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Song

"Saturnine", by the Smashing Pumpkins

From the Machina II album and Judas O

Tabbed by Patrick Vacek

Standard tuning, unlike most Pumpkins songs.

Verse

"To the ages I am sleeping..."

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------5--2--7--5------|
|-2----------5----2----5--2--7--5--2---|
|-2----------5----2----3--0--5--3--2---|
|-0----------3----0----------------0---|

Chorus

"We are inside..."

|--2---------2---------|
|--3---------3---------|
|--2---------2----5----|
|--0----2----0----5----|
|-------2---------3----|
|-------0--------------|

Verse 2

"How I'd love..." x6

|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|--0--7--5--10--|

Chorus 2

"Saturnine, How I'd love..."

|--2---------2---------2--------------|
|--3---------3---------3--------------|
|--2---------2---------2----5---------|
|--0----2----0----2----0----5----2----|
|-------2---------2---------3----2----|
|-------0---------0--------------0----|

Verse 3

"Camera take this picture..."

|----------------------------2---------|
|----------------------------3---------|
|----------------------5--2--2--5------|
|-2----------5----2----5--2--0--5--2---|
|-2----------5----2----3--0-----3--2---|
|-0----------3----0----------------0---|

Chorus 3

"We are inside..."

|--2---------2---------2---------|
|--3---------3---------3---------|
|--2---------2---------2----5----|
|--0----2----0----2----0----5----|
|-------2---------2---------3----|
|-------0---------0--------------|

Outro

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--9--7--9--7--5--4--|
|--7--5--7--5--3--2--|

End on

|--0--|
|--0--|
|--0--|
|--2--|
|--2--|
|--0--|

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