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 Sleep will not come to this tired body now Peace will not come to this lonely he----art There are some things I live without But I want you to know That I need you right now I need you tonight E (2 bars) G#m (2 bars) F#sus (2 bars) Repeat VERSE 2 I steal a kiss from her sleeping shadow moves 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 She comes to me like an angel out of time 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 :)