| 1979 | |
| by The Smashing Pumpkins |
| written by Billy Corgan |
| Transcribed off the _Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness_ double album |
| by me, Aaron Rother, zander@bga.com |
| Chords: |
| Emaj7 | E | A | F#m | B | C#m | |
| E | x | x | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| B x x 2 2 4 5 |
| G | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | D | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
| A | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| E 0 0 0 2 2 4 |
| Tune down 1 half step (so the E shown is actually Eb, and so on) |
| Emaj7 | E | A | Emaj7 | E | A | Emaj7 | E | A | |
| Shakedown 197 | 9, |
| Emaj7 | E | A | |
| cool kids never have the tim | e |
| F#m | B | Emaj7 | E | A | |
| on a live wire right up off the | street, you and | I should mee | t |
| Emaj7 | E | A | |
| junebug skipping like a ston | e |
| Ema7 | E | A | |
| with the headlights pointed at the daw | n |
| F#m | B | |
| we were sure we'd never see an | end to it all |
| E | A | E | |
| and I | don't even | care to shake these zipper bl | ues |
| A | E | A | |
| and we don't | know just where our bones will | rest to dust I | guess |
| F#m | B | |
| forgotten and abso | rbed into the earth | below |
| Emaj7 | E | A | Emaj7 | E | A | Emaj7 | E | A | |
| double cross the vacant and the bore | d |
| Emaj7 | E | A | |
| they're not sure just what we have in stor | e |
| F#m | A | |
| morpine city slippin | dues down to | see |
| E | A | E | |
| that | we don't even | care as restless as we | are |
| A | E | |
| we feel the | pull in the land of a thousand | guilts |
| A | B | |
| and poured cem | ent, lamented and | assured |
| C#m | A | |
| to the lights and | towns be | low |
| B | C#m | A | |
| faster than the | speed of | sound |
| B | C#m | A | F#m | B | Emaj7 | E | A | |
| faster than we | thought we'd | go, | beneath the | sound of hop | e |
| Emaj7 | E | A | |
| Justine never knew the rule | s |
| Emaj7 | E | A | |
| hung down with the freaks and the ghoul | s |
| Emaj7 | E | A | |
| no apologies ever need be mad | e |
| F#m | |
| I know you better than you | fake it |
| B | E | A | E | |
| to s | ee that | we don't even | care to shake these zipper | blues |
| A | E | A | |
| and we don't | know just where our bones will | rest, to dust I | guess |
| F#m | B | Emaj7 | E | A | |
| forgotten and abso | rbed into | earth belo | w |
| Emaj7 | E | A | |
| the street heats the urgency of soun | d |
| E | |
| as you can see there's no one arou | nd |
Says to tune down half step. I don't know the language for music but I guess this matches with the fact that I had to transpose -1 semitone for it to match up with the song.