Song: In the Arms of Sleep
Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins
Album: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Released: 1995
### Disclaimer: I haven't seen a tab out there yet which gives the correct tuning,
and therefore the correct chord voicings, for this song according to the actual
album music. HOWEVER, this is probably because it's really weird and annoying to
play it "by the book", and you can get a very similar sounding cover with some
simple modifications. I will give both the album version, and a simplified version
I picked up years ago. (I know I just made a big stink about proper nomenclature,
but I won't be giving the technically correct chord names for my Simplified
Version... please don't judge me!)
ALBUM VERSION: SIMPLIFIED VERSION:
Tuning: Eb Ab Db G* Bb Eb Tuning: E A D G B E
Chords: Chords:
G#m: 46600x G#m: 466400
F#sus: 24400x F#: 244200
E: 022000 E: 022100
Amaj9: 577000 Asus: 577600
B: 7997xx Bsus: 799800
F#7sus2: 244000
*the G string tuning is 'natural' in the album version, and thus one 1/2 step
(semi-tone) higher than all other strings
Time signature = 6/8, played slowly @ 64
Intro.
slow upward strum of the G#m chord, starting on the b string, as a pick up to the first bar
G#m (2 bars)
F#sus (2 bars)
Repeat
VERSE 1
G#m F#sus G#m
Sleep will not come to this tired body now
F#sus E
Peace will not come to this lonely he----art
Amaj9 G#m
There are some things I live without
E
But I want you to know
Amaj9 G#m F#sus
That I need you right now I need you tonight
E (2 bars)
G#m (2 bars)
F#sus (2 bars)
Repeat
VERSE 2
G#m F#sus G#m
I steal a kiss from her sleeping shadow moves
F#sus E
Cause I'll always miss her where ever she goes
Amaj9 G#m E
And I'll always need her more than she could ever need me
Amaj9 G#m
I need someone to ease my mind
Amaj9 B
But sometimes a someone is so-oo hard to fi--ind
CHORUS
Amaj9 B
And I'll do anything to keep her here tonight
Amaj9 B
And I'll say anything to make her feel alright
Amaj9 E Amaj9 G#m
And I'll be anything to keep her here tonight
E Amaj9 G#m
Cause I want you to stay with me
F#7sus2 (2 bars) E (2 bars)
I need you tonight
VERSE 3
G#m F#sus G#m
She comes to me like an angel out of time
F#sus E
As I play the part of a saint on my knees
Amaj9 G#m E
There are some things I live without but I want you to know
Amaj9 G#m
That I need you right now--oow--oow
OUTRO
Amaj9 G#m Amaj9 G#m Amaj9 G#m E
Suffer my desire, suffer my desire, suffer my desire for you
Amaj9 G#m Amaj9 G#m Amaj9 G#m E
Suffer my desire, suffer my desire, suffer my desire for you
Amaj9 G#m E
For you-oo
E
Amaj9 G#m Foooor you
END
Thanks very much! I hope this has helped someone. Either way, it was cathartic for me :)
