  BB B B BC D  (play chord with letter obviously...cept last time
it goes-
      B B B B  BB B B B A C

thats all there is too it


BASS TAB
========

Transcribed by: Gilles Velay (gvelay@free.fr)

Notations
  w : whole       e : 8th
  h : half        s : 16th
  q : quarter

Riff 1
------
    q   q   e q   e   q   q   e q+e     q   q   e e q     e q   q   e e e  
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|-4---4-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-6---6---4-4---6-|---------4-4-----|-2---2---2-2-2---|-2-2---2---2-2-2-|

Riff 1b
-------
    q   q   e q   e   q   q   e q+e     q   q   e e q     e q   q   e e e  
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4---4---4-4-4-|
A-|-----------------|-4---4-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-6---6---4-4---6-|---------4-4-----|-2---2---2-2-2---|-----------------|

Riff 1c
-------
    q   q   e q   e   q   q   e q+e     q   e e q   e e   q   e e q   e e  
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----4-4-----4-4-|
A-|-----------------|-4---4-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-6---6---4-4---6-|---------4-4-----|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|

Riff 1d
-------
    q   q   e q   e   q   q   e q+e     e e q   e e e e   e e e e e e e e   w   
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-5-5-6-6-7-7-|-8--|
A-|-----------------|-4---4-----------|-----------------|-----------------|----|
E-|-6---6---4-4---6-|---------4-4-----|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-----------------|----|


Riff 2
------
    q q q q   e q   q   e e e  
G-|---------|-----------------|
D-|-3-3-4-4-|-3-3---4-----2---|
A-|---------|-----------4---4-|
E-|---------|-----------------|


Riff 3
------
    q q q q q q q q   e q   q   e q    
G-|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-4---6---6-6---|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|

Riff 3b
-------
    q+e   q   e q     q+e   q   e q    
G-|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-3-----3---3-3---|-4-----4---4-4---|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|


Riff 4
--------
    q     e  e  e  e  e  e    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e e q   e e q    
G-|----------10----------5--|-6--6--8--10----------6--|-----------------|
D-|-8-----11----6--6--8-----|-------------6--6--8-----|-4-4-4---4-4-4---|
A-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
E-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|

    e e e e e e e e  
G-|---6---7---8---9-|
D-|-4---5---6---7---|
A-|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|



Song Structure
--------------

Intro Guitar

Verse 1 
   Riff 1   (x 4)
   Riff 2   (x 2)

Bridge
   Riff 1   (x 2)

Verse 2
   Riff 1   (x 3)
   Riff 1b

Chorus
   Riff 3   (x 3)
   Riff 3b

Musical Bridge
   Riff 1   (x 3)
   Riff 1b

Chorus
   Riff 3   (x 8)

Bass Solo
   one bass plays Riff 1 while a second bass plays Riff 4   (x 4)

Final Verse
   Riff 1c  (x3)
   Riff 1d