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The Cure Fascination Street
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## 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- <--play the 5 repeatedly for G ----------------------------------------- six times then play, on D ----------------------------------------- the high E string a fifth A ----------------------------------------- fret harmonic repeatedly. E -----------------------------------------
This appear throughout the song, also with a staccato C note played on the fifth fret of the G string, during the song.
The main part of the song, is mainly the bass riff which repeats itself over and over again for eight minutes of the song. If you don~t know alread s indicates a slide, p indicates a pull-off and ~ indicates tremolo. Here is the bassline:
G ------------------------------------------------------ D ------------------------------------------------------ A -3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-s-6-6-6--3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-s-5-5-5- E ------------------------------------------------------
G ----------------------------------------------------------- D ----------------------------------------------------------- A ----------------------------------------------------------- E -4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-s-13-13-13--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-s-6-6-6-
Another riff that appears in the song comes after the bassline initially plays two times, this riff is:
E -8--------- B ---10------ G ------8---- This riff is also played when the drum track kicks out D --------10- for un momento. A ----------- E -----------
After that play a C5 chord. The next riff is that almost -solo- type riff but it~s not. This is it:
E -------------------------------------------------- B ----------4--3---------------------1-------6------ G -------5-------3-3--------------1-------3--------- D ----5--------------3-----3p1--1-------3----------- A -3------------------------------------------------ E -----------------------------------------------3--
Now, before Smith comes in with his vocals, that guitar line is (I am not sure if I play it an octave higher but here it is):
E -6~-----------6-6--4-4--3----4----1- B ------------------------------------ G ------------------------------------ D ------------------------------------ A ------------------------------------ E ------------------------------------
After that a keyboard plays E --6--4--3-, then Smith starts singing. While he is singing, there is that freaky guitar line, played with delay, that goes like:
E -8--11--10--8--8--11--10--8-----11--10--8-----10--11--13- B -----------------------------9-------------8------------- G --------------------------------------------------------- D --------------------------------------------------------- A --------------------------------------------------------- E ---------------------------------------------------------
This is played two times then that whole barrage of riffs come in, the solo also appears but I have not transcribed that. These are the basic riffs for the song. The lyrics are (and I am doing this from memory):
oh it~s opening time down on fascination street so let~s cut the conversation and get out for a bit ~cause i feel it all fading and paling and i~m begging to drag you down with me to kick the last nail in yeah, i like you in that like i like you to scream but if you open your mouth then i can~t be responsible for quite what goes in or to care what comes out so just pull on your hair just pull on your pout and let~s move to the beat like we know that it~s over slip going under going over my shoulder so put on your face just put on your fear and let~s hit opening time down on fascination street
so put on your face put on your pout cut the conversation just open your mouth put on your face put on your fear and let~s hit opening time down on fascination street down on fascination street
And that, ladies and gentleman, is Fascination Street, the remix. I hope you have enjoyed and I hope this have helped out a bit. Please send comments to the email address above if you have any, if you do not, ignore this sentence. Bye-bye...
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