22 Best The Smashing Pumpkins Songs (list with chords & lyrics)
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Thru The Eyes Of Ruby
VERSE 1
Em G D F#m A Bb B
Wrap me up in always,
Em G D F#m A Bb B
and drag me in with maybes
Em G D F#m A Bb B Em
innocence is treasure, innocence is death
G D F#m A
innocence is all I have
G B* G
I’m Breathing underwater, I’m living under glass
CHORUS
Bm G A
And all I hear from anyone
Em Bm
Is the emptiness in me
G A
And all I need from anyone
Em Bm
Is just to believe
G A
You’re not here for anyone
Em F#7sus(b9)
To forever disappear
VERSE 2
Em G D F#m A Bb B
I believe in never,
Em G D F#m A Bb B
I believe in all the way
Em G D F#m A Bb B Em
belief is not to notice, belief is just something
G D F#m A
And faith can help you to escape
Bm A G D G
And with this ring I wed thee true
Bm A G D G
And with this ring I wed thee now
Bm A G D G A
And with this ring I play sound in
Bm A
But no one's asking for the truth, so let me tell you
CHORUS
Bm G A
And all I hear from anyone
Em Bm
Is the emptiness in me
G A
And all I need from anyone
Em Bm
Is just to believe
G A
You’re not here for anyone
Em F#7sus(b9)
To forever disappear
BRIDGE
F#m7sus(b9)
Revelations fresh faced youth
F#m7sus(b9)
No one will ever come save you
F#m7sus(b9)
Speak your peace in moments drawn
F#m7sus(b9)
Youth is wasted on the young
VERSE 3
Em G D F#m A Bb B Em
Strength is my weakness, weakness my hate
G D F#m A Bb B
Love for you just can't beat hate
Em G D F#m A Bb B Em
We’re forever frozen, forever beautiful
G D F#m A
Wrapped up in a candlelight
OUTRO
Bm G A Em
The night has come to hold us young
Bm G A Em
The night has come to hold us young
Bm G A Em
The night has come to hold us young
Bm G A Em
The night has come to hold us young
Bm G A Em
The night has come to hold us young
Bm G A Em
The night has come to hold us young
[Instrumental Outro]
Bm G A EmSiva
Intro:
E5
E5 B5 A5
E5
I spin off and lose my head
G5 A5
Throwing stray a spark instead
E5
Gather strength down in my heel
G5 A5
And dig it in the world I peel
|E5 Em7 G5 A5 |E5 Em7 B5 A5 |
|E5 Em7 G5 A5 |E5 Em7 |>2x
E5 B5 A5
Way down deep within my heart
E5 G5 A5
Lies a soul that's torn apart
E5 B5 A5
Tell me, tell me what you're after
E5
I just want to get there faster
G5 A5 E5 G5 A5 E5 G5 A5 E5 G5 A5 E5
I don't live - I inhale
I don't give - I unveil
Don't want to live in your misery
I don't live - I inhale
D5 – Em7
D5 – E5
E D
Sprinkle all my kisses on your head
E D
Stars full of wishes fill our beds
E D
She said, "I'm dead"
SOLO
G5 A5 – E5 G5 – A5 E5 – G5 A5 – E5 G5 – A5 E5
G5 A5 – E5 G5 – A5 E5 – G5 A5 – E5 G5 – A5 G5 B5
G5 A5 – E5 G5 – A5 E5 – G5 A5 – E5 G5 – A5 E5 x2
E5 A x2
E5
D E x2
Gmaj7
All this pain smothers me
Emadd9
Like a bomb that you can't see
Gmaj7
Tell me, tell me what you're after
I just want to get there faster
|Em7 |>3x
G5 A5 E5 G5 A5 E5 x11 G5 A5 E5 G5 A5 E5
I don't live - I inhale
I don't give - I unveil
Don't want to live in your misery
I don't live - I inhalePorcelina Of The Vast Oceans
INTRO
(I don't know the names of these chords, these are my guesses. But
they're played as shown)
A2maj A2min7
eb|----------------------|
Bb|----0---------0-------|
Gb|----6---------12------|
Db|----7---------10------|
Ab|----0---------0-------|
Db|----------------------|
*In this part, hit the first chord quickly and switch to D. This is
much easier if you are in Db tuning, so you can hit the power chord
and then strum the open D, A, and D strings. It should be pretty
obvious what to do if you listen to the song.
