SMASHING PUMPKINS - "tonight tonight" Tablature

Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 12:20:32 +0000 (GMT)
From: David Creber <djc111@york.ac.uk>
Subject: TAB: 'tonight, tonight' by 'the smashing pumpkins



'Tonight, tonight'
B.P.Corgan Jr
>From the Smashing Pumpkins album 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness'


Tabbed by djc111@york.ac.uk <Dave Creber> modifying a tab by
perth@nando.net <Dennis Kim>

Hope this is ok, I'm not very good at this yet, let me know any problems
you have, any alterations you think should be made etc.

Key of Cb (tune down half a step to (LO-Hi) Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb.)

The bass is also tuned down and plays the theme Cb, Bb, Db in the key of
Cb.


Chords:


eb--3--0---1-----x--0----2
Bb--3--0---1-----3--1----3
Gb--0--0---0-----2--2----2
Db--0--2---2-----0--2----0
Ab--2--2---3-----x--x----0
Eb--3--x---x-----x--x----2
G Em Cadd9 D Am D/F#



Fig 1: (repeat a few times)

eb----------------------------------------------------------- |
Bb-----0--------0--------------0--------0--------------------o|
Gb--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-----0----------- |
Db----------------------------------------------------------- |
Ab--3---------3-------3-------5-------5--------5-------------o|
Eb----------------------------------------------------------- |
t r m i r m i m t r m i r m i m

t:thumb, r:ring, m:middle, i:index


**You can't really hear it in the single version, but in the acoustic
version (tonight reprise), i think every now and again instead of the
third and fifth fret on the A string, it goes from the seventh to the
eleventh fret***



Rhythm Part:

G
Em
G
Em

Cadd9 G D
Cadd9 G D
Cadd9 G D G

<begin Fig 1, lyrics come in after it has been played twice - continue
fingerpicking)

Time is never time at all
You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth.
And our lives are forever changed, we will never be the same;
The more you change the less you feel.

G D Em
Believe, believe in me, believe (believe)
G D Em
That life can change, that you're not stuck in vain
Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G D
We're not the same, we're different tonight.


Cadd9 G D G
Tonight, tonight, so bright

Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G D Em
Tonight, tonight


G
And you know you're never sure
Em
But sure you're sure you could be right

If you held yourself up to the light
G
And the embers never fade in your city by the lake
Em
The place where you were born.

<Fig1> G D Em
Believe, believe in me, believe (believe)
G D Em
In the resolute urgency of now
Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G D
And if you believe there's not a chance tonight


Cadd9 G D G Cadd9
Tonight, tonight, so bright

Cadd9 G D G D Em
Tonight, tonight.

Am Cadd9 G D Em
We'll crucify the insincere tonight (tonight)
Am Cadd9 G D Em
We'll make things right, we'll feel it all tonight (tonight)
Am Cadd9 G D Em
The indescribable moments of your life (tonight)
Am Cadd9 G D Em
The impossible is possible tonight (tonight)
Am Cadd9 <Fig.1>
Believe in me as I believe in you tonight.

(continue fingerpicking) G D/F# Em
Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight.


All credits go to Dennis Kim for providing a near perfect original tab, I
just tweaked it here and there to finish it off.

Dave