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Tempo 80 BPM

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Step 1 / 19Position: 1

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open

Smashing Pumpkins - Bodies
Tabbed By: matt burgess
EMail: bjb878@gte.net
melon collie and the infinite sadness
                            D   DbAbDbGbBbEb
Tune Down 1/2 Step and Drop :        
Chord Fingerings:  (guitar 2 adds power chords throughout)
      F   Am  Em  Dm  G   C   Gb  F  A  D
E|    1   0   0   1   x   0   x   x  x  x
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
   F                 Am   C
E|------------1-------0-----|  
B|------1------1---1--1-----|
G|----2---2-----------2---0-|
D|--3---------------------2-|
A|------------------------3-|
E|--------------------------|
         F  F AmEm
Intro - |  | | | | >4
    F             AmEm F      AmEm     F
V1-                                                   
     Cast the pearls aside, of a simple life of need
               Am  Em     F    Am  Em
     Come into my life forever
     Em              Dm  G       Em
Pc1-                             
         The crumbled cities stand as known
                 Dm       G          Em
         Of the sites you have been shown
                 Dm      G         Em
         Of the hurt you call your own 
                          Dm  G
         Ya know, Ya know
      F          AmEm
C1 -                  
        Love is Suicide >4
         G        GbF   A      D
Pb1 -                          
         The empty bodies stand at rest
         G      Gb     F     A    D
         Casualties of their own flesh
         G      Gb  F       A    D  G   Gb  F  A  D
         Afflicted by their disposession
     C       D      F     C
Br1 -                     
       But no bodies ever knew
     C          D  F
       Nobodys
     C    D       F      C
       No bodies felt like you
     C          D  F
       Nobodys
Id -  Fig 1 >4
      Love is suicide >4
     (deny, decide, destroy, disobey, disguise)
       F          Am  Em   F      AmEm  F
V2 -                                     
        Now we drive the night, to the ironies of peace
                  Am    Em  F      Am  Em
        You can't help deny forever 
      Em         Dm G        Em
Pc2 -                        
         The tragedies reside in you
                    Dm    G       Em
         The secret sites hide in you
                    Dm     G             Em                 Dm G
         The lonely nights divide you in two, in two, in two
         G   GbF       A    D
Pb2 -                        
          All my blisters now revealed
         G     Gb  F       A     D
          In the darkness of my dreams
         G     Gb F     A  D   G  Gb F   A D
          In the spaces in between us
        C       D      F     C
Br2 -                        
          But no bodies ever knew
        C           D  F
          Nobodys
        C    D       F        C
          No bodies felt like you
        C        D  F
          Nobodys
        C        D       F   C
          But no bodies ever knew
        C         D  F
          Nobodys
        C    D      F         C
          No bodies felt like you
        C         D  F
          Nobodys
C2  F              AE
 -                   
         Love is Suicide >4

Bodies chords and lyrics

Free chords for Bodies by The Smashing Pumpkins. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

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)
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
Intro - |F  |F |Am |Em | >4
Id -  Fig 1 >4
      Love is suicide >4
     (deny, decide, destroy, disobey, disguise)

Bodies Chords by The Smashing Pumpkins

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The chords for "Bodies" show the original chord names (including D, Db, Ab, Gb, Bb, Eb). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.