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1979 - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Transcribed by Adam Morris
1/2 step down.
INTRO/MAIN RIFF
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-8--8-8-8-8-9--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------|
|-------------------------------6b-7-4-2-2-2-4-6-9--9-9-| x4
|-6--6-6-6-6-7--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|
|----0---0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------|
Then this once.
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|11--11-11-11-11-11-4--4-4--4-4-4-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-9---9--9--9--9--9\2--2-2--2-2-2-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
Then back to the main riff x 3 (I think it is 3)
Then play this.
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4--4-9--9-9--9-9-9------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2--2/7--7-7--7-7-7------------------------|
Then the part that I think would be called the CHORUS
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----5--------4--4-4-5--5-5--------------------------|
|----4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4--------------------------|
|-6--6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6---6b-7-4-2-2-2-4-6-9--9-9| x 4
|-7--7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0|
|-0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--------------------------|
*________________________*
Through this bit a second guitar plays the
higher strings of the E chord just played.
Then play this.
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4--4-9--9-9--9-9-9------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2--2/7--7-7--7-7-7------------------------|
Then back to the VERSE/MAIN RIFF
Then to this.
Then play this.
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4--4-7--7-7--7-7-7------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2--2/5--5-5--5-5-5------------------------|
Then back to the CHORUS
Then it changes to what I will call the BRIDGE
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
From thereon in there is no new stuff..so that is it.
The song ends on the weird E from the CHORUS
I would like to hear some opinions about this please.
Bye
Adam
benmo@deakin.edu.au
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 14:58:57 -0500
From: KOERBER DUNCAN DANIEL
Subject: 1979 by The Smashing Pumpkins
============================
Tabbed by Duncan Koerber
1979 - by Smashing Pumpkins from Mellon Collie and the
==== Infinite Sadness. Written by Wiliam P. Corgan, Jr.
Eb tuning
MAIN RIFF (tabbed by Brian McCall
=========
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-9---------------------------------------
|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---6hbr-4---2---4---6---9
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-X-----------------------
Here's the rest, tabbed by me:
ENDING BIT BEFORE CHORUS
========================
" you.... and i... should meet" later = "end to it all"
|-----------------
|-----------------
|--9-9-9----------
|--X-X-X--9-9-9---
|--7-7-7--X-X-X---
|---------7-7-7---
CHORUS
======
"and I don't even care to shake these zipper blues"
during these two chords
(open strings are a must) there's a second guitar doing:
(you can mute the Bb string
if you like)
|--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-- |--16--14--12--9-----
|--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--<-Bb |--------------------
|--9-9-9-9-9--6-6-6-6-6-- |--------------------
|--9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-- |--------------------
|--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-- |--------------------
|--0-0-0-0-0--5-5-5-5-5-- |--------------------
ENDING BIT OF CHORUS
====================
"forgotten and absorbed into the earth below"
F# B - back to riff 1
BRIDGE
======
(I play the open strings too for added effect)
"assured to the lights and towns below..."
|----------------------------------------- --------------
|----------------------------------------- --------------
|--4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6--------- -------4-4-4--
|--4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-7-7----- x 3 end with -4-4-4-4-4-4--
|--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-7-7----- -4-4-4-2-2-2--
|---------------------------------5-5----- -2-2-2--------
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 17:45:42 -0600
From: Alan
>1979 - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
>Transcribed by Adam Morris
>
>1/2 step down.
>
>INTRO/MAIN RIFF
>|-------------------------------------------------------|
>|-------------------------------------------------------|
>|-8--8-8-8-8-9--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------|
>|-------------------------------6b-7-4-2-2-2-4-6-9--9-9-| x4
>|-6--6-6-6-6-7--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|
>|----0---0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------|
>
>
>Then this once.
>|-------------------------------------------------------|
>|-------------------------------------------------------|
>|11--11-11-11-11-11-4--4-4--4-4-4-----------------------|
>|-------------------------------------------------------|
>|-9---9--9--9--9--9\2--2-2--2-2-2-----------------------|
>|-------------------------------------------------------|
>
>Then back to the main riff x 3 (I think it is 3)
>
>Then play this.
>|----------------------------------------------------|
>|----------------------------------------------------|
>|----------------------------------------------------|
>|-4--4-4-4-4--4-9--9-9--9-9-9------------------------|
>|----------------------------------------------------|
>|-2--2-2-2-2--2/7--7-7--7-7-7------------------------|
>
>
>Then the part that I think would be called the CHORUS
>|----------------------------------------------------|
>|----5--------4--4-4-5--5-5--------------------------|
>|----4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4--------------------------|
>|-6--6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6---6b-7-4-2-2-2-4-6-9--9-9| x 4
>|-7--7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0|
>|-0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--------------------------|
> *________________________*
> Through this bit a second guitar plays the
> higher strings of the E chord just played.
>
>Then play this.
>|----------------------------------------------------|
>|----------------------------------------------------|
>|----------------------------------------------------|
>|-4--4-4-4-4--4-9--9-9--9-9-9------------------------|
>|----------------------------------------------------|
>|-2--2-2-2-2--2/7--7-7--7-7-7------------------------|
>
>Then back to the VERSE/MAIN RIFF
>
>Then to this.
>
>Then play this.
>|----------------------------------------------------|
>|----------------------------------------------------|
>|----------------------------------------------------|
>|-4--4-4-4-4--4-7--7-7--7-7-7------------------------|
>|----------------------------------------------------|
>|-2--2-2-2-2--2/5--5-5--5-5-5------------------------|
>
>Then back to the CHORUS
>
>Then it changes to what I will call the BRIDGE
>
>|----------------------------------------------------|
>|----------------------------------------------------|
>|----------------------------------------------------|
>|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
>|----------------------------------------------------|
>|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
>
>From thereon in there is no new stuff..so that is it.
