the Smashing Pumpkins
to Forgive
Off Mellon Collie & the infinite Sadness:
Dawn to dusk (1995)
Written by Billy Corgan
Tabbed by Jimi
Eb

A fantastic song with an extraordinary
Bass and the great guitar work of James
Iha and Billy Corgan. Mix this up with
very smooth reverb. This song?s studio 
version was played on a ***ed up Fender 
Twin Reverb Amp. 


Intro:

(Main Riff)

Billy + James
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------3---------------------------------------|
|------2-------------------------------------------| 2x
|----0---0--------2---2------4---4-------4-----0---|
|---------------0---0------2-------2-----2p0-0-----|
|--3----------2----------0-----0-----0-0-----3-----|


Billy
|-----------(0)------------------|
|-----------(0)------------------|
|--------------------------------| 2x
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--7---9--/5-----------0--2--3---|

James
|------------------0---0-----3---|
|------------------3---0-----3---|
|---------------2--2---0-----0---| 2x 
|----0-------2-----2---2-----0---|
|--2---2-2/4-0-----0---2-----2---|
|----------------------0--2--3---|


Verse:

Main Riff (first Intro Riff) 4 times

"Ten times removed"
"I forgot about where it all began"
"Bastard son of a bastard son of"
"a wild eyed child of the sun"

Second Intro Riff 2 times

"And right as rain, I?m not the same"
"But I feel the same, I feel nothing"


Chorus Riffs:

Billy
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--0-----------2------------------------------| 2x
|--0-----------0--------4---4-----------------|
|--2-----------0------2-------2-----2p0---0---|
|--3-----------2----0-----0-----0-0-----3-----|

James
|--3-----------0------------------------------|
|--3-----------3------------------------------|
|--0-----------2------------------------------| 2x
|--0-----------0--------4---4-------4-----0---|
|--2-----------x------2-------2-----2p0-0-----|
|--3-----------2----0-----0-----0-0-----3-----|

"Holding back the fool again"
"Holding back the fool pretends"


Billy + (James)
|-(3)---------(0)---3----------(0)---|
|-(3)---------(3)---3----------(3)---|
|--0-----------2----0-----------2----|
|--0-----------0----0-----------2----|
|--2--------(x)0----2-----------0----|
|--3-----------2---------------------|

"I forget to forget, nothing is important"


Billy
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--0-----------2------------------------------| 2x
|--0-----------0--------4---4-----------------|
|--2-----------0------2-------2-----2p0---0---|
|--3-----------2----0-----0-----0-0-----3-----|

James
|--3-----------0------------------------------|
|--3-----------3------------------------------|
|--0-----------2------------------------------| 2x
|--0-----------0--------4---4-------4-----0---|
|--2-----------x------2-------2-----2p0-0-----|
|--3-----------2----0-----0-----0-0-----3-----|

"Holding back the fool again"


Verse:

Main Riff 4 times

"I sensed my loss"
"Before I even learned to talk"
"And I remember my birthdays"
"Empty party afternoons won?t come back"


Chorus: same

Bridge:

Billy + James
|--0-----0-----0-----0--0---|
|--0-----0-----0-----3--0---|
|--2-----4-----4-----2--0---| 
|--2-----4-----2-----0--2---|
|--0-----2-----4--------2---|
|-----------------------0---|

"I forget to forget me"


Billy + James
|--0-----3-----0-----0--0---|
|--3-----3-----0-----0--0---|
|--2-----0-----2-----4--4---| 
|--0-----0-----2-----4--2---|
|--x-----2-----0-----2--4---|
|--2-----3------------------|

"I forget to forget you see"


Billy + James
|--0-----0-----0-----3--0---|
|--3-----0-----3-----3--0---|
|--2-----0-----2-----0--2---| 
|--0-----2-----0-----0--2---|
|--------2-----x-----2--0---|
|--------0-----2-----3------|

"Nothing is important to me"


Billy (clean) + James (wha-wha)
|--0-----0-----0-----0--0---|
|--0-----0-----3-----0--3---|
|--4-----4-----2-----0--2---| 
|--4-----2-----0-----2--0---|
|--2-----4-----------2--x---|
|--------------------0--2---|


Verse:

Main Riff 4 times

"I knew my loss"
"Before I even learned to speak"
"And all along I knew it was wrong"
"But I played along with my birthday song"


Chorus: same


Very cool song...I love it!