Song: Boys Don´t Cry
Band: The Cure
Tabber: Axel The Stroker
Tunning: 1 full step down
All the other tabs for this song are awfully wrong, this is 110% correct. So use this.
(If you like only tune down the A and D strings)
Intro Outro (the same)
F|-----------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------
C|-----------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------
G|2---4---6---7---7-6-4-2| |2---4---6---7---7-6-4-2|-------------------------
D|-----------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------
Riff 1
F|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------
C|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------
G|/14-14-14-14-14/16-16-16-16-16/18-18-18-18-18-19---19-18-16-14|----------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------
Riff 2
F|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
C|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
G|2-2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4-4/6-6-6-6-6-7---7-7-6-4-2|-----------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
Riff 3
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6/7-6-2-0-2-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 4
F|------------------------|2x Then|--------------------------------------|--
C|------------------------| |--------------------------------------|--
G|9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11| |9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-7-9-7-6-4|--
D|------------------------| |--------------------------------------|--
The song goes like this:
Intro Riff 1 Riff 1
F|-----|------|------|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----|------|------|----------------------------------------------------16-18|
G|-----|------|------|/14-14-14-14-14/16-16-16-16-16/18-18-18-18-18-19-19------|
D|-----|------|------|---------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 2 Riff 3 Riff 1 Riff 1 Riff 2
F|------|-----------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|
C|------|-----------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|
G|------|2-2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4-4/6-6-6-6-6-7--7-7-9-11|------|------|------|------|
D|------|-----------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|
Riff 3 Riff 1 Riff 1 Riff 2
F|-----------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|
C|-----------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|
G|2-2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4-4/6-6-6-6-6-7--7-7-9-11|------|------|------|------|
D|-----------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|
Riff 4 Riff 2 Riff 2 Riff 1 Riff 1
F|-----------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|
C|-----------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|
G|2-2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4-4/6-6-6-6-6-7--7-7-9-11|------|------|------|------|------|
D|-----------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|
Outro
F|---------------------------------------------------------|------|
C|----------------------------------------------------16-18|------|
G|/14-14-14-14-14/16-16-16-16-16/18-18-18-18-18-19-19------|------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|------|
Just learn the Riffs, play along with the song, follow this tab and you will play it right.
Have fun and rock!
Pablo García M.