In The Arms Of Sleep

Song: In the Arms of Sleep Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins Album: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Released: 1995 ### Disclaimer: I haven’t seen a tab out there yet which gives the correct tuning and therefore the correct chord voicings for this song according to the actual album music. HOWEVER this is probably because it’s really weird and annoying to play it "by the book" and you can get a very similar sounding cover with some simple modifications. I will give both the album version and a simplified version I picked up years ago. (I know I just made a big stink about proper nomenclature but I won’t be giving the technically correct chord names for my Simplified Version... please don’t judge me!) ALBUM VERSION:                     SIMPLIFIED VERSION: Tuning: *           Tuning: Chords:                            Chords: G#m:     46600x                    G#m:   466400 F#sus:   24400x                    F#:    244200 E:       022000                    E:     022100 Amaj9:   577000                    Asus:  577600 B:       7997xx                    Bsus:  799800 F#7sus2: 244000            *the G string tuning is ’natural’ in the album version and thus one 1/2 step (semi-tone) higher than all other strings Time signature = 6/8 played slowly @ 64 Intro. slow upward strum of the chord starting on the string as pick up to the first bar G#m (2 bars) F#sus (2 bars) Repeat VERSE 1 G#m                 F#sus                      G#m      Sleep will not come   to this tired body now                     F#sus                         E      Peace will not come   to this lonely he----art      There are some things I live without      But I want you to know                  Amaj9     G#m                  F#sus      That I need you right now       I need you tonight E (2 bars)                             G#m (2 bars) F#sus (2 bars) Repeat VERSE 2                 G#m            F#sus                            G#m      I steal a kiss    from her sleeping shadow moves                        F#sus                         E      Cause I’ll always miss her   where ever she goes      And I’ll always need her more than she       could ever need me      I need someone to ease my mind      But sometimes a someone is so-oo hard to fi--ind CHORUS                                                                  And I’ll do anything to keep her here tonight      And I’ll say anything to make her feel alright      And I’ll be anything to keep her here tonight                  Cause I want you to stay           with me                      F#7sus2 (2 bars)  E (2 bars)      I need you tonight VERSE 3                         G#m               F#sus                      G#m      She comes to me    like an angel out of time                    F#sus                 E      As I play the part of a saint on my knees      There are some things I live without    but I want you to know      That I need you right now--oow--oow OUTRO                                               Suffer my desire suffer my desire suffer my desire for you      Suffer my desire suffer my desire suffer my desire for you                 For you-oo Amaj9   G#m     Foooor you END                                            Thanks very much! I hope this has helped someone. Either way it was cathartic for me :)