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Thru the Eyes of Ruby Guitar Tablature
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Thru the eyes of ruby
Off Mellon Coliie and the infinte sadness:
Twilight to starlight (1995)
Written by Billy Corgan and James Iha
Tabbed by Jimi


I replaced my first version of this song by 
this one. Now the tab is far more accurate, 
I arranged it for two guitars,like in the 
live versions and did the final noise/acoustic 
part. It was very hard to do the strumming 
patterns, so I think you should better build 
up your own strumming patterns than using mine. 
Sorry, Joao from Portugal, I lost your Mail 
address so I couldn´t write back. 
Just rate this guys! 


Intro:

Billy + James
|----------4---------------7-------------6---------------9---------|
|------0-----0---0-----0-----0-------0-----0---0-----0-----0---0---|
|----4---4-----4-----7---7-----7---6---6-----6-----9---9-----9-----|
|--2---------------5-------------4---------------7-----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

2 times

Billy (distortion)
|--(0)----------------------------|
|--(0)----------------------------| 2 times
|--(1)----------------------------| slide from one chord to another
|---2----5---12---4----7--7-8-9---| 
|---2----5---12---4----7--7-8-9---|
|---0----3---10---2----5--5-6-7---|
    ^ second time: powerchord
   
James (distortion)
|-----------14--------9--9-10-11—12~~~~-10------------9~~~~---|
|--9~~~~-12----11~~~~----------------------10-11~~~~----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|



Verse:

Billy + James (Phaser)
|----------4---------------7---------------6---------------9---------|
|------0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0---|
|----4---4-----4-----7---7-----7-----6---6-----6-----9---9-----9-----|
|--2---------------5---------------4---------------7-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

"Wrap me up in always..."

6 times

Billy + James (Phaser)
|----------7--------|------------11--------10------------------11-10-9-8---|
|------0-----0---0--|-------0-------0----0----0----0------0----0--0--0-0---|
|----7---7-----7----|----11---11------11--------11-----11---11-11-10-9-8---|
|--5----------------|--9-----------------------------9---------9--8--7-6---|
|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
   ^2 times            "Breathing underwater..."

Billy + James (Phaser)
|----------7---------|
|------0-----0---0---|
|----7---7-----7-----| 2 times
|--5-----------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|

Billy (Phaser)
|------------11------------------10----------------9-------------7-------|
|-------0-------0----0------0-------0----0-----0-----0-------0-----0-----|
|----11---11------11-----11---11------11-----9---9-----9---7---7-----7---|
|--9-------------------0-------------------7-------------5---------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

"And if you spin..."

3 times

thereover:

James (slight distortion/Phaser)
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------14p1210----------|
|--11-----6/8/117---9/11/14-----------11--12---| 3 times
|-----9-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

James (slight distortion/Phaser)
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--11~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|



distorted Verse:

Billy (distortion)
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------| 2 times
|--2----5---12---4----7--7-8-9---|
|--2----5---12---4----7--7-8-9---|
|--0----3---10---2----5--5-6-7---|

Billy always slides to the next chord.
In the studio version a third guitar 
plays the same part with a different, 
brighter kind of distortion, the 
second time.

James  (distortion/Flanger) 
|------------7~~~-6~~~-9~~~-12~~~-14b~~~~~---|
|--7~~~-5~~~---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------| second time
|--------------------------------------------| only
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|


Billy + James(distortion)
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------| 4 times
|--2----5---12---4----7--7-8-9---|
|--2----5---12---4----7--7-8-9---|
|--0----3---10---2----5--5-6-7---|

"I believe in never, I belive in all the ways..."


Bridge:

Billy (distorton)
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-----------7--------------|
|--9-----7--7----5--5--5---|
|--9-----7--5----5--5--5---|
|--7-----5-------3--3--3---|

James (distortion/Flanger)
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--4/6-6-6/7-7-7/9-9-9/11--12---|
|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------|
|--2/4-4-4/5-5-5/7-7-7/9---10---|
|-------------------------------|

"And with this ring..."


Billy + James(distorton)
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-----------7--------------|
|--9-----7--7----5--5--5---|
|--9-----7--5----5--5--5---|
|--7-----5-------3--3--3---|


Billy (distortion)
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|------------7--------------|
|--9----7----7----5--5--5---|
|--9----7----5----5--5--5---|
|--7----5---------3--3--3---|

James (distortion/Flanger)
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--16/18-18-18/19-19-19/21--19---|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--------|
|--14/16-16-16/17-17-17/19--17---|
|--------------------------------|


Billy + James(distorton)
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-----------7--------------|
|--9-----7--7----5--5--5---|
|--9-----7--5----5--5--5---|
|--7-----5-------3--3--3---|


Billy (distortion)
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-----------7--------------|
|--9-----7--7----5--5--5---|
|--9-----7--5----5--5--5---|
|--7-----5-------3--3--3---|

James (distortion/Flanger)
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--4/6-6-6/7-7-7/9-9-9/11--12---|
|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------|
|--2/4-4-4/5-5-5/7-7-7/9---10---|
|-------------------------------|


Billy + James (distortion)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--7--7--7-7--9--9--9-9--7--7--7-7---|
|--7--7--7-7--9--9--9-9--7--7--7-7---|
|--5--5--5-5--7--7--7-7--5--5--5-5---|

"But noone´s asking..."