F#5 D A5 D E5 D F#5 D D5/E5
A C
F#5 D A5 D E5 D F#5 D D5/E5
A C A C G
VERSE ONE
D A C G
D A
As far as you take me, that's where I believe
C G
The realm of soft delusions, floating on the leaves
D A
On a distant shoreline, she waves her arms to me
C G
As all the thought police, are closing in for sleep
D A
The dilly dally, of my bright lit stay
C
The steam of my misfortunes
G A
Has given me the power to be afraid
C A
And in my mind I'm everyone
C
And in my mind
CHORUS
F#5 D A5 D E5 D F#5 D D5/E5
A C F#5 D
Without a care in this whole world
A5 D E5 D F#5 D D5/E5
A C F#5 D
Without a care in this whole world
A5 D E5 D F#5 D D5/E5
A C A
Without a care in this life
C G
It's what you take that makes it right
D A
C G
Porcelina of the oceans blue
D A
C G
Porcelina, Porcelina
VERSE TWO
D A
In the slipstream, of thoughtless thoughts
C G
The light of all that's good, the light of all that's true
D A
To the fringes gladly, I walk unadorned
C
With gods and their creations
G
With filth and disease
D A
Porcelina, she waits for me there
C
With seashell hissing lullabyes
G A
And whispers fathomed deep inside my own
C A
Hidden thoughts and alibis
C
My secret thoughts come alive
CHORUS
F#5 D A5 D E5 D F#5 D D5/E5
A C F#5 D
Without a care in this whole world
A5 D E5 D F#5 D D5/E5
A C F#5 D
Without a care in this whole world
A5 D E5 D F#5 D D5/E5
A C A
Without a care in this life
C G
It's what you take that makes it right
BRIDGE
A C
And in my mind I'm everyone
A C
And in my mind I'm everyone
A C G
In my mind I'm everyone of you
D A G
You make it right
D A G
It's all alright
D A G
You make it right
OUTRO
D A C G
Porcelina of the oceans blue
D A C G
Porcelina of the oceans blue
D A C G
D A C GBullet With Butterfly Wings
Fig1
B5 B5/A B5 Gmaj7 Esus2 B5/A
e|---------------------------------------|
B|-0-0-------------------------0-0-------|
G|-4-4-------4---------------4-4-4-------|
D|-4-4---4-4-4---------4---4-4-4-4-4-----|
A|-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-----|
E|-------------3-3-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
VERSE 1
Fig1
The world is a vampire
Fig1
Sent to drain
Fig1
Secret destroyers
Fig1
Hold you up to the flames
Fig1
And what do I get
Fig1
For my pain
Fig1
Betrayed desires
B5 Em G5
And a piece of the game
PRE CHORUS
Asus2 B5 Em G5 Asus2 B5 Em G5
Even though I know I suppose I'll show
Asus2 B5 Em G5 Asus2 B5 Em G5 Asus2
All my cool and cold like old job
CHORUS
B5 G D Asus2 Em G5
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
B5 G D Asus2 Em G5
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
B5 G5 D Asus2 Em G5
Then someone will say what is lost can never be saved
B5 G5 D Asus2 Em G F# E F#5 A5
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
VERSE 2
Fig1
Now Im naked
Fig1
Nothing but an animal
Fig1
But can you fake it
Fig1
For just one more show
Fig1
And what do you want
Fig1
I want a change
Fig1
And what have you got
B5 Em G5
When you feel the same
PRE CHORUS
Asus2 B5 Em G5 Asus B5 Em G5
Even though I know I suppose I'll show
Asus2 B5 Em G5 Asus2 B5 Em G5 Asus2
All my cool and cold like old job
CHORUS
B5 G D Asus2 Em G5
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
B5 G D Asus2 Em G5
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
B5 G5 D Asus2 Em G5
Then someone will say what is lost can never be saved
B5 G5 D Asus2 Em G F# E F# A
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
INTERLUDE
|G#5 F#5 G#5 B5 |F#5 E F#5 A5|
|G#5 F#5 G#5 B5 |F#5 E F#5 A5|
|G#5 F#5 G#5 B5 |F#5 E F#5 A5|
BRIDGE
Em G5 F#5 E F#5 A5
Tell me I'm the only one
Em G5 F#5 E F#5 A5
Tell me there's no other one
Em G5 F#5 E F#5 A5
Jesus was an only son
Em G5 F#5 E F#5 A5
Tell me I'm the chosen one
Em G5 F#5 E F#5 A5 Em G5 F#5
Jesus was an only son for you
CHORUS
B5 G D Asus2 Em G5
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
B5 G D Asus2 Em G5
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
B5 G5 D Asus2 Em G5
Then someone will say what is lost can never be saved
B5 G5 D Asus2 Em G5
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
CHORUS
B5 G5 D Asus2
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a
B5 G5 D Asus2
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a
B5 G5 D Asus2 B5 G5 D Asus2
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
B5 G5 D Asus2
Tell me I'm the only one
B5 G5 D Asus2
Tell me there's no other one
B5 G5 D Asus2 B5 G5 D Asus2
Jesus was an only son for you
OUTRO
B5 G5 D Asus2
And I still believe that I cannot be saved
B5 G5 D Asus2
And I still believe that I cannot be saved
B5 G5 D Asus2
And I still believe that I cannot be saved
B5 G5 D Asus2 F#5 G#5 F# E5 F#5
And I still believe that I cannot be saved
B G D A Em G
Then someone will say what is lost can never be saved
B G D A F# E F# A
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cageHummer
D Em C
Faith lies in
D Em C
the ways of sin
D Em C
chase the charmed
D Em C
but I don't want them anymore
Em G D Em G
and in their eyes I was alive fool's disguise
Em A
Take me away from here
D Em C
Shame my tongue
D Em C
Fat with promise all along
D Em C
But when I woke up from that sleep
D Em C
I was happier than I'd ever been
Em G D Em G
When you decide your lifes a prize renew and revive
Em A
It's alright honey It's alright, yeah
D Em C
happiness will make you wonder
D Em C
Will I feel ok?
