The Smashing Pumpkins – By Starlight (Ukulele)

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Pretty song, easy to play. There's some sort of phaser going on, but it sounds nice acoustically, too. Intro: (you can throw in quick 9th notes in here and there on the C's for variety...same goes for the verses) |D|D|D|D|D|Gmaj7|Am|C|
   D              Gmaj7         Am        C
By starlight I'll kiss you and promise to be your one and 

D     Gmaj7 Am C
only.

     D             Gmaj7     Am           C
I'll make you feel happy and leave you to be lost in 

D     Gmaj7 Am C
mine.

D                Gmaj7 Am             C (Emphasised downstrokes on Am and C)
And where will we go,    what will we do?

Am        D
Soon said I, will 

D     Gmaj7        Am                C
know.          And are you just like me?

D          Gmaj7      Am                C   Am (Emphasised; cut the
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?     F short to make room)

D         Gmaj7           Am            C
Her eyes, her eyes were as vacant as the seas.

D          Gmaj7      Am                C
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?  And

Am   D        D                C
all along, we knew we'd carry on

Am        D      D Gmaj7 Am C
Just to belong.

   D           Gmaj7        Am          C
By starlight I know you, as lovely as a wish granted

D      Gmaj7 Am C
true.

   D             Gmaj7     Am              C
My life has been empty, my life has been untrue.

Am           D            D            C
And does she really know, who I really am?
Dm G (Hold, maybe give it a slow upstroke or something) And does she really know me?
   D    Gmaj7   Am                C
At last.....and are you just like me?

D          Gmaj7      Am                C    Am (As above)
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?

D         Gmaj7            Am            C
Her eyes, her eyes were as vacant as the seas.

D          Gmaj7      Am                C
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?

D  Gmaj7  Am                C
Oooohhh...are you just like me?
(Fade and repeat. The words vary a bit, there's a lot of "ooohhs", etc...)