Fascination Street The Cure backing track and tabs

Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)

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From: Winston Campbell
Subject: Fascination Street by The Cure

FASCINATION STREET
(words by Robert Smith, music by Porl Thompson, Simon Gallup, Boris
Williams, Laurence Tolhurst, Roger O-Donnel, and Robert Smith)

I am actually transcribing the extended version of Fascination Street that
appears on -Mixed Up-. Although I like the original version, I find this
version more fun to play around with. I have not put anything in order,
all I did was to transcribe the millions of riffs there are to this song.
I have not transcribed the solo, though. The chords are mainly Cm, Ab, Gm,
which is played during the verses by that clean guitar. Here are the riffs
though:

This is the riff that opens up the song and appears near the end of the
song:

E ------------------------------------|
B -----4-------4------4------1---3----|
G -2-3-----2-3----2-3----2-3--------3-|
D ------------------------------------|
A ------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------|

After this riff is played three times, the keyboard riff that appears is:

E -------3--------3----------------------3--------3--6--6-6-6--4--3--|
B -4--6-----4--6-----4--1--1--1--4-4--6-----4--6---------------------|
G -------------------------------------------------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------------------|

This is played two times, then the drums come in and then a weird effect
appears, I think it is harmonics played like:

E ----------------------------------------------|
B --7-7--7--7-7--7-7---5--5-5--5--5--5-5-5-

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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)

Artist: The Cure
Song: Fascination Street
Album: Dissentigration

tabbed by: Stellar Legs
e-mail: uncle_stellar@hotmail.com

This has to be one of the greatest songs ever written. Anyway, you don't wanna
hear me go on about The Cure (because I can), so here's the tab:

Guitar 1
e----------19-----------19------------------19--------19--------------19--|
B----20-----------------20------------------20------------20--------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Let notes ring. A lot of volume swells......

e---------------20----------------------------------------------12-------|
B---20-------------------20----------20-------------20--------------20---|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e--------12--------|
B------------20----|
G------------------|
D------------------|
A------------------|
e------------------|

Guitar 2 (comes in after all of the above)
e----8------------------------8--------------------------------------|
B--------10----------------------10----------------------------------|
G-------------8----------------------8-------------------------------|
D-----------------10--(10)--------------10--(10)-------10-----(10)---|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Both guitar parts are over dubbed by 2 more guitars, so that they can play these
parts. So now there's 4 guitars going on, but you can do it with 2....

Guitar 1
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---11--11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-----11--11-11-11--11-13-13-13-11|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------8-----7---------------------------5--(5)-------------10--|
D-------------10------------8--------------------6------------------8-------|
A--------10--------------------8--(8)--(8)/6--6------------------8----------|
e---8-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1
e---11-13-11--15-13-11----13-11-15-13---11*-----------------11*-11*--11*--|
B----------------------15-------------------13--13-13-13-15---------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e--13-11--15-13-11-15--13-11*-15*---18--15-18-18--18-18-18-18--16-18-16-15--|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

1st Verse

Guitars 1 and 2 repeat all of the above, while an over dubbed guitar does this.

e------------------------------------------------|
B---13---13---16---13---15*------13--(13)---13---|
G------------------------------------------------| X 2
D------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------|
e------------------------------------------------|

e-------------16--------15-------13--(13)---------------15----16---|
B---13---13--------13--------13------------13/15---15------15------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
e------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitars 1 and 2 come back in

Guitar 1
e-------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------5----7----8--------(8)---------5----7----8---|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
e--8----------8------8---x--8--8--8--x--10--10--10-10-10----10-10---10-10--|
B--8----------8------8---x--8--8--8--x---8---8---8--8--8-----8--8----8--8--|
G--8----------8------8---x--8--8--8--x---8---8---8--8--8-----8--8----8--8--|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1
e------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------|
G--8--------5----7-----8------------(8)----------------|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------|
e------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
e---8-------8------8---x--8--8--8--8--8--8/10-10--10--10-10---11--11--11--|
B---9-------9------9---x--9--9--9--9--9--9/11-11--11--11-11---11--11--11--|
G---8-------8------8---x--8--8--8--8--8--8/10-10--10--10-10---10--10--10--|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Everything pretty much repeats itself.

Outro

Guitar 1
e----------------------------------------|
B--11---11-11-11--11-11-11---11-9-9-9-8--|
G----------------------------------------| X 4
D----------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
e---8-------8----8---x--10-10--10--10--|
B---8-------8----8---x---8--8---8---8--|
G---8-------8----8---x---8--8---8---8--| X 4
D--------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 ends on:
e--------|
B---11~--|
G--------|
D--------|
A--------|
e--------|

Guitar 2 ends on:
e---11~--|
B---11~--|
G----9~--|
D--------|
A--------|
e--------|

Fin.

Vote Stellar........

Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)

The Cure - Fascination Street
Tabbed By: extendafist
Email: ruddick.brandon@yahoo.com
Tuning: Standard

[Intro]
e|-6-666-66------6-666-66------6-666-66------6-666-66/8|
B|-----------34------------34------------34------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

[Figure 1]
e|-8-----|
B|--10---|
G|----8--|
D|-----10|
A|-------|
E|-------|

[Figure 2]
e|----------------------------|
B|----------4-3--------1-----6|
G|--------5----3------1-----3-|
D|------5-------3----1-----3--|
A|----3-----------------------|
E|-3--------------------------|

[Figure 3]
e|-------15-------15------------------------15-------15-18-18-18-18-16-15|
B|-16-18----16-18----16-13-13-13---16-16-18----16-18---------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Figure 4]
e|-6---6-4-3---4-1|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

[Figure 5]
e|-8-10-9-8--8-10-9-8--4-10-9-8--6-10-11-13------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Figure 6]
e|-10--8--3--10-10-8-3|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

[Figure 7]
e|-15-15-15-13-13-13-11-11-11-10-10|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

[Figure 8]
e|-8-8-8-6-6-6-4-4-3-3|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

[Order]
Guitar 1 Guitar 2 Guitar 3
Intro x4
Figure 1 x4
Figure 1 x4 Figure 2 x2 Intro x1
Figure 3 x2 Intro x2
Figure 4 x2
Figure 1 x4
Figure 5 x2

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Enjoy the tab!

The last minute of the song is not in the order because there are to many
guitars going at the same time for me to hear it properly. Basically it's just all the
figures repeating themselves until the end of the song.

This is the tab for the Track on The Cure's album, Disintigration. Tracks of the same
from another album (such as Mixed Up) can be played using this tab. All the parts are the
but they may come in at different parts of the song.

Email me any corrections or comments at ruddick.brandon@yahoo.com

You can only use this tab for your own private uses. The contents of this tab are the
own work and may not be recreated or distributed.
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