Bodies

Release: MC&IS

Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins

Author: 1. Paul Scheidt wzombie@netcom.com   2. Jerry Chen jchen@incom.net

Tuning: dropped D (then down 1/2 step - Db, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb)

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chord formations ---------------- Db5 000xxx Eb5 222xxx E5 333xxx Gb5 555xxx Ab5 x0222x B5 x3555x C#5 x5777x

intro note

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E5 Ab5 Eb5 E5 Ab5 Eb5 E5 Ab5 Eb5 E5 Ab5 Eb5

E5 Ab5 Eb5 E5 Ab5 Eb5 E5 Cast the pearls aside, of a simple life of need E5 Ab5 Eb5 E5 Ab5 Eb5 Come into my life forever

Eb5 Db5 Gb5 Eb5 The crumbled cities stand as known Eb5 Db5 Gb5 Eb5 of the sights you have been shown Eb5 Db5 Gb5 Eb5 of the hurt you call your own Eb5 Db5 Gb5 <you know, you know>

chorus 1 -------- ---10--- -------- with either a phaser or wah pedal, I can't tell.. ---7---- play above following line -------- --------

E5 Ab5 Eb5 Love is suicide (x4)

Gb5 E5 Ab5 Gb5 The empty bodies stand at rest Gb5 E5 Ab5 Gb5 Casualties of their own flesh Gb5 E5 Ab5 Gb5 E5 Ab5 Afflicted by their dispo-sse-ssion

chorus 2 B5 C#5 E5 B5 But no bodies ever knew B5 C#5 E5 B5 No-body-s B5 C#5 E5 B5 No bodies felt like you B5 C#5 E5 No-body-s

quiet part ----------12----12---12--- -------10---10--10---10--- ----10----------10---10--- play this REAL close to the bridge for -------------------------- that music box kinda sound.. -------------------------- slight hint of chorus, too.. --------------------------

Love is suicide, love is suicide, love is suicide, love is.. love..

solo part E5 Ab5 Eb5 E5 Now we drive the night ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ---2---7---9--7-----9---9b10r9~\---- ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------

E5 Ab5 Eb5 E5 to the ironies of peace ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---2---7--9--9b10r9--9-7-9---- ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------

E5 Ab5 Eb5 E5 Ab5 Eb5 You can't help deny forever --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- ---2---7---9----9b10r9--7--5-7-9~~\---- --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------

Eb5 Db5 Gb5 Eb5 The tragedies reside in you Eb5 Db5 Gb5 Eb5 The secret sights hide in you Eb5 Db5 Gb5 Eb5 The lonely nights divide you in two Eb5 Db5 Gb5 <in two, in two>

Gb5 E5 Ab5 Gb5 All my blisters now revealed Gb5 E5 Ab5 Gb5 In the darkness of my dreams Gb5 E5 Ab5 Gb5 E5 Ab5 In the spaces in between us

chorus 2 with just one guitar

then chorus 2 with two guitars, and one angry Billy Corgan.. :)

then chorus 1 again

end on Db5, then pull the plug outta your guitar and do strange things with it

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cast the pearls aside (1) of a simple life of need (1) come into my life forever (1) the crumbled cities stand as known (2) of the sights you have been shown (2) of the hurt you call your own (2) love is suicide (1)

the empty bodies stand at rest (3) casualties of their own flesh (3) afflicted by their dispossession (3) but no bodies every knew (4) nobodys (4) no bodies felt like you (4) nobodys (4) love is suicide ?

now we drive the night, to the ironies of peace (1) you can't help deny forever (1) the tragedies reside in you (1) the secret sights hide in you (1) the lonely night divide you in two (1) all my blisters now revealed (2) in the darkness of my dreams (2) in the sapces in between us (2) but no bodies every knew (4) nobodys (4) no bodies felt like you (4) nobodys (4) love is suicide (1)