Band: Smashing Pumpkins
Song: Ugly
Album: The Aeroplane Flies High [1979 single]
Tuning: Eb
Written by: Billy Corgan
Transcribed by: Brian Sullivan
Hello boys and girls of the generation who doesn’t know all the words. Here’s what the chords look like for this song. The song is written in Eb/D# tuning, so every note I write is actually ? step lower.
E G C A D
D# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
F# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
C# - 2 - 5 - 10 - 7 - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G# - 2 - 5 - 10 - 7 - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
D# - 0 - 3 - 8 - 5 - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The intro is a palm muted E. Repeat this pattern a few times
C# 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - |
G# 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - |
D# 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - |
The verse and pretty much the rest of the song are palm muted. Here she goes:
E G C E G C
I don’t look in the in the mirror I don’t like what I see staring back at
E G C E G C *EG C A
Me Everything’s clearer I’ll never see what you see It’s not me so beautiful
* E G C A E G C A E G C
And free I’ll never be what you need Can’t help it all I was born so
A E G C E G C E G C
Beautiful But now I’m ugly And I rot in my skin As a piece of me dies
E G C E G C *E GC
everyday I know I’m nothing I know there’s nothing I can say To change
A * E G C A E G C A
the judgment in their ways I’ll never be what you need Can’t help it all
E G C A E G C D AE D A
My love was so beautiful but now I’m ugly Yeah I’m good enough but I
E D A E D A
don’t care I’m good enough but I’m not there I’m good enough but I don’t
E D A E
care The sun is out but I’m not there(repeat w/ background vocals)
E G C E G C
I don’t look in the mirror I don’t like what I see staring back at me
E G C E G C E G C E
Everything’s clearer I’ll never see what you see And I rot in my skin As a
G C E G C E G C
Piece of me dies every day I know I’m nothing Because I’m Ugly
Fig. A
C# 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 5 - 2 - 5 - | 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 -
G# 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - | 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 -
D# 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - | 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 –
E G C
I Don’t Look In The Mirror [repeat this pattern a few Times]
Fig. B [between the * *]
C# 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - | 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - | 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 -
G# 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - | 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - | 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 -
D# 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - | 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - | 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 –
E G C
It’s not me So
C# 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - |
G# 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - |
D# 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - |
A
Beautiful and free
Fig. C
C# 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - | 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 -
G# 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - | 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 -
D# 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - | 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 -
E G C A
I’ll never Be what you need
Fig. D
C# 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - | 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 -
G# 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - | 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 -
D# 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - | 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 –
D A E
I’m good enough but I don’t care
Intro x2
Fig. A x4
Fig. B x1
Fig. C x3
Fig. A x5
Fig. B x1
Fig. C x3
Fig. A x1
Fig. D x9
Fig. A x8
And that’s all! If you do not have the Aeroplane box set, well it’s a must. See you on the other side of friends. If I screwed up anywheres, correct it. I want everyone to be able to play this song correctly. Look for my band’s tab, No Chance Inhale, coming soon to MXTabs.
vanity, glory, freight, wreckage, pleasure, doom, static
Brian S><.
