• Song:

    Bullet With Butterfly Wings

  • Artist:

    Smashing Pumpkins

  • Album:

    Freedom!

Song : Bullet with butterfly wings
Band : Smashing Pumpkins
Tuning : Standard, down 1/2 step
Tabbed by Mikhail Asanovic

The World is a vampire..

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Verse
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Riff 1 x 7
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-0-2---x---x---x-x-x-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------3---0---0-0-0---------|

Riff 2 x 5
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-2-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0-0-0-0-|
|-------0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3---------|

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Chorus
------

Riff 3 x 4
|-----|--------------------------------------------|
|-----|--------------------------------------------|
|-----|--------------7--7-------9-9----------------|
|-7-7-|-9--9-7-5--5--7--7-7--7--9-9-4-5--5-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-|-9--9-7-5--5--5--5-7--7--7-7-4-5--5-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-|-7--7-5-3--3-------5--5------2-3--3-5-5-5-5-|

|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-------2-~~~~~~~~-|
|-4---4-0-~~~~~~~~-|
|-2-0-2------------|

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Verse
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Riff 1 x 7

On the 5th 6th and 7th time, this fill is played

|---------------------|
|-10------8------7~~~-|
|----11------9--------|
|-------9------9------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|

Riff 2 x 5

Throughout riff 2, this 'B' is repeated

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|

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Chorus
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Riff 3 x 3

The fourth time is slightly different.
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|--------------7--7------|
|-9--9-7-5--5--7--7--7-7-|
|-9--9-7-5--5--5--5--7-7-|
|-7--7-5-3--3--------5-5-|

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Bridge
------

Riff 4 x 4

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-6-4-6-9~-4---4-7~-|
|-4-2-4-7~-2-0-2-5~-|

Riff 5 x 5

|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-2---5-----4---4-7---7-|
|-2---5-----4---4-7---7-|
|-0---3-----2-0-2-5---5-|

6th time

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-2---5-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-2---5-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-0---3-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|

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Dodgy Chorus
------------

Riff 6 x 4

|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------3---------------0-------0------0---|
|-----4---------------7-0------------------------|
|---4---4-------5---7-------2---2---2------2---2-|
|-2---------5-----5-------0----------------------|
|---------3-----------------------0-----3--------|

On the 3rd and 4th time, play this fill

|-------------------------------------|
|-10------8-------7--------5------3/5-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

4th time is slightly different

Clean..                            Distortion..
|---------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------3---------------0---|--------------|
|-----4---------------7-0---------|-9-9----------|
|---4---4-------5---7-------2---2-|-9-9-4-5--5-7-|
|-2---------5-----5-------0-------|-7-7-4-5--5-7-|
|---------3-----------------------|-----2-3--3-5-|

Riff 7 x 12

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|----------------7--7---------|
|-9--9-7-5--5-5--7--7-7-7-7-8-|
|-9--9-7-5--5-5--5--5-7-7-7-8-|
|-7--7-5-3--3-3-------5-5-5-6-|


|--------------|
|--------------|
|-9-9----------|
|-9-9-4-5---4~-|
|-7-7-4-5---4~-|
|-----2-3---4~-|
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