D Em C
it scares the disenchanted
D Em A
Far away
D C G
Yeah I want something new
D C G
But what I am supposed to do-ooooh about you
D C G
Yeah I-iii love you
A
It's true
D Em C
D Em C
Life's a bummer
D Em C
When you're hummer
D Em C
Life's a draaaag eh yag eh yag
A C#m
Ask yourself a question anyone but me
G D
I ain't free
A C#m
Ask yourself a question anyone but me
G D
I ain't free
Em D Em G
Do you feel
Em D Em G A
Love is realCherub Rock
E RIFF THINGY:
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-----13----------13--11\9---|
D|----------------------------|.....x 2 (twice)
A|-----11-11h12p11-11--9\7----|
E|---0------------------------|
[E RIFF THINGY]
Freak out, give in,
Dmaj Amaj E riff
Doesn't matter what you all believe in
Dmaj Amaj E riff
Stay cool, and be somebody's fool this year
Dmaj Amaj
'Cause they know who is righteous what is bold
C G
So I'm told
CHORUS
D A C G D A
C G
Who wants honey, as long as there's some money
D A C
Who wants that honey..
[E RIFF THINGY]
Dmaj Amaj E riff
Hipsters unite, come align for the big fight to rock for you -
Dmaj Amaj E Riff
But beware all those angels with their wings glued on
Dmaj Amaj
'Cause deep down we are frightened and we are scared
C G
If you don't stare
CHORUS
BRIDGE
E D5 A (2) C5 G5/D
Let me out
E D5 A (2) C5 G5/D
Let let me out
E D5 A (2) C5 G5/D
Let let me out
E D5 A (2) C5 G5/D
Let..let me out....
RIDE THE OPEN E!!
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----9-9---9-9---9---9-9---9-9-9-----13-13---13-13---13---13-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----7-7---7-7---7---7-7---7-7-7-----11-11---11-11---11---11-|
E|--0-----0-----0---------0-------0-0-------0-------0---------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-13---13-13-13-----16-16---16-16---16---16-16---16-16-16----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-11---11-11-11-----14-14---14-14---14---14-14---14-14-14----|
E|----0----------0-0-------0-------0------------0----------0--|
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---19-19---19-19---21---21-21----------|
D|--------------------------------x\-x\--|
A|---17-17---17-17---19---19-19---x\-x\--|
E|-0-------0-------0------------0-x\-x\--|
Dmaj - Amaj - E
Dmaj - Amaj - E
Dmaj - Amaj - E
Dmaj - Amaj - C - G
D A C G
Tell me all of your secrets
D A C G
Cannot help but believe this is true
D A C G
Tell me all of your secrets
D A C G
I know I know I know, should have listened when I was told.
CHORUS
D A C G D A
C G
Who wants honey, as long as there's some money
D A C
Who wants that honey..To Sheila
Fig1
Dsus2 Am7 G
e|----------0-------------3---3--------------3----3---------------3-----3--------|
B|-----3------3---------1---1---1----------3---3----3---3-------3---3-----3---3--|
G|---2---2------2-----------------2-------------------0---------------------0----|
D|-0--------------0-----------------2--------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------0-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------3--------------------3--------------------|
INTRO
|Dsus2 |Dsus2 |
VERSE 1
Dsus2 Am7
twilight fades
G
through blistered avalon
Dsus2 Am7
the sky's cruel torch
G
on aching autobahn
PRE CHORUS
G Bm7 A7sus4 Em
into the uncertain divine
Dsus2 Am7 Dsus2
we scream into the last divide
CHORUS(cont. Fig1)
D Am7 G
you make me real
D Am7 G
you make me real
D Am7 Em
strong as i feel
D Am7 Em
you make me real
VERSE 2
Dsus2 Am7 G
sheila rides on crashing nightingale
Dsus2 Am7 G
intake eyes leave passing vapor trails
G Bm7 A7sus4 Em
with blushing brilliance alive
Dsus2 Am7 G
because it's time to arrive
CHORUS(cont. Fig1)
D Am7 G
you make me real
D Am7 G
you make me real
D Am7 Em G
strong as i feel
D Am7 D
you make me real
BRIDGE
Dsus2 Am7 G
lately I just can't seem to believe
Dsus2 Am7 G
discard my friends to change the scenery
G Bm7 A7sus4 Em
it meant the world to hold a bruising faith
Dsus2 Am7 Dsus2
but now it's just a matter of grace
VERSE 3
Dsus2 Am7 G
a summer storm graces all of me
Dsus2 Am7 G
highway warm sing silent poetry
PRE CHORUS
G Bm7 A7sus4 Em
I could bring you the light
Dsus2 Am7 Dsus2
and take you home into the night
CHORUS (cont. Fig1)
D Am7 G
lately I just can't seem to believe (you make me real)
D Am7 G
discard my friends to change the scenery (you make me real)
