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Date: Wed, 03 Aug 94 17:57:24 EDT
Subject: Rhinoceros by Smashing Pumpkins
To: [email protected]
Jim, could you please post this transcription in the Pumpkins/guitar directory?
Thanks, Van
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From: [email protected] (Van Vekris)
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)
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|—————————————-|
|—————————————-| 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)
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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—19-19-1916—16-16-1614-14-1413-13-13-13
|——————————————————————
|—-12/14—14-14-14/17—17-17-1714—14-14-1412-12-1211-11-11-11
|——————————————————————
———————————
——————————— and so forth…
—11/13-13-13-13/14—14-14-14—
———————————
—9/11-11-11-11/12—12-12-12—
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CHORUS: Guitars 1 + 2,(clean first time, distorted thereafter)
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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)
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|—————————————-
|————————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:
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|—————————- ———————————————
|—————————- 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.
