RHINOCEROS, from Gish, Smashing Pumpkins
- Aside from the solo, this is unquestionably the easiest song by the Pumpkins
to play. It sounds great with two guitars.
[Intro]
Guitar1, (clean)
===== =======
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------| repeat this for
|----------9---------9/11--11--11-11-----| several bars...
|----------------------------------------|
|----------7---------7/-9---9---9--9-----|
|--0---0-------0-0---0-------------------|
Guitar 2, (flanger and some delay), let top 2 strings ring
========
|-------0-------------0-----------0-----0----0------0-------------|
|-----0-------------0-----------0-----0----0------0---------------|
|---2-----1-----1h2-----1h2---7-----6----4-----/11----9(ring)-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------0-----0-----0----0-------0-----0----0-----0----|
----------------0-----0-----0----0-------0-----0----0-----0------|
-9h11-11/13--14----13----11----9-----/13----11----9-----7--------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
(ring, guitar 2 takes a breather)
-------0-4-------------------0-----------------------------------|
-----0-----0----------0------0-----------------------------------|
-1h2---------2----1-2--------1-----------------------------------|
-----------------------------2-----------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
Guitar 1, (clean)
======
pow-der show (?), treasoned my roots....
|-------------------------------------------------0---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------0---------------|
|-------9------9/11--11-11-11-----9---13--11-9---11---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------0---------------|
|-------7------7/-9---9--9--9-----7---11--9--7----9---------------|
|-0--0-----0-0----------------0-0---0------------10---------------|
- This is the repeating riff in the song; at the D-chord, guitar 2
arpeggiates the 6 strings.
- after Billy says "...see you in June...", guitar 1 repeats the intro riff
while guitar 2 lays this 'Gershwin' riff over it:
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----14/16--16-16-16/19--19-19-19\16--16-16-16\14-14-14\13-13-13-13|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----12/14--14-14-14/17--17-17-17\14--14-14-14\12-12-12\11-11-11-11|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------| and so forth...
--11/13-13-13-13/14--14-14-14---|
--------------------------------|
---9/11-11-11-11/12--12-12-12---|
--------------------------------|
[Chorus]
Guitars 1 + 2,(clean first time, distorted thereafter)
======
The way...... she knows....
|----0-----------3----------0-----------------------| If you're playing a
|----1-----------3----------3-----------------------| strat, switch to the
|----0-----------0----------2-----------------------| bottom pick-up to
|----2-----------0----------0-----------------------| emphasize top string
|----3-----------2----------------------------------| on that D chord thing
|----------------3----------------------------------|
C mjr G mjr D whatever
[Bridge]
Guitar 1, guitar 2 solos overtop (bigtime distortion)
=======
|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------5---5-7--7--7---| you get the picture
|------------------------5---5-7--7--7---|
|-7---7-5---7---5-7-5----5---5-7--7--7---|
|-7---7-5---7---5-7-5----3---3-5--5--5---|
|-5---5-3---5---3-5-3--------------------|
[2nd VERSE: ]
join Gershwin riff to the previous repeating riff during
+======== "...open your eyes, to these must I lie?..." and add the bend:
|---0-------------|
|---0-------------|
.... |--11b1211b12-----| once
|---0-------------|
|---9-------------|
|--10-------------|
[FINAL VERSE: ]
James plays C G D progression while Billy lays these overtop:
===========
|---------------------------- ---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------- a ---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------- n ----11-12--11h12p11p9------------------------|
|---------------------------- d ----------------------12---10-9--------------|
|-(10)b9--7--5--5--7--5--7--9 --------------------------------12-10-9------|
|---------------------------- ----------------------------------------12-10|
The last chord is that weird D. Hold till fade, then take a step towards the
amp and weave some magic.
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| / Slide up
| h Hammer-on
| \ Slide down
| b Bend
| p Pull-off
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