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Smashing Pumpkins - Lightning Strikes
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Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
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Chords used:
E|--Cm3----Gm3----Bb6----Eb6----C#4----Ab4----B7----G3--|
B|--4----3----6----8----6----4----7----3--|
G|--5----3----7----8----6----5----8----4--|
D|--5----5----8----8----6----6----9----5--|
A|--3----5----8----6----4----6----9----5--|
E|--3----3----6----6----4----4----7----3--|
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Intro: Cm, Gm, Bb(x2)
CmLife on telephones, lGmove on open roads
EbInto gBbreat unknowns I stumble brightly..C#....G#..
CmIndigo, breathless yet, IGm'll link to your regret
EbSunflowers as tBbeachers pets, bent from lightning, IC#'ll G#bet
EbI'll bBbend for Cmyou..Gm.....SEbhadows give your lBbight to me
C#Shadows give your lAbight to Bme...........
Cm.....Gm.....Bb.....In the ways the Cmcity (In the ways it) pGmours itself Bbout
You can make this hCmappen (You can make it) bGmeyond your dBboubt
You can make this haEbppen (You can make it) CmAll right nGow
CmEastern days, I'm unafraid cos lGmove to me is such a game
EbThat I believe I cBban't embrace the drCmeams of lovers...G.
CmEastern days, I'm unafraid cos lGmove to me is such a game
EbThat I believe I cBban't embrace the drCmeams of lovers...G.
EbI'll bBbend for Cmyou..Gm.... SEbhadows give your lBbight to me
C#Shadows give your lAbight to Bme...........
Cm.....Gm.....Bb.....In the ways the Cmcity (In the ways it) pGmours itself Bbout
You can make this hCmappen (You can make it) bGmeyond your dBboubt
You can make this haEbppen (You can make it) CmAll right nGow..........G.
GZen baby, lightning strikes... TGhe same heart, but never twice
CmZen baby, we've got to fight... CmFor what's real and what becomes the night
Cm.....Gm.....Bb.....In the ways the Cmcity (In the ways it) pGmours itself Bbout
You can make this hCmappen (You can make it) bGmeyond your dBboubt
You can make this haEbppen (You can make it) CmAll right nGow
You can make this hCmappen..Eb......Bb......Eb..
You can make this hEbappen Cmall right nGow
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