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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)
