Chords for The Cure's return to the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2019
Tempo:
130.8 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
C
Eb
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] Post-punk [D] goth pioneers, shape [A]-shifting melodramatics,
[D] kooky tongue-in-cheek alt-poppers.
[A] Who knows?
[D] It's impossible to define the indefinable.
[A] [D]
Tonight, The Cure [A] make their fourth appearance at [D] Glastonbury Festival.
The last time [A] they topped the bill was [D] almost a quarter of a century ago.
[A] This is a [D] day I've cried so [A] hard I [D] could die.
[A] Formed in [D] Crawley in the late 70s, led by [A] frontman Robert [C] Smith,
The Cure's [F] brooding angst spun out of [D] punk age.
[A] [C] [F]
[D] [A] Emerging from their [C] dark new wave roots,
they [G] ripped through the 80s with a litany of [Ab] quirky hits.
[Bb]
[Eb] [Cm] The Cure [F] redefined the [Bb] art of the music [F] video
and broke the top [Eb] ten with a tale of [F] feline [Bm] romance.
There was a lot of debate as it would have been commercial suicide to release it.
There'll be no Love Cats follow [F]-up, there'll be no Love Dogs.
[C] I'll show you in spring, it's a treacherous [Dm] thing, we miss you.
Kiss [Am] the Love Cats!
Their dark [Em] dream [B] pop inspired a generation of teens
to backcomb [E] their bar [Abm] mitts and steal mum's eyeliner.
[Gb] That's close to me.
By [Em] the late 80s, [Gbm] The Cure had built up a cult [G] following across the Atlantic
[D] and their epic shows were filling stadiums worldwide.
To see the world, to your [A] chest, and to dream.
[E] And in 1989, landmark album Disintegration [Abm] consolidated their ten-year rise.
[A]
[E] [G] Three years later, Wish was their first [Ebm] record to reach number one,
spawning full-throttle [C] pop jangle Friday I'm In [Ab] Love.
[Eb]
Now aged 60, Robert Smith is an elder statesman of alternative music.
The Cure [G] have stuck to their [Bb] principles and we love them for it.
You said that the time that you stopped working in contemporary music is [C] getting close.
Did [E] you mean it?
Yeah.
[Eb] Why is this time getting close?
[E] Because I'm getting [Eb] too old.
[Ab] No Robert, you are never too [Eb] old and you continue to inspire [Bb]
generations of fans.
[C] There is no other [E] Cure.
[Ab] Welcome back to [Eb] Worthy Farm.
[Bb] [N]
[D] kooky tongue-in-cheek alt-poppers.
[A] Who knows?
[D] It's impossible to define the indefinable.
[A] [D]
Tonight, The Cure [A] make their fourth appearance at [D] Glastonbury Festival.
The last time [A] they topped the bill was [D] almost a quarter of a century ago.
[A] This is a [D] day I've cried so [A] hard I [D] could die.
[A] Formed in [D] Crawley in the late 70s, led by [A] frontman Robert [C] Smith,
The Cure's [F] brooding angst spun out of [D] punk age.
[A] [C] [F]
[D] [A] Emerging from their [C] dark new wave roots,
they [G] ripped through the 80s with a litany of [Ab] quirky hits.
[Bb]
[Eb] [Cm] The Cure [F] redefined the [Bb] art of the music [F] video
and broke the top [Eb] ten with a tale of [F] feline [Bm] romance.
There was a lot of debate as it would have been commercial suicide to release it.
There'll be no Love Cats follow [F]-up, there'll be no Love Dogs.
[C] I'll show you in spring, it's a treacherous [Dm] thing, we miss you.
Kiss [Am] the Love Cats!
Their dark [Em] dream [B] pop inspired a generation of teens
to backcomb [E] their bar [Abm] mitts and steal mum's eyeliner.
[Gb] That's close to me.
By [Em] the late 80s, [Gbm] The Cure had built up a cult [G] following across the Atlantic
[D] and their epic shows were filling stadiums worldwide.
To see the world, to your [A] chest, and to dream.
[E] And in 1989, landmark album Disintegration [Abm] consolidated their ten-year rise.
[A]
[E] [G] Three years later, Wish was their first [Ebm] record to reach number one,
spawning full-throttle [C] pop jangle Friday I'm In [Ab] Love.
[Eb]
Now aged 60, Robert Smith is an elder statesman of alternative music.
The Cure [G] have stuck to their [Bb] principles and we love them for it.
You said that the time that you stopped working in contemporary music is [C] getting close.
Did [E] you mean it?
Yeah.
[Eb] Why is this time getting close?
[E] Because I'm getting [Eb] too old.
[Ab] No Robert, you are never too [Eb] old and you continue to inspire [Bb]
generations of fans.
[C] There is no other [E] Cure.
