Cherub Rock Chords & Tabs
Cherub Rock-Smashing Pumpkins
from Siamese Dream 1993
words and music by Billy Corgan
Intro-guitar1 w/clean tone
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---9-9---9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9-
----------------------------- x6
---7-7---7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-
-0-----0-----0-------0-------
guitar1+guitar2 w/heavy distortion
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------------------------------- -----9-------------------------
---9-9---9-9---9---9---9-9-9--- -9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-
-7-9-9-0-9-9-0-------0-------0- x2 -9-9-9-0-9-9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9- x2
-7-7-7-0-7-7-0-7---7-0-7-7-7-0- -7-7-7-0-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-
-0-0-0---0-------0-----0---0--- -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
guitar3 w/heavy distortion
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---13-13---13-13---13-13-13---13-13-13-----16-16---16-16---16-16-16---16-16-16-
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---11-11---11-11---11-11-11---11-11-11-----14-14---14-14---14-14-14---14-14-14-
-0-------0-------0----------0----------0-0-------0-------0----------0----------
guitars 2+3
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-11\9-----13/14---13-----11\9----- -7-7-7\2-2-2-2-2---------
---------------------------------- x2 -7-7-7\2-2-2-2-2-----0-0-
--9\7-----11/12---11------9\7----- -5-5-5\0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-
------0-0-------0----0-0------0-0- -----------------2p0-0-0-
Verse
guitars2+3
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-11\9-----13/14---13-----11\9-----11\9-----13/14---11-----11
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--9\7-----11/12---11------9\7------9\7-----11/12---13------9
------0-0-------0----0-0------0-0------0-0-------0----0-0---
Prechorus
guitar2
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-----------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0----
---------2-2-2-2-2-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----
-4-4-4\2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----
-5-5-5\0-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-2-3-3-3-3-2-2---2---2------
---------------------------------3-3---3---3---3/0
Chorus
guitar2
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-3-3---------------------------0-0-----0-----
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----
-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---0- x2
-----4-4-4-4-4-4-0-2-3-3-3-3-2-2---2-2-2---0-
-----------------------------3-3---3---3/5---
-----------------------------------------
-3---------------------------------------
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2- 1st time repeat verse
---4-4-4-4-4-4-0-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-
-----------------------------------------
2nd time
guitar1
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/smashing_pumpkins/cherub_rock_tab.html ]
---------------------2---------------------------
-0-0-0---------------3-3-2-2---------------------
-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-----
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-2---2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2- x4
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------0-0-2-3-3-3-------2-2-
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------3-3-3-0-0-
guitars2+3
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---9-9---9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9-----13-13---13-13---13-13-13---13-13-13---
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
---7-7---7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-----11-11---11-11---11-11-11---11-11-11---
-0-----0-----0-------0-------0-0-------0-------0----------0----------0-
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
---16-16---16-16---16-16-16---16-16-16-----19-19---19-19---21---21-21---
----------------------------------------------------------------------0-
---14-14---14-14---14-14-14---14-14-14-----17-17---17-17---19---19-19\0-
-0-------0-------0----------0----------0-0-------0-------0----0---------
Solo
guitar4
1
-12 1-------1\-------------19/-19---17-19-19p16-17p16-------1----------
-15/----0-x-19-19-17-19-17--------x-------------------17-17/--17\14-15-
----------------------------------x------------------------------------
------0----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------10p7-----------------1----------------------------------
-15-----------------9-7-9-7\5-7/9-7/-----------1-----------------------
--------------------------------------------11/\11-11------11-9--------
----14\------x------------------------x---------------x-11-------------
---------1-x--------------------------x-------------------------11-9-7-
-------9/-------------------------------x-x----------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------1/2----1/2----------1----8-7----------------------
----------------9-11/----11/\----------7/\7-7-----7-7\-2h4-------------
---1----------------------------12\7-7---------------------------------
-9/\-7-7-9-9h11--------------------------------------------0-----------
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---1----10-10-10-
-7/\7-7----------
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Final Chorus
-------1---------------------1----------------------3p2-------------10/-
-----3/\3------------------3/\3-----1----------1--------3---10/-----10/-
---2------2-2\---1/2-----2------2-7/\7-7-----2/\2-2-------2-------------
-0-------------4/\4----0-----------------x-x--------------------x-x-----
---------------------5-------------------x-x--------------------x-x-----
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Outro
guitars2+3
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---------------------------- -------------------------3-----
-11\9-----13/14---11-----11- -11\9-----13/14---11-----2-4-4-
----------------------------- x7 -------------------------0-2-2-
--9\7-----11/12---13-----9-- --9\7-----11/12---13-----0-2-2-
------0-0-------0----0-0---- ------0-0-------0----0-0---0-0-