The Cure - Just Like Heaven guitar tab
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[three versions - bass and solos]
From: "patrick m. ryan"
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the chords follow the bass going: A - E - Bmin - E
the "chorus" part ("you soft and lonely you, etc")
goes F#min - G - F#min - G - F#min - G - D - D
the beginning riff is like:
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--18-18-18-16-16-14-----------------------------------------
----------------------18-18-18-16-16-14---12-12-11-12-11----
--------------------------------------------------------14--
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X2
(then one bar of this, which i invented to sorta sound like
what he does :)
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-----------------------------------------------------------14-16----
-----------11-12-14-----------11-12-14---------11-12-14-16----------
--14-14-14-----------14-14-14----------14-14-14---------------------
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and do the first riff again.
aash@{ms.uky.edu|ukma.bitnet|ukpr} "the only thing i ever really wanted to
{backbone|rutgers|uunet}!ukma!aash say was wrong, was wrong, was
wrong."
lyrics cribbed from
cs.uwp.edu:/pub/music/lyrics/files/cure/all.cure.lyrics
by pat@jaameri.gsfc.nasa.gov
"Show me how you do that trick
The one that makes me scream" she said
"The one that makes me laugh" she said
And threw her arms around my neck
"Show me how you do it
And I promise you I promise that
I'll run away with you
I'll run away with you"
Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed her face and kissed her head
And dreamed of all the different ways I had
To make her glow
"Why are you so far away?" she said
"Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with you
That I'm in love with you"
You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water
You're just like a dream
Daylight licked me into shape
I must have been asleep for days
And moving lips to breathe her name
I opened up my eyes
And found myself alone alone
Alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I loved
And drowned her deep inside of me
You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Just like heaven
From: pkang@cs.buffalo.edu (Pablo Kang)
Subject: TAB: Just Like Heaven (solo's too)
Measurements of time
====================
' = 1/32
^ = 1/16
. = 1/8
! = 1/4
o/ = half note
o = whole note
Other notation
==============
a+b (where a and b are measurements of time) =
add 'a' plus 'b' more time on that note
(e.g.) !+. means a quarter note + an eighth of a note time
******************
.__. = means that the previous note connects over
(in other words, don't play the other note)
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As everyone knows by now, the chords to this song are:
A E Bm D
-0- -0- -2- -2-
-2- -0- -3- -3-
-2- -1- -4- -2-
-2- -2- -4- -0-
-0- -2- -2- -x-
-x- -0- -x- -x-
If you already know the timing to the notes, then you can just look at
the notes and 'feel' your way through. If you don't know the timing,
you can try to figure out what the timing is by looking at the time
I put at the bottom of each TAB. It may be confusing at first, but you'll
get used looking at it. I tried using music notation as close as possible.
I'm pretty sure the notes and time are correct, though I may be wrong.
Remember, if you don't like this version, there other versions of JLH in
ftp sites.
Corrections, additions, and/or distributions are encouraged, but please
give credit where credit is due.
Comments are also welcome. :)
pablo
-- pkang@cs.buffalo.edu
Just Like Heaven (by the Cure)
(Intro 'solo')
e ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
b --(4)----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
g --(/)--18--18--18--16------16--14--14--|--13--13--13--11------11--9---9---|-
D --(4)----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
A ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
E ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
Time: . . . ! . . . . . . ! . . .
e ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
b ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
g -------7-------7---7---6---7-------4---|-(4)--4---4---2-------2---4---4--:||
D ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
A ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
E ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Time: ! . . . ! .______. . . ! . . .
e ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
b ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
g -------6---6---6---7-------7---9---9---|--11--11--11--13------13--14--14--|-
D ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
A ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
E ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
Time: . . . ! . . . . . . ! . . .
e ---------------------------------------|------------------------------------
b ---------------------------------------|------------------------------------
g -------16--16--16--18------18--19--19--|--21--21--21--19------19--19--19----
D ---------------------------------------|------------------------------------
A ---------------------------------------|------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------|------------------------------------
Time: . . . ! . . . . . . ! . . .
e ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
b ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
g -------18--18--18--16------16--14--14--|--13--13--13--11------11--9---9---|-
D ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
A ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
E ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
Time: . . . ! . . . . . . ! . . .
e ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
b ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
g -------7-------7---7---6---7-------4---|-(4)--4---4---2-------2---4---4---||
D ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
A ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
E ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Time: ! . . . ! .______. . . ! . . .
Show me, show me, ...
(Solo)
e -------12--12--12--12------------------|----------------------------------|-
b ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
g ---------------------------14------12--|-(12)-----12----------12----------|-
D ---------------------------------------|------14----------14--------------|-
A ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
E ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
Time: . . . ! ! .______. . ! . !+.
...just like a dream.
