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Subject: DRESSING UP by The Cure
Dressing Up
(words & music by Robert Smith)
I love this song, any time I hear it, I think of my friend Annita for some
reason (I have only known her a couple months). Anyway, I am transcribing
the -Paris- version of the song. It really does not make that much of a
difference since I have heard the original and it sounds exactly like
the -Paris- version. I broke the song up into two riffs like these:
Riff 1 (the tantalizing keyboard riff):
Bm C D E5 Em
E --------2-3-2----------|------2-3-2-------|--------------|--------------|
B ----0-3-------3-0-0-0--|--0-3-------3-0---|--------------|--------------|
G -----------------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|
D -----------------------|------------------|---2---0--2---|-5--2--0--2---|
A -2---------------------|------------------|--------------|------------2-|
E -----------------------|------------------|-0------------|--------------|
Riff 2 (The spine-tingling duo notes):
C Bm C Bm
E ---3---2--3---5---|-2--------|---3---2--3---5---|-2--------|
B ---5---3--5---7---|-3--------|---5---3--5---7---|-3--------|
G ------------------|----------|------------------|----------|
D ------------------|----------|------------------|----------|
A ------------------|----------|------------------|----------|
E ------------------|----------|------------------|----------|
Those are basically the riffs with the chords on top. The lyrics are:
{Riff 1}
Going under slowly
It never seems too late
Going under slow
{Riff 2}
Dressing up to kiss
Dressing up to touch your lips
{Riff 1}
(Dressing up, dressing up)
(Dressing up, dressing up)
I~m dressing up to dance all week
I~m dressing up to be all this
{Riff 2}
Dressing up to kiss
Dressing up to be all this
Bb A
I could eat your face
Bb A (Riff 1)
I could eat all of you
Oh this night will never let me go...
Bb A
Going under slowly
Bb A
Never seems too late
Bb A
Going under slowly
G F Em
There you pick me up again...
I usually play the chords like this:
E A D G B E
-----------
Bm x 2 4 4 3 2
C x 3 5 5 5 x
D x 5 7 7 7 x
E5 x 7 9 9 x x
Em 0 2 2 0 0 0
Bb 6 8 8 7 x x
A 5 7 7 6 x x
G 3 2 0 0 3 3
F 1 3 3 2 1 1
(And that is all for now- Adios)
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