Learn Music: Rhinoceros guitar tab - Smashing Pumpkins tabs

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  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)
  =====   =======
            |----------------------------------------|
            |----------------------------------------|   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)
  ======
                          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---
             --------------------------------
  
  CHORUS:  Guitars 1 + 2,(clean first time, distorted thereafter)
  ======
          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)
  =======
          |----------------------------------------
          |------------------------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:
  ===========
  
    |----------------------------   ---------------------------------------------
    |---------------------------- 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.
  
  

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