The Cure Untitled Transcribed by: Andrew Tay Key: G Arrangement: 2 electric guitars, 2 basses Tab source: audio Accuracy: at least 92% Tabbed by: Andrew Tay (aka Ant) December 1995 aktay@zeus.uwaterloo.ca Here's some tab for the Cure song "Untitled", my favourite Cure song. I worked out most of this just by listenening to the version on Disintegration and the live version on Entreat. If you've never heard Entreat, buy it--the Entreat versions are all better than the album versions. There are no actual guitars in this song; just basses and Fender Bass VIs (although I've arranged the Bass VIs for guitar since very few own them). KEYBOARD (arr. for guitar) -------------------------- This keyboard part repeats throughout the whole song. ________________ D C 3rd time | e|-----------------|------------------||-----------------| b|-----------------|------------------||-----------------| g|-----------------|-----------------:||-----------------| x3 d|-7-----9-----4---|-2---------------:||-2-----------4-2-| a|-5-----------5---|-3----------------||-3---------------| e|-----------------|------------------||-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . ________________ G C 2nd time | e|-----------------|------------------||-----------------| b|-----------------|------------------||-----------------| g|-----------------|-----------------:||-----------------| x2 d|-0---------------|-2-----------4-2-:||-2---------------| a|-2-----------2---|-3----------------||-3---------------| e|-----------------|------------------||-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . BASS 1 ------ After about 5 years of being confused, I finally realized that the very interesting and subtle bass sound comes from the fact that there are in fact two basses in the song. The first bass seems to have all it's lows and some of its mids cut, so it sounds high and clicky. The second bass is all lows and mids, and the two complement each other well. ________________ * 3rd time | G|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------| D|-7-0-0-5-0-0-4-0-|---2---------------:||---2-------------| x3 A|-----------------|-3---0-0-3-222.///-:||-3---0-0-3-222-2-| E|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . * This notation means at the second half of the 4th beat, slide up with a trail-off. You should lift off completely at about the 5th fret. G|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------| x2 A|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-| E|-----------------|-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . BASS 2 ------ ...and here's the second bass, which more-or-less doubles the first. I've never seen them play Untitled live, but from the Entreat album, it sounds like Porl plays this on a Bass VI. * G|-----------------|-----------------| D|-7-----5-----4---|-2---------------| x3 A|-----------------|-------3---------| E|-----------------|-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . * In the live version, the G (at 5th fret) is occasionally replaced with a B (at 9th fret). G|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------| x2 A|-2---------------|-3---------------| E|-----------------|-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . or alternately, you can play these last measures like the live version: G|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------| x2 A|-2-----3-----2---|-----------------| E|-----------------|-3---------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . GUITAR 1 (Bass VI) - MAIN THEME ------------------------------- e|-------------------------|-------------------------| b|-------------------------|-------------------------| g|-14----12----11----------|-------------------------| d|-------------------12-12-|----14-------------------| a|-------------------------|-------------------------| e|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . e|-------------------------|-------------------------| b|-------------------------|-------------------------| g|-14----12----11----------|-------------------------| d|-------------------12-14-|-------------------------| a|-------------------------|-------------------------| e|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . e|-------------------------|-------------------------------| b|-------------------------|-------------------------------| g|-14----12----11----------|-------------------------------| d|-------------------12-12-|----14-------------------12-14-| a|-------------------------|-------------------------------| e|-------------------------|-------------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . : . ______________ 1st time only | e|-------------------------|-------------------------------| b|-------------------------|-------------------------------| g|-11----12----11----------|-------------------------------| x2 d|----------------12----14-|-------------------------12-14-| a|-------------------14----|-------------------------------| e|-------------------------|-------------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . : . GUITAR 2 (Bass VI) - HARMONY to MAIN THEME ------------------------------------------- This second Bass VI part comes in between the second and third verses, and harmonizes the main theme. Robert just leaves it out of the live version (i.e. it isn't too important). e|-------------------------|-------------------------| b|-14----12----10----------|-------------------------| g|-------------------11-11-|----12-------------------| d|-------------------------|-------------------------| a|-------------------------|-------------------------| e|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . e|-------------------------|-------------------------| b|-14----12----10----------|-------------------------| g|-------------------11-12-|-------------------------| d|-------------------------|-------------------------| a|-------------------------|-------------------------| e|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . e|-------------------------|-------------------------------| b|-14----12----10----------|-------------------------------| g|-------------------11-11-|----12----------------------11-| d|-------------------------|-------------------------12----| a|-------------------------|-------------------------------| e|-------------------------|-------------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . : . ______________ 1st time only | e|-------------------------|-------------------------------| b|-10----10----10----------|-------------------------------| g|----------------11-%--12-|----------------------------11-| x2 d|-------------------------|-------------------------12----| a|-------------------------|-------------------------------| e|-------------------------|-------------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . : . GUITAR 1 (Bass VI) - SOLO MOTIFS -------------------------------- The outro for this song basically