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Beautiful Guitar Tablature
The Smashing Pumpkins
Beautiful
Off Mellon Collie & the infinite sadness:
Twilight to starlight
Written by Billy Corgan
Tabbed by Jimi
Eb Tuning

This is a simple song with less guitar in it,
the intro´s done by a piano and the rest is
nearly just the chord progressions.

Guitar 1: Billy
Guitar 2: James


Chords:

   A  A7 Bm D  E  F  F#m G
|--0--0--2--2--0--1--2---3---|
|--2--2--3--3--0--1--2---3---|
|--2--0--4--2--1--2--2---0---|
|--2--2--4--0--2--3--4---0---|
|--0--0--2-----2--3--4---2---|
|--------------0--1--2---3---|



Intro/Verse:

Billy + Piano
|--12-14---------------------|
|--------14------------------|
|----------------------------| repeat several times
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|

James
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-------------*feedback*-----| repeat several times
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|


This also played during the Verse when Billy turns
to this chord progression:

A | G | D | A
A | G | D | E

"Beautiful, you´re beautiful…"

This is played when Billy and D´arcy start singing 
"…and I can´t help feeling…":

A | E | D | D
A | E | D | D
A | E | D | E
G | G 

The second´s verse similar to the first one and then 
comes up the Chorus when Billy sings "…and I´m sure
you know me well, as I´m sure you don´t"

D | E | A | F#m
D | E | A | A7
D | E | A | F#m
Bm | E | A | F#m
Bm | E


Solo:

Billy
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|------6b7r6---7---7---6h7-9/10---10---10---| 8 times
|----7-------5---5---0----------------------|
|--0----------------------------8----8------|
|-------------------------------------------|

James
|--0---------3-------2-------1--------------|
|--2---------3-------3-------1--------------|
|--2---------0-------2-------2--------------| 7 times
|--2---------0-------0-------3--------------|
|--0---------2---------------3--------------|
|------------3---------------1--------------|

James
|--0---------3-------2------0---0-----------|
|--2---------3-------3------0---0-----------|
|--2---------0-------2------1---1-----------|
|--2---------0-------0------2---2-----------|
|--0---------2--------------2---2-----------|
|------------3--------------0---0-----------|


Chorus:

D | E | A | F#m
D | E | A | A7
D | E | A | F#m
Bm | E | A | F#m
Bm | E | A | F#m
Bm | E | F#m | D

And finally when Billy sings "I´ll be under the 
stairs forever…":

D | E | A | F#m
D | E | F#m | D


"Blue skies bring tears"
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