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Cherub Rock by The Smashing Pumpkins - Guitar Chords

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            Set amp to a neutral tone and kick on a fuzzface or similar effect full blast to get a high powered
gain warm fuzziness going - all tube amp works best.

Open E / Octave Riff thingy - approx but you will find the groove rather quickly -

Intro is open E with an octave riff/slide A string 7th fret / G string 9th fret
(mute the D string and other strings)

Then corgan basically rides the open E, and does an octave slide from the 11th fret, to the 12th fret,
back down to the 9th fret, then to the 7th fret , all with that octave chord.

Ride the open E hard, even give a little pick harmonic on the A string to add depth.

e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|----9-9--9--9-9--9--9--9--9----9----| you will get the groove if you listen to the song
D|------------------------------------|
A|----7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7---7----7----|
E|--0--0-0--0-0--0--0--0-0--0-0-------|

E RIFF THINGY: keep repeating slowly until you find groove,then add the octave lower note:

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-----13----------13--11\9---|
D|----------------------------|.....x 2 (twice)
A|-----11-11h12p11-11--9\7----|
E|---0------------------------|


[E RIFF THINGY]

Freak out, give in,
        Dmaj            Amaj           E riff
Doesn't matter what you all believe in
               Dmaj          Amaj       E riff
Stay cool, and be somebody's fool this year
                        Dmaj              Amaj
'Cause they know who is righteous what is bold
C        G
  So I'm told


[Chorus]

D   A     C  G      D    A         
      C  G
Who wants honey, as long as there's some money
D   A          C
Who wants that honey..


[E RIFF THINGY]

                     Dmaj              Amaj          E riff
Hipsters unite, come align for the big fight to rock for you -
                     Dmaj              Amaj          E Riff
But beware all those angels with their wings glued on
                        Dmaj                  Amaj
'Cause deep down we are frightened and we are scared
C              G
  If you don't stare


[Chorus]


[Bridge]

E  D5     A (2)  C5  G5/D
   Let me out
E    D5     A (2)  C5  G5/D
Let  let me out
E    D5     A (2)  C5  G5/D
Let  let me out
E    D5     A (2)  C5  G5/D
Let..let me out....

RIDE THE OPEN E!!

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----9-9---9-9---9---9-9---9-9-9-----13-13---13-13---13---13-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----7-7---7-7---7---7-7---7-7-7-----11-11---11-11---11---11-|
E|--0-----0-----0---------0-------0-0-------0-------0---------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-13---13-13-13-----16-16---16-16---16---16-16---16-16-16----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-11---11-11-11-----14-14---14-14---14---14-14---14-14-14----|
E|----0----------0-0-------0-------0------------0----------0--|


e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---19-19---19-19---21---21-21----------|
D|--------------------------------x\-x\--|
A|---17-17---17-17---19---19-19---x\-x\--|
E|-0-------0-------0------------0-x\-x\--|

Sounds like he kicks on an Octave up or a hard modulation/chorus during solo
He improvises live in the key of E or A, im not sure but its one of those pentatonic scales

Dmaj - Amaj - E
Dmaj - Amaj - E
Dmaj - Amaj - E
Dmaj - Amaj - C - G


D         A           C  G
  Tell me all of your secrets
D        A          C     G
  Cannot help but believe this is true
D         A           C  G
  Tell me all of your secrets
  D             A                 C                   G
I know I know I know, should have listened when I was told.


[Chorus]

D   A     C  G      D    A         
      C  G
Who wants honey, as long as there's some money
D   A          C
Who wants that honey..



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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| \  Slide down
| x  dead note

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We also have 28 songs by The Smashing Pumpkins

• 1979
• Ava Adore
• Beautiful
• Bullet With Butterfly Wings
• By Starlight
• Cherub Rock
• Cyr
• Daydream
• Disarm
• Farewell And Goodnight
• Galapogos
• In The Arms Of Sleep
• Landslide
• Mayonaise
• Muzzle
• Perfect
• Rhinoceros
• Soma
• Spaceboy
• Stumbleine
• The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning
• Thirty-Three
• To Forgive
• To Sheila
• Today
• Tonight Tonight
• We Only Come Out At Night
• Zero

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