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From: Bryan Pero 

Smashing Pumpkins-Dancing in the Moonlight
>From the Disarm single
Transcribed by Bryan Pero (perob@wllow.uml.edu)

This song is played in dropped-D tuning, with a capo at the first fret.
A 302  in the tab is really a 1 because the capo is holding down all
strings at the first fret.  All other numbers are the actual numbers
fretted.

Intro:   I9ll call this rythym figure 1.  It9s played throughout the song
with slight variations and ad libs.  Just listen to the record.  The
chord forms are the ones you would use for Em7,  D something,  Cadd9, and
G/B in standard tuning, first position.  The numbers just look strange
cuz of the capo--well, you know what I mean...


E------------0---0--0---0---0-----------0----------0--0--0---------------
------------|
B------------4---4--4---4---4--------4----4-------4--4--4--4-----4--4----
----------|
G------------0---0--0---0---0------3---------3----0--0--0--0-----0--0----
----------|
D---3---3---3---3--3---3---3----------------------3--3--3--0h3--3--0-----
---------|
A---3-------3---3--3---3---3----------------------4--4--4--4------4--3---
-6--6-----|
E---------------------------------0----------------0---------------------
-------6--6--0-|


E-------------0--0--0----------------------------------------------------
--|
B-------------4--4--4---------4/6--4--4--4---4--4--4-----4------------|
G---------0--0--0--0------3--3/5--3--3--3---0--0--0-----0------------|
D---3--3--------3--3-------------------0--0---3--3--0h3--3---0--------|
A---3-------------------------------------------4--4--4------4---3---6---
|
E------------------------0----------------------------------------------6
----|

Rythym fill 1. (played at end of intro & some verses)

E---4--------------------4---|
B------4---------------4-----|
G---------0----------0-------|
D------------------0---------|
A---------------3------------|
E-----------------------------|

Here9s the layout of the song, with the lyrics:

Intro (Ryth. fig. 1. w/variations & ryth. fill 1.)

Verse I (w/rythym fig. 1):
When I passed you, in the doorway, you took me with a glance.
Should9ve took that last bus home, but I asked you for  a dance.
Now we were steady, to the pictures, always get chocolate stains on my
pants.
Pa says he9s going crazy, says I9m living in a trance.

Chorus (w/ryth.fig.1. end w/fil 1):
Dancing in the moonlight, it9s caught me in a spotlight, it9s alright,
it9s alright
Moonlight, this long hot summer night.

VerseII (w/ryth.fig.1):
It9s 3 o9clock in the morning, I9m on the streets again.
Disobeyed another warning, should9ve been home by ten.
Now I stay out, to Sunday, I have to say I stay with friends.
It9s a habit worth forming, it9s a means to justify the end.

Chorus (w/ryth. fig 1 end w/fill 1):  Dancing in the moonlight, etc.

Interlude (w/variations on ryth. fig. 1): Walking home.  Last bus is long
gone...

Solo (w/variations on ryth. fig.1):

E------------------------------------------------------------------------
------6--8~--11--13----|
B----------------------------------------------11b&r---8~--8/9-8\6/8~----
------------------|
G---------------------------------------8--10----------------------------
--------------------------|
D---------------------------6--8/10~-------------------------------------
-------------------------|
A--8~---10b&r---6/8~-----------------------------------------------------
----------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------|

E-13/15\13~--16--15--8--9--8--9-----------------------------6--8--6~-----
----------9p8---------------|
B----------------------------------------9--8--9--8--9--8~--6--8~-------9
--8--6--8--9-----9-8-9-12b12b|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------|

E----------------6b--8--11--13--15--16---16b--16b--16b--16b--16b--16b---|
B--8/9--8-6-8------------------------------------------------------------
----------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------|

Chorus (w/ryth.fig.1):  Dancing in the moonlight, etc.
Last Chorus(^) end with this:

E---------4---4---------------------------4-------------------------|
B------4---------4--------------------4-----------------------------|
G----0--------------0--------------0--------------------------------|
D--0-------------------0--------0---------------------4--3---------|
A--------------------------3--3-------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Billy and James talking:

Billy:  I started choking in the middle, right at the end there?  Did
that sound too, did that sound weird, er, at the end?  Did you hear that?
With the voice?  You didn9t hear that?  Oh, good...

James:  No, keep going...

Well, there it is.  Please send me your suggestions and comments.

				-Bryan P.





 This is my version of Dancing in the Moonlight.
 The one at Nevada didn't sound that good.
 This was worked out from the bootleg Spaceboy,
 so maybe the other one was a different version
 of the song or something :)
 The SOLO took me so long to work out so I want
 EVERYONE that uses this TAB to e-mail me with
 comments, abuse, adulation (haha), or just to
 let me know that you got it.  Thanks.

 Adam Morris   benmo@deakin.edu.au
 ^^^^^^^^^^^

 STANDARD TUNING

 Chords Used:  E A D G B E

 Em Something  0 2 2 0 3 3
 D Something   x x 0 2 3 0
 C             0 3 2 0 1 0 or x 3 2 0 1 0
 G something   3 2 0 0 3 3

The follwoing riff is played throughout the WHOLE song!

  Em              D          C               G
|-------3--3-3--|-------0--|---------0-----|-----3---------|
|-------3--3-3--|-----3----|---------1---1-|-----3---------|
|-------0--0-0--|---2------|------0--0-0---|-----0---------|
|--2--2---------|-0--------|--2-2----------|-----0-----0---|
|--2--2---------|----------|--3------------|---2-----2-----|
|--0--0---------|----------|---------------|-3-------------|

The notes on the high strings are played with an upward strum.

Just before Billy starts singing, instead of the last G-section
it has this slight variation:

|----3----------|
|------3--------|
|--------0------|
|---------------|
|-2-------------|
|-3-------------|

The SOLO:

You would not believe how long this took me
to work out, so I hope you appreciate it!!!

|-----------------------------------5--3---------|
|-------------------------------5-7------3~~~~---|
|---------------------------5-7------------------|
|-----------------------5-7----------------------|
|-2--5--7----9br-5--5/7--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
   *
|--7r--3h5p3h5p3---3/5-5/7-7~~~~---10p8-8-8-10-8-------------|
|----------------5-------------------------------10-8-8/10---|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

* This note should really be plucked hard with the fingers.  Pre-bent.

|-16-14-12-12~~--12-16-14-12-12------3h5p3h5p3-----3/5---12--|
|-----------------------------12~~-------------3h5-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3----------------3/5-7-9/10-10b-10b-10b-10b-10b--|
|-2-2-2------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0--2h3p2-2-0-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

That's the whole song.

Adam
benmo@deakin.edu.au