consists of a bunch of Bass VI motifs played over the G-C progression. On the studio version, they're really layered so there's not much point in trying to write them as a sequence. I'll just give you some of the motifs roughly in order, and you can mix and match at will. You also might want to use a delay effect. MOTIF 1 e||-------------------------|-------------------------|| b||-------------------------|-------------------------|| g||-14----14-14-14----12-11-|-------------------------|| d||-------------------------|-12----12-12-12----14-12-|| a||-------------------------|-------------------------|| e||-------------------------|-------------------------|| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . MOTIF 2 e||-------------------------------------------------| b||-------------------------------------------------| g||-------------------------------------------------| d||-------12----14----12-14-------12----14----------| a||-------------------------------------------------| e||-------------------------------------------------| 1 . : . 2 . : . 3 . : . 4 . : . e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------|| b|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------|| g|-------------------------------------------------|-----14------14-12-|| d|-------12----14----12-14-------12----14----12-12-|-------------------|| a|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------|| e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------|| 1 . : . 2 . : . 3 . : . 4 . : . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . MOTIF 3 e||-------|-------------------------------------------------| b||-------|-------------------------------------------------| g||-------|-14----12-11-------11----14----12-11-------11----| d||----12-|-------------------------------------------------| a||-------|-------------------------------------------------| e||-------|-------------------------------------------------| 4 . 1 . : . 2 . : . 3 . : . 4 . : . e|-------------------------------------------------|| b|-------------------------------------------------|| g|-14----12-11-------12----11----------------------|| d|-------------------------------12-12-------------|| a|-------------------------------------------------|| e|-------------------------------------------------|| 1 . : . 2 . : . 3 . : . 4 . : . MOTIF 4 e||-------------------------|-------------------------|| b||-------------------------|-------------------------|| g||-------------------------|-------------------------|| d||-------12----12-14----12-|-------12----12-14-------|| a||-------------------------|----------------------12-|| e||-------------------------|-------------------------|| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . MOTIF 5 e||-------------------------------|-------------------------|| b||-------------------------------|-------------------------|| g||-------------------------------|-------------------------|| d||-------------------------------|-------------------12----|| a||----------12-14-------14----14-|----------12-14-14----14-|| e||-------------------------------|-------------------------|| 1 . 2 . 3 . : . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . MOTIF 6 e||-------------------------------------------------| b||-------------------------------------------------| g||-------------------------------------------------| d||-------------12-------12----12-------12-------12-| a||-------14----------14----------14----------14----| e||-------------------------------------------------| 1 . : . 2 . : . 3 . : . 4 . : . e|-------------------------------------------------| b|-------------------------------------------------| g|-------------------------------------------------| d|----12-------12-------14----14-------12-------14-| a|-------14----------14----------14----------14----| e|-------------------------------------------------| 1 . : . 2 . : . 3 . : . 4 . : . e|-------------------------------------------------| b|-------------------------------------------------| g|-------------------------------------------------| d|----14-------12-------14----14-------12-------14-| a|-------14----------14----------14----------14----| e|-------------------------------------------------| 1 . : . 2 . : . 3 . : . 4 . : . e|-------------------------------------------------|| b|-------------------------------------------------|| g|-------------------------------------11----------|| d|----14----------------14-------------------------|| a|-------14----12----14----------------------------|| e|-------------------------------------------------|| 1 . : . 2 . : . 3 . : . 4 . : . MOTIF 7 e||-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|| b||----------12-12----10----|----------12-12----10----|-----------------|| g||----------------------12-|-12-------------------12-|-11--------------|| d||-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|| a||-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|| e||-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . MOTIF 8 (live only) In the live version Robert plays this simple but very nice run: e||-------------------------------------------------| b||-------------------------------------------------| g||-------------------------------------------------| d||-------------------------------------------------| a||-------14----14----14-14----14----14-14----14----| e||-------------------------------------------------| 1 . : . 2 . : . 3 . : . 4 . : . e|--------------------------------------------------| b|--------------------------------------------------| g|--------------------------------------------------| d|--------------------------------------------------| a|--14----12-12\10----10----10----9--9\\7-----7-----| e|--------------------------------------------------| 1 . : . 2 . : . 3 . : . 4 . : . e|--------------------------|--------------------------------| b|--------------------------|--------------------------------| g|--------------------------|--------------------------------| d|--------------------------|--------------------------------| a|--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--|-7//9--9--10-10/12!-12-12/14-14-| e|--------------------------|--------------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . : . ...which leads to a very fast and rhythmic run, similar to motif 6 but with more notes. Actually, if you want to play the solo like how he plays it live, it goes together something like this: 1) plays variations on main theme 2) plays motif 3 3) plays motif 4 4) plays motif 8 5) plays fast variation on motif 6 (see above) 6) plays motif 7 7) ends with repeated variations on motif 4 KEY --- x/y pick x, slide up to y x\y pick x, slide down to y x/y! pick x, slide up to y, pick y immediately x\\\ slide with trail-off x..\y hold note x for the time indicated before sliding to y :| repeat preceding measures (xN) repeat passages N times _____ 1st | end passage this way the first time