Winterlong by The Smashing Pumpkins (from the album 'Judas 0')
tabbed by John Halfpenny ([email protected])

Yet another gorgeous, pretty little song from Billy Corgan.

Drop D tuning (low to high DADGBe)

Play the verse part for all the lyrics marked [Verse], and fingerpick the chords above the words for the chorus, changing roughly where indicated above the lyrics. That's plenty for you to figure out a good version for yourself. :) You can play in standard tuning if you wish, but in drop D you can sort of play the bass guitar part as well for the main verse riff, and I find it sounds better on a single instrument.

Chords used (in drop D):

 Dsus2 000230     Fmaj7 xx3210
    Am x02210        Em 222000


Verse:

e |----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |3---------3-----3---------3-----3---------------3---------3-----|
G |------0-------0-------0-------0-0---------------2-----2-------0-|
D |----0-------0-------0-------0------sl-7-sl--2---0---0-------0---|
A |3---------------2-----------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------3--sl-7-sl--2---0---------------|


[Verse]
And if I fall into you all
Will my reign cease and dissolve?
Some come to harm others to grace
So let my friends fly under these wings

[Chorus]
Dsus2                     Am 
We're giving it up to the sun
                          Dsus2
We're giving it up to the moon
                          Am
We're giving it up to the hour
                          Dsus2
We're giving it up from a room
                             Am
Know when there's nowhere to run
                              Dsus2
Know when there's not much to lose
                      Am                             Dsus2
Sometimes it seems so long since you had a chance to refuse
Fmaj7            Dsus2
We built a fire. Winterlong
Fmaj7                 Dsus2
Transformed new I am. Winterlong
Fmaj7                Em                       Dsus2
I was the first one, I was the last one to be strong

Am / Dsus2 / Am / Dsus2

[Verse]
And if I fall into you all
Will the silence shatter and stall?
Some feel movement others stand still
So let the moment become my will

[Chorus]
Dsus2                     Am
We're giving it up to the sun
                          Dsus2
We're giving it up to the moon
                          Am
We're giving it up to the hour
                          Dsus2
We're giving it up from a rose
                             Am
Know when there's nowhere to run
                              Dsus2
Know when there's not much to lose
                       Am                      Dsus2
So why does it take so long to find out who is who?
Fmaj7            Dsus2
We built a fire. Winterlong
Fmaj7                 Dsus2
Transformed new I am. Winterlong
Fmaj7                Em                       Dsus2
I was the first one, I was the last one to be strong

Am / Dsus2

                          Am
We're giving it up to the sun
                          Dsus2
We're giving it up to the moon
                          Am
We're giving it up to the hour
                             Dsus2
We're giving it up from your room
                          Am
We're giving it up to the sun
                          Dsus2
We're giving it up to the moon


Outro:

e |------0----------------0------------------------|
B |------3----------------3------------------------|
G |------0-several strums-0-several strums---------| repeat until
D |0h4---4-----then-------4-----then-------0-2---2-|     end
A |0-----0----------------3----------------0-2---2-|
D |0-----0---------------------------------0-2---2-|