Jupiter Crash Transcribed by: Andrew Kwame Tay (aktay@zeus.uwaterloo.ca) From: The Cure - Dream and Silence (http://web.tiscalinet.it/thecure) Key: G Arrangement: 12-string acoustic, electric, bass Tab source: video, audio Accuracy: at least 92% Like most Cure songs, Jupiter Crash is pretty easy to play. But it is fairly unusual; the trickiest part was working out the first two chords of the verse. Thanks go to Erik Pischel (pischel@informatik.hu-berlin.de) for being the first person to actually get them right, sending me in the right direction and saving me a lot of effort. One thing to watch out for: this song is a little weird rhythmically. It's in 6/8 time, but it's syncopated as if it were in 4/4 time. I suppose one could argue that it's in 4/4 time with everything in triplets (and I'm willing to listen to anybody who can argue so or that thinks it's 12/8 or 3/4 or something), but I've tabbed it in 6/8. To illustrate, the diagram below shows where the accents lie (marked with x) in both times: x x x x 6/8 (syncopated): 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 4/4 (in triplets): 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . GUITAR 1 (acoustic 12-string) INTRO/VERSE CORRECT SIMPLER eadgbe eadgbe C/C#: x45050 CM7/C#: x45000 C: x35050 CM7: x35000 G: 32003x G: 32000x D/F#: 20023x BASIC RHYTHM (Robert varies this, of course): C/C# C | G / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / / (x3) 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . ...then: D/F# | G / / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / / (x2) 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . BRIDGE "Meanwhile millions of miles away..." I wrote out the chords vertically for clarity. The open high E string is optional: _________________________________________________ | Em C* Dmaj11 Em* Gadd9 A9 A7 | e|--0------0------0------0------0------0-------0---| b|--0------1------3------7------10-----12------10--| g|--0------0------0------0------0------0-------0---| d|--2------2------4------5------9------11------11--| a|--2------3------5------7------10-----12------12--| e|--0----------------------------------------------| BASIC RHYTHM: / / / / / / / / / one chord per measure, except A9 which is half 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . a measure and A7 which completes the measure GUITAR 2 (bass VI arr. for guitar) Play all of this with a flanger. VERSE Play the following figures in this order: 1, 2, 1, 3, 3. Figure 1: e|-------------------------|-------------------------| b|-------------------------|-------------------------| g|-------4-----4-----4-----|-7-----5-----4-----------| d|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-------------------------| a|-------------------------|-------------------------| e|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . Figure 2: e|-------------------------|-------------------------| b|-------------------------|-------------------------| g|-------4-----4-----4-----|-7-----------------------| d|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-------------------------| a|-------------------------|-------------------------| e|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . Figure 3: e|-------------------------|-------------------------| b|-------------------------|-------------------------| g|-------2-----2-----2...////4!----------------------| d|-----4-----4-----4-------|-------------------------| a|-------------------------|-------------------------| e|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . BRIDGE Don't play anything SOLO ---------------------------| ---------------------------| add distortion and ---------------------------| lead into the solo ------12-12----12-12----12-| like this: ---------------------------| ---------------------------| . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| b|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| g|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| d|-12----12-12----12-12----12-12----12-|-12-------10-------9----------------| a|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| b|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| g|-------------------------------------|-12-------14-------16---------------| d|----------12-------12-------12-------|------------------------------------| a|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| e|-12----12----------------------------|------------------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| b|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| g|----------16-------16-------14-------|----------16-------16-------14------| d|-14----14-------14-------------------|-12----12-------12------------------| a|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| b|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| g|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| d|-10----10-10----10-10----9--10----12-|------------------------------------| a|-------------------------------------|-10---------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| b|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| g|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| d|-10-10----10----10-10----9--10----12-|------------------------------------| a|-------------------------------------|-10---------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . ENDING End with verse figure 3, but make your last note a G (0th fret) instead of sliding up to the 4th fret. BASS INTRO/VERSE This is how Simon plays it: way up on the neck. Play the figures in this order: 1, 2, 1, 3, 3 Figure 1: g|-------------------------------------|-------------------------| d|-------------------------------------|-------------------------| a|-19----19-19----19-19----19-19----19-|-17....\\\\\-------------| e|-------------------------------------|-------------15----------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . Figure 2: g|-------------------------------------|-------------------------| d|-------------------------------------|-------------------------| a|-19----19-19----19-19----19-19----19-|-17----------------------| e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . Figure 3: g|-------------------------------------|-------------------------| d|-------------------------------------|-------------------------| a|-------------------------------------|-------------------------| e|-14----14-14----14-14----14-14.....////15!---------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . INTRO/VERSE alternate part Play in order 4, 5, 4, 5, 5: Figure 4: g|-------------------------|-------------------------| d|-------------------------|-------------------------| a|-0-----2-----3-----2...////7-----5-----10----9.../// e|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . Figure 5: g|-------------------------|-------------------------| d|-------------------------|-------------------------| a//12!---10..//14!---12..////17!---------------------| e|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . BRIDGE g|-------------------------|-------------------------| d|-------------------------|-------------------------| a|-------------------------|-0---0-0-0-0-0---2---3..// e|-0---0-0-0-0-0---2---3---|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . g|-------------------------|-------------------------| d|-------------------------|-------------------------| a//5!--5-5-5-5-5---5---5..///7!--7-7---7-7---7---7..// e|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . g|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------| d|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------| a//10!-10----10----10-10-10----10----10..//14!---14-14-------12----------| e|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . KEY x/y pick x, slide up to y (do not pick y) x\y pick x, slide down to y (do not pick y) x/y! pick x, slide up to y, pick y immediately x..\y hold note x for the time indicated before sliding to y x\\\ slide with trail-off / repeat chord stroke