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Song

Title: Lily

Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins

Album: Mellon Collie

Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb

Riff1

G|---------------------------------------|
D|5--5------5--5------7--7------7--7---7-|
A|-----5--5------5--7------7--7------7---|
E|---------------------------------------|

Chorus (go directly from the end of Riff1 to Riff2 for the chorus)

Riff2

G|--------------------------------------------------:-----------|
D|9--9------9--9----9-7--7------7--7----7-5--5-7--7-:-----------| Repeat
A|-----9--9------9---------7--7------7--------------:---------5-|
E|--------------------------------------------------:8--8--8----|

When he says "...could only see me" play an A.

At the "If I could kiss her I wouldn't mind" part.

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|2--2------2--2------0--0-----0--0-------2--2-----2--2---------------------------------|
E|-----2--2------2--0------0--0-----0--2-------2--2------2---2--5--5-5--5-10--10-10--10-|

To Riff1

Author of this tab unknown, but thanks to them!!

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