By Starlight
Release: MC&IS
Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins
Author: Adam Morris benmo@deakin.edu.au
Tuning: Eb
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CHORDS USED:
E A D G B E C# x 4 6 6 6 4 G#m 4 6 6 4 4 x F# 2 4 4 3 2 2 D#5 x 6 8 8 x x G#(i) 4 3 x 5 x x <- NOTE: a normal G# sounds terrible!! Bb5 6 8 8 x x x G#(ii) 4 6 6 x x x
The C# is played as a single string pattern most of the time. In the verses the C# is played:
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INTRO: C# G#m F#
C# by starlight i'll kiss you
G#m F# C# and promise to be your one and only
i'll make you feel happy
G#m F# C# and leave you to be lost in mine
G#m F# and where will we go, what will we do?
D#5 G#(i) C# soon said i, will know (lead fill 1)
G#m F# C# and are you just like me?
G#m F# D#5 dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?
Bb5 G#(ii) D#5 F# her eyes, her eyes were as vacant as the seas
C# G#m F# dead eyes, are you just like me?
D#5 G#(i) C# F# and all along, we knew we'd carry on
D#5 G#(i) (play 2nd fret on the B string here) just to belong
C# G#m F# (play 3rd fret on the G string here)
C# by starlight i know you
G#m F# C# (lead fill 2) as lovely as a wish granted true
G#m F# (lead fill 3 over the top) my life has been empty, my life has been untrue (of this line)
D#5 G#(i) C# F# and does she really know, who i really am?
D#5 G#(i) C# (lead fill 1) does she really know me at last
G#m F# C# are you just like me?
G#m F# D#5 dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?
Bb5 G#(ii) D#5 F# C# her eyes, her eyes were as vacant as the seas
G#m F# D#5 C# dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?
G#m F# C# are you just like me?
LEAD FILL 1 (1/2) --------------------------------------- -6/9~~~----6/9~~--11-9-7-6b------------ -----------------------------6--------- --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
LEAD FILL 2 --------------------------------------- --4--6/7\6--4--6~~~~------------------- --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
LEAD FILL 3 -------4--------------------2---------- --4-----------4-------------4-x-------- -----5--------------------------------- --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
That is about it. There is a bit of lead in the outro that I left out, but other than that most of it is here. I am fairly proud of my efforts with this TAB so any comments would be greatly appreciated.