Smashing Pumpkins-Once upon a time
Written by Billy Corgan
Off Adore (1998)
Standard Tuning

Chords:
   Dsus2/A  G  D6add2/F#  Em Bm A
E| 0        x  x          0  2  0
B| 3        3  3          0  3  2
G| 2        0  2          0  4  2
D| 0        0  0          2  4  2
A| 0        2  0          2  2  0
E| x        3  2          0  x  x

r1:      
|-------0----------------------------------------------|
|-----3-----3---------------------0-------------0------|
|---2---------2--------0--------2---2---------2---2----|
|-0------------------0--------0-------0-----0-------0--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3--------2-------------2-------------|

Intro/Verse(with Guitar 1 playing r1 x6, while Guitar 2 plays the chords, r1 is only in the intro and verse):
|Dsus2/A |G |D6add2/F# |

Dsus2/A G   D6add2/F#
Mother  I'm tired
     Dsus2/A   G  D6add2/F#
come surrender my son
Dsus2/A             G  D6add2/F#
time has ravaged on my soul
   Dsus2/A                  G  D6add2/F#
no plans to leave but still I go

Chorus:
Em               Bm
Fallin' with the leaves
Em             Bm    A
fallin' out of sleep
            G   D6add2/F#
to the last goodbyes
    Em    Dsus2/A  G  D6add2/F#
who cares why?

Verse (Guitar 1 plays r1 x5):
Dsus2/A G    D6add2/F#
Mother  I've tried
Dsus2/A  G  D6add2/F#
wasting  my life
  Dsus2/A          G D6add2/F#
I haven't given up, I lie
   Dsus2/A              G  D6add2/F#
to make you so proud in my eyes

Chorus:
Em             Bm
Fallin' out of sleep
Em            Bm  A
crawlin' over me
            G   D6add2/F#  
to the last goodbyes
    Em    Dsus2/A  Em
who cares why?

Interlude:
Bm       Em       A 
Tuesdays come and gone
Bm       Em      A 
restless still I drive
Bm     Em           A
try to leave it all behind

Chorus:
Em             Bm
fallin' out of sleep
Em               Bm
fallin' with the leaves
Em                 Bm
I go crawlin' over me

Bridge:
Dsus2/A
Once upon a time in my life
Dsus2/A
Once upon a time in my life
Dsus2/A
Once upon a time in my life
Dsus2/A
Once upon a time in my life

       Dsus2/A  G  D6add2/F#
I went falling
       Dsus2/A  G  D6add2/F#
I went falling

|Dsus2/A |G |D6add2/F# |

Verse (Guitar 1 plays r1 4x):
Dsus2/A  G        D6add2/F#
Mother I hope you know
Dsus2/A G        D6add2/F#
that  I miss you so
Dsus2/A             G  D6add2/F#
time has ravaged on my soul
   Dsus2/A              G     D6add2/F#   Dsus2/A
to wipe a mothers tears grown cold