SMASHING PUMKINS - "Rhinoceros" Tablature

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Song: Rhinoceros
Release: Gish
Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins
Author: Roy Stevenson (are_you_done@yahoo.com)
Tuning: standard

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Aside from the solo, this is unquestionably the easiest song
by the Pumpkins to play. It sounds great with two guitars.

Intro:
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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:
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Guitar 1, (clean)

planned a 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--19-19-19\16--16-16-16\14-14-14\13-13-13-13
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|----12/14--14-14-14/17--17-17-17\14--14-14-14\12-12-12\11-11-11-11
|------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------
-------------------------------- and so forth...
--11/13-13-13-13/14--14-14-14---
--------------------------------
---9/11-11-11-11/12--12-12-12---
--------------------------------

CHORUS:
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Guitars 1 + 2,(clean first time, distorted thereafter)

The way...... she knows....
|----0-----------3----------0----------------------- If you're playing
|----1-----------3----------3----------------------- a strat, switch
|----0-----------0----------2----------------------- to the bottom pick-
|----2-----------0----------0----------------------- up to emphasize top
|----3-----------2---------------------------------- string on that D
|----------------3---------------------------------- chord thing
Cmaj Gmaj Dsus2

BRIDGE:
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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:
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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:
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James plays C G D progression while Billy lays these over top:

|----------------------------
|---------------------------- a
|---------------------------- n
|---------------------------- d
|-(10)b9--7--5--5--7--5--7--9
|----------------------------

---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
----11-12--11h12p11p9------------------------
----------------------12---10-9--------------
--------------------------------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.