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Smashing Pumpkins - Bodies
Tabbed By: matt burgess
EMail: bjb878@gte.net
melon collie and the infinite sadness
Tune Down 1/2 Step and Drop D: Db   Ab   Db   Gb   Bb  Eb  
Chord Fingerings: (guitar 2 adds power chords throughout)
E| F1 Am0 Em0 Dm1 Gx C0 Gbx Fx Ax Dx
B| 1 1 0 3 x 1 x x x x
G| 2 2 0 2 x 0 x x x x
D| 3 2 2 0 5 2 4 3 7 0
A| 3 0 2 x 5 3 4 3 7 0
E| 3 x 2 x 5 x 4 3 7 0
Fig 1
E|-F-----------1------Am-0---C--|
B|------1------1---1--1-----|
G|----2---2-----------2---0-|
D|--3---------------------2-|
A|------------------------3-|
E|--------------------------|
Intro - | F| F| Am| Em| >4
V1- F   Am   Em   F   Am   Em   F  
Cast the pearls aside, of a simple life of need
Come into Ammy lEmife forFeverAm  Em  
Pc1- Em   Dm   G  Em  
The crumbled cities stand as known
Of the sDmites you Ghave been sEmhown
Of the hDmurt you Gcall your Emown
Ya know, Ya knowDm  G  
C1 - F   Am   Em  
Love is Suicide >4
Pb1 - G   Gb   F   A   D  
The empty bodies stand at rest
GCasualtGbies of Ftheir Aown fDlesh
GAfflictGbed bFy their AdispoDsesGsionGb  F  A  D  
Br1 - C   D   F  C  
But no bodies ever knew
CNobodysD  F  
CNo Dbodies fFelt likCe you
CNobodysD  F  
Id - Fig 1 >4
Love is suicide >4
(deny, decide, destroy, disobey, disguise)
V2 - F   Am   Em   F   Am   Em   F  
Now we drive the night, to the ironies of peace
You can't Amhelp dEmeny Fforever Am  Em  
Pc2 - Em   Dm   G  Em  
The tragedies reside in you
The secret Dmsites Ghide in Emyou
The lonely Dmnights Gdivide you in Emtwo, in two, in twoDm  G  
Pb2 - G   Gb   F   A   D  
All my blisters now revealed
GIn thGbe daFrkness oAf my dDreams
GIn thGbe sFpaces Ain DbetwGeen GbusF  A  D  
Br2 - C   D   F  C  
But no bodies ever knew
CNobodysD  F  
CNo Dbodies fFelt like Cyou
CNobodysD  F  
CBut no Dbodies eFver Cknew
CNobodysD  F  
CNo Dbodies Ffelt like Cyou
CNobodysD  F  
C2- F   A   E  
Love is Suicide >4

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