smashing pumpkins – meladori magpie
from “tonight , tonight” single released 1996 .
features jimmy and dennis flemion of the frogs .
“another believe it or not , this left – over from
siamese dream was written in the last – minute crush .
butch vig never thought much of it , but it is one of
my secret favorites . a simple song of innocence that
has double – tracked , finger – picked acoustic and drum
machine , and was recorded at home . ” – bc ( guitar world 1/97 )
tuning : E A D G B E ( standard )
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intro : D C Bm A G
D C Bm
and on her doorstep , i saw that i was blind
A G
i’d forsaken what was mine
D C Bm
what had mattered , mattered little now
A G
we had shattered apart somehow
D G
oooooooooh
D G D
i can’t help but stay the same
D C Bm G G
i remain true to my name . . . . .
D C Bm
time to get up and take the long walk home
A G
for the first time , i go alone
D C Bm
do you remember when we first met?
A G
chasing down the alleyways behind my dad’s
D G
oooooooooh
D G D
i can’t help but stay the same
D C Bm G A Bm
i remain true to the name of lovers past
D G
good enough to lose
A Bm A G
good enough to choose you , too
A Bm A G A
D G
oooooooooh
D G D
i can’t help but stay the same
G D
oooooooooh . . . . .
D C Bm G A Bm
i remain true to my name of lovers past
D G
good enough to lose
A Bm A G
good enough to choose you , too
Bm A D
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any comments please email wombat77@ihug . co . nz
smashing pumpkins – meladori magpie
from “tonight , tonight” single released 1996 .
features jimmy and dennis flemion of the frogs .
“another believe it or not , this left – over from
siamese dream was written in the last – minute crush .
butch vig never thought much of it , but it is one of
my secret favorites . a simple song of innocence that
has double – tracked , finger – picked acoustic and drum
machine , and was recorded at home . ” – bc ( guitar world 1/97 )
tuning : E A D G B E ( standard )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
intro : D C Bm A G
D C Bm
and on her doorstep , i saw that i was blind
A G
i’d forsaken what was mine
D C Bm
what had mattered , mattered little now
A G
we had shattered apart somehow
D G
oooooooooh
D G D
i can’t help but stay the same
D C Bm G G
i remain true to my name . . . . .
D C Bm
time to get up and take the long walk home
A G
for the first time , i go alone
D C Bm
do you remember when we first met?
A G
chasing down the alleyways behind my dad’s
D G
oooooooooh
D G D
i can’t help but stay the same
D C Bm G A Bm
i remain true to the name of lovers past
D G
good enough to lose
A Bm A G
good enough to choose you , too
A Bm A G A
D G
oooooooooh
D G D
i can’t help but stay the same
G D
oooooooooh . . . . .
D C Bm G A Bm
i remain true to my name of lovers past
D G
good enough to lose
A Bm A G
good enough to choose you , too
Bm A D
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
any comments please email wombat77@ihug . co . nz
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