Smashing Pumpkins - Stand Inside Your Love

song : stand inside your love
album : rotten apples : greatest hits ( 2001 )
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tempo : 4 | 4
style : goth – rock
tuning : half – step down ( ebabdbgbbbeb )
method : brisk strumming consisting of a slower sustained downward strum , followed by
two sequential very brisk downward and upward strokes on each chord . note the morphing
chords ( eg . A/Asus2 ) .

chords :
654321 standard tuning ( equivalent )
G = = = = 355433 = F#
Bm = = = = 224432 = A#m
A = = = = x02220 = G#m
D = = = = xx0232 = C#m
Asus2 = = x02220 = G#sus2
Em = = = = 022000 = D#m
Em7 = = = = 020000 = D#m7

intro ( riff over ) :
| G G | Bm A |
| G G | Bm A |

bridge ( riff over ) :
G
you and me , meant to be ,
Bm A
im – mutable , im – possible .
G
it’s destiny , pure lunacy ,
Bm A
in – calculable , in – sufferable .

verse 1 :
G Bm
but for the last time ,
D A/Asus2 G Bm
you’re everything that i want and ask for .
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
you’re all that i’d dreamed ,
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
who wouldn’t be the one you love .
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
who wouldn’t stand inside your love ,
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
protected and the lover of .

bridge 2 ( riff over ) :
G Bm A
a pure soul and beauti – ful – you ,
G
don’t understand , don’t feel me now .
Bm A
i will breathe , for the both of us .
G
travel the world , traverse the skies ,
Bm A
your home is here , within my heart .

verse 2 :
G Bm
and for the first time ,
D A/Asus2 G Bm
i feel as though i Am reborn , in my mind ,
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
recast as child and mystic sage ,
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
who wouldn’t be the one you love .
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
who wouldn’t stand inside your love .

instrumental :
| D A/Asus2 Em/Em7 |
| D A/Asus2 Em/Em7 |
| D A/Asus2 Em/Em7 |
| D A/Asus2 Em/Em7 |

verse 3 :
G Bm
and for the first time ,
D A/Asus2 G Bm
i’m telling you how much i need and bleed for .
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
your every move and waking sound ,
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
in my time , i’ll wrap my wire around your heart and your mind ,
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
you’re mine forever now .

coda :
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
who wouldn’t be the one you love and live for .
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
who wouldn’t stand inside your love and die for ,
D A/Asus2 Em/Em7
who wouldn’t be the one you love .

[ end ]

notes :
1 . a couldn’t find anything out there , that captures the complete song .
2 . billy corgan stated in a tv performance ( storytellers on vh – 1 in 2000 iirc ) that this
was written for and about his then girlfriend , yelena yemchuk . the girl who appears in
the song’s video . who also directed the video for ’zero’ and co – directed the video for
’thirty – three’ . on the greatest hits dvd , yelena appears on the alternate cut for
’thirty – three’ . corgan split up with her around 2001/02 .