The Cure - The Figurehead: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "The Figurehead" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. 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.
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Learn The Figurehead Guitar Chords and Lyrics by The Cure
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "The Figurehead" smoothly on your guitar.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
C#m B Sharp and open, leave me alone F#m A And sleeping less every night C#m B As the days become heavier and weighted F#m A Waiting in the cold light C#m A noise, a scream tears my clothes B as the figurines tighten F#m A With spiders inside them and dust C#m B And the lips of a vision of hell F#m A C#m I laughed in the mirror for the first time in a year A hundred other words blind me with your purity Like an old painted doll in the throes of dance I think about tomorrow, please let me sleep As I slip down the window, freshly squashed fly C#m B You mean nothing F#m A You mean nothing I can lose myself in Chinese art and American girls All the time, lose me in the dark, please do it right Run into the night, I will lose myself tomorrow Crimson pain, my heart explodes My memory in a fire, and someone will listen At least for a short while F#m I can never say no I can never say no C#m To anyone but you Too many secrets, too many lies Writhing with hatred Too many secrets, please make it good tonight But the same image haunts me, in sequence, in despair of time A I will never be clean again C#m B F#m I touched her eyes, pressed my stained face A I will never be clean again C#m B F#m Touched her eyes, press my stained face A I will never be clean again C#m B F#m A I will never be clean again I will never be clean again I will never be clean again You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA  Am  C#m  F#m  B  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 "The Figurehead" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Figurehead" by The Cure.