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...

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