Cure - The Drowning Man

the drowning man
words by : r . smith music by : the cure published by : fiction records , 1981
tabbed by : graph_sas

tuning : normal
intro : Dm , Em , A#

riff 1 : [ Dm , Em , A# ]

Dm Em
she stands twelve feet above the flood
A#
she stares
alone
across the water
Dm Em
the loneliness grows and slowly
A#
fills her frozen body
sliding downwards

riff 2 : [ G , F# , A# ]
G F#
one by one her senses die
A#
the memories fade
and leave her eyes
G F#
still seeing worlds that never were
A# repeat riff 1 : [ Dm , Em , A# ] x2
and one by one the bright birds leave her . . .
repeat riff 2 : [ G , F# , A# ] x 2

Dm Em
starting at the violent sound
A#
she tries to turn
but final
noiseless
Dm Em
slips and strikes her soft dark head
A#
the water bows
receives her

G F# A#
and drowns her at its ease
G F# A#
drowns her at its ease

Dm Em
i would have left the world all bleeding
A#
could i only help you love
Dm Em A#
the fleeting shapes so many years ago

so young and beautiful and brave

G F#
everything was true
A#
it couldn’t be a story
G F#
i wish it was all true
A#
i wish it couldn’t be a story

Dm
the words all left me
Em
lifeless
hoping
A#
breathing like the drowning man
Dm Em
oh fushia
you leave me
A# G , F# , A#
breathing like the drowning man
A# G , F# , A#
breathing like the drowning man
repeat riff 1 , and 2 two times alternately to the end . . .