#-----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------# 1979 - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Transcribed by Adam Morris 1/2 step down. INTRO/MAIN RIFF |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-8--8-8-8-8-9--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------| |-------------------------------6b-7-4-2-2-2-4-6-9--9-9-| x4 |-6--6-6-6-6-7--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-| |----0---0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------| Then this once. |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |11--11-11-11-11-11-4--4-4--4-4-4-----------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-9---9--9--9--9--9\2--2-2--2-2-2-----------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| Then back to the main riff x 3 (I think it is 3) Then play this. |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |-4--4-4-4-4--4-9--9-9--9-9-9------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |-2--2-2-2-2--2/7--7-7--7-7-7------------------------| Then the part that I think would be called the CHORUS |----------------------------------------------------| |----5--------4--4-4-5--5-5--------------------------| |----4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4--------------------------| |-6--6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6---6b-7-4-2-2-2-4-6-9--9-9| x 4 |-7--7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0| |-0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--------------------------| *________________________* Through this bit a second guitar plays the higher strings of the E chord just played. Then play this. |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |-4--4-4-4-4--4-9--9-9--9-9-9------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |-2--2-2-2-2--2/7--7-7--7-7-7------------------------| Then back to the VERSE/MAIN RIFF Then to this. Then play this. |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |-4--4-4-4-4--4-7--7-7--7-7-7------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |-2--2-2-2-2--2/5--5-5--5-5-5------------------------| Then back to the CHORUS Then it changes to what I will call the BRIDGE |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-7-7-7-7| |----------------------------------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| From thereon in there is no new stuff..so that is it. The song ends on the weird E from the CHORUS I would like to hear some opinions about this please. Bye Adam benmo@deakin.edu.au ----- Tabbed by Duncan Koerber 1979 - by Smashing Pumpkins from Mellon Collie and the ==== Infinite Sadness. Written by Wiliam P. Corgan, Jr. Eb tuning MAIN RIFF (tabbed by Brian McCall ========= |------------------------------------------------------- |------------------------------------------------------- |-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-9--------------------------------------- |-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---6hbr-4---2---4---6---9 |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 |-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-X----------------------- Here's the rest, tabbed by me: ENDING BIT BEFORE CHORUS ======================== " you.... and i... should meet" later = "end to it all" |----------------- |----------------- |--9-9-9---------- |--X-X-X--9-9-9--- |--7-7-7--X-X-X--- |---------7-7-7--- CHORUS ====== "and I don't even care to shake these zipper blues" during these two chords (open strings are a must) there's a second guitar doing: (you can mute the Bb string if you like) |--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-- |--16--14--12--9----- |--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--<-Bb |-------------------- |--9-9-9-9-9--6-6-6-6-6-- |-------------------- |--9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-- |-------------------- |--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-- |-------------------- |--0-0-0-0-0--5-5-5-5-5-- |-------------------- ENDING BIT OF CHORUS ==================== "forgotten and absorbed into the earth below" F# B - back to riff 1 BRIDGE ====== (I play the open strings too for added effect) "assured to the lights and towns below..." |----------------------------------------- -------------- |----------------------------------------- -------------- |--4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6--------- -------4-4-4-- |--4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-7-7----- x 3 end with -4-4-4-4-4-4-- |--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-7-7----- -4-4-4-2-2-2-- |---------------------------------5-5----- -2-2-2-------- ----- 1979 by The Smashing Pumpkins written by Billy Corgan Transcribed off the _Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness_ double album by me, Aaron Rother, zander@bga.com Chords: Emaj7 E A F#m B C#m E x x 0 2 2 4 B x x 2 2 4 5 G 1 1 2 2 4 6 D 1 2 2 4 4 6 A 2 2 0 4 2 4 E 0 0 0 2 2 4 Tune down 1 half step (so the E shown is actually Eb, and so on) Emaj7 E A Emaj7 E A Emaj7 E A Shakedown 1979, Emaj7 E A cool kids never have the time F#m B Emaj7 E A on a live wire right up off the street, you and I should meet Emaj7 E A junebug skipping like a stone Ema7 E A with the headlights pointed at the dawn F#m B we were sure we'd never see an end to it all E A E and I don't even care to shake these zipper blues A E A and we don't know just where our bones will rest to dust I guess F#m B forgotten and absorbed into the earth below Emaj7 E A Emaj7 E A Emaj7 E A double cross the vacant and the bored Emaj7 E A they're not sure just what we have in store F#m A morpine city slippin dues down to see E A E that we don't even care as restless as we are A E we feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts A B and poured cement, lamented and assured C#m A to the lights and towns below B C#m A faster than the speed of sound B C#m A F#m B Emaj7 E A faster than we thought we'd go, beneath the sound of hope Emaj7 E A Justine never knew the rules Emaj7 E A hung down with the freaks and the ghouls Emaj7 E A no apologies ever need be made F#m I know you better than you fake it B E A E to see that we don't even care to shake these zipper blues A E A and we don't know just where our bones will rest, to dust I guess F#m B Emaj7 E A forgotten and absorbed into earth below Emaj7 E A the street heats the urgency of sound E as you can see there's no one around