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) ------ 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 -------| -------| E5 Ab5 Eb5 E5 Ab5 Eb5 E5 Ab5 Eb5 E5 Ab5 Eb5

^E5Cast the ^Ab5pearls a^Eb5side,^E5 of a s^Ab5imple l^Eb5ife of ^E5need ^E5Come in^Ab5to my ^Eb5life for^E5ever ^Ab5 ^Eb5

^Eb5The crumbled c^Db5ities s^Gb5tand as ^Eb5known ^Eb5of the si^Db5ghts you ^Gb5have been ^Eb5shown ^Eb5of the ^Db5hurt you ^Gb5call your ^Eb5own ^Eb5<you know, you^Db5 know^Gb5>

chorus 1 --------| ---10---| --------| with either a phaser or wah pedal, I can't tell.. ---7----| play above following line --------| --------|

^E5Love is ^Ab5suic^Eb5ide (x4)

^Gb5The empty ^E5bodies ^Ab5stand at ^Gb5rest ^Gb5Casualt^E5ies of th^Ab5eir own fl^Gb5esh ^Gb5Afflicted ^E5by their ^Ab5dispo-^Gb5sse-^E5ssion ^Ab5

chorus 2

^B5But no b^C#5odies ^E5ever k^B5new ^B5No-^C#5body-^E5s ^B5 ^B5No bo^C#5dies f^E5elt like ^B5you ^B5No-^C#5body-^E5s

quiet part ----------12----12---12---| -------10---10--10---10---| ----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

^E5 Now we d^Ab5rive the n^Eb5ight ^E5 ------------------------------------| ------------------------------------| ---2---7---9--7-----9---9b10r9~\----| ------------------------------------| ------------------------------------| ------------------------------------|

^E5 to the ^Ab5ironies of ^Eb5peace^E5 ------------------------------| ------------------------------| ---2---7--9--9b10r9--9-7-9----| ------------------------------| ------------------------------| ------------------------------|

^E5 You can't ^Ab5help de^Eb5ny for^E5ever ^Ab5 ^Eb5 ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| ---2---7---9----9b10r9--7--5-7-9~~\----| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------|

^Eb5The traged^Db5ies re^Gb5side in ^Eb5you ^Eb5The secret ^Db5sights ^Gb5hide in ^Eb5you ^Eb5The lonely ^Db5nights d^Gb5ivide you in ^Eb5two ^Eb5<in two, i^Db5n two^Gb5>

^Gb5All my ^E5blisters ^Ab5now re^Gb5vealed ^Gb5In the ^E5darkness of^Ab5 my d^Gb5reams ^Gb5In the ^E5spaces ^Ab5in be^Gb5tween ^E5us ^Ab5

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

The Smashing Pumpkins - Bodies