Tabs
Trevor Mintz @ SaskPower
"Bodies" from the album Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness
by the Smashing Pumpkins
First off, use what Billy calls 'grunge tuning' (dropped 
D MajorD).
Then take that Dropped D MajorD 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 step to get a deeper sound. After that, the song is quite easy.
Major distortion
"Love is suicide...."
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change #1 "...casualties of their own past...."
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change #2 "...nobody ..."
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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 continuous 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'.
bodies -- Smashing Pumpkins (billy corgan)
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transcribed by Paul Scheidt ([email protected])
one of the new, improved, gonna-kill-your-family tunes off the double album,
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness...
Tuning: (
DbDb 
AbAb DbDb 
GbGb 
Bb majorBb 
Eb MajorEb) dropped-D with whole guitar down a half step
intro note
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---7--- over and over for the entirety of the intro
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E5E5 
Ab5Ab5 
Eb5Eb5
E5E5 Ab5Ab5 Eb5Eb5
E5E5 Ab5Ab5 Eb5Eb5
E5E5 Ab5Ab5 Eb5Eb5
E5E5 Ab5Ab5 Eb5Eb5 E5E5 Ab5Ab5 Eb5Eb5 E5E5
Cast the pearls aside, of a simple life of need
E5E5 Ab5Ab5 Eb5Eb5 E5E5 Ab5Ab5 Eb5Eb5
Come into my life forever
Eb5Eb5 
Db5Db5 
Gb5Gb5 Eb5Eb5
The crumbled cities stand as known
Eb5Eb5 Db5Db5 Gb5Gb5 Eb5Eb5
of the sights you have been shown
Eb5Eb5 Db5Db5 Gb5Gb5 Eb5Eb5
of the hurt you call your own
Eb5Eb5 Db5Db5 Gb5Gb5
chorus 1
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-------- with either a phaser or wah pedal, I can't tell..
---7---- play above following line
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E5E5 Ab5Ab5 Eb5Eb5
Love is suicide (x4)
Gb5Gb5 E5E5 Ab5Ab5 Gb5Gb5
The empty bodies stand at rest
Gb5Gb5 E5E5 Ab5Ab5 Gb5Gb5
Casualties of their own flesh
Gb5Gb5 E5E5 Ab5Ab5 Gb5Gb5 E5E5 Ab5Ab5
Afflicted by their dispo-sse-ssion
chorus 2
B5B5 
C#5C#5 E5E5 B5B5
But no bodies ever knew
B5B5 C#5C#5 E5E5 B5B5
No-body-s
B5B5 C#5C#5 E5E5 B5B5
No bodies felt like you
B5B5 C#5C#5 E5E5
No-body-s
quiet part
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----10----------10---10--- play this REAL close to the bridge for that music
-------------------------- box kinda sound.. slight hint of chorus, too..
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Love is suicide, love is suicide, love is suicide, love is.. love..
solo part
E5E5 Ab5Ab5 Eb5Eb5 E5E5
Now we drive the night
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E5E5 Ab5Ab5 Eb5Eb5 E5E5
to the ironies of peace
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E5E5 Ab5Ab5 Eb5Eb5 E5E5 Ab5Ab5 Eb5Eb5
You can't help deny forever
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Eb5Eb5 Db5Db5 Gb5Gb5 Eb5Eb5
The tragedies reside in you
Eb5Eb5 Db5Db5 Gb5Gb5 Eb5Eb5
The secret sights hide in you
Eb5Eb5 Db5Db5 Gb5Gb5 Eb5Eb5
The lonely nights divide you in two
Eb5Eb5 Db5Db5 Gb5Gb5
Gb5Gb5 E5E5 Ab5Ab5 Gb5Gb5
All my blisters now revealed
Gb5Gb5 E5E5 Ab5Ab5 Gb5Gb5
In the darkness of my dreams
Gb5Gb5 E5E5 Ab5Ab5 Gb5Gb5 E5E5 Ab5Ab5
In the spaces in between us
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
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Db5Db5 000xxx
Eb5Eb5 222xxx
E5E5 333xxx
Gb5Gb5 555xxx
Ab5Ab5 x0222x
B5B5 x3555x
C#5C#5 x5777x
