Brian Soto of L.A.'s Cure tribute:
www.thecurseband.com
Bird Mad Girl
Bass
Riff
1
(intro/also
comes after Riff 3)
"I
should be...a polar bear"
G:-----------------------------
D:-----------------------------
A:-2-4----2-5----2-4----2-5----
E:-----------------------------
Riff
2
(Verse
Riff)
G:---|-----------------------------------
D:---|-----------------------------------
A:---|-----------------------------------
E:-0-|-2--2-2-2-0-2--5--2--2-2-2-0-2--4--
Riff 2 ending 1:
G:--------------------------------------
D:--------------------------------------
A:-2--2-2-2-0-2--4--2--2-2-2-0-2--4-4---
E:------------------------------------0-
Riff 2 ending 2:(only used going into change)
G:---------------------------------------------
D:---------------------------------------------
A:-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-4-2--5--5-5-5-4-4-5-7-7-7-7-
E:---------------------------------------------
Riff
3
"night
time, night time sets my house..."
G:-----------------------------------
D:-----------------------------------
A:-2--2-2-2-0-2--4--2--2-2-2-0-2--4--
E:-----------------------------------
G:---------------------------------------------
D:---------------------------------------------
A:-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-4-2--5--5-5-5-4-4-5-7-7-7-7-
E:---------------------------------------------
Guitar 1 - Reeves/Porl
I'm
assuming Porl, but I haven't seen footage of this song performed live
in 1984.
Due to some overlapping guitars I hear in live 1984
versions, I suspect the
live arrangement MIGHT have been
slightly different back then.
Riff
1
I
tabbed the ending chords like the live versions first
E|-----------------|---------------------|----------------------------|-------------|
B|-----------------|---------------------|----------------------------|-------------|
G|-----------------|---------------------|----------------------------|-------------|
D|-------------4---|-6----6----4---------|------6---6---6----4--------|-------------|
A|-----------------|---------------4-----|------------------------4---|-5-----------|
E|-----------------|---------------------|----------------------------|-------------|
E|----------------9-------------------
B|-9--------------7-------------------
G|-7--------------7-------------------
D|-9--------------9-------------------
A|------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------
Riff
1 alternate ending chords (studio)
I
don't hear an F# in the last chord on the studio version so
they
probably just doubled up on the B note with an open B like this,
or
my ears just aren't hearing it clear
enough!
E|----------------9-------------------
B|-9--------------0-------------------
G|-7--------------7-------------------
D|-9--------------9-------------------
A|------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------
Riff
2 (In Full)
Due
to all the variations I was hearing I just tabbed this whole thing
out to the best of my ability.
Based
on studio version
Riff
2 A
Starts
at
0:17
|---------------------0-------------|---------------------0-------------|
|--------------------------0--------|--------------------------0--------|
|-----2--2--2--2----------------2---|-----2--2--2--2----------------2---|
|-----------------4-----------------|-----------------4-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|
G|-----------------2-------------2---|-----------------2-------------2---|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------0-------------|---------------------0-------------|-----------------------------------|
B|--------------------------0--------|--------------------------0--------|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|
G|-----2--2--2--2----------------2---|-----2--2--2--2----------------2---|-----------------2-------------2---|
D|-----------------4-----------------|-----------------4-----------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|---------------------0-------------|---------------------0-------------|
G|-----------------2-------------2---|-----2--2--2--2-----------2--------|-----2--2--2--2-----------2--------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------4-------------4---|-----------------4-------------4---|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------0-------------|
B|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|--------------------------0--------|
G|-----------------2-------------2---|-----------------2-------------2---|-----2--2--2--2----------------2---|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------4-----------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------0-------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|--------------------------0--------|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|
G|-----2--2--2--2----------------2---|-----------------2-------------2---|-----------------2-------------2---|
D|-----------------4-----------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Riff
2 B
Starts
at
1:21
E|---------------------0-------------|
B|--------------------------0--------|
G|-----2--2--2--2----------------2---|
D|-----------------4-----------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------0-------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|--------------------------0--------|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|
G|-----2--2--2--2----------------2---|-----------------2-------------2---|-----------------2-------------2---|
