band: the Cure song: Speak My Language album: Japanese Whispers tabbed by: Joshua Cross (cure_dib@yahoo.com)this is a great jazzy song that i feel is often underrated. like Lovecats, it is played on an upright bass, but it sounds alright played on an electric.
/ slide up
\ slide down
() ghost note (don't actually play)
///// long, slow slide
MAIN RIFF
G -------0-2---2-/--\-(2)---0-2-----------------------------
D ----2-------------------------0-2-------------------------
A -0----------------------------------0-0--2-2---0-0--5-5-\-
E ----------------------------------------------------------
simon uses many different fills at the end of this riff--experiment!
FIRST CHORUS
G ---------------------------------
D ---------------------------------
A -4-4-----------------------------
E ------5-5--3-3--5-5--7-7--5-5--0-
SECOND CHORUS
G -----------------------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------------------
A -4---------------------------7-----------------------------
E ---------5-5--3-3--5-5--7-7----------5-5--3-3--5-5--7-7--0-
then
G -------0-2---2-/--/--/--/--/--/--/------------------------
D ----2-------------------------------0-0--2-2---0-0--5-5-\-
A -0-------------------------------------------------------- x2
E ----------------------------------------------------------
then play the main riff x2, then
G -------0-2---2-/--\-(2)---0-2-----
D ----2-------------------------0-2-
A -0--------------------------------
E ----------------------------------