Mmkay, so this is my first tab. I dearly hope you all enjoy it! ;)
Tuning: (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) A dropped-D tuning with the whole guitar down A half-step.
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Intro: (0:00 - 0:09) Feedback, pick scraping, raspy distortion.
(0:00) A swift chord is played before the feedback begins:
eb|--------|
Bb|--------|
Gb|--9-----|
Db|--9-----|
Ab|--7-----|
Db|--------|
Intro:
eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--333333333333/77777777\22222222-------------------------| x4
Ab|--333333333333/77777777\22222222-------------------------|
Db|--333333333333/77777777\22222222-------------------------|
During the intro, this chord is being strummed continuously.
eb|--------------------|
Bb|--9-----------------|
Gb|--x-----------------|
Db|--7-----------------|
Ab|--------------------|
Db|--------------------|
Main Riff (Cast the pearls aside...):
eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--333333333333/77777777\22222222-------------------------| x4
Ab|--333333333333/77777777\22222222-------------------------|
Db|--333333333333/77777777\22222222-------------------------|
Chord Change #1(The crumbled cities stand as known...):
eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--222222222222/00000000\77777777-------------------------| x4
Ab|--222222222222/00000000\77777777-------------------------|
Db|--222222222222/00000000\77777777-------------------------|
Main Riff (Love is suicide...):
eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--333333333333/77777777\22222222-------------------------| x4
Ab|--333333333333/77777777\22222222-------------------------|
Db|--333333333333/77777777\22222222-------------------------|
Chord Change #2 (The empty bodies stand at rest...):
eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--555555555555/33333333\77777777-------------------------| x4
Ab|--555555555555/33333333\77777777-------------------------|
Db|--555555555555/33333333\77777777-------------------------|
Chord Change #3 (But no bodies ever knew...):
eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--555555555555-77777777----------------------------------|
Db|--555555555555-77777777-33333333-------------------------| x4
Ab|--333333333333-55555555-33333333-------------------------|
Db|------------------------33333333-------------------------|
Bridge; The quiet part; whatever you want to call it.
eb|----------12-----12--|
Bb|-------10----10--10--|
Gb|----10-----------10--|
Db|---------------------| x4
Ab|---------------------|
Db|---------------------|
There are also some harmonics being played immediately after the notes above have
each time if you listen very closely with earphones on, though they're pretty hard to make
so the part below is a stab in the dark.
eb|-----------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|
Gb|-----------------------|
Db|----5-7--4-5-----------| x4
Ab|--5----------4---------|
Db|-----------------------|
Main Riff (Now we drive the night...):
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/smashing_pumpkins/bodies_tab_ver_2.html ]
eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--333333333333/77777777\22222222-------------------------| x4
Ab|--333333333333/77777777\22222222-------------------------|
Db|--333333333333/77777777\22222222-------------------------|
As the main riff begins, a solo starts:
eb|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|
Gb|-------7--9--7---9---9b10r9~----|
Db|--3/7---------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
eb|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|
Gb|------7--9--9b10r9--9-7-9~------|
Db|-3/7----------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|-------7--9---9b10r9--7--5-7-9~---|
Db|--3/7-----------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------|
Chord Change #1(The tragedies reside in you...):
eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--222222222222/00000000\77777777-------------------------| x4
Ab|--222222222222/00000000\77777777-------------------------|
Db|--222222222222/00000000\77777777-------------------------|
Chord Change #2 (All my blisters now revealed...):
eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--555555555555/33333333\77777777-------------------------| x4
Ab|--555555555555/33333333\77777777-------------------------|
Db|--555555555555/33333333\77777777-------------------------|
Chord Change #3 (But no bodies ever knew...):
eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--555555555555-77777777----------------------------------|
Db|--555555555555-77777777-33333333-------------------------| x8
Ab|--333333333333-55555555-33333333-------------------------|
Db|------------------------33333333-------------------------|
(The first four times you strum the riff, lower the volume a bit or palm mute softly).
Outro (Love is suicide...):
eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--333333333333/77777777\22222222-------------------------| x4
Ab|--333333333333/77777777\22222222-------------------------|
Db|--333333333333/77777777\22222222-------------------------|
This note is strummed again until the very end of the main riff:
eb|--------------------|
Bb|--9-----------------|
Gb|--x-----------------|
Db|--7-----------------|
Ab|--------------------|
Db|--------------------|
End on:
eb|--------------------|
Bb|--------------------|
Gb|--------------------|
Db|--0-----------------|
Ab|--0-----------------|
Db|--0-----------------|
Lyrics:
Cast the pearls aside, of a simple life of need
Come into my life forever
The crumbled cities stand as known
Of the sights that you have been shown
Of the hurt you call your own
Love is suicide x4
The empty bodies stand at rest
Casualties of their own flesh
Afflicted by their dispossession
But no bodies ever knew
Nobodys
No bodies felt like you
Nobodys
Love is suicide x4
(These words are gently chanted as Billy sings "Love is suicide"):
destroy, despise, distrust, disobey
destroy, distrust, disloyal, disarm
destroy, despise, dissect, deny
destroy, despise, distrust.
Now we drive the night, to the ironies of peace
You can't help deny forever
The tragedies reside in you
The secret sights hide in you
The lonely nights divide you in two
All my blisters now revealed
In the darkness of my dreams
In the spaces in between us
But nobodies ever knew
Nobodys
No bodies felt like you
Nobodys
Love is suicide x4
That's all! Enjoy ;)