>
>The song ends on the weird E from the CHORUS
>
>I would like to hear some opinions about this please.
>
>Bye
>Adam
>benmo@deakin.edu.au
>
>
>
>
>Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 14:58:57 -0500
>From: KOERBER DUNCAN DANIEL
>Subject: 1979 by The Smashing Pumpkins
>
Stay cool...
at least somebody's cool as you
"Don't be afraid to be weak
Don't be too proud to be strong
If you want, then start to laugh
if you must, then start to cry
Be yourself don't hide
Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way"- C.M.C.
_/7 . .:::. ` _ , ' ` _ , '
(o o) :(o o): . - (o)o) - - (o)o) -
ooO--(_)--Ooo-ooO--(_)--Ooo--ooO'(_)--Ooo--ooO'(_)--Ooo
_______________________________
[ That's not the beginning ]
[ of the end ]
[_______________________________]
[ Alan Estrada Adler ]
[_______________________________]
[al766074@academ01.mty.itesm.mx ]
[_______________________________]
[ Don't Worry, Be Hippie! ]
[_______________________________]
[ That's the return to yourself ]
---------------------------------
"For the first time in a long time
. . . everything was right in my
world. . . and then I woke up."
William Backer 410
Colinas de San Jeronimo
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
C.P 64630
Date: 2 Jan 1997 19:40:45 -0000
From: "Matthias D."
Subject: TAB: "1979" by "The Smashing Pumpkins"
Name : Matthias Dehling/Marburg/Germany
e-mail : matthia_s@hotmail.com
Homepage: http://www.bop.de/homepages/homepage106.html-ssi
Song : 1979
Artist : The Smashing Pumpkins
>From the album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
Written by W. P. Corgan
As performed on MTV
Main Part (play 4 times):
e---x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x-x---------------------------
B---x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x-x---------------------------
G---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--9--4-4-4-4---------------------------
D---X-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x-x-(6)/7\6-4-2-4-6-9--9-9----
A---6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7--2-2-2-2---------------------------
E---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0---------------------------
Lyrics:
Shakedown 1979
Cool kids never have the time
On a live wire right up off the
e-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------
B-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------
G-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------
D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------------------
A-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------------------
E-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------
street you and I should meet.
The same with lyrics:
Junebug skipping like a stone
With the headlines pointed at the dawn
We were shure we´d never seen an
end to it all
Chorus:
A (not sure)
e----0--0--0-0-0--0--0---0-0--------------------------------------
B----0--0--0-0-0--0--0---2-2--------------------------------------
G----9--9--9-9-9--9--4---2-2--------------------------------------
D----9--9--9-9-9--9--X---2-2--------------------------------------
A----7--7--7-7-7--6--2---0-0--------------------------------------
E----0--0--0-0-0--0--0---0-0--------------------------------------
And I don´t e ven care to shake these zipper
blues And we don´t know just where our bones will
rest To dust I guess forgotten and
e--0-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-0-------------------------------------
B--0-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-0-------------------------------------
G--0-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-0-------------------------------------
D--7-7-7-7-----------9-9-9-9-------------------------------------
A--9-9-9-9-----------9-9-9-9-------------------------------------
E--9-9-9-9-----------7-7-7-7-------------------------------------
absorbed into the earth below
Main part (4x) with lyrics:
Double cross the vacant and the bored
They´re not sure just what we have in store
Morphine city slippin´
e----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G----0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0------------------------------------------
D----4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7------------------------------------------
A----4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7------------------------------------------
E----2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5------------------------------------------
.... dues down to see
Chorus with lyrics
That we don´t even care as restless as we
are we feel the pull in the land of a thousand
guilts and poured cement lamented and
Bridge ( you can play the e and B string open too )
e--X--X--XXX--X--XX--XXX----X--X--XXX--X-XX-XXX---------------------
B--X--X--XXX--X--XX--XXX----X--X--XXX--X-XX-XXX---------------------
G--4--4--444--4--44--444----6--6--666--X-XX-XXX---------------------
D--4--4--444--4--44--444----6--6--666--7-77-777---------------------
A--2--2--222--2--22--222----4--4--444--7-77-777---------------------
E--X--X--XXX--X--XX--XXX----X--X--XXX--X-XX-XXX---------------------
assured to the lights and towns below
faster than the speed of sound
faster than we thought we´d gooooo
e-0--0--000--0--00-------------------------------------------------
B-0--0--000--0--00-------------------------------------------------
G-0--0--000--0--00-------------------------------------------------
D-7--7--777--9--99-------------------------------------------------
A-9--9--999--9--99-------------------------------------------------
E-9--9--999--7--77-------------------------------------------------
beneath the sound of hope
Main part (4x) with lyrics
Justine never knew the rules
Hung down with the freaks and ghouls
No apologies ever need be made
I know you better than you
e-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------
B-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------
G-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------
D-7-7-7-7-7----9-9-9-9-9---------------------------------------------
A-9-9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9-9---------------------------------------------
E-9-9-9-9-9----7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------------------
fake it to see
Refrain
that we don't even care to shake these zipper
blues and we don't know just where our bones will
rest to dust i guess forgotten and
absorbed into the earth below
Main part two times with lyrics:
the street heats the urgency of now
E (022100)
as you can see there's no one around
I think this is pretty much close to how they play it.
Enjoy it!
P.S.: If you have got any corrections, please send me.
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