Billy (distortion)
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|---------7--7--7-------------------|         3 times
|--9--9---7--7--7--7--7---5--5--5---|
|--9--9---5--5--5--7--7---5--5--5---|
|--7--7------------5--5---3--3--3---|

James (distortion/Phaser)
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------14p1210----------|
|--11-----6/8/117---9/11/14-----------11--12---| 3 times
|-----9-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

"If you spin..."


Billy (slight distortion)
|--0~------------------|
|--0~------------------|
|--3~------------------|
|--4~------------------|
|--4~------------------|
|--2~------------------|

James (distortion/Phaser)
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--11~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|

"...darkest fears"


Interlude:

Billy : feedback

Billy (clean)
|--0-----------|
|--0-----------|
|--3-----------| 9 times
|--4-----------|
|--4-----------|
|--2-----------|

James (wha-wha)
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--3b4r3~~~~---| 10 times
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|

"to the revelations..."


Verse:

Billy + James(distortion)
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------| 4 times
|--2----5---12---4----7--7-8-9---|
|--2----5---12---4----7--7-8-9---|
|--0----3---10---2----5--5-6-7---|

"Your strenght..."


Billy + James (distortion)
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2---|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2---|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0---|

"The night has come..."


Billy (distortion)
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2---|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2---|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0---|

Billy (distortion)
|---------------------------------------------------------0~---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------0~---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------3~---------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4~--(Feedback)---|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4~---------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2~---------------|

James (distortion/Flanger)
|----------------------------------12b14~~~~------------------------------|
|---------------------12b14r12-10-----------------------------------------|
|--11~~~~--11b12r11-9~~~~-----------------11~~~~--11b12r11-9~~~~-6~~~~---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Billy: Feedback 

James: (clean/phaser/feedback)
|--------------------------------|
|---does-some-slides-and-bends---|
|---very-soft-feedback-----------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|


Outro:

Billy (clean)
|--0----------------------------|
|--0----------------------------|
|--3----------------------------|
|--4-----strum------------------|
|--4----------------------------|
|--2----------------------------|

James (clean/phaser/feedback)
|--------------------------------|
|---does-some-slides-and-bends---|
|---very-soft-feedback-----------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|


Billy (clean)
|--3-------1------|
|--3---3---1------|
|--3---3---2------| strum a bit
|--5---3---3------| 3 times
|--5---1---3------|
|--3-------1------|

James (clean/phaser/feedback)
|--------------------------------|
|---does-some-slides-and-bends---|
|---very-soft-feedback-----------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|


then Billy goes on on an Acoustic guitar:

Before this the first chord´s strummed quietly.

Billy
|--3---3-3---3-----3----------------------------------------1----1--1--1-1--1---|
|--3---3-3---3-----3-----3--3-3--3--8---8--8-8---3--3-3--3--1----1--1--1-1--1---|
|--3---3-3---3-----3-----3--3-3--3--8---8--8-8---3--3-3--3--2----2--2--2-2--2---|
|--5---5-5---5---x-5-----3--3-3--3--8-x-8--8-8---3--3-3--3--3----3--3--3-3--3---|
|--5---5-5---5---x-5-5---1--1-1--1--6-x-6--6-6---1--1-1--1--3-x--3--3--3-3--3---|
|--3---3-3---3---x-3-3--------------------------------------1-x--1--1--1-1--1---|

Played very slowly. There are still some single notes and dead 
notes I couldn´t distinguish. You better just use the chords 
and create your own rhythm. Follow the Lead! 

James (clean/reverb)
|---5-p4---0-------7~------------5-p4---0-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------1-h2-p1-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------2---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

James (clean/reverb)
|-----------------/4~-----2------5-p4--/7~-----5-p4--/0-----------|
|-----------2-p0--------------------------------------------2/5---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

James (clean/reverb)
|-----------------105---|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|


Billy (acoustic)
|---3--3-----------4-----4---|
|---4--4---3--3----4----4----|
|---5--5---3--3----5---5-----| fade out
|---5--5---3--3----6--6------|
|---3--3---1--1----6---------|
|------------------4---------|
                      ^rake



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