SMASHING PUMPKINS - "by starlight" Tablature

BY STARLIGHT - Mellon COllie and the Infinite Sadness

Transcribed by Adam Morris

Tuning: 1/2 step down

Here is another tab from MCIS!

CORDS USED:

E A D G B E
C# x 4 6 6 6 4
G#m 4 6 6 4 4 x
F# 2 4 4 3 2 2
D#5 x 6 8 8 x x
G#(i) 4 3 x 5 x x <---Keep an eye on this chord when it comes up..
Bb5 6 8 8 x x x If you play a normal G# it will sound terrible!!
G#(ii) 4 6 6 x x x

BEFORE PLAYING, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE CHORDS USED


The C# is played as a single string pattern most of the time.
In the verses the C# is played:

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-------6-
-----6---
-6-------
-4-------
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INTRO: C# G#m F#

C#
by starlight i'll kiss you

G#m F# C#
and promise to be your one and only


i'll make you feel happy

G#m F# C#
and leave you to be lost in mine

G#m F#
and where will we go, what will we do?

D#5 G#(i) C#
soon said i, will know (lead fill 1)

G#m F# C#
and are you just like me?

G#m F# D#5
dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?

Bb5 G#(ii) D#5 F#
her eyes, her eyes were as vacant as the seas

C# G#m F#
dead eyes, are you just like me?

D#5 G#(i) C# F#
and all along, we knew we'd carry on

D#5 G#(i) (play 2nd fret on the B string here)
just to belong


C# G#m F# (play 3rd fret on the G string here)


C#
by starlight i know you

G#m F# C# (lead fill 2)
as lovely as a wish granted true

G#m F# (lead fill 3 over the top)
my life has been empty, my life has been untrue (of this line)

D#5 G#(i) C# F#
and does she really know, who i really am?

D#5 G#(i) C# (lead fill 1)
does she really know me at last

G#m F# C#
are you just like me?

G#m F# D#5
dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?

Bb5 G#(ii) D#5 F# C#
her eyes, her eyes were as vacant as the seas


G#m F# D#5 C#
dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?


G#m F# C#
are you just like me?



LEAD FILL 1 (1/2)
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-6/9~~~----6/9~~--11-9-7-6b------------
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LEAD FILL 2
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--4--6/7\6--4--6~~~~-------------------
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LEAD FILL 3
-------4--------------------2----------
--4-----------4-------------4-x--------
-----5---------------------------------
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That is about it. There is a bit of lead in the
outro that I left out, but other than that most of
it is here. I am fairly proud of my efforts with
this TAB so any comments would be greatly appreciated.

benmo@deakin.edu.au

Adam Morris