The Cure - Numb: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Numb" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

       D
Yeah this is how it ends
      F#m
After all these years
 D             F#m
Tired of it all
Bm                      A
Hopelessly helplessly broken apart
    F#m
He finally falls

He doesn't want to think
Doesn't want to feel
Doesn't want to know what's going on
Says there's nothing he can do will change anything
He doesn't want to know what's going wrong

Chorus:
F#m              Bm
Because he's in love with a drug
F#m
One that makes him numb
Bm                            F#m
One that stops him feeling at all
         Bm
He's in love with a drug
    F#m
Forget everyone
    Bm                     F#m
He really doesn't care anymore

Anymore...

Yeah this is how it ends
After all this time
Everything just fades away
Worn-out and empty and all alone
With nothing left to say
Oh it's all too big to make a difference
It's all too wrong to make it right
Yeah everything is too unfair
Everything too much to bear
He doesn't have the strength left for the fight

Chorus:
Says all he wants is the drug
The one that makes him numb
The one that stops him feeling at all
He just wants to take the drug
Forget everyone
He doesn't want to care anymore

Just keeps loving the drug
The one that makes him numb
The one that stops him feeling at all
Just keeps loving the drug
The drug that he's become
He isn't really here anymore

And that makes me cry


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

D

Guitar chord D

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Numb" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Numb" by The Cure.

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