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!