Capo: 2

Song: 1979 Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins Album: Mellon Chollie and the Infinite Sadness URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellon_Collie_and_the_Infinite_Sadness;http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_%28song%29 Tempo: 6|8 Method: Chorus & slight reverb style Tuning: Half-Step Down (EbAbDbGbBbeb) Capo 2 Chords: 123456 G 320003 Dmaj7 000222 D5 XX023X Em7 020000 A X02220 Gmaj7/E XX0002 E 244322 Bm X24432 Intro Riff: |Dmaj7 D5| |Dmaj7 D5| Verse 1:

^GShakedown 1979,^Dmaj7 ^D5 ^GCool kids never have the ^Dmaj7time. ^D5 ^GOn a live wire right up off the ^Em7street You and ^AI should meet.^Dmaj7 ^D5

Verse 2:

^GJunebug skipping like a ^Dmaj7stone ^D5 ^GWith headlights pointed at the ^Dmaj7dawn. ^D5 ^GWe were sure we'd never see An ^Em7end to it ^Aall.

Chorus 1:

^D5And I don't ^Dmaj7even ^Gmaj7/Dcare to shake these zipper ^D5blues, And ^Dmaj7we don't ^Gmaj7/Dknow just where our bones will ^D5rest. To ^Dmaj7dust I ^Gmaj7/Dguess, Forgotten and ^Em7absorbed into the ^Aearth be-^Dmaj7low. ^D5

Riff: |G Dmaj7 D5| Verse 3:

^GDouble cross the vacant and the ^Dmaj7bored,^D5 ^GThey're not sure just what we have in ^Dmaj7store.^D5 ^GMorphine city slippin' ^Em7dues down to ^Asee.

Chorus 2:

^D5We don't ^Dmaj7even ^Gmaj7/Dcare as restless as we ^D5are, We ^Dmaj7feel the ^Gmaj7/Dpull in the land of a thousand ^D5guilts. And ^Dmaj7poured ^Gmaj7/Dcement, Lamented and ^Aassured.

Bridge:

To the lights - and ^Bmtowns ^Gbelow, ^AFaster than - the ^Bmspeed of ^Gsound. ^AFaster than - we ^Bmthought we'd ^Ggo, Be-^Em7neath the ^Asound - of hope.^Dmaj7 ^D5

Verse 4:

^GJustine never knew the ^Dmaj7rules,^D5 ^GHung down with the freaks and ^Dmaj7ghouls.^D5 ^GNo apologies ever need be ^Dmaj7made, ^D5 ^D5I know better than you ^Em7fake it to ^Asee.

Chorus 3:

^D5That we don't ^Dmaj7even ^Gmaj7/Dcare to shake these zipper^D5 blues, And ^Dmaj7we don't ^Gmaj7/Dknow just where out bones will ^D5rest. To ^Dmaj7dust I ^Gmaj7/Dguess, Forgotten and ^Em7absorbed into the ^Aearth be-^Dmaj7low. ^D5

Coda:

^GThe street heats the urgency of ^Dmaj7now, ^D5 ^GAs you see there's no-one ^D5around.

[End] Notes: 1. After many frustrated attempts in the 'Pumpkins preferred Eb tuning, this was my approach to capture the 'spirit of the song' with simple, practical chords in an Open Tuning. There are obviously many variants. 2. Corgan wrote "1979" as the last of approximately 56 songs for this album. He "...considers "1979" the most personally important song on Mellon Collie."

The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979