1979 by Smashing pumpkins

"1979" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. Released in 1996 as the second single from their third studio album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, "1979" was a surprising hit.] The song was nominated for the Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the Grammy Awards, and won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video

Video: 1979 - Original song



Video: 1979 - Guitar lesson



From this song I'm mainly interested in the bits around the main riff

You will have to tune half step down as loads of Pumpkings songs are tuned

INTRO/MAIN RIFF
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------| 
|-8--8-8-8-8-9--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------| 
|-------------------------------6b-7-4-2-2-2-4-6-9--9-9-| x4
|-6--6-6-6-6-7--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-| 
|----0---0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------| 

1979 Guitar Tabs

Verse

Eb:--------------------------------------------------
Bb:--------------------------------------------------
Gb:-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-9-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------
Db:-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---6^6-4-2-4-6-9-9-9-
Ab:-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
Eb:-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------

Pre-Chorus

Eb:---------------------------------
Bb:---------------------------------
Gb:-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
Db:-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
Ab:-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
Eb:-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------

Chorus

Eb:----------------------------------------------
Bb:----------------------------------------------
Gb:---9-9-9-9--8-8-8-9-9-9-----------------------
Db:---9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
Ab:---7-7-7-7--6-6-6-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
Eb:-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-

Pre-Chorus #2

Eb:---------------------------------
Bb:---------------------------------
Gb:---------------------------------
Db:-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-
Ab:-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
Eb:-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-

Bridge

Eb:-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb:-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gb:-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Db:-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
Ab:-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
Eb:-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-

End Chord

Eb:-0-
Bb:-0-
Gb:-1-
Db:-2-
Ab:-2-
Eb:-0-


Song Anatomy:

- Verse x4
- Pre Chorus x1
- Verse x3
- Pre Chorus x1
- Chorus x3
- Pre Chorus x1
- Verse x4
- Pre Chorus 2 x1
- Chorus x3
- Bridge x3
- Pre Chorus 2 x1
- Verse x4
- Pre Chorus 2 x1
- Chorus x3
- Pre Chorus x1
- Verse x2
- End Chord x1

Lyrics

hakedown 1979, cool kids never have the time
On a live wire right up off the street
You and I should meet
Junebug skipping like a stone
With the headlights pointed at the dawn
We were sure we'd never see an end to it all
And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues
And we don't know
Just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below
Double cross the vacant and the bored
They're not sure just what we have in store
Morphine city slippin dues down to see
That we don't even care as restless as we are
We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts
And poured cement, lamented and assured
To the lights and towns below
Faster than the speed of sound
Faster than we thought we'd go, beneath the sound of hope
Justine never knew the rules,
Hung down with the freaks and the ghouls
No apologies ever need be made, I know you better than you fake it
To see that we don't even care to shake these zipper blues
And we don't know just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below
The street heats the urgency of sound
As you can see there's no one around