The Cure
Lament 
Transcribed by: Andrew Kwame Tay 


Key:           Dm 
Arrangement:   2 electric guitars, bass
Tab source:    audio
Accuracy:      at least 92%

Tabbed by:     Andrew Tay (aka Ant) October 1996
	       aktay@zeus.uwaterloo.ca

Eerie. Definitely a sharp contrast to The Walk and The Lovecats. I learned
this during one session in February and another in October. It's all based
on the Japanese Whispers version. There are two guitars in the song, but the
only place they overlap is in the outro... I guess you could do it on one if
you want.

GUITAR 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------

Use a chorus effect if you have one.

-< MAIN THEME >-

e|-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-|-12-13-15-17-------------|
b|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-------------|
g|-------------------------|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|-------------------------|
a|-------------------------|-------------------------|
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .   

e|-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-13-|-12-13-12----------------|
b|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-------------|
g|-------------------------|----------15-------------|
d|-------------------------|-------------------------|
a|-------------------------|-------------------------|
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .   


-< CHORUS >- "Waving with a last vannilla smile..."

e|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
b|-----6-----6-----|-----6-----6-----|-----6-----6-----|-----6-----6-----|
g|---3---------3---|---5---------5---|---7---------7---|---7---------7---|
d|-5-------------5-|-7-------------7-|-8---------------|-8---------------|
a|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

That's it for guitar 1. The outro is basically the main theme drawn out over
several measures. You can figure it out.


GUITAR 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------

-< BRIDGE >-
				%
e||-----------10-------------|--------8---------|-------5---------|
b||--------10-------10-------|------8-----8-----|-----6-----6-----|
g||:----10-------------10----|----9---------9---|---7---------7---|
d||:-------------------------|-10---------------|-----------------|
a||--------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
e||--------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
     1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

e|-------0----------||
b|-----6-----6------||
g|---7---------7---:||  repeat until you reach 
d|-8---------------:||  the % sign
a|------------------||
e|------------------||
   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   

-< OUTRO >-

e|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-----1-0---------|
b|-----3-----3-----|-----3-----------|-----3-----3-----|---3-------------|
g|---2---------2---|---0-------------|---2---------2---|-3---------------| x4
d|-0---------------|-2---------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
a|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

...then do this as guitar 1 continues with the main theme:

e|-----------------|         |-----------------|-----------------|
b|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|         |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
g|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|  x4     |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|  x2
d|-----------------|         |-----------------|-----------------|
a|-----------------|         |-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|         |-----------------|-----------------|
   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .             1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

...and more of the same until you feel like stopping...


BASS ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Robert doing his very best impression of Steve Severin. Play it fast and a
little sloppy to get that loose feeling. There are many rythmic variations,
of course. Also, it sounds like he's using a flanger.

-< INTRO >-

g|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
d|-7---7--77-7-777-|-5---5-5---5-5-5-|-7---7--77-7-7-7-|-5--55-5---5-5-5-|
a|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

g|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
d|-3---3--33-3-3-3-|-5---5-5---5-5-5-|-3---3--33-3-3-3-|-5---5-5---5-5-5-|
a|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

g|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
d|-7---7--77-7-7-7-|-5---5-5---5-5-5-|-7---7--77-7-7-7-|-5--55-5---5-5-5-|
a|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

g|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
d|-3---3--33-3-3-3-|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-3---3--33-3-3-3-|-2---2-2--22-2-2-|
a|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

-< DURING MAIN THEME >-

g|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
d|-0---0--00-0-0-0-|-2---2--22-2-2-2///3!--3--33-3-3-3///5!-55-5-5-5-7-7-|
a|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

-< VERSE >-

g|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
d|-0---0--00-0-0-0-|-2--22-2---2-2-2///3!--3--33-3-5-5-|-----------------|
a|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-111-1-111-3-3-|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

-< CHORUS >-

g|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
d|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
a|-----------------|-0--00-0---0-0-0-|-1---1--11-1-1-1-|-1--11-1-111-3-3-|
e|-3---3--33-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

-< BRIDGE >-
	             _________________           ________________ 
   	              1st and 2nd     |           3rd time       |
g|------------------|------------------|        |-----------------|
d|:-0-0-0--00-0-000-|-------------2-2-:| (x3)   |-----------------|
a|:-----------------|-1-111-1-111-----:|        |-1-111-1-111-3-3-|
e|------------------|------------------|        |-----------------|
    1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .   1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .             1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  

-< OUTRO >-

Play the "during main theme part" four times, then the intro part a few
times.

	 ----------=================================----------

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
_____
1st  |  end passage this way the first time


...and the lyrics (borrowed from ftp://ftp.uwp.edu):

today there was a tragedy
underneath the bridge
a man walked cold and blue into la ment
the sky coloured perfect
as the man slipped away

waving with a last vanilla smile
waving with a last vanilla smile

somewhere at a table
two drowned fools
smoking, drinking water as they talked
of how they loved our lady
and oh the smell as candles die

one more ice cream river body
flowed underneath the bridge
underneath the bridge

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