D Am7 Em G
it meant the world to hold a bruising faith (strong as i feel)
D Am7 D
but now it's just a matter of grace (you make me real)
OUTRO
|Dsus2 |Am7 |G |G |
|Dsus2 |Am7 |G |G |
|Dsus2 |Am7 |G |Thirty Three
INTRO
G
VERSE
C D G
Speak to me in a language I can hear
C D G
Humor me before I have to go
C D G
Deep in thought I forgive everyone
C D G
As the cluttered streets greet me once again
C D
I know I can't be late,
G C D
supper's waiting on the table
G C D
Tomorrow's just an excuse away
G C D
So I pull my collar up and face the cold,
G
on my own
C D G
The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet
C D G
At the blasphemy in my old jangly walk
C D G
Steeple guide me to my heart and home
C D C
The sun is out and up and down again
G
I know I'll make it, love can last forever
C D C
Graceful swans of never topple to the earth
HOOK
G C D
And you can make it last, forever
G C D
You can make it last, forever
G C D
You can make it last
VERSE
C
And for a moment I lose myself
D G
Wrapped up in the pleasures of the world
C D G
I've journeyed here and there and back again
C D G
But in the same old haunts I still find my friends
C D G
Mysteries not ready to reveal
C D C
Sympathies I'm ready to return
G
I'll make the effort, love can last forever
C D C
Graceful swans of never topple to the earth
D C
Tomorrow's just an excuse
D C
Tomorrow's just an excuse
G C D
And you can make it last, forever
G C D
You can make it last, forever
G C D
You can make it last, forever you
C D
forever you
GStarla
INTRO
A A5 A X8 (Keep the same strumming pattern you use here for most of the song, or whenever you see these
chords together)
A A5 A
I'm in here
A A5 A
Please take me home
A A5 A
Starla dear
A A5 A
I'm all alone
A
When you can't decide what's on your mind
D A
It's clear I'm here, Starla dear
A A5 A
To disappear takes so much time
Starla dear, you're on my mind
A A5 A
Soon, soon I'll be leaving
A A5 A
Soon, soon I'll be leaving
A A5 A
I hear all you're saying
A A5 A
I hear all you're failing
GUITAR SOLO
A A5 A
I'm in here
A A5 A
Please take me home
A A5 A
Starla dear
A A5 A
I'm all alone
A
When you can't decide what's on your mind
D5
It's clear I'm here
D A
Starla dear
D A
D
A
Serve yourself
D
No one else can do for you like you
A D
And no one else fails like me
A
In my eyes, I burn alive
D
Fly like a bird
A
No more words just you and I
D
High in the sky
[Guitar Solo 2]
A A5 A x13
B5 D5 E5 G5
A5 B5 D5 E5
G5
A5 B5 D E5
G A B5 D E
G
A Bm D E G A
B5 D Em
G
A5 Bm D Em
G
A B5 D E5 G
A B5 D E5
G
A5 B5 D5 E5
G5 A5 B5 D5 E5
G5
A5 B5 D5 E5
G5 A5 B5 D5 E5
G5
A5 B5 D5 E5 G5
A5 C#5 B D# D#5 D#
D
A#
D#51979
INTRO
Emaj7 E A Emaj7 E
VERSE 1
A Emaj7 E
Shakedown nineteen seven nine,
A Emaj7 E
Cool kids never have the time.
A F#m7
On a live wire right up off the street
B Emaj7 E
You and I should meet.
VERSE 2
A Emaj7 E
Junebug skipping like a stone
A Emaj7 E
With headlights pointed at the dawn.
A
We were sure we'd never see
F#m7 B
An end to it all.
CHORUS 1
E Emaj7 Amaj7 E
And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues,
Emaj7 Amaj7 E
And we don't know just where our bones will rest
Emaj7 Amaj7
To dust I guess
F#m7 B Emaj7 E
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below.
A Emaj7 E
VERSE 3
A Emaj7 E
Double cross the vacant and the bored,
A Emaj7 E
They're not sure just what we have in store.
A F# A
Morphine city slippin' dues down to see:
CHORUS 2
E Emaj7 Amaj7 E
That we don't even care as restless as we are,
Emaj7 Amaj7 E
We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts.
Emaj7 Amaj7
And poured cement,
B
Lamented and assured.
BRIDGE
C#m A
To the lights and towns below,
B C#m A
Faster than the speed of sound,
B C#m A F#m7 B Emaj7 E
Faster than we thought we'd go beneath the sound of hope.
VERSE 4
A Emaj7 E
Justine never knew the rules,
A Emaj7 E
Hung down with the freaks and ghouls.
A Emaj7 E
No a-pologies ever need be made,
A F#m7 B
I know you better than you fake it to see:
CHORUS 3
E Emaj7 Amaj7 E
That we don't even care to shake these zipper blues,
Emaj7 Amaj7 E
And we don't know just where our bones will rest
Emaj7 Amaj7
To dust I guess,
F#m B Emaj7 E
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below.
OUTRO
A Emaj7 E
The street heats the urgency of now.
