Smashing Pumpkins - Winterlong guitar tab
Winterlong by The Smashing Pumpkins (from the album 'Judas 0')
tabbed by John Halfpenny (jhalfpenny@excite.com)
Yet another gorgeous, pretty little song from Billy Corgan.
Drop D tuning (low to high DADGBe)
Play the verse part for all the lyrics marked [Verse], and fingerpick the chords above
the words for the chorus, changing roughly where indicated above the lyrics. That's
plenty for you to figure out a good version for yourself. :) You can play in standard tuning
if you wish, but in drop D you can sort of play the bass guitar part as well for the main verse
riff, and I find it sounds better on a single instrument.
Chords used (in drop D):
Dsus2 000230 Fmaj7 xx3210
Am x02210 Em 222000
Verse:
e |----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |3---------3-----3---------3-----3---------------3---------3-----|
G |------0-------0-------0-------0-0---------------2-----2-------0-|
D |----0-------0-------0-------0------sl-7-sl--2---0---0-------0---|
A |3---------------2-----------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------3--sl-7-sl--2---0---------------|
[Verse]
And if I fall into you all
Will my reign cease and dissolve?
Some come to harm others to grace
So let my friends fly under these wings
[Chorus]
Dsus2 Am
We're giving it up to the sun
Dsus2
We're giving it up to the moon
Am
We're giving it up to the hour
Dsus2
We're giving it up from a room
Am
Know when there's nowhere to run
Dsus2
Know when there's not much to lose
Am Dsus2
Sometimes it seems so long since you had a chance to refuse
Fmaj7 Dsus2
We built a fire. Winterlong
Fmaj7 Dsus2
Transformed new I am. Winterlong
Fmaj7 Em Dsus2
I was the first one, I was the last one to be strong
Am / Dsus2 / Am / Dsus2
[Verse]
And if I fall into you all
Will the silence shatter and stall?
Some feel movement others stand still
So let the moment become my will
[Chorus]
Dsus2 Am
We're giving it up to the sun
Dsus2
We're giving it up to the moon
Am
We're giving it up to the hour
Dsus2
We're giving it up from a rose
Am
Know when there's nowhere to run
Dsus2
Know when there's not much to lose
Am Dsus2
So why does it take so long to find out who is who?
Fmaj7 Dsus2
We built a fire. Winterlong
Fmaj7 Dsus2
Transformed new I am. Winterlong
Fmaj7 Em Dsus2
I was the first one, I was the last one to be strong
Am / Dsus2
Am
We're giving it up to the sun
Dsus2
We're giving it up to the moon
Am
We're giving it up to the hour
Dsus2
We're giving it up from your room
Am
We're giving it up to the sun
Dsus2
We're giving it up to the moon
Outro:
e |------0----------------0------------------------|
B |------3----------------3------------------------|
G |------0-several strums-0-several strums---------| repeat until
D |0h4---4-----then-------4-----then-------0-2---2-| end
A |0-----0----------------3----------------0-2---2-|
D |0-----0---------------------------------0-2---2-|
