Smashing Pumpkins-Dancing in the Moonlight
>From the Disarm single

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.)

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 didn't hear that?  Oh, good...

James:  No, keep going...

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

			



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