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The Cure: Friday I'm in Love

Tabs and chords 90s pop altrock baritone low-g

This jangly pop rock song sounds is arranged for a low-G ukulele paired with a baritone ukulele. If you don’t have a baritone, then there is an alternative tab for another low-G ukulele.

Interactive tabs
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On Soundslice

Downloads
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1st ukulele
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The 1st ukulele plays the top-line, or in some parts doubles the 2nd ukulele.

Verse
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During the verse, the 1st ukulele either plays the same melody as the 2nd ukulele, or variations on this melody:

Example audio for the 1st ukulele in the verses
Lead ukulele verse tab
Ukulele tab for the 1st ukulele in the verses

Chorus
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During the chorus, 1st ukulele plays the same as the 2nd ukulele. See that section for more details.

Solo
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Example audio for the solo
Solo tab
Ukulele tab for the solo

A similar solo plays during the outro, the main difference is the resolution to the A chord.

Outro tab
Ukulele tab for the outro

Bridge
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Example audio for the 1st ukulele in the bridge
Lead ukulele bridge tab
Ukulele tab for the 1st ukulele in the bridge

2nd ukulele (Baritone/low-G)
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The 2nd ukulele plays a sort of fingerstyle rhythm. I’ve found that this tends to sound a bit muddy if you are playing in a group playing mainly chords, so you may omit this part.

Verse
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The following figure is played during the intro and verse. Let the strings ring out wherever possible.

Example audio for the 2nd ukulele in the verse
2nd ukulele (baritone) verse
Baritone ukulele tab for the verse
2nd ukulele (low G) chorus
Low G ukulele tab for the verse

Chorus
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Let the notes ring out as much as possible. If you are playing in a larger group then you can also skip the chords and concentrate on the melody.

Example audio for the 2nd ukulele in the chorus
2nd ukulele (baritone) chorus
Baritone ukulele tab for the chorus
2nd ukulele (low G) chorus
Low G ukulele tab for the chorus

Bridge
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This part can be quite challenging. My suggestion is to barre across the 7th fret (or 2nd fret for Low G ukuleles) for the Bm chord, and use the pinky finger to play the high note. Then, shift the barre up one fret and use pinky and ring finger to play the next high notes.

If you have additional players, you could also try splitting this section up for different players.

Example audio for the 2nd ukulele in the bridge
2nd ukulele (baritone) bridge
Baritone ukulele tab for the bridge
2nd ukulele (low G) bridge
Low G ukulele tab for the bridge

Bass
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The bassline is just root notes throughout. The original recording has the bass guitar tuned to Drop D.

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