Bodiesv7

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From: buddd@harrier.sasknet.sk.ca

Date: Thu, 9 Nov 95 11:58:02 PST

From: Trevor Mintz @ SaskPower

Subject: Tab for 'Bodies'

"Bodies' from the album Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness by the Smashing Pumpkins

First off, use what Billy calls 'grunge tuning' (dropped D). Then take that Dropped D and tune it down a

half step to a C#. In the last guitar world interview Billy said the whole album was tuned down a half

to get a deeper sound. After that, the song is quite easy.

Major distortion

"Love is suicide...."

--3333333333/777777777777\22222222222/333333333-----------------------|

--3333333333/777777777777\22222222222/333333333-----------------------|

--3333333333/777777777777\22222222222/333333333-----------------------|

change #1 "...casualties of their own past...."

--2222222222/777777777777\55555555555\222222222-----------------------|

--2222222222/777777777777\55555555555\222222222-----------------------|

--2222222222/777777777777\55555555555\222222222-----------------------|

change #2 "...nobody ..."

--5555555555/777777777777\222222222/55555555555-----------------------|

--5555555555/777777777777\222222222/55555555555-----------------------|

--5555555555/777777777777\222222222/55555555555-----------------------|

I can't remember exactly where in the lyrics the changes are but once

you listen to the song you'll know where they are & where changes #1 and #2 go.

Be patient with my instructions, this is my first posting. Recommendation: use a light pick to get that

guitar attack. Cheers to everyone else who has posted tabs. Much appreciated. I'm waiting

for help with the rest of the songs off this double album masterpiece. Especially 'To forgive' & 'Jellybelly'.

Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 12:31:20 -0800 (PST)

From: FateGrinder

<wzombie@netcom.com>

Subject: TAB: Bodies by Smashing Pumpkins

bodies -- Smashing Pumpkins (billy corgan)

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transcribed by Paul Scheidt (wzombie@netcom.com)

one of the new, improved, gonna-kill-your-family tunes off the double album,

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness...

Tuning: (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) dropped-D with whole guitar down a half step

intro note

---7---| over and over for the entirety of the intro

Cast the pearls aside, of a simple life of need

Come into my life forever

The crumbled cities stand as known

of the sights you have been shown

of the hurt you call your own

<you know,="" you="" know="">

chorus 1

--------| with either a phaser or wah pedal, I can't tell..

---7----| play above following line

Love is suicide (x4)

The empty bodies stand at rest

Casualties of their own flesh

Afflicted by their dispo-sse-ssion

chorus 2

But no bodies ever knew

No-body-s

No bodies felt like you

No-body-s

quiet part

----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

Now we drive the night

---2---7---9--7-----9---9b10r9~\----|

to the ironies of peace

You can't help deny forever

---2---7---9----9b10r9--7--5-7-9~~\----|

The tragedies reside in you

The secret sights hide in you

The lonely nights divide you in two

<in two,="" in="" two="">

All my blisters now revealed

In the darkness of my dreams

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

chord formations

Db5 000xxx

Eb5 222xxx

E5 333xxx

Gb5 555xxx

Ab5 x0222x

B5 x3555x

C#5 x5777x

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