Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Release: MC&IS, TAFH
Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins
Author: Brian McCall bpmccal@clemson.edu
Tuning: Eb
Notes: transcribed as performed live at the Double Door
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Version 1 ---------
"The world is a vampire..."
*1
G1 and G2 mid/light distortion
|--------------------------------------------------------- |--------------------------------------------------------- |-4-4-4-4-(4)----------2-2-2-2---------------------------- |-4-4-4-4--5--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------- |-2-2-0-2--5--2--2-2-2-0-0-0-0---------------------------- |----------3--0--0-0-0------------------------------------ ^repeat
*2 < < |--------------------------------------------------------- |--------------------------------------------------------- |-4-4-4-------------------2---2--------------------------- |-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2------------------------- |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0------------------------- |-------0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3--------------------------------- ^repeat ^ that little '<' is for emphasis.
*3
Heavy Distortion!!!
|--------------------------------------------------------- |-------------3-(3-3)---------------------------3--------- |-4--4-4------2--2-2-2--2-9\----------4--4-4----2--------- |-4--4-4-5----0--0-0-2--2-9\--5----4--4--4-5----0--------- |-2--2-0-5----0--0-0-0--0-7\--X----2--2--0-5----0--------- |--------3-0--------------0---3------------3-0---...------ ^repeat ^one of the guitars somehow tremolos a G in here - don't ask me :) Chorus ends with:
|--------------------------------------------------------- |--------------------------------------------------------- |-------------2------------------------------------------- |-2---5---4---2------------------------------------------- |-2---5---4---0------------------------------------------- |-0---3---2----------------------------------------------- ^repeated several times after second chorus back to *1...
End riff (similar to *3)
|--------------------------------------------------------- |---------3----------------------------------------------- |-4-------2-X-2------------------------------------------- |-4-X-5---0-X-2------------------------------------------- |-2-X-5---0-X-0------------------------------------------- |-----3--------------------------------------------------- add rhythm there as appropriate...
Version 2 ---------
I Am One14 <IAmOne14@aol.com>
The intro:
Eb|------------------------------------------------------------------ Bb|------------------------------------------------------------------ Gb|------------------------------------------------------2--2--2--2-- Db|-----------4---4---4---4------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-------- Ab|-----------2---2---0---2------------2--2--2--2-------------------- Eb|-----------------------------0---3--------------------------------
The chorus:
4x Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------| Gb|---4--4--0---------------7--7--0------------------9--9-----------| Db|---4--4--0---5--5--0---7--7--0---7--7--7--7--9--9--5--5--5-------| Ab|---2--2--0---5--5--0---5--5--0---7--7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5-------| Eb|---------------3--3--0---------------5--5--5--5----------3--3--3-|
At the end of the 4th play this:
Eb|---------------| Bb|---------------| Gb|---------------| Db|--4--4--4--7---| Ab|--2--2--2--7---| Eb|--2--0--2--5---|
by: Brian Cross
Play this out and see if you like it.