A E
As you see there's no one around.Muzzle
INTRO
A5 Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5 Gadd2 Bm7add11
I fear that I am ordinary just like everyone
VERSE
A5 Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5 Gadd2 Bm7add11
To lie here and die among the sorrows adrift among the days
Dsus2
For everything I've ever said
B7sus4 E A5
and everything I've ever done is gone and dead
Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5
as all things must surely have to end
Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5
and great loves will one day have to part
Gadd2 Bm7add11 Dsus2
I know that I am meant for this world
INTRO
A5 Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5 Gadd2 Bm7add11
My life has been extraordinary blessed and cursed and won
VERSE
A5 Gadd2 Bm7add11
Time heals but I'm forever broken
A5 Gadd2
by and by the way
Bm7add11 Dsus2 B7sus4 A5
have you ever heard the words I'm singing in these songs
Dsus2 Bm7add11 A5
it's for the girl I've loved all along
Dsus2 Bm7add11 E
can a taste of love be so wrong
Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5
as all things must surely have to end
Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5
and great loves will one day have to part
A5 Gadd2 Bm7add11
I know that I am meant for this
BRIDGE
Dsus2 B7sus4
world
A5
and in my mind as I was floating
Gadd2 Bm7add11
far above the clouds,
Dsus2
some children laughed I'd fall for certain
B7sus4
for thinking that I'd last
VERSE
A5
forever
Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5
but I knew exactly where I was
Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5
and I knew the meaning of it all
Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5
and I knew the distance to the sun
Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5
and I knew the echo that is love
Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5
and I knew the secrets in your spires
Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5
and I knew the emptiness of youth
Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5
and I knew the solitude of heart
Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5 A5
and I knew the murmurs of the soul
Dsus2 B7sus4 A5
and the world is drawn into your hands
Dsus2 B7sus4 A5
and the world is etched upon your heart
Dsus2 B7sus4 A5
and the world so hard to understand
Dsus2 B7sus4 A5 Gadd2 Bm7add11
is the world you can't live without
A5 Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5
and I knew the silence of the world
Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5
and I knew the silence of the world
Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5
and I knew the silence of the world
Gadd2 Bm7add11 E
and I knew the silence of the world
Gadd2 Bm7add11 A5
and I knew the silence of the worldToday
INTRO
eb|-12------14------12------16p12----|
Bb|-----12------12------12-------12--|
Gb|----------------------------------| x4
Db|----------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------|
(repeat intro riff x8)
| E B | A | x2
| E B | C#m A |
| E B | A |
CHORUS
E B A
Today is the greatest day I've ever known
E B A
Can't live for tomorrow, tomorrow's much too long
E B A
I'll burn my eyes out
E B C#
Before I get out
VERSE 1
F# A C# F# A C#
I wanted more than life could ever grant me
F# A C# F# A G# D#5/A#
Bored by the chore of saving face
CHORUS
E B A
Today is the greatest day I've ever known
E B A
Can't wait for tomorrow, I might not have that long
E B A E B C#
I'll tear my heart out before I get out
VERSE 2
F# A E B
Pink ribbon scars that never forget
F# A E B
I've tried so hard to cleanse these regrets
F# A E B
My angel wings were bruised and restrained
F# A G# D#5/A#
My belly stings
CHORUS
E B E A E B E A
Today is... today is... today is... the greatest...
E B C# A E B C#
Day hee-yay, oo oo ooo ooo ooo... Day hee-yay-ay, hooo...
BRIDGE
F# A C# F# A C#
I want to turn you on, I want to turn you on...
F# A C# F# A C#
I want to turn you on, I want to turn you
OUTRO
E B A E B A
Today is the greatest... today is the greatest day
E B C# A E B C# A E
Today is the greatest... day... I have ever really known
Stand Inside Your Love
Intro (Riff Over):
|G G|Bm A|
|G G|Bm A|
Bridge (Riff Over):
G
You and me, meant to be,
Bm A
Im-mutable, Im-possible.
G
It's destiny, pure lunacy,
Bm A
In-calculable, In-sufferable.
Verse 1:
G Bm
But for the last time,
D A/Asus2 G Bm
You're everything that I want and ask for.
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
You're all that I'd dreamed,
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
Who wouldn't be the one you love.
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
Who wouldn't stand inside your love,
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
Protected and the lover of.
Bridge 2 (Riff Over):
G Bm A
A pure soul and beauti-ful - you,
G
Don't understand, don't feel me now.
Bm A
I will breathe, for the both of us.
G
Travel the world, traverse the skies,
Bm A
Your home is here, within my heart.
Verse 2:
G Bm
And for the first time,
D A/Asus2 G Bm
I feel as though I am reborn, in my mind,
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
Recast as child and mystic sage,
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
Who wouldn't be the one you love.
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
Who wouldn't stand inside your love.
INSTRUMENTAL
|D A/Asus2 Em/Em7|
|D A/Asus2 Em/Em7|
|D A/Asus2 Em/Em7|
|D A/Asus2 Em/Em7|
Verse 3:
G Bm
And for the first time,
D A/Asus2 G Bm
I'm telling you how much I need and bleed for.
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
Your every move and waking sound,
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
In my time, I'll wrap my wire around your heart and your mind,
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
You're mine forever now.
Coda:
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
Who wouldn't be the one you love and live for.
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
Who wouldn't stand inside your love and die for,
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
Who wouldn't be the one you love.
