The Cure
This is a Lie 
Transribed by: Andrew Kwame Tay 


Key:           Em 
Arrangement:   2 acoustic guitars (one 6 string, one 12)
Tab source:    video, audio
Accuracy:      at least 86%

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

This is easily the simplest song on Wild Mood Swings, but there's a bit more
to it than some people think. Specifically, I'm refering to the people on 
Babble who said that you just repeat one chord progression (Em G C Em Am G B) 
over and over--there are actually three different sequences, which I've  
lettered (a), (b), and (c) below. Each chord is held for one measure except 
the B and B7, which are held for two as indicated. The outlay of the song is 
on the right:

BASIC CHORD PROGRESSIONS                     |  INTRO:
(a)   Em | G  | C | Em | Am | G  | B  | B    |    (a) x2
(b)   C  | G  | C | Em | Am | G  | B  | B    |    (b) x2
(c)   C  | Em | G | Em | Am | Em | B7 | B7   |
			                     |  VERSES 1 and 2:
RHYTHM                                       |    (a) x2
X           Y                                |    (b) x1
/   / / / / /   / / / /                      |  
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 .                      |  CHORUS:  
			                     |    (c) x2

So that's basically it. In the live shows, Robert plays it on a 6-string
acoustic, while Simon uses a 12-string (there isn't any bass, as you probably
noticed). The only other thing to worry about is the variations. For some
chords, they split the measure by playing the basic chord for the first 3
beats (where it's marked "X" on the rhythm chart) and switching to an altered
chord on the last three (marked "Y"). Hope that makes some sense!


CHORD VOICINGS --------------------------------------------------------------
 _________________________________________________________________________
|             < ROBERT >               |            < SIMON >             |
|                                      |                                  |
|   BASIC                              |    BASIC                         |
|   CHORDS (X)      VARIATIONS (Y)     |    CHORDS (X)     VARIATIONS (Y) |
|       eadgbe               eadgbe    |        eadgbe          eadgbe    |
|   Em: 022000      Emadd11: 002000    |    Em:  same                     |
|   G:  320033      GM7:     x20032    |    G:   same      GM9: 300032    |
|   C:  x32010      CM7:     x32000    |    C:   same                     |
|   Am: x02210                         |    Am:  same                     |
|   B:  x2444x                         |    B:  xx4442                    |
|   B7: x2120x                         |    B7:  same                     |
|______________________________________|__________________________________|

Notes 
- the GM7 chord can be played with an openn E bass, like: 020032 


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...and the lyrics: 

	  how each of us decides    how each of us believes
	    i've never been sure    i've never really known
	        the part we play    in heaven unseen 
	          the way we are    and hell unkown
	   how each of us denies    how each of us dreams
      any other way in the world    to understand anything at all

      how each of us must choose    why each of us decides
	   i've never understood    i've never been sure
	      one special friend    the part we take
	           one true love    the way we are
	why each of us must lose    why each of us denies
      everyone else in the world    any other way in the world

	          however unsure    however unsure
	          however unwise    however unwise
	           day after day    day after day
	      play out our lives    play out our lives
	        however confused    however confused
   pretending to know to the end    pretending to know to the end

  		        but this isn't truth
		          this isn't right
		          this isn't love
		          this isn't life
		          this isn't real
		           this is a lie

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