[1]___________________________________ [2]
e ---------------------------------------||-----------------------------12--|-
b -------14------------------------------||-14------15--14------15----------|-
g --------------------------------------:||---------------------------------|-
D ---------------------------------------||---------------------------------|-
A ---------------------------------------||---------------------------------|-
E ---------------------------------------||---------------------------------|-
Time: o ! . ! ! .
e -----------------------17--17--17--17--|-(17)-19------19------17--19------|-
b ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
g -------14------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
D ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
A ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
E ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
Time: o/ . . . .______. ! ! . !
e -------17--19------17--19--17--19------|-(19)-----------------------------|-
b ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
g ---------------------------------------|----------19--18--19--18----------|-
D ---------------------------------------|------------------------------19--|-
A ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
E ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
Time: . ! . . . !__________! . . . ! .
e ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
b ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
g ---------------19--18--19--18----------|----------------------------------|-
D -------19--------------------------19--|--19------------------------------|-
A ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
E ---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-
Time: ! . . . ! . o
Daylight...
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[Anything in brackets or parenthesis are comments from the
author of this tab.]
cs.uwp.edu:/pub/music/lyrics/files/cure/all.cure.lyrics
by pat@jaameri.gsfc.nasa.gov
(intro bassline) [not included]
(intro 'solo')
"Show me how you do that trick
The one that makes me scream" she said
"The one that makes me laugh" she said
And threw her arms around my neck
"Show me how you do it
And I promise you I promise that
I'll run away with you
I'll run away with you"
Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed her face and kissed her head
And dreamed of all the different ways I had
To make her glow
"Why are you so far away?" she said
"Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with you
That I'm in love with you"
You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water
You're just like a dream
(solo)
Daylight licked me into shape
I must have been asleep for days
And moving lips to breathe her name
I opened up my eyes
And found myself alone alone
Alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I loved
And drowned her deep inside of me
You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Just like heaven
--
-- pkang@cs.buffalo.edu
"I know it's over and it never really began but in my heart it felt so real"
From: L'Etat Morbide
Subject: Re: Just Like Heaven by the Cure
yes I have but I do not guarantee the result as I 've never corrected it
... hope this would help.
Just like Heaven, The Cure.
Intro.
Bass:
g -|-----------------|-----------------|-
d -|-----------------|-----------------|-
a -|-0---0---0-0-0---|-----------------|-
e -|---------------0-|---0---0---0-0-0-|-
| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
g -|-----------------|-----------------|-
d -|---------------0-|---0---0---0-0-0-|-
a -|-2---2---2-2-2---|-----------------|-
e -|-----------------|-----------------|-
| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
Guitar 1:
As bass, same notes, but sounds better if all played on the E (low) string.
Guitar 2:
Chords: A E Bm D.
Keyboard (Arranged for Guitar (3)):
e --5-4------------
b ------5-3-2-3-5--
Guitar 1 goes to:
e -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
b -|-14-14-14-12----12-10----|--9-----9--7-----7--5--5-|-
g -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
d -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
a -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
e -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
e -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
b -|-4-----4--4--3--4-----0--|-----0--0-----0----------|-
g -|-------------------------|-----------2-------------|-
d -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
a -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
e -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
repeat.
e -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
b -|-------------------5--5--|--7-----7--9-----9--10-10|-
g -|-4->6--6--7-----7--------|-------------------------|-
d -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
a -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
e -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
e -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
b -|-12----12-13----12-13-13-|--15-15-15-13----13-13-13|-
g -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
d -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
a -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
e -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
repeat first part, into first verse.
(btw, I don't have my guitar, or the music handy, so the timing
might be a bit out here, though I think its right.)
Verse is Bass, Guitar 1 as first part, Guitar 2 on chords,
with this keyboard part (arranged ofr guitar):
This first part is the last 2 bars of the intro.
e -|-------------------------|-----------------------12|-
b -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
g -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
d -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
a -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
e -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
e -|-12-12-12----9-----5-----|-----7-----7-----5--7----|-
b -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
g -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
d -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
a -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
e -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
e -|-9-----------------------|-----------------------12|-
b -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
g -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
d -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
a -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
e -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
e -|-12-12-12----9-----5-----|-----7-----7-----5--7----|-
b -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
g -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
d -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
a -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
e -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
e -|-9-----10-9-----10----12-|--5--------------------17|-
b -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
g -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
d -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
a -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
e -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
e -|-17-17-17----19----21----|--17-19----17-19----17-19|-
b -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
g -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
d -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
a -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
e -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
e -|-------------------------|-----------------10-9--10|-
b -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
g -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
d -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
a -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
e -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
e -|-9-----5--5--------------|-----------------10-9--10|-
b -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
g -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
d -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
a -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
e -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
e -|-9-----5--5--------------|-------------------------|-
b -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
g -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
d -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
a -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
e -|-------------------------|-------------------------|-
| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
Then back to intro, with all instruments, for 2 or 4 bars
(depends if you want the album (4) or single (2) version)
Then to the 2nd verse, music as the first.
Then to the 1st Chorus, which is something like this:
Guitar 2 (chords): A Bm A Bm A Bm D D*
Bass follows chords, with similar rythym as intro.
Guitar 1 also does chords, but only strums each one once,
with the D* chord played higher.
It then goes back to the intro music, with the 2nd
keyboard part as a solo. I normally play this is slight
overdrive, and slight delay, on my guitar, but an octave lower
than I have transcribed (which is at the right octave for
the keyboard).
Then it does the verse again, with the first 4 bars of the
guitar theme (from the intro) at the end of the verse, to
the last chorus, ending on the D*.
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