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:
A chordA Emaj7 chordEmaj7 E chordE
Shakedown nineteen seven nine,
A chordA Emaj7 chordEmaj7 E chordE
Cool kids never have the time.
A chordA F#m7 chordF#m7
On a live wire right up off the street
B chordB
You and I should meet.

Verse 2:
A chordA Emaj7 chordEmaj7 E chordE
Junebug skipping like a stone
A chordA Emaj7 chordEmaj7 E chordE
With headlights pointed at the dawn.
A chordA
We were sure we'd never see
F#m7 chordF#m7 B chordB
An end to it all.

Chorus 1:
E chordE Emaj7 chordEmaj7 Amaj7 chordAmaj7 E chordE
And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues,
Emaj7 chordEmaj7 Amaj7 chordAmaj7 E chordE
And we don't know just where our bones will rest
Emaj7 chordEmaj7 Amaj7 chordAmaj7
To dust I guess
F#m7 chordF#m7 B chordB E chordE
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below.

Verse 3:
A chordA Emaj7 chordEmaj7 E chordE
Double cross the vacant and the bored,
A chordA Emaj7 chordEmaj7 E chordE
They're not sure just what we have in store.
A chordA F#m7 chordF#m7 A chordA
Morphine city slippin' dues down to see:

Chorus 2:
E chordE Emaj7 chordEmaj7 Amaj7 chordAmaj7 E chordE
That we don't even care as restless as we are,
Emaj7 chordEmaj7 Amaj7 chordAmaj7 E chordE
We feel the pull in the land of a tousand guilts.
Emaj7 chordEmaj7 Amaj7 chordAmaj7
And poured cement,
B chordB
Lamented and assured.

Bridge:
C#m chordC#m A chordA
To the lights and town below,
B chordB C#m chordC#m B chordB
Faster than the speed of sound,
B chordB C#m chordC#m A chordA F#m7 chordF#m7 B chordB
Faster than we thought we'd go beneath the sound of hope.

Verse 4:
A chordA Emaj7 chordEmaj7 E chordE
Justine never knew the rules,
A chordA Emaj7 chordEmaj7 E chordE
Hung down with the freaks and ghouls.
A chordA Emaj7 chordEmaj7 E chordE
No apologies ever need be made,
E chordE F#m7 chordF#m7 B chordB
I know better than you fake it to see:

Chorus 3:
E chordE Emaj7 chordEmaj7 Amaj7 chordAmaj7 E chordE
That we don't even care to shake these zipper blues,
Emaj7 chordEmaj7 Amaj7 chordAmaj7 E chordE
And we don't know just where out bones will rest
Emaj7 chordEmaj7 Amaj7 chordAmaj7
To dust I guess,
F#m chordF#m B chordB Emaj7 chordEmaj7 E chordE
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below.

Coda:
A chordA Emaj7 chordEmaj7 E chordE
The street heats the urgency of now.
A chordA E chordE
As you see there's no-one around.

Uke tab by , 10 Sep 2009

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