Cure — Dressing Up Tab

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From: Winston Campbell 
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)