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Plainsong

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                             Plainsong - The Cure
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Album: Disintegration
Tabbed by: Pablopa99
E-mail: pablopa999@gmail.com
Tuning: CGDGAe
Chords used:
    C    F    G   Am
                      Dm(add9)
e|--0-----x-----x----(0)---(0)-----|
A|--3-----3-----2-----3-----0------|
G|--0-----2-----0-----2-----2------|
D|--2-----3-----0-----2-----3------|
G|--0-----2-----0-----2-----2------|
C|--0----(0)----x-----x-----2------|
If you just play Dm it's alright, though the 9th sometimes really sticks out.
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           C  F      G  Am   C  F      G  Am C  Dm     G  Am
[Intro]: [  ,  ] x 3  ,  , [  ,  ] x 3  ,  [  ,  ] x 3  ,  etc...
C                F                      C
   "I think it's dark and it looks like rain," you said
                 F                                C
"And the wind is blowing like it's the end of the world," you said
             F                                    G                  Am
"And it's so cold it's like the cold if you were dead," and then you smiled for a second.
C               F                       C
   "I think I'm old and I'm feeling the pain," you said,
                      F                            C
"And it's all running out like it's the end of the world," you said
             F                                   G                   Am
"And it's so cold it's like the cold if you were dead," and then you smiled for a second.
C                Dm                    C                         Dm
   Sometimes you make me feel like I'm living at the edge of the world,
          C                         Dm       G                         Am
 like I'm living at the edge of the world.        "It's just the way I smile," you said
[Intro]
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Free chords for Plainsong by The Cure. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Tuning: CGDGAe
Chords used:
If you just play Dm it's alright, though the 9th sometimes really sticks out.
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[Intro]: [ C , F ] x 3 G , Am , [ C , F ] x 3 G , Am [ C , Dm ] x 3 G , Am etc...
[Intro]
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Plainsong Chords by The Cure

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