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):
BCDEm
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):
CBCBm
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:
Going under slowly
It never seems too late
Going under slow
Dressing up to kiss
Dressing up to touch your lips
(Dressing up, dressing up)
(Dressing up, dressing up)
I~m dressing up to dance all week
I~m dressing up to be all this
Dressing up to kiss
Dressing up to be all this
BbA
I could eat your face
Bb A (Riff 1)
I could eat all of you
Oh this night will never let me go...
BbA
Going under slowly
BbA
Never seems too late
BbA
Going under slowly
GFEm
There you pick me up again...
I usually play the chords like this:
EADGBE
-----------
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
F133211
(And that is all for now- Adios)