1979 Uke tab by Smashing Pumpkins

8 Chords used in the song: A, Emaj7, E, F#m7, B, Amaj7, C#m, F#m

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Year:  1995
Difficulty: 
5.13
(Intermediate)
Key: E, C#mChords
Original key: -0.5 step(s) (original tuning)
Chord progression arranged for the Ukulele
Verse 1:
G# chordG# D#maj7 chordD#maj7 D# chordD#
Shakedown nineteen seven nine,
G# chordG# D#maj7 chordD#maj7 D# chordD#
Cool kids never have the time.
G# chordG# Fm7 chordFm7
On a live wire right up off the street
A# chordA#
You and I should meet.

Verse 2:
G# chordG# D#maj7 chordD#maj7 D# chordD#
Junebug skipping like a stone
G# chordG# D#maj7 chordD#maj7 D# chordD#
With headlights pointed at the dawn.
G# chordG#
We were sure we'd never see
Fm7 chordFm7 A# chordA#
An end to it all.

Chorus 1:
D# chordD# D#maj7 chordD#maj7 G#maj7 chordG#maj7 D# chordD#
And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues,
D#maj7 chordD#maj7 G#maj7 chordG#maj7 D# chordD#
And we don't know just where our bones will rest
D#maj7 chordD#maj7 G#maj7 chordG#maj7
To dust I guess
Fm7 chordFm7 A# chordA# D# chordD#
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below.

Verse 3:
G# chordG# D#maj7 chordD#maj7 D# chordD#
Double cross the vacant and the bored,
G# chordG# D#maj7 chordD#maj7 D# chordD#
They're not sure just what we have in store.
G# chordG# Fm7 chordFm7 G# chordG#
Morphine city slippin' dues down to see:

Chorus 2:
D# chordD# D#maj7 chordD#maj7 G#maj7 chordG#maj7 D# chordD#
That we don't even care as restless as we are,
D#maj7 chordD#maj7 G#maj7 chordG#maj7 D# chordD#
We feel the pull in the land of a tousand guilts.
D#maj7 chordD#maj7 G#maj7 chordG#maj7
And poured cement,
A# chordA#
Lamented and assured.

Bridge:
Cm chordCm G# chordG#
To the lights and town below,
A# chordA# Cm chordCm A# chordA#
Faster than the speed of sound,
A# chordA# Cm chordCm G# chordG# Fm7 chordFm7 A# chordA#
Faster than we thought we'd go beneath the sound of hope.

Verse 4:
G# chordG# D#maj7 chordD#maj7 D# chordD#
Justine never knew the rules,
G# chordG# D#maj7 chordD#maj7 D# chordD#
Hung down with the freaks and ghouls.
G# chordG# D#maj7 chordD#maj7 D# chordD#
No apologies ever need be made,
D# chordD# Fm7 chordFm7 A# chordA#
I know better than you fake it to see:

Chorus 3:
D# chordD# D#maj7 chordD#maj7 G#maj7 chordG#maj7 D# chordD#
That we don't even care to shake these zipper blues,
D#maj7 chordD#maj7 G#maj7 chordG#maj7 D# chordD#
And we don't know just where out bones will rest
D#maj7 chordD#maj7 G#maj7 chordG#maj7
To dust I guess,
Fm chordFm A# chordA# D#maj7 chordD#maj7 D# chordD#
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below.

Coda:
G# chordG# D#maj7 chordD#maj7 D# chordD#
The street heats the urgency of now.
G# chordG# D# chordD#
As you see there's no-one around.

Uke tab by , 10 Sep 2009

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