The Cure - The Upstairs Room: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Upstairs Room" 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.

  Am
I love it all
       Em
These games we play
   Am
I close my eyes
     Em
You run away
     Am                  Em
I'm sure I asked you to stay
     F          Dm
But now you're gone
    Am
And so I feel the grey
 Em
Pulse in my head
  Am                        Em
I turn off the lights and crawl into bed
   Am                    Em
I try to think of sunshine
                  F
But my body goes wet
                          Dm
With the first crash of thunder

Brigde:

Am        F   Am      F
I don't think I can know
Am          Em
Anyone but you dear
F           Dm
That's for sure

And when it gets to Fall
It's my turn to go
Oh, the kiss, so alcoholic and slow
Arranged a meet for Saturday
I thought you would know
That I always sleep alone

Chorus:
I don't think I could love
Anyone but you, dear
That's for sure
That's for sure
That's for sure
That's for sure

The upstairs room is cool and bright
We could go up there in Summer
And dance all night

      Em                           Am
Your sister started talking at a minute after ten
    Em
So everyone jumped up
          Am
And then fell over again
   Em                            Am
In April you can join them and stare at me
         F              Dm
At the ghost from your past
        Am              Em
At the ghost from your past
At the ghost from your past
At the ghost from your past

Chorus:
I don't think I could love
Anyone but you, dear
That's for sure
That's for sure


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

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 Upstairs Room" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Upstairs Room" by The Cure.

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