[Ab] Welcome back to [Eb] Worthy Farm.
[Bb] [N]
Key:
A
D
C
Eb
F
A
D
C
[A] _ _ _ _ _ Post-punk [D] goth pioneers, shape [A]-shifting melodramatics,
[D] kooky tongue-in-cheek alt-poppers.
[A] Who knows?
[D] It's impossible to define the indefinable.
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
Tonight, The Cure [A] make their fourth appearance at [D] Glastonbury Festival.
The last time [A] they topped the bill was [D] almost a quarter of a century ago. _
[A] This is a [D] day I've cried so [A] hard I _ [D] could die.
_ [A] Formed in [D] Crawley in the late 70s, led by [A] frontman Robert [C] Smith,
The Cure's [F] brooding angst spun out of [D] punk age. _
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] Emerging from their [C] dark new wave roots,
they [G] ripped through the 80s with a litany of [Ab] quirky hits.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ The Cure [F] redefined the [Bb] art of the music [F] video
and broke the top [Eb] ten with a tale of [F] feline [Bm] romance.
There was a lot of debate as it would have been commercial suicide to release it.
There'll be no Love Cats follow [F]-up, there'll be no Love Dogs.
_ [C] I'll show you in spring, it's a treacherous [Dm] thing, we miss you.
Kiss [Am] the Love Cats!
Their dark [Em] dream [B] pop inspired a generation of teens
to backcomb [E] their bar [Abm] mitts and steal mum's eyeliner.
_ _ [Gb] That's close to me. _
By [Em] the late 80s, [Gbm] The Cure had built up a cult [G] following across the Atlantic
[D] and their epic shows were filling stadiums worldwide.
To see the world, to your [A] chest, and to dream.
[E] And in 1989, landmark album Disintegration [Abm] consolidated their ten-year rise. _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G] Three years later, Wish was their first [Ebm] record to reach number one,
spawning full-throttle [C] pop jangle Friday I'm In [Ab] Love.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ Now aged 60, Robert Smith is an elder statesman of alternative music.
The Cure [G] have stuck to their [Bb] principles and we love them for it.
You said that the time that you stopped working in contemporary music is [C] getting close.
Did [E] you mean it?
Yeah.
_ [Eb] Why is this time getting close?
[E] _ Because I'm getting [Eb] too old. _ _ _
[Ab] No Robert, you are never too [Eb] old and you continue to inspire [Bb]
generations of fans.
_ [C] There is no other [E] Cure.
[Ab] Welcome back to [Eb] Worthy Farm.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[D] kooky tongue-in-cheek alt-poppers.
[A] Who knows?
[D] It's impossible to define the indefinable.
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
Tonight, The Cure [A] make their fourth appearance at [D] Glastonbury Festival.
The last time [A] they topped the bill was [D] almost a quarter of a century ago. _
[A] This is a [D] day I've cried so [A] hard I _ [D] could die.
_ [A] Formed in [D] Crawley in the late 70s, led by [A] frontman Robert [C] Smith,
The Cure's [F] brooding angst spun out of [D] punk age. _
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] Emerging from their [C] dark new wave roots,
they [G] ripped through the 80s with a litany of [Ab] quirky hits.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ The Cure [F] redefined the [Bb] art of the music [F] video
and broke the top [Eb] ten with a tale of [F] feline [Bm] romance.
There was a lot of debate as it would have been commercial suicide to release it.
There'll be no Love Cats follow [F]-up, there'll be no Love Dogs.
_ [C] I'll show you in spring, it's a treacherous [Dm] thing, we miss you.
Kiss [Am] the Love Cats!
Their dark [Em] dream [B] pop inspired a generation of teens
to backcomb [E] their bar [Abm] mitts and steal mum's eyeliner.
_ _ [Gb] That's close to me. _
By [Em] the late 80s, [Gbm] The Cure had built up a cult [G] following across the Atlantic
[D] and their epic shows were filling stadiums worldwide.
To see the world, to your [A] chest, and to dream.
[E] And in 1989, landmark album Disintegration [Abm] consolidated their ten-year rise. _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G] Three years later, Wish was their first [Ebm] record to reach number one,
spawning full-throttle [C] pop jangle Friday I'm In [Ab] Love.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ Now aged 60, Robert Smith is an elder statesman of alternative music.
The Cure [G] have stuck to their [Bb] principles and we love them for it.
You said that the time that you stopped working in contemporary music is [C] getting close.
Did [E] you mean it?
Yeah.
_ [Eb] Why is this time getting close?
[E] _ Because I'm getting [Eb] too old. _ _ _
[Ab] No Robert, you are never too [Eb] old and you continue to inspire [Bb]
generations of fans.
_ [C] There is no other [E] Cure.
[Ab] Welcome back to [Eb] Worthy Farm.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _