• Song:

    My Dahlia

  • Artist:

    Smashing Pumpkins

My Dahlia
Words and Music by Billy Corgan.
Standard Tuning: E A D G B E

Chord Fingerings:
   F#m B  Em A  D  Bm 
E| 2   2  0  0  2  2
B| 2   4  0  2  3  3
G| 2   4  0  2  2  4
D| 4   4  2  2  0  4
A| 4   2  2  0  x  2
E| 2   x  0  x  x  x

Fig1
  F#m             B  
|----2---5-----2------2-----2-----|
|------2---2------5-----4-----2---|
|---------------------------------|
|-4----------4------4-----4-------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

Fig1>2x
Fig1>4x over:
|F#m |B |F#m |B |
|F#m |B |F#m |B |

(with Fig1)
   F#m      B
To taste my fear
F#m            B
Summon up your demons, dear
F#m        B     F#m   B
I left you open, wondering
         F#m B    F#m      B 
When you lie   to break my heart

Em A
My dahlia
Em A 
My dahlia dear
Em A
My dahlia
Em D  A
My dahlia dear

Fig1>4x over:
|F#m |B |F#m |B |
|F#m |B |F#m |B |

(with Fig1)
     F#m   B  
I'll break into
F#m            B
Losing in your choices made
   F#m 
My words
   B
My promise
F#m   B
Say I am
         F#m  B    F#m      B
When you lie    to break my heart
         F#m  B      F#m      B
When you lie    I'll break to break

Em A
My dahlia
Em A 
My dahlia dear
Em A
My dahlia
Em D  A
My dahlia dear

Bm
F#m A      Bm
Anyone can see
       F#m      A       Bm
You're laughing down at me
     F#m      A   Bm  
It's easy for you now

Acoustic solo over (with Fig1):
|F#m |B |F#m |B |
|F#m |B |F#m |B |

     F#m         B
your ways  won't change
F#m            B
We got what we gathered here
F#m        B     F#m   B
I left you open, wondering
         F#m B    F#m      B 
When you lie   to break my heart
         F#m  B      F#m      B
When you lie    I'll break to break

Em A
My dahlia
Em A 
My dahlia dear
Em A
My dahlia
Em D  A
My dahlia dear

Bm
F#m A      Bm
Anyone can see
       F#m      A       Bm
You're laughing down at me
     F#m      A   Bm    F#m   
It's easy for you now
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