Heavy Metal Machine Chords & Tabs
Smashing Pumpkins
Heavy Metal Machine - written by Billy Corgan
Taken from Machina/The machines of god
tabbed by an17nin17
Tuning - low to high - C,F,A#,D#,G,C
Intro and main riff -
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---------------------6h7-
---------5h7-----5h7-----
-0-0-4h5-----0-0---------
Guitar 2 plays this after main riff is played 4 times
-10~~10~~10~~10~~7bu(9)bd7-
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Verse riff variation -
D F#
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-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7---------5h7
-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-0-0-4h5----
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/smashing_pumpkins/heavy_metal_machine_tab.html ]
Pre Chorus -
D C# C5 C5/B
-------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
-------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
-------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-
-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-
-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-
-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
Fadd2 Fmadd C5
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------
-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-------------------------
-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------
-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-------------
Chorus -
G#sus2 D# Fsus4 Cm7 C# A#sus2 C5
-3------3---0-----0---0---0------0-
-3------3---3-----3---0---3------0-
-0------4---2-----0---2---2------0-
-x------5---2-----2---3---0------2-
-3------5---0-----2---3---0------2-
--------3---------0---1----------0-
Repeat twice
Post chorus -
C#maj7 Cm F#add4 Cm
-0-----0----------0---
-0-----0---3------0---
-0-----0---3------0---
-3-----2---3------2---
-3-----2---1------2---
-1-----0----------0---
Repeat twice
Outro -
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---------------------------------------------8h9-
---------5h7---------5h7---------5h8-----7h8-----
-0-0-4h5-----0-0-4h5-----0-0-4h5-----0-0---------
Last section of outro -
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---------8h9------------
-----7h8----------------
-0-0--------------------
Thanks!