SMASHING PUMPKINS

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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 10:09:17 -0500 (EST)
From: Blanks 
Subject: TAB for Beautiful by the Smashing Pumpkins

Beautiful
By: The Smashing Pumpkins
>From the album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
As tabbed by Jonathan Blanks (blanks@cnu.edu)

This song is actuall in standard tuning, but since your playing with 
Mellon Collie which 1/2 step down just capo the first fret.
NOTE: chords show as what they look like ie."A" but it's relly "Ab"

INTRO (drums and piano)

piano for guitar
	e--0--2----- >repeat however many times necessary
	B--------2-- >
	*tab goes along with an "A" chord

[A]              [G]           [D/F# *]         [A]
Beautiful, you're beautiful, as beautiful as the sun
[A]              [G]           [D/F# *]         [E]
Wonderful, you're wonderful, as wonderful as they come
      [A]           [E]    [D]
And I can't help but feel attached 
[D/F# **][A]           [E]   [D]
To the feelings I can't even match
[D/F# **][A]           [E]   [D]
With my face pressed up to the glass
[E]     [G]
wanting you


VERSE 2 same as verse 1

CHORUS
[D]    [E]      [A]     [F#m]
And I'm sure you know me well 
[D]    [E]      [A]
As I'm sure you don't 
[D]    [E]   [A]   [F#m]
But you just can't tell
[D]             [E]      [A]   [F#m]
Who you love and who you won't  no,no
[D]             [E]      [A]
Who you love and who you won't

the [A] continues over to when the guitar leads come in

[A]         [G]  [D]     [F]       [A]
                         And I love you
[A]         [G]  [D]     [F]        [A] 
                         As you love me 
[A]         [G]  [D]     [F]  
NA   NA-NA  NA   NA      NA-NA-NA
[A]         [G]  [D]     [F]
NA............................
[A]        [G]        [D] [F]  [A]
So let the clouds roll by your face
[A]         [G]        [D]     [F]    [A]
we'll let the world spin on to another place
[A]           [G]      [D]   [F]     [A]
we'll climb the tallest tree above it all
[A]         [G]        [D]    [E]
to look down on you and me   and them

CHORUS (same as first chorus)
END (same as chorus, but I'll do it anyway)

[D]           [E]       [A]  [F#m]
Don't let your life wrap up a-round you
[D]     [E]    [A]   [F#m]
Don't forget to call whenever
[D]  [E]       [A]       [F#m]
I'll here just waiting for you
[D]    [E]        [A]      [F#m]
I'll be under your stars forever, neither
[D]     [E]       [A]         [F#m]
here nor there just right beside you 
.......you got it....

Well what do you think, it's my first submission! E-mail me if you have 
any comments!! ENJOY.

CHORD VOICINGS for the D/F#'s
0=open

D/F# *           D/F# **

E A D G B e      E A D G B e

2-0-0-2-3-X      X-X-4-2-3-2

From: ROOKSTOOLT@TEN-NASH.TEN.K12.TN.US
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 20:11:17 -0600 (CST)
Subject: beautiful.riff

This is my interpretation of the riff in the song "Beautiful" by Smashing 
Pumpkins.  There is piano behind this, it will throw you off.  This should 
sound alright.
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|------b7-----7-----------b7----------|
|---7------5----7--5-7-5-----5--------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-5-----------------------------------|

That's it, it should be right.  Enjoy :-) 
Note: If you find that this isn't correct please E-mail me.
RookstoolT@TEN-NASH.TEN.K12.TN.US.