Fire in Cairo (Version 1)
Transcribed by: Mario Dorion
Bass Tab by: Gilles Velay (gvelay@free.fr)
From: The Cure - Dream and Silence (http://web.tiscalinet.it/thecure)

Am        G    C          G             F
Slowly fading blue the eastern hollows
Am           G   C             G           F
Catch the dying sun the night time follows

[…]

E        F           E      F
See your head in the fading light
    E           F         E          F
And through the dark your eyes shine bright
     Am             G    C         G            F
They burn like the fire burn like fire in cairo

[…]

E                 F G
F-I-R-E-I-N-C-A-I-R-O
E                 F G
F-I-R-E-I-N-C-A-I-R-O
E                 F G
F-I-R-E-I-N-C-A-I-R-O
E                             F
And the heat disapear and the mirror fades away
Am G C G F
ad lib.

Notes: This is not quite the studio version since that version would
not sound good without 2 guitars. This is, though, closer to the
version that has been played live in some of the prayer tour concerts.


BASS TAB

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

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