CHERUB ROCK - acoustic rendition by Smashing Pumpkins
====== ==== written by William P. Corgan, Jr.
Intro. These are all muted strings and harmonics
in rhythm to the song. Just follow Billy...
I tab no rhythm or order for the intro, just
basic hints.
|---------(7)(7)---(12)----------------------
|-X--X-X--(7)(7)---(12)----------------------
|-X--X-X--(7)(7)---(12)----------------------
|-X--X-X--(7)(7)---(12)----------------------
|-X--X-X--(7)(7)---(12)----------------------
|-X--X-X--(7)(7)---(12)----------------------
^full hand
near 9th fret
|--------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------
|---9-9---9-9---9--9-9---9-9-9---------------
|---X-X---X-X---X--X-X---X-X-X---------------
|---7-7---7-7---7--7-7---7-7-7---------------
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------
|--------------------------------------------
|---9-9---9-9---9--9-9---9-9-9---------------
|---X-X---X-X---X--X-X---X-X-X---------------
|---6-6---6-6---6--6-6---6-6-6---------------
|---X-X---X-X---X--X-X---X-X-X---------------
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------
|--------------------------------------------
|---1212--1212--12-1212--121212--------------
|---X-X---X-X---X--X-X---X-X-X---------------
|---9-9---9-9---9--9-9---9-9-9---------------
|---X-X---X-X---X--X-X---X-X-X---------------
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------
*1
I tab this as I play it, with the low E always ringin'.
You, however, can choose not to play it, as in the elec
version, if you don't like it. I think it gives a fuller sound.
G1 (Billy)
|---------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------
|-11\9-X-X-13/14-X-13~~-X-X-11\9-X-X-11\9-X-X-
|-X----X-X-X-----X-X----X-X-X----X-X-X----X-X-
|-9-\7-X-X-11/12-X-11~~-X-X-9-\7-X-X-9-\7-X-X-
|-0----0-0-0-----0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-
G2 (James)
|---------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------
|-11\9-X-X-13/14-X-1313-X-X-11\9-X-X-11\9-X-X-
|-X----X-X-X-----X-X-X--X-X-X----X-X-X----X-X-
|-9-\7-X-X-11/12-X-1111-X-X-9-\7-X-X-9-\7-X-X-
|-0----0-0-0-----0-0-0--0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-
G1 *
|------------------------------------0--0------
|------------------------------------10-10-----
|-13/14-X-13~~-X-X-11\9-X-X-11--11-X-9--9--X-X-
|-X-----X-X----X-X-X----X-X-0---0--X-11-11-X-X-
|-11/12-X-11~~-X-X-9-\7-X-X-9---9--X-0--0--X-X-
|-0-----0-0----0-0-0----0-0-10--10-0-9--9--0-0-
G2
|------------------------------------0--0------
|--------------------------(7)-(7)---2--2------
|-13/14-X-1313-X-X-11\9-X-X-7---7--X-2--2--X-X-
|-X-----X-X-X--X-X-X----X-X-7---7--X-2--2--X-X-
|-11/12-X-1111-X-X-9-\7-X-X-5---5--X-0--0--X-X-
|-0-----0-0-0--0-0-0----0-0--------0-------0-0-
That's the basic verse riff. If you can play the
song elec, you can figure out the variations based
on what I've tabbed. The whole song and all the
changes of the above basic riff would be quite alot of
tab...
Pre-Chorus riff
G1
|---------0--0---------------------------------
|---------10-10--------------------------------
|-11-11-X-9--9--X-X-9--9-X-4--4--X-X-----------
|-0--0--X-11-11-X-X-X--X-X-0--0--X-X-----------
|-9--9--X-0--0--X-X-7--7-X-2--2--X-X-----------
|-10-10-0-9--9--0-0-8--8-X-3--3----------------
G2
|---------0--0------0--0---0-0-3---------------
|(7)(7)---2--2------1--1---0-0-3-X-X-----------
|-7--7--X-2--2--X-X-0--0-X-0-0-0-X-X-----------
|-7--7--X-2--2--X-X-2--2-X-0-0-0-X-X-----------
|-5--5--X-0--0--X-X-3--3-X-2-2-2-X-X-----------
|------------------------X-3-3-3---------------
Chorus riff
G1
|-0--0----0--0------0--0---0-0-3---------------
|-3--3----2--2------1--1---0-0-3-X-X-----------
|-2--2--X-2--2--X-X-0--0-X-0-0-0-X-X-----------
|-0--0--X-2--2--X-X-2--2-X-0-0-0-X-X-----------
|-0--0--X-0--0--X-X-3--3-X-2-2-2-X-X-----------
|------------------------X-3-3-3---------------
G2
|-0--0----0--0------0--0---0-0-3---------------
|-3--3----2--2------1--1---0-0-3-X-X-----------
|-2--2--X-2--2--X-X-0--0-X-0-0-0-X-X-----------
|-0--0--X-2--2--X-X-2--2-X-0-0-0-X-X-----------
|-0--0--X-0--0--X-X-3--3-X-2-2-2-X-X-----------
|------------------------X-3-3-3---------------
Again, if you know the elec (real) version, you can
pick out the changes so I'm not gonna tab every detail.
"Let me out" riff
G1
|---------------------------0---0---------------
|---------------------------10--10-X------------
|-13-----1313--13~----------9---9--X---------12-
|-X------X-X---X------12-12-11--11-X-10-1010-12-
|-11-----1111--11~----12-12-0---0--X-10-1010-10-
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-10-10-9---9--0-8--8-8--10-
G2
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0---0----0--0-0-----
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-3--3--2---2--X-1--1-1--0--
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-2--2--2---2--X-0--0-0--0--
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-0--0--2---2--X-2--2-2--0--
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-0--0--0---0--X-3--3-3--2--
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0------------------------3--
I didn't tab the solo...so improvise and repeat the
above licks like the recordings until the end.
End
Both Guitars
|-0---------------------------------------------
|-3----5--5-5-5---------------------------------
|-2----4--4-4-4---------------------------------
|-0----2--2-2-2---------------------------------
|-0----2--2-2-2---------------------------------
|------0--0-0-0---------------------------------
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