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Spaceboy Guitar Tablature
The Smashing Pumpkins
Spaceboy
Off Siamese Dream (1993)
Written by Billy Corgan
Tabbed by Jimi 
Standard Tuning


This song´s played on two Acoustic Guitars
supported by an Orchestra. The second guitar
doubles the first one.

Guitar 1: Billy Corgan
Guitar 2: James Iha



Chords

   G  Am/G Em/G C/G  D   Em  F5
|--3---3----3----3---2---0---0---|
|--3---1----0----1---3---0---0---|
|--0---2----0----0---2---0---0---|
|--0---2----2----2---0---2---3---|
|--2---0----2----3---x---2---3---|
|--3---x----0----x---x---0---1---|



Main Riff:

Billy
|-----------------|
|--0----0-0---0---|
|--0----0-0---0---| 3 times
|--3/5--5-5/9-9---|
|--3/5--5-5/9-9---|
|--1/3--3-3/7-7---|

Billy
|------0-------0------------------|
|--0------0-------0---------------|
|--0------0-------0---------------|
|--7---10-10---10-10-10---10-10---|
|--7---10-10---10-10-10---10-10---|
|--5---8--8----8--8--8----8--8----|


(Main Riff)


Chorus:

(Chords are strummed)

          G      Am/G         Em/G
Spaceboy, I´ve missed you, spinning round my head

   C/G     G       D     Em  
and anyway you chose me, I´ll break instead


(Main Riff twice)


Interlude:

This is played when he sings "I want to go home…"

Billy + James
|------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0---0--0--0---0-0--0-0---0--0--0---0-0------| 
|--0-0---0--0--0---0-0--0-0---0--0--0---0-0------| 3 times
|--9-9---10-10-10--5-5--9-9---10-10-10--5-5--9---|
|--9-9---10-10-10--5-5--9-9---10-10-10--5-5--9---|
|--7-7---8--8--8---3-3--7-7---8--8—-8---3-3--7---|

Billy + James along with the Orchestra
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--0--0-0--0--0-0---0--0-0--0--0-0---0--0-0--0--0-0---|
|--0—-0-0--0--0-0---0--0-0--0--0-0---0--0-0--0--0-0---|
|--3--3-3--2--2-2---3--3-3--5--5-5---3--3-3--2--2-2---|
|--3--3-3--2--2-2---3--3-3--5--5-5---3--3-3--2--2-2---|
|--1--1-1--0--0-0---1--1-1--3--3-3---1--1-1--0--0-0---|

|-----------------------|  
|--0--0-0--0--0--0--0---|
|--0--0-0--0--0--0--0---| repeat 
|--3--3-3--5--5--5--5---|
|--3--3-3--5--5--5--5---|
|--1--1-1--3--3--3--3---|


C/G        G
Spaceboy, they´ll kill me

Am/G              Em/G
before I´m dead and gone

C/G        G
and anyway they chose me,

   D       Em   F5
it won´t be long

C/G        G
and anyway they chose me,

 D
we won´t be lone


Outro:

Billy + James
|-----3-------3-------3--3--3-3--3--3---|
|-----0-------0-------0--0--0-0--0--0---|
|--0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0--0-0--0--0---| 
|--3--3--3-3--3--3-3--0--0--0-0--0--0---|
|--3--3--3-3--3--3-3--2--2--2-2--2--0---|
|--1--1--1-1--1--1-1--3--3--3-3--3--2---|

This is played till the end 

End on: F5
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