"Fire In Cairo" by The Cure
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transcribed by Gilles Velay (gvelay@free.fr)
Notations
w : whole e : 8th
h : half s : 16th
q : quarter
Riff 1
------
q q e q e q q e q+e q q e e q e q q e e e
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|-4---4-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-6---6---4-4---6-|---------4-4-----|-2---2---2-2-2---|-2-2---2---2-2-2-|
Riff 1b
-------
q q e q e q q e q+e q q e e q e q q e e e
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4---4---4-4-4-|
A-|-----------------|-4---4-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-6---6---4-4---6-|---------4-4-----|-2---2---2-2-2---|-----------------|
Riff 1c
-------
q q e q e q q e q+e q e e q e e q e e q e e
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----4-4-----4-4-|
A-|-----------------|-4---4-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-6---6---4-4---6-|---------4-4-----|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|
Riff 1d
-------
q q e q e q q e q+e e e q e e e e e e e e e e e e w
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-5-5-6-6-7-7-|-8--|
A-|-----------------|-4---4-----------|-----------------|-----------------|----|
E-|-6---6---4-4---6-|---------4-4-----|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-----------------|----|
Riff 2
------
q q q q e q q e e e
G-|---------|-----------------|
D-|-3-3-4-4-|-3-3---4-----2---|
A-|---------|-----------4---4-|
E-|---------|-----------------|
Riff 3
------
q q q q q q q q e q q e q
G-|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-4---6---6-6---|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|
Riff 3b
-------
q+e q e q q+e q e q
G-|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-3-----3---3-3---|-4-----4---4-4---|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|
Riff 4
--------
q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q e e q
G-|----------10----------5--|-6--6--8--10----------6--|-----------------|
D-|-8-----11----6--6--8-----|-------------6--6--8-----|-4-4-4---4-4-4---|
A-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
E-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
e e e e e e e e
G-|---6---7---8---9-|
D-|-4---5---6---7---|
A-|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|
Song Structure
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Intro Guitar
Verse 1
Riff 1 (x 4)
Riff 2 (x 2)
Bridge
Riff 1 (x 2)
Verse 2
Riff 1 (x 3)
Riff 1b
Chorus
Riff 3 (x 3)
Riff 3b
Musical Bridge
Riff 1 (x 3)
Riff 1b
Chorus
Riff 3 (x 8)
Bass Solo
one bass plays Riff 1 while a second bass plays Riff 4 (x 4)
Final Verse
Riff 1c (x3)
Riff 1d