Play For Today - The Cure
(Smith/Gallup/Hartley/Tolhurst)
Tabbed by: gintareforever9 (gintareforever9@gmail.com or craigmartinwi@yahoo.com)


Intro Part 1:

|---------------||----------------------------||------------------------|
|---------------||-------------------------||--------------------|
|-[4 bar drums]-||----------------------------||----------------|
|---------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------|
|---------------||--------------------------------------||------------------------|
|---------------||--------------------------------------||------------------------|

|--------------------------||------------------------------|
|-----------------------||--------------------------|
|-----------------------||------------------|
|---------------------------------||----------------------|
|---------------------------------||------------------------------|
|------------------------------------||------------------------------|



Intro Part 2:
C#m C

|------------------------------0-0--||------------------0---0---0---0-0--|
|------5-----0-----0-----5-----5-5--||------5-----0-----0---0---0---0-0--|
|------6-----6-----6-----6-----6-6--||------5-----5-----5---5---5---5-5--|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|


Verses:

Bm A G

|------0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0--| |------------------0-----0-----0----|
|------3-3-0-0-0-------2-2-0-0-0--| |------------------0-----0-----0----|
Guitar |--4---4-4-4-4-4---2---2-2-2-2-2--| |------------------4-----4-----4----|
|--4---4-4-4-4-4---2---2-2-2-2-2--| [3xs] |--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|--2---2-2-2-2-2---0---0-0-0-0-0--| |--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|---------------------------------| |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|

|-------------------------------------------------------|
Keyboard|-------------------------------------------------------| Repeats during nonvocal
|--11~----------12-11~----------12-11~----------11------| Verse Riff
|-------12-14~----------12-14~----------12-14~-----12~--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|


1st Chorus:

C#m D
|------0-----0-0---0------------------|
|------5-----5-5---0--------0----0-0--|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7----7-7-7--7-7-7--|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7----7-7-7--7-7-7--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5----5-5-5--5-5-5--|
|-------------------------------------|


2nd Chorus (Instrumental Section):

E D
|------0---0-0------------0---0-0-0--|
|------0---0-0------------0---0-0-0--|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|------------------------------------|


Lead Following 2nd Chorus:

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7/-----1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Later in the song variation of A chord riff in verse:

|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|--0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-------------------|


Outro Part 1:

F# Em7

|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0----0-0-0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0----0-2-3-----3-----3-----3-----3--|
|------3-----3-----3-----3-----3----0-0-0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|


Keyboard During

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--11~------9-11-12~-------14--11~--------9-11-12~-------14-16~--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Outro Part 2 (same as part 1 but minor change on Em chord)


|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0----0--2--3--0--2--3--0--2--3--0--2--3--0--2--3--|
|------3-----3-----3-----3-----3----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|


Order:

Intro Part 1
Intro Part 2
Verse + Keyboard [2xs]
Verse [2xs]
Chorus 1 [3xs]
Intro Part 2
Verse + Keyboard [2xs]
Verse [2xs]
2nd Chorus [3xs]
Intro Part 2 + Lead Following 2nd Chorus
Verse + Keyboard
Verse with changed A riff + Keyboard
Outro Part 1 [2xs] + Keyboard During
Outro Part 1
Outro Part 2

This was a fun song to tab out and I am planning on doing this for the entire
Seventeen Seconds album