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"Play For Today" by The Cure (from the album "17 seconds")
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transcribed by Gilles Velay (gvelay@free.fr)

updates :
 * 15 mar 2001, fix riff 6

Notations :
  w : whole       e : 8th             / : silde up            
  h : half        s : 16th            R : rest
  q : quarter    +++ : tied notes     

Riff 1
------
    q    e e q    e e   e e e q    e e e  
G-|-------------------|------------------|
D-|-2----2-2-5----5-5-|-4-4-4-0----0---0-|
A-|-------------------|--------------2---|
E-|-------------------|------------------|

Riff 2
------
    q    e e q    e e   e e e q    e e e  
G-|-------------------|------------------|
D-|-2----2-2-0----0-0-|-2-2-2-0----0---0-|
A-|-------------------|--------------2---|
E-|-------------------|------------------|

Riff 3
------
    e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   
G-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-/|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

     e  e e   e e   e  q      
G-|--------------------------|
D-|--------------------------|
A-|-14-14-R--14-R--14-14-----|
E-|--------------------------|

Riff 4
------
    q+e    e e e e e   q+e    e e e e e   q+e    e e e e e   q+e    e e e e e  
G-|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A-|------------------|------------------|--------------4-5-|------------------|
E-|-7------7-7-4-7-4-|-5------5-5-4-5-4-|-7------7-7-7-----|-5------5-5-4-5-4-|

    q+e    e e e e e   q+e    e e e e e  
G-|------------------|------------------|
D-|------------------|------------------|
A-|------------------|------------------|
E-|-7------7-7-4-7-4-|-5------5-5-4-5-5-|

Riff 5
------
    e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e  
G-|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

Riff 5b
-------
    e e e e e e e e     e  e e   e e   e  q      
G-|------------------|--------------------------|
D-|------------------|--------------------------|
A-|------------------|-------R-----R------------|
E-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-/|-14-14----14----14-14-----|

Riff 6
------
    q+e    e e e e e   q+e    e e e e e  
G-|------------------|------------------|
D-|------------------|------------------|
A-|-7------7-7-4-7-4-|-5------5-5-4-5-4-|
E-|------------------|------------------|

Riff 6b
-------
    q+e    e e e e e   q+e    e e e e e  
G-|------------------|------------------|
D-|------------------|------------------|
A-|-7------7-7-4-7-4-|-5------5-5-0-5-0-|
E-|------------------|------------------|

Riff 7
------
    q+e    e q    e e   e e e e e e e e   q+e    e q    e e   e e e e e e e e  
G-|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D-|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A-|---------------R---|-R---R-----------|---------------R---|-R---R-----------|
E-|-2------2-2------2-|---2---2-2-2-2-2-|-0------0-0------0-|---0---0-0-0-0-0-|


-----------------
|Song Structure |
-----------------

Intro : drums (4 bars) then
  Riff 1  (x3)
  Riff 2
  Riff 1  (x3)
  Riff 2  (x2)
  Riff 3

Verse 1
  Riff 4 + Riff 5  (x2) then lyrics enter
  Riff 4 + Riff 5  
  Riff 4 + Riff 5b

Bridge 1
  Riff 6 (x2)
  Riff 6b
  Riff 3

Verse 2 : same as Verse 1

Bridge 2 : same as Bridge 1

Outtro
  Riff 4 + Riff 5 (x2)
  Riff 7 (x2)

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| on Sat Mar 17 00:32:05 2001                                        |
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