ENDAva Adore
Capo: 1st fret
INTRO
Em
VERSE 1
Em
It’s you that I adore
Em
You will always be my whore
Em
You’ll be a mother to my child
Em
And a child to my heart
PRE CHORUS
D Am Em
We must never be apart
D Am G
We must never be apart
CHORUS
G Bm
Lovely girl you’re the beauty in my world
C Am G
Without you there aren’t reasons left to find
VERSE 2
Em
And I’ll pull your crooked teeth
Em
You’ll be perfect just like me
Em
You’ll be a lover in my bed
Em
And a gun to my head
PRE CHORUS
D Am Em
We must never be apart
D Am G
We must never be apart
CHORUS
G Bm
Lovely girl you’re the murder in my world
C Am G
Dressing coffins for the souls I’ve left to die
G Bm C Am G
Drinking mercury to the mystery of all that you should ever leave behind
Am
In time
VERSE 3
Em
In you I see dirty
Em
In you I count stars
Em
In you I feel so pretty
Em
In you I taste god
Em
In you I feel so hungry
Em
In you I crash cars
D Am G Bm C Am G
We must never be apart
CHORUS
G Bm C Am G
Drinking mercury to the mystery of all that you should ever seek to find
G Bm
Lovely girl you’re the murder in my world
C Am G
Dressing coffins for the souls I’ve left behind
Am
In time
G Am Em
We must never be apart
OUTRO
Em
And you’ll always be my whore
D Am
Cause you’re the one that I adore
Em
And I’ll pull your crooked teeth
D Am
You’ll be perfect just like me
Em D Am Em
In you I feel so dirty in you I crash cars
D Am Em D Am Em
In you I feel so pretty in you I taste god
D Am Em
We must never be apart
D Am EmTonight Tonight
[Fig. 1]
eb|-----------------|-----------------|
Bb|---0-----0-------|---0-----0-------|
Gb|-----0-----0---0-|-----0-----0---0-|
Db|-----------------|-----------------|
Ab|-3-----3-----3---|-5-----5-----5---|
Eb|-----------------|-----------------|
[Fig. 2]
eb|-----------------|-----------------|
Bb|---0-----0-------|---0-----0-------|
Gb|-----0-----0---0-|-----0-----0---0-|
Db|-----------------|-----------------|
Ab|-7-----7-----7---|-10----10----10--|
Eb|-----------------|-----------------|
INTRO
G Gadd4 G Gadd4
Em Cmaj7/E Em Cmaj7/E
G Gadd4 G Gadd4
Em Cmaj7/E Em Cmaj7/E
Cadd9 G/B D
Cadd9 G/B D
Cadd9 G/B D
G Gadd4
Fig. 1 x2 (before vox)
VERSE 1
Fig. 1 Fig. 1
Time is never time at all
Fig. 1 Fig. 2
You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth
Fig. 1 Fig. 1
And our lives are forever changed,
Fig. 1 Fig. 2
We will never be the same; the more you change the less you feel
Fig. 1 Fig.1 Fig.1 G D/F# Em
Believe, believe in me, believe (believe)
Am C G D/F# Em
That life can change, that you're not stuck in vain
Am C Cadd9 G/B D Cadd9 G/B D
We're not the same, we're different toniiiiiiiiiiiIIIight
CHORUS
Cadd9 G/B D Em Am
Toniiiiiiiiight, tonight, so bright
Cadd9 G/B D Cadd9 G/B D G
ToniiiiiiiiiiiIIIight, tonight
INSTRUMENTAL
(G) Gadd4 G Gadd4
Em Cmaj7/E Em Cmaj7/E
VERSE 2 *
G
And you know you're never sure
Em
But you're sure you could be right
If you held yourself up to the light
G Em
And the embers never fade in your city by the lake
The place where you were born
Fig. 1 Fig.1 Fig.1 G D/F# Em
Believe, believe in me, believe (believe)
Am C G D/F# Em
In the resolute urgency of now
Am C Cadd9 G/B D Cadd9 G/B D
And if you believe there's not a chance toniiiiiiiiiiiIIIight
CHORUS
Cadd9 G/B D Em Am
Toniiiiiiiiight, tonight, so bright
Cadd9 G/B D G D/F# Em
Toniiiiiiiiight, tonight
BRIDGE
Am C G D/F# Em
We'll crucify the insincere tonight (tonight)
Am C G D/F# Em
We'll make things right, we'll feel it all tonight (tonight)
Am C G D/F# Em
We'll find a way to offer up the night (tonight)
Am C G D/F# Em
The indescribable moments of your life (tonight)
Am C G D/F# Em
The impossible is possible tonight (tonight)
Am (single strum) C (single strum) Fig. 1
Believe in me as I believe in you.... tonight
OUTRO
Fig. 1 Fig.1 G D/F# Em
Tonight tonight, tonight, tonightRhinoceros
INTRO
E
E
Planned a show
D
Trees and Balloons
E
Ice cream snow
D
See you in June
E
E
Could have known
D
I would reveal
E
Should have known
Dsus2 C G
I would conceal your way
D5 Dsus2 C G
She knows, she knows, she knows
D5 Dsus2 C G
She knows, she knows, she knows
D5
How's it
C G D5 Dsus2
She knows, she knows, she knows
E
E
Colors show
D
After the moon
E
I should go
D
See you in June
C G D5 Dsus2
Your way
C G D5 Dsus2
She knows, she knows, she knows
C G D5 Dsus2
She knows, she knows, she knows How's it
C G D5 Dsus2
She knows, she knows, she knows
SOLO
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 C5 D5 G5
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5
G5 D5 G5 C5 A5 G5 A5 G5
G5 C5 D5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 C5 D5 G5
E
Open your eyes
D5
To these must I lie?
