The Cure Jupiter Crash Transcribed by: Andrew Kwame Tay Key: G Arrangement: 12-string acoustic, electric, bass Tab source: video, audio Accuracy: at least 92% Tabbed by: Andrew Tay (aka Ant) October 1996 aktay@zeus.uwaterloo.ca Like most Cure songs, Jupiter Crash is pretty easy to play. But it is fairly unusual; the trickiest part was working out the first two chords of the verse. Thanks go to Erik Pischel (pischel@informatik.hu-berlin.de) for being the first person to actually get them right, sending me in the right direction and saving me a lot of effort. One thing to watch out for: this song is a little weird rhythmically. It's in 6/8 time, but it's syncopated as if it were in 4/4 time. I suppose one could argue that it's in 4/4 time with everything in triplets (and I'm willing to listen to anybody who can argue so or that thinks it's 12/8 or 3/4 or something), but I've tabbed it in 6/8. To illustrate, the diagram below shows where the accents lie (marked with x) in both times: x x x x 6/8 (syncopated): 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 4/4 (in triplets): 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . GUITAR 1 (acoustic 12-string) ----------------------------------------------- -< INTRO/VERSE >- CORRECT SIMPLER eadgbe eadgbe C/C#: x45050 CM7/C#: x45000 C: x35050 CM7: x35000 G: 32003x G: 32000x D/F#: 20023x BASIC RHYTHM (Robert varies this, of course): C/C# C | G / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / / (x3) 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . ...then: D/F# | G / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / / (x2) 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . -< BRIDGE >- "Meanwhile millions oof miles away..." I wrote out the chords vertically for clarity. The open high E string is optional: _________________________________________________ | Em C* Dmaj11 Em* Gadd9 A9 A7 | e|--0------0------0------0------0------0-------0---| b|--0------1------3------7------10-----12------10--| g|--0------0------0------0------0------0-------0---| d|--2------2------4------5------9------11------11--| a|--2------3------5------7------10-----12------12--| e|--0----------------------------------------------| BASIC RHYTHM: / / / / / / / / / one chord per measure, except A9 which is half 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . a measure and A7 which completes the measure GUITAR 2 (bass VI arr. for guitar) ------------------------------------------ Play all of this with a flanger. -< VERSE >- Play the following figures in this order: 1, 2, 1, 3, 3. Figure 1: e|-------------------------|-------------------------| b|-------------------------|-------------------------| g|-------4-----4-----4-----|-7-----5-----4-----------| d|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-------------------------| a|-------------------------|-------------------------| e|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . Figure 2: e|-------------------------|-------------------------| b|-------------------------|-------------------------| g|-------4-----4-----4-----|-7-----------------------| d|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-------------------------| a|-------------------------|-------------------------| e|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . Figure 3: e|-------------------------|-------------------------| b|-------------------------|-------------------------| g|-------2-----2-----2...////4!----------------------| d|-----4-----4-----4-------|-------------------------| a|-------------------------|-------------------------| e|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . -< BRIDGE >- Don't play anything -< SOLO >- ---------------------------| ------------------------------| add distortion and ----------------------------| lead into the solo --------12-12----12-12----12-| like this: ----------------------------| -------------------------------| . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| b|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| g|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| d|-12----12-12----12-12----12-12----12-|-12-------10-------9----------------| a|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| b|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| g|-------------------------------------|-12-------14-------16---------------| d|----------12-------12-------12-------|------------------------------------| a|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| e|-12----12----------------------------|------------------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| b|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| g|----------16-------16-------14-------|----------16-------16-------14------| d|-14----14-------14-------------------|-12----12-------12------------------| a|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| b|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| g|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| d|-10----10-10----10-10----9--10----12-|------------------------------------| a|-------------------------------------|-10---------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| b|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| g|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| d|-10-10----10----10-10----9--10----12-|------------------------------------| a|-------------------------------------|-10---------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . -< ENDING >- End with verse figure 3, but make your last note a G (0th fret) instead of sliding up to the 4th fret. BASS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -< INTRO/VERSE >- This is how Simon plays it: way up on the neck. Play the figures in this order: 1, 2, 1, 3, 3 Figure 1: g|-------------------------------------|-------------------------| d|-------------------------------------|-------------------------| a|-19----19-19----19-19----19-19----19-|-17....\\\\\-------------| e|-------------------------------------|-------------15----------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . Figure 2: g|-------------------------------------|-------------------------| d|-------------------------------------|-------------------------| a|-19----19-19----19-19----19-19----19-|-17----------------------| e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . Figure 3: g|-------------------------------------|-------------------------| d|-------------------------------------|-------------------------| a|-------------------------------------|-------------------------| e|-14----14-14----14-14----14-14.....////15!---------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . -< INTRO/VERSE >- alternate part Play in order 4, 5, 4, 5, 5: Figure 4: g|-------------------------|-------------------------| d|-------------------------|-------------------------| a|-0-----2-----3-----2...////7-----5-----10----9.../// e|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . Figure 5: g|-------------------------|-------------------------| d|-------------------------|-------------------------| a//12!---10..//14!---12..////17!---------------------| e|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . -< BRIDGE >- g|-------------------------|-------------------------| d|-------------------------|-------------------------| a|-------------------------|-0---0-0-0-0-0---2---3..// e|-0---0-0-0-0-0---2---3---|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . g|-------------------------|-------------------------| d|-------------------------|-------------------------| a//5!--5-5-5-5-5---5---5..///7!--7-7---7-7---7---7..// e|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . g|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------| d|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------| a//10!-10----10----10-10-10----10----10..//14!---14-14-------12----------| e|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . ----------=================================---------- KEY --- x/y pick x, slide up to y (do not pick y) x\y pick x, slide down to y (do not pick y) x/y! pick x, slide up to y, pick y immediately x..\y hold note x for the time indicated before sliding to y x\\\ slide with trail-off / repeat chord stroke and zee lyrics: she follows me down to the sound of the sea slips to the sand and stares up at me is this how it happens is this how it feels is this how a star falls is this how a star falls the night turns as i try to explain irresistable attraction and orbital plane or maybe it's more like a moth to a flame she brushes my face with her smile forget about stars for awhile as she melts meanwhile millions of miles away in space the incoming comet brushes jupiter's face and disappears away with barely a trace was that it was that the jupiter show it kinda wasn't quite what i hoped for you know and pulling away she stands up slow and round her the night turns round her the night turns yeah that was it that was the jupiter crash drawn too close and gone in a flash just a few bruises in the region of the splash she left too the sound of the sea she just drifted away from me yeah so much for gravity...