artist: smashing pumpkins
song: behold! the nightmare
album: adore
tuning: open Dminor (low to high) D, A, D, F, A, D
intro: just stay on the same chord for about four bars I think
----2----------0-------------------------------------------------------0------------0---------------------------------|
----0----------0-------------------------------------------------------0------------0---------------------------------|
----1----------2-------------------------------------------------------1------------2---------------------------------|
----0----------4-------------------------------------------------------0------------4---------------------------------|
----0----------4-------------------------------------------------------0------------4---------------------------------|
----0----------4-------------------------------------------------------0------------4---------------------------------|
"I've faced the fathoms in your deep" "withstood the
quiet siege"
-----0------0------------------------------------------0-----------------------------------------------------|
-----0------0------------------------------------------0-----------------------------------------------------|
-----1------2------------------------------------------x-----------------------------------------------------|
-----0------4------------------------------------------4-----------------------------------------------------|
-----0------4------------------------------------------5-----------------------------------------------------|
-----0------4------------------------------------------5-----------------------------------------------------|
"pulled down the heavens just to please you, appease you the wind blows, and I know"
-----0------------0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----0------------0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----8------------2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----7------------2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----7------------2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----7------------2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
play these two chords over and over until:
----0-----------------------|
----0-----------------------|
----x-----------------------|
----4-----------------------|
----5-----------------------|
----5-----------------------|
"the coarse tide reflects sky and the"
----2-----------0-------x------x--|
----0-----------0-------4------4--|
----1-----------1-------1------4--|
----0-----------0-------0------2--|
----0-----------0-------0------x--|
----0-----------0-------0------4--|
"night-mare rides on" play x4
-----0---------|
-----0---------|
-----x---------|
-----4---------|
-----5---------|
-----5---------|
"what I fear, is lost here, the wind blows, and I know"
time signature change, to 6/8
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------0--------0-------0-------0--------0-----------0------0------------------------|
-----1---------2--------4------3-------2------2----6-----------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------5------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--0---------2--------4---------3-------2------------5----------------------------------|
play this through once and then repeat with the lyrics
"all you have to do, is run away and steal, yourself from me, become a mystery
to gaze into"
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------0-------------------------------------------------------|
----8------4---6----6----6-------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------0----------0-------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----7------4---5-----------------------------------------------------------------|
x2
"your so cruel, in all you do"
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---8-----4----6------4--3--2----------------------------------------------------|
---x-----x----x-------x--x--x---------------------------------------------------|
---7-----4----5------4--3--2----------------------------------------------------|
---7-----4----5------4--3--2----------------------------------------------------|
"but still I believe, I believe, you"
time signature change back to 4/4
-----0----------0-----------------------------|
-----0----------0-----------------------------|
-----1----------2-----------------------------|
-----0----------2-----------------------------|
-----0----------2-----------------------------|
-----0----------2-----------------------------| just these two chords back and forward for a while
I can't be bothered to transcribe the guitar solo, but I will tell you that it is tuned to drop-D one
1/4 tone below standard pitch, with the maximum signal level you can possibly get
next is
--------0---------------------|
--------0---------------------|
--------6---------------------|
--------4---------------------|
--------x---------------------|
--------5---------------------|
"so may you come with your own knives, you'll never take me alive
with all the force of what is true, is there nothing I can do"
---0-----0-----------------|
---0-----0-----------------|
---8-----2-----------------|
---7-----2-----------------|
---7-----2-----------------|
---7-----2-----------------|these two back and forth again
and repeat this until the end
-----2-----0-----x----x---------------------------|
-----0-----0-----4----4---------------------------|
-----1-----1-----1----4---------------------------|
-----0-----0-----0----2---------------------------|
-----0-----0-----0----x---------------------------|
-----0-----0-----0----4---------------------------|
