Love Song by The Cure
Bass tabs by IncurableNikki
incurablenikki@yahoo.com
This is as close as I could hear it in the song…
Please try it out slowly at first. I’ve used ‘o’
to represent the open string to avoid confusion
with the 10th fret. Asterisk (*) means to repeat
the note. Enjoy!
(A1)
G-|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-|7-777910------779-|----1097-----9-10-|----7910------779-|----1097-----9-10-|
A-|o~~~~~~~10-***----|8-88----7-777-7---|o-oo----10-***----|8-88----7-777-7---|
E-|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
(A2)
G-|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-|----7910------779-|----1097-----9-10-|----7910------779-|----1097---9-10-9-|
A-|o-oo----10-***----|8-88----7-777-7---|o-oo----10-***----|8-88----7-7-7--7-7|
E-|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Repeat: A1 (1st verse)
Repeat: A2
Repeat: A2 (music break)
Repeat: A1 (2nd verse)
Repeat: A2
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_cure/love_song_btab.html ]
Chorus: (how ever far away…) (however long I stay…)
G-|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D-|-------------779-|7-771077/10**/14**|-------------779-|7-771077/10**/14**|
A-|8-888-810-***----|------------------|8-888-810-***----|------------------|
E-|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
(Whatever words I say…) (I will always love you)
G-|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D-|-------------779-|7-771077/10**/14**|-------------779-|
A-|8-888-810-***----|------------------|8-888-810-***----|
E-|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
Repeat: A1 (music break)
Repeat: A2 (guitar solo break)
Repeat: A1 (3rd verse)
Repeat: A2
Chorus: (how ever far away…) (however long I stay…)
G-|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D-|-------------779-|7-771077/10**/14**|-------------779-|7-771077/10**/14**|
A-|8-888-810-***----|------------------|8-888-810-***----|------------------|
E-|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
(Whatever words I say…) (I will always love you)
G-|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
D-|-------------779-|7-771077/10**/14**|-------------779-|7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A-|8-888-810-***----|------------------|8-888-810-***----|o~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
E-|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|