BY STARLIGHT - Mellon COllie and the Infinite Sadness

Transcribed by Adam Morris

Tuning: 1/2 step down

Here is another tab from MCIS!

CORDS USED:

       E A D G B E
C#     x 4 6 6 6 4
G#m    4 6 6 4 4 x
F#     2 4 4 3 2 2
D#5    x 6 8 8 x x
G#(i)  4 3 x 5 x x  <---Keep an eye on this chord when it comes up..
Bb5    6 8 8 x x x      If you play a normal G# it will sound terrible!!
G#(ii) 4 6 6 x x x

BEFORE PLAYING, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE CHORDS USED


The C# is played as a single string pattern most of the time.
In the verses the C# is played:

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-------6-
-----6---
-6-------
-4-------
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INTRO: C#  G#m  F#

   C#
by starlight i'll kiss you

    G#m        F#		    C#
and promise to be your one and only


i'll make you feel happy

    G#m          F#             C#
and leave you to be lost in mine

                     G#m              F#
and where will we go,    what will we do?

D#5       G#(i)       C#
soon said i, will know   (lead fill 1)

    G#m 	      F#    C#
and are you just like me?  

                      G#m 	        F#     D#5
dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?

Bb5        G#(ii)                  D#5            F#
   her eyes,     her eyes  were as vacant as the seas

C#            G#m               F#
   dead eyes, are you just like me?

    D#5  G#(i)    C#              F#
and all along, we knew we'd carry on

D#5       G#(i)  (play 2nd fret on the B string here)
just to belong


C#  G#m  F#  (play 3rd fret on the G string here)


   C#
by starlight i know you

   G#m         F#                C#  (lead fill 2)
as lovely as a wish granted true

                           G#m             F#   (lead fill 3 over the top)
my life has been empty, my life has been untrue (of this line)

D#5              G#(i)        C#           F#
    and does she really know, who i really am?

D#5          G#(i)                   C#   (lead fill 1)
    does she really know me at last 

G#m               F#    C#
are you just like me?

		      G#m               F#   D#5
dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?

Bb5        G#(ii)                  D#5            F#    C#
   her eyes,     her eyes  were as vacant as the seas

	
	              G#m               F#   D#5   C#
dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?


G#m               F#    C#
are you just like me?



LEAD FILL 1             (1/2)
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-6/9~~~----6/9~~--11-9-7-6b------------
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LEAD FILL 2             
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--4--6/76--4--6~~~~-------------------
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LEAD FILL 3             
-------4--------------------2----------
--4-----------4-------------4-x--------
-----5---------------------------------
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That is about it.  There is a bit of lead in the 
outro that I left out, but other than that most of
it is here.  I am fairly proud of my efforts with
this TAB so any comments would be greatly appreciated.

benmo@deakin.edu.au

Adam Morris