The Smashing Pumpkins – By Starlight (Guitar)

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[Intro] (You can throw in quick 9th notes in here and there on the C's for variety, same goes for the verses.) C C C C C Cmaj7 Gm F [Verse ]
   C              Cmaj7         Gm        F
By starlight I'll kiss you and promise to be your one and 

C     Cmaj7 Gm F
only.

     C             Cmaj7     Gm           F
I'll make you feel happy and leave you to be lost in 

C     Cmaj7 Gm F
mine.

C                Cmaj7 Gm             F (Emphasised downstrokes on Gm and F)
And where will we go,    what will we do?

Dm        G
Soon said I, will 

C     Cmaj7        Gm                F
know.          And are you just like me?

C          Cmaj7      Gm                F   Dm (Emphasised; cut the
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?     F short to make room)

Am         G               Dm            F
Her eyes, her eyes were as vacant as the seas.

C          Cmaj7      Gm                F
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?  And

Dm   G        C                F
all along, we knew we'd carry on

Dm        G      C Cmaj7 Gm F
Just to belong.

   C           Cmaj7        Gm          F
By starlight I know you, as lovely as a wish granted

C      Cmaj7 Gm F
true.

   C             Cmaj7     Gm              F
My life has been empty, my life has been untrue.

Dm           G            C            F
And does she really know, who I really am?

Dm           G
And does she really know me?

   C    Cmaj7   Gm                F
At last.....and are you just like me?

C          Cmaj7      Gm                F    Dm
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?

Am         G               Dm            F
Her eyes, her eyes were as vacant as the seas.

C          Cmaj7      Gm                F
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?

C  Cmaj7  Gm                F
Oooohhh...are you just like me?
(Fade and repeat. The words vary a bit, there's a lot of "ooohs", etc.)