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>