• Song:

    Quiet

  • Artist:

    Smashing Pumpkins

  • Album:

    Siamese Dream (Deluxe E...

Quiet 
Words and Music by Billy Corgan
Standard Tuning:  E A D G B E

Chord Fingerings:
   E5 F#5 G5 A5 B5 C# E  B  A
E| x  x   x  x  x  4  0  2  0 
B| x  x   x  x  x  6  0  4  2
G| x  x   x  x  x  6  1  4  2
D| 2  4   5  7  9  6  2  4  2
A| 2  4   5  7  9  4  2  2  0
E| 0  2   3  5  7  x  0  x  x

Fig1
 E5 F#5      G5       A5       B5
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-2-4-4-4--4-5-5-5--5-7-7-7--7-9-9-9--|
|-2-4-4-4--4-5-5-5--5-7-7-7--7-9-9-9--|
|-0-2-2-2--2-3-3-3--3-5-5-5--5-7-7-7--|

Fig2
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17------|
|--4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17------|
|--2-3-4-5-6-7-8--9--10-11-12-13-14-15------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|Fig1 |Fig1 |
|Fig1 |Fig1 |

Fig1          Fig1
Quiet,        I am sleeping,
Fig1          Fig1
In here,      I need a little hope
Fig1          Fig1
For years,    I've been sleeping
Fig1          Fig1
Helpless,     couldn't tell a soul

C#  E  B
A       C#  E   B    
Be ashamed
A                  C#  
Of the mess you've made
   E    B        A          
My eyes never forget, you see
C#    E    B  A       
  Behind me

Fig1         Fig1
Silent       metal mercies
Fig1         Fig1
Castrate     boys to the bone
Fig1         Fig1
Jesus,       are you listening
Fig1         Fig1
Up there,    to anyone at all
Fig1                    Fig1
We are the fossils, the relics of our time
Fig1                             Fig1
Mutilate the meanings so they're easy to deny

C#  E  B
A       C#  E  B    
Be ashamed
A                   C#  
Of the mess you've made
   E    B     A             
My eyes never forget, you see
C#   E     B  A       
  Behind me

Fig2

Solo over:
|C#  E|B  A| >4x
|E5 F#5 G5| >3x (3/4)
|E5 F#5 G5 A5 B5| >1x (4/4)
|E5 F#5 G5| >3x (3/4)
|E5 F#5 G5 A5 B5| >1x (4/4)

Fig1
Quiet, quiet
Fig1
I am sleeping
Fig1
Quiet, quiet
Fig1
I am sleeping
Fig1
Quiet, shut up
Fig1
I don't trust you
Fig1
Shut up, shut up
Fig1
I can't hear you

C#  E  B
A        C#  E  B    
Be ashamed
A                   C#  
Of the mess you've made
   E    B     A
My eyes never forget, you see
C#    E     B  A       
  Behind me
C#  E                    B         A              
 Behind me, the grace of falling snow
C#     E        B         A
 Cover up everything you know
C#    E                B          A
 Come save me from the awful sound
C#  E
 Of nothing
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