Smashing Pumpkins - God
Tabbed By: matt burgess
EMail: gvb878@gte.net
album: aeroplane flies high
Words and Music by Billy Corgan
Tune Down 1/2 Step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

Chord Fingerings:
   D5 (xx023x@1)A5 (x022xx@1)E5F#5 B5E| (x244xx@1)x   x   x  x   x
B| x   x   x  x   x
G| 7   x   x  x   4
D| 7   7   2  4   4
A| 5   7   2  4   2
E| x   5   0  2   x

Fig1 (bass)
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|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|

(Fig1)
god knows i'm helpless to speak
on my own behalf
god is as helpless as me
                        D5A5
caught in the negatives
(Fig1)
we all just do as we please
false transmissions
i hope god forgives me
                      D5A5
for my transgressions

     E5 (022xxx@1)     F#5 (244xxx@1) D5A5
it's what you want
           E5 (022xxx@1)  F#5 (244xxx@1)   D5 (xx023x@1)A5to (x022xx@1)know no consequences  
     E5 (022xxx@1)     F#5 (244xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1)A5it's (x022xx@1)what you need
           F#5 (244xxx@1) E5to (022xxx@1)fucking bleed
A5 (x022xx@1)  B5 (x244xx@1)   F#5 (244xxx@1)E5 (022xxx@1)A5B5
 it's all too much

F#5E5        A5 (x022xx@1)B5god (x244xx@1)knows i'm helpless
F#5E5        A5 (x022xx@1)B5god (x244xx@1)knows i'm helpless
F#5E5        A5 (x022xx@1)B5god (x244xx@1)knows i'm helpless       
F#5E5        A5 (x022xx@1)B5 (x244xx@1) D5A5
god knows i'm helpless

(Fig1)
god knows i'm restless and weak
full of piss and vinegar
god knows we sow what we reap
in the dirt of grandeur
when the darkness comes to me
and it fixes its gaze on me
                       D5 (xx023x@1)A5god (x022xx@1)knows i'm helpless
                
    E5 (022xxx@1)     F#5 (244xxx@1) D5A5
it's what you want
           E5 (022xxx@1)  F#5 (244xxx@1)   D5 (xx023x@1)A5to (x022xx@1)know no consequences  
     E5 (022xxx@1)     F#5 (244xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1)A5it's (x022xx@1)what you need
           F#5 (244xxx@1) E5to (022xxx@1)fucking bleed
A5 (x022xx@1)  B5 (x244xx@1)   F#5 (244xxx@1)E5 (022xxx@1)A5B5
 it's all too much

F#5E5        A5 (x022xx@1)B5god (x244xx@1)knows i'm helpless
F#5E5        A5 (x022xx@1)B5god (x244xx@1)knows i'm helpless
F#5E5        A5 (x022xx@1)B5god (x244xx@1)knows i'm helpless       
F#5E5        A5 (x022xx@1)B5 (x244xx@1)  |E5  D5A5|>4x (xx023x@1)god knows i'm helpless

D5 (xx023x@1)A5 (x022xx@1)           E5 (022xxx@1)  
 you break your back
D5 (xx023x@1) A5 (x022xx@1)           E5 (022xxx@1)for what you can't have
D5 (xx023x@1) A5 (x022xx@1)       E5 (022xxx@1) D5A5
 you can't turn back
   
F#5E5        A5 (x022xx@1)B5god (x244xx@1)knows i'm helpless
F#5E5        A5 (x022xx@1)B5god (x244xx@1)knows i'm helpless
F#5E5        A5 (x022xx@1)B5god (x244xx@1)knows i'm helpless       
F#5E5        A5 (x022xx@1)B5 (x244xx@1) 
god knows i'm helpless
F#5 E5  A5  B5 
               helpless            
F#5 E5  A5  B5 
               helpless
F#5 E5  A5  B5 
               helpless
F#5 E5  A5  B5 
               helpless
F#5 E5  A5  B5 
               yeah
F#5 E5  A5  B5