In The Arms Of Sleep Acordes

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 :)
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