E
Open your eyes
D5
To these must I lie?
C G D5 Dsus2
Your way
C G D5 Dsus2
She knows, she knows, she knows
C G D5 Dsus2
She knows, she knows, she knows
C G D5 Dsus2
She knows, she knows, she knows
C G D5 Dsus2
She knows, she knows, she knows
C G D5 Dsus2
She knows, she knows, she knows
C G D5 Dsus2
She knows, she knows, she knows
OUTRO
D5 Dsus2 C G
D5 Dsus2Mayonaise
Capo:1st fret
INTRO
A B5 D
A B5 D
B5 D B5 D
A F#m D D
VERSE 1
A
Fool enough to almost be it
F#m D
Cool enough to not quite see it
D
Doomed
A
Pick your pockets full of sorrow
F#m D
And run away with my tomorrow
D
June
B5 G D
We'll try to ease the pain
B5 G D
Somehow we feel the same
E F#m D
Well, no one knows
E F#m G
Where out secrets go
VERSE 2
A
I send a heart to all my dearies
F#m D
When your life is oh so dreary
D
Dream
A
I'm rumored to the straight and narrow
F#m D
While the harlots of my perils
D
Scream
A F#m D D
And I fail but when I can, I will
A F#m D D
Try to understand that when I can, I will
SOLO
D A D A
B D G F#m E
VERSE 3
A
Mother weep the years I'm missin'
F#m D
All our time can't be given
D
Back
A
Shut my mouth and strike the demons
F#m
That cursed you and your reasons
D
Out of hand and out of season
D
Out of love and out of feeling
A F#m D D
So bad that when I can, I will
A F#m D D
Words defy the plan, when I can, I will
A
Fool enough to almost be it
F#m
Cool enough to not quite see it
D
Old enough to always feel it
D
Always old, I'll always feel this
A
No more promise, no more sorrow
F#m
No longer will I follow
D
Can anybody hear me
D A F#m D D
I just want to be me and when I can, I will
A F#m D D
Try to understand that when I can, I willSoma
B E G
Nothing left to say
B E G
And all I've left to do
B E G
Is run away from you
B E
She led me on, down
G B E
Secrets I can't keep
G B E
Close your eyes and sleep
G B E
Don't wait up for me
G B E
Hush now don't you speak
G
To me
B E G
Wrapped my hurt in you
B E G
And took my shelter in that pain
B E G
The opiate of blame
B E
Your broken heart,
G B E
heart, your heart
B E G
So now I'm all by myself
B E G
As I've always felt
B E G
I'll betray my tears
B E G F#
To anyone caught in our ruse of fools
B F#
One last kiss for me, yeah
B G
One last kiss good night
(G) Em
G A F#sus4
A C G F A C G
Didn't want to lose you once again
F A C G
Didn't want to be your friend
F A C G
Fulfilled a promise made of tin
F
Crawled back to you
B E G
Now I'm all by myself
B E G
As I've always felt
B E G
And I'll betray my myself
B E
To anyone lost,
G
Anyone but you
B E G (x6)
A C G F A C G
So let the sadness come again
F E G
On that you can depend on me, yeah
D C E G D
Until the bitter, bitter end of the world, yeah
C
When God sleeps in bliss
B E G
And I'm all by myself
B E G
As I've always felt
B E G
And I'll betray myself
B E G
to anyone
B E G
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah,
B E G
Yeah yeah yeah nah nah nah nah nah,
B E G
Yeah yeah yeah nah nah nah nah nah,
B E G
Yeah yeah yeah nah nah,
B
Oh...Drown
INTRO
(No drums)
A D A D
A D A D
(Drums)
A D A D
A D A D
VERSE 1
A D
No matter where you are
A D
I can still hear you when you drown
A D A D
A D
You've traveled very far
A D A D
Just to see if I'll come around
A D
When I'm down
Csus2 G
All of those yesterdays
A D
Coming down
A D A D
A D A D
VERSE 2
A D
No matter where you are
A D
I can still hear you when you dream
A D A D
A D
You traveled very far
A D A D
You traveled far, like a star
A D
And you are
Csus2 G
All of those yesterdays
A D
Coming down
BRIDGE
A
D A
Is it something someone said?
D A
Was it something someone said?
