The Cure This is a Lie Transribed by: Andrew Kwame Tay Key: Em Arrangement: 2 acoustic guitars (one 6 string, one 12) Tab source: video, audio Accuracy: at least 86% Tabbed by: Andrew Tay (aka Ant) November 1996 aktay@zeus.uwaterloo.ca This is easily the simplest song on Wild Mood Swings, but there's a bit more to it than some people think. Specifically, I'm refering to the people on Babble who said that you just repeat one chord progression (Em G C Em Am G B) over and over--there are actually three different sequences, which I've lettered (a), (b), and (c) below. Each chord is held for one measure except the B and B7, which are held for two as indicated. The outlay of the song is on the right: BASIC CHORD PROGRESSIONS | INTRO: (a) Em | G | C | Em | Am | G | B | B | (a) x2 (b) C | G | C | Em | Am | G | B | B | (b) x2 (c) C | Em | G | Em | Am | Em | B7 | B7 | | VERSES 1 and 2: RHYTHM | (a) x2 X Y | (b) x1 / / / / / / / / / / | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . | CHORUS: | (c) x2 So that's basically it. In the live shows, Robert plays it on a 6-string acoustic, while Simon uses a 12-string (there isn't any bass, as you probably noticed). The only other thing to worry about is the variations. For some chords, they split the measure by playing the basic chord for the first 3 beats (where it's marked "X" on the rhythm chart) and switching to an altered chord on the last three (marked "Y"). Hope that makes some sense! CHORD VOICINGS -------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ | < ROBERT > | < SIMON > | | | | | BASIC | BASIC | | CHORDS (X) VARIATIONS (Y) | CHORDS (X) VARIATIONS (Y) | | eadgbe eadgbe | eadgbe eadgbe | | Em: 022000 Emadd11: 002000 | Em: same | | G: 320033 GM7: x20032 | G: same GM9: 300032 | | C: x32010 CM7: x32000 | C: same | | Am: x02210 | Am: same | | B: x2444x | B: xx4442 | | B7: x2120x | B7: same | |______________________________________|__________________________________| Notes - the GM7 chord can be played with an openn E bass, like: 020032 ----------=================================---------- ...and the lyrics: how each of us decides how each of us believes i've never been sure i've never really known the part we play in heaven unseen the way we are and hell unkown how each of us denies how each of us dreams any other way in the world to understand anything at all how each of us must choose why each of us decides i've never understood i've never been sure one special friend the part we take one true love the way we are why each of us must lose why each of us denies everyone else in the world any other way in the world however unsure however unsure however unwise however unwise day after day day after day play out our lives play out our lives however confused however confused pretending to know to the end pretending to know to the end but this isn't truth this isn't right this isn't love this isn't life this isn't real this is a lie