D|-----------------4-----------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|---------------------0-------------|---------------------0-------------|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|
G|-----2--2--2--2-----------2--------|-----2--2--2--2-----------2--------|-----------------2-------------2---|
D|-----------------4-------------4---|-----------------4-------------4---|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|---------------------0-------------|---------------------0-------------|
G|-----------------2-------------2---|-----2--2--2--2-----------2--------|-----2--2--2--2-----------2--------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------4-------------4---|-----------------4-------------4---|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------0----------|
B|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|---------------------0---------------|
G|-----------------2-------------2---|-----------------2-------------2---|-----2--2--2--2------2--------2------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------4---------------4---|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------0----------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|---------------------0---------------|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|
G|-----2--2--2--2------2--------2------|-----------------2-------------2---|-----------------2-------------2---|
D|-----------------4---------------4---|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Riff
2 C
Starts
at
2:40
E|---------------------0-------------|
B|--------------------------0--------|
G|-----2--2--2--2----------------2---|
D|-----------------4-----------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|---------------------0-------------|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|
G|-----2--2--2--2-----------2--------|-----------------2-------------2---|-----------------2-------------2---|
D|-----------------4-------------4---|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|---------------------0-------------|---------------------0-------------|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|
G|-----2--2--2--2-----------2--------|-----2--2--2--2-----------2--------|-----------------2-------------2---|
D|-----------------4-------------4---|-----------------4-------------4---|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----0--0--0--0------3----0--------|
G|-----------------2-------------2---|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Riff
2 D
Starts
at
2:56
E|-------------------------------------|---------------------0---------------|
B|---------------------0---------------|---------------------0---------------|
G|-----2--2--2--2----------------------|-----2--2--2--2----------------------|
D|-----------------4-------------------|-----------------4-------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|--------0--------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-------------------3---------|-0------0-----0------3---------------|---------------------0-------------|
G|-4-------------4-------------|-----------------2-------------------|-----2--2--2--2-----------2--------|
D|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------4-------------4---|
A|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------0-------------|---------------------0---------------|---------------------0------------|
B|--------------------------0--------|-----3--3--3--3----------3-------3---|-----3--3--3--3----------3--------|
G|-----2--2--2--2----------------2---|-----------------4-----------4-------|-----------------4-----------4----|
D|-----------------4-----------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Riff
3
“night
time, night
time....”
E|-10-10—10-10--10--10--------------|-10----10----10--|
B|-12-12—12-12--12--12--------------|-12----12----12--|
G|-11-11—11-11--11--11--------------|-11----11----11--|
D|----------------------------------|-----------------|
A|----------------------------------|-----------------|
E|----------------------------------|-----------------|
E|-9---\---7---7-----9--9--|-9---\---7---7-----------|
B|-9---\---7---7-----9--9--|-9---\---7---7-----------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Guitar 2 -
(Robert)
(Slight
overdrive)
Riff 1
E:-7-/-(9)--------9-\-(5)--------
B:-7-/-(9)--------9-\-(5)--------
G:-------------------------------
D:-------------------------------
A:-------------------------------
E:-------------------------------
I've
also seen Robert play this instead in
2014
E:-------------------------------
B:-------------------------------
G:-4-/-(6)--------4-/-(7)--------
D:-4-/-(6)--------4-/-(7)--------
A:-2-/-(4)--------2-/-(5)--------
E:-------------------------------
Riff
2
E:-4--------
B:-2--------
G:-2--------
D:-4--------
A:----------
E:----------
Piano
Riff 1
E:-----------------------
B:-9-9-7----10-9-7-9-7-5-
G:-6-6-6----6--6-6-6-6-7-
D:-----------------------
A:-----------------------
E:-----------------------
Riff
2
(Vocal
"Doo Doo")
E:-9--9--
B:-10-10-
G:-11-11-
D:-------
A:-------
E:-------
Riff 3
E:-------------------------------------
B:-------------------14-12-10-12-------
G:-14-13-11-13-------14-13-11-13-------
D:-------------11----------------12----
A:-------------------------------------
E:-------------------------------------
Transcribed By:
Brian
Soto of L.A.'s Cure tribute:
www.thecurseband.com