GUITAR SOLO
| A C | G | x4
| D | D | D | D |
INTERLUDE
| Dsus2 | Dsus2 | Dsus2 | Dsus2 |
VERSE 3
Dsus2
Yesterday the sky was you
Dsus2
And I still feel the same
Dsus2
Nothing left for me to do
Dsus2 D
And I still feel the same
OUTRO
A C G A
I wish, I wish I could fly
C G A
I wish, I wish I could lie
C G A
I will, I will try
C G
I will, I will
D
GoodbyeTarantula
intro: Ebm
Ebm F# B
I don?t wanna fight
Ebm F# B
every single night
Ebm F# B
Everything I want is in your eyes
Ebm F# B
You and me go back
to places I don?t know to care
The spoils of all I got were left to scraps
Ebm
Bbm C#
Don?t let me say this
B G#m
But you?re no worse than me
Bbm C#
It?s crazy
F# Fm Ebm
We are the real, if real ever was, and just because
B Bbm G#m
We are the feel, they feel we?ve had enough
F# Fm Ebm
We are the real ?cause someone gave us up
Ebm F# B
I want to be there when you're happy
I want to love you when you're sad
Can't stand the morning rain?
Get out I'll take your place then.
Can't stand the blazing sun?
Bb C# D Ebm
F#
Then close your eyes you?ll see
Fm G# A Bbm
Ebm
The angel dust
Solo: Ebm F# B (4x) Ebm
Ebm F# B
I don't want to be anything believed
A million watts of sound can't compare
Come along you'll see the world
The pulse ripples, the crowd unfurls
The current starts to flow and then you're on
Ebm
B G#m Bbm C#
Oh it?s a white hot soul they want, to sing for
F# Fm Ebm
We are the real, if real ever was, and just because
B Bbm G#m
We are the ruins of every living soul
F# Fm Ebm
We are surreal ?cause someone gave us up
Ebm F# G#
B C# Ebm
Don?t break the oath
F# G#
I wanna love you when you?re happy
B C# Ebm
Don?t break this oath
F# G#
I wanna be there when you?re sad
B C# F#
Freeze frame the pouring rain
F# C# Ebm
We are the real, as real as any ghost
It?s easy now
G#m C# G#m G#m Ebm
We are the real, in every living soul Don't they know?
Ebm F# B
Can?t stand the blazing sun?
Can?t stand the morning rain?
Get out and take your place again
I don?t wanna be alone
I don?t wanna be alone
I don?t wanna be alone at all
Bb C# D Ebm
F#
If it?s a white hot soul they want
Fm G# A Bb
Ebm
It?s a black heart they'll getZero
Intro – C5 B5 E5 C5 B5 E5 3x
V1 - C5 B5 E5 C5 B5 E5
My reflection, dirty mirror
There's no connection to myself
I'm your lover, I'm your zero
I'm the face in your dreams of glass
Br1- E5
So save for prayers
For when we're really gonna need em
Throw all your cares and fly
Wanna go for a ride?
C5 B5 E5 C5 B5 E5
C1 - C5 B5 E5 C5 B5 E5
She's the one for me
She's all I really need oh yeah
cause she's the one for me
E5 E5
Emptiness is loneliness, and loneliness is cleanliness
E5
And cleanliness is godliness, and God is empty just like me
V2 - C5 B5 E5 C5 B5 E5
Intoxicated with the madness, I'm in love with my sadness
C5 B5 E5 C5 B5 E5
Bullshit fakers, enchanted kingdoms
C5 B5 E5 C5 B5 E5
The fashion victims chew their charcoal teeth
Br2 – E5
I never let on that I was on a sinking ship
I never let on that I was down
Solo - C5 B5 E5 C5 B5 E5 4x
Br3 - E5
You blame yourself, for what you can't ignore
You blame yourself for wanting more
C2 - C5 B5 E5 C5 B5 E5
She's the one for me
She's all I really need oh yeah
She's the one for me
She's my one and onlyDisarm
INTRO
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
VERSE 1
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
Disarm you with a smile and cut you like you want me to
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F# Em7
Cut that little child inside of me and such a part of you
Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
Oh hoo the years burn
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus Cadd9
Oh hoo the years burn
CHORUS
Cadd9 Em7 Dsus Cadd9
I used to be a little boy so old in my shoes
Cadd9 Em7 Dsus Cadd9
And what I choose is my choice what's a boy supposed to do
Cadd9 Em7 Dsus
The killer in me is the killer in you my love
Cadd9 Em7 D Em7 D Cadd9
I send this smile over to you
VERSE 2
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
Disarm you with a smile and leave you like they left me here
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
To whither in denial the bitterness of one who's left alone
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
Oh hoo the years burn
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus Cadd9
Oh hoo the years burn burn burn
CHORUS
Cadd9 Em7 Dsus Cadd9
I used to be a little boy so old in my shoes
Cadd9 Em7 Dsus Cadd9
And what I choose is my voice what's a boy supposed to do
Cadd9 Em7 Dsus
The killer in me is the killer in you my love
Cadd9 Dsus
I send this smile over to you
OUTRO
Dsus Em7 Cadd9
The killer in me is the killer in you
Dsus
I send this smile over to you
Dsus Em7 Cadd9
The killer in me is the killer in you
Dsus
I send this smile over to you
Dsus Em7 Cadd9
The killer in me is the killer in you
D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 Cadd9
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