Learn and Play Music: Once Upon A Time guitar chords - Smashing Pumpkins tabs

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  Song:    Once Upon A Time (as performed live)
   Release: Adore
   Artist:  The Smashing Pumpkins
   Authors: 1. Craig Newnes 
            2. Michael Ries 
   Tuning:  standard
  
  
  Chord Fingerings: 
  
     Dsus2/A  G  Dsus2/F#  Em  Bm  A   Dsus2 
  E| 0        3  0         0   2   0   0 
  B| 3        3  3         0   3   2   3 
  G| 2        0  2         0   4   2   2 
  D| 0        0  0         2   4   2   0 
  A| 0        2 (0)        2   2   0   x 
  E| x        3  2         0   x   x   x 
    
  
  |Dsus2/A   G |Dsus2/F# | 
  |Dsus2/A   G |Dsus2/F# | 
  
  Dsus2/A G   Dsus2/F# 
  Mother  I'm tired 
       Dsus2/A   G  Dsus2/F# 
  come surrender my song 
  Dsus2/A             G  Dsus2/F# 
  time has ravaged on my soul 
     Dsus2/A                  G Dsus2/F# 
  no plans to leave but still I go 
  
  Em                Bm 
  Falling without a reason 
  Em                  Bm 
  I go falling out of sleep 
  A            Dsus2  Dsus2/F# 
  to the last goodbyes 
      Em    Dsus2/A  G  Dsus/F# 
  who cares why 
  
  Dsus2/A G    Dsus2/F# 
  Mother  I've tried 
  Dsus2/A G  Dsus2/F# 
  wasting my life 
  Dsus2/A            G Dsus2/F# 
  I haven't given up I lied 
     Dsus2/A              G  Dsus2/F# 
  to make you so proud in my eyes 
  
  Em             Bm 
  Falling out of sleep 
  Em            Bm 
  crawling over me 
  A           Dsus2   Dsus2/F# 
  to the last goodbyes 
      Em    Dsus2/A  Em 
  who cares why 
  
  Bm        Em       A 
  Tuesday's come and gone 
  Bm       Em      A 
  restless still I drive 
  Bm     Em           Dsus2/A  G  Dsus2/F# 
  try to leave it all behind 
  
  Em             Bm 
  Falling out of sleep 
  Em              Bm 
  falling without need 
       Em            Bm 
  I go crawling over me 
  
  Dsus2/A             G  Dsus2/F# 
  Once upon a time in my life 
  Dsus2/A             G  Dsus2/F# 
  Once upon a time in my life 
  Dsus2/A             G  Dsus2/F# 
  Once upon a time in my life 
  Dsus2/A             G  Dsus2/F# 
  Once upon a time in my life 
  
            Dsus2    G Dsus2/F# 
  I've been falling 
  Dsus2/A  G Dsus2/F# 
  falling 
  
  |Dsus2  G |Dsus2/F# | 
  
  Dsus2/A  G        Dsus2/F# 
  Mother I miss you so 
       Dsus2/A   G  Dsus2/F# 
  come surrender my song 
  Dsus2/A             G  Dsus2/F# 
  time has ravaged on my soul 
     Dsus2/A               G     Dsus2/F# 
  to kill a mother's tears grown cold
  
  
  version 2
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  Tabbed by Michael Ries 
  
  Beautiful acoustic song,fairly simple.
  There is some fingerpicking on one of the guitars 
  but it is really simple it is just an pregiation 
  up and down the neck. 
  
  
  Chords Used
  -----------
    Dsus2 G D/F# Bm Em A
  E 0      3 x     2    0  0
  B 3      0 0    3    0  2
  G 2      0 2     4    0  2
  D 0      0 0     4    2  2
  A 0      2 0     2    2  0
  E x      3 2     x    0   x
  
  INTRO
  Dsus2-G-D/F#-Dsus2-G-D/F#
  
  VERSE
  Dsus2  G   D/F#
  Mother I'm tired
  Dsus2          G  D/F#
  come surrender my son
  Dsus2               G  D/F#
  time has ravaged on my soul
  Dsus2                       G D/F#
  no plans to leave but still I go
  
  CHORUS
  Em               Bm
  Fallin' with the leaves
  Em             Bm    A
  fallin' out of sleep
  A           G   D/F# 
  to the last goodbyes
  Em        Dsus2
  who cares why? 
  
  Dsus2-G-D/F#
  
  VERSE
  Dsus2  G    D/F#
  Mother I've tried
  Dsus2   G  D/F# 
  wasting my life
  Dsus2               G D/F#
  I haven't given up, I lie
  Dsus2                   G  D/F#
  to make you so proud in my eyes
  
  
  CHORUS
  Em             Bm
  Fallin' out of sleep
  Em            Bm  A
  crawlin' over me
  A           G  D/F# 
  to the last goodbyes
  Em        Dsus2  D/F#
  who cares why?
  
  BRIDGE
  Bm       Em       A
  Tuesdays come and gone
  Bm       Em       A
  restless still I drive
  Bm     Em           A      D/F#
  try to leave it all behind
  
  CHORUS
  Em             Bm
  fallin' out of sleep
  Em              Bm
  Fallin with the leaves
  Em                A
  I go crawlin over me
  Dsus2
  Once upon a time in my life
  Dsus2
  Once upon a time in my life
  Dsus2
  Once upon a time in my life
  Dsus2
  Once upon a time in my life
  Dsus2      G  D/F#
  I went falling
  Dsus2      G  D/F#
  I went falling
  
  Dsus2-G-D/F#
  
  VERSE
  Dsus2    G        D/F#
  Mother I hope you know
  Dsus2           G  D/F#
  that I miss you so
  Dsus2               G  D/F#
  time has ravaged on my soul
  Dsus2                  G     D/F#
  to wipe a mothers tear grown cold
  
  end on Dsus2
  
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