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Stumbleine
Smashing Pumpkins
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Smashing Pumpkins - Stumbleine (Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness)
So I know that the album version involves finger picking but I was
inspired to provide the chords after seeing this beautiful new version
of the song performed at Space 15 Twenty, Los Angeles on 17th April 2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72bgBjs1idI
Lyrics are accurate to this performance, not the album.
Tuning Standard : EADGBE
Chords used: D, Dsus4, Bm, A, G, Em, Cadd9
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Intro: D, Dsus4, Bm, A, D, Dsus4
Bm A D Dsus4
Boredom's in the bathroom shaking out the loose teeth
Bm A D Dsus4
Sally's in the stirrups claiming her destiny
Bm A G Em
And nobody nowhere understands anything about me
Cadd9 G Bm Em D Dsus4
And all my dreams lost at sea
Bm A D Dsus4
Jack it up Judy set your heart alight
Bm A D Dsus4
Mayfair mistress of the satellites
Bm A G Em
Misspent youth faking up a rampage to hold off
Cadd9 G Bm Em
The real slaves paid off and staid
D Bm G D Bm G Cadd9 G
And what you never knew, can never get to you... so fake it
D Bm G
I'll be your Stumbleine
D Bm G Cadd9 G
I'll be your super queen... and fake you
Bm (Pause) A D Dsus4
Jukebox fuck up hanging round the drugstore
Bm A D Dsus4
No matter what you say he'll be back for more
Bm A D Dsus4
Mommy's in the manger with the little kids
Bm A G
She's got her reasons, got my forgets
Em Cadd9 G Bm
of tears and idle threats misplaced and
D Bm G D Bm G Cadd9 G
And what you never knew, can never get to you... so fake it
D Bm G
I'll be your Stumbleine
D Bm G Cadd9 G D Dsus4
I'll be your super queen... and make you me
Bm A D Dsus4
Come around Ruby I could never sleep alone
Bm A D
I'm down on sunset on the telephone
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