Plume
Chords
4.77 votes
15
Original
Scroll
Lyrics & ChordsClick chords to see diagrams
1/5
Sound:
Step 1 / 5Position: 1
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
================================================================================
S M A S H I N G P U M P K I N S
-
P L U M E
(SOLO ACOUSTIC ARRANGEMENT)
================================================================================
PISCES ISCARIOT
(c) Virgin Records (1994)
http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/
Standard Tuning
E A D G B E
Tempo = 74 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
-----------------------------
Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com
Version 1.0
18th October 2011
-----------------------
Tablature Symbols Used:
^ - Down-stroke/Strum Down (Low to High Notes)
v - Up-stroke/Strum Up (High to Low Notes)
-----------------------
Chords Used:
-----------------------
E||----G3----||----C0----||----Em0----||--Fsus2--0----||--Gadd9-------||
B||----3----||----1----||----0----||----1----||----0----||
G||----0----||----0----||----0----||----0----||----2----||
D||----0----||----2----||----2----||----3----||----0----||
A||----2----||----3----||----2----||----3----||----2----||
E||----3----||---------||----0----||----1----||----3----||
(Thumb)
Emadd9 Cadd9 Asus2
||----0----||----0----||----0----||
||----0----||----3----||----0----||
||----0----||----0----||----2----||
||----4----||----2----||----2----||
||----2----||----3----||----0----||
||----0----||---------||---------||
-----------------------
Song Notes:
-----------------------
This is my own acoustic arrangement of the song; as far as I know the band has
never played it like this but I arranged it this way so that it's both simple
to play and doesn't involve Drop-D tuning (which is how the original is tuned).
================================================================================
Part 1: [ Time 00:00 - 00:41 ]
================================================================================
------------------
Strumming Pattern:
------------------
[G] [C~]
||-----------------------------| |
||--3---3-3--3-3--3-3--0-1-0-1-| |
||--0---0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|*|
||--0---0-0--0-0--0-0--2-2-2-2-|*| x 3
||--2---2-2--2-2--2-2--3-3-3-3-| |
||--3---3-3--3-3--3-3----------| |
^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v
[Em] [Fsus2] [C~]
||--0--------0-----0----------||
||--0---0-0--1-----1--0-1-0-1-||
||--0---0-0--0-----0--0-0-0-0-||
||--2---2-2--3-----3--2-2-2-2-||
||--2---2-2--3-----3--3-3-3-3-||
||--0-----0--1-----1----------||
^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v
When the C is to be played as it is above I will display it as [C~], otherwise
it is to be played normally.
_____[C~]
[G] [C~] X 4
[G] [C~] [G] [C~]
Oh yeah another day
[G] [C~] [Em] [Fsus2] [C~]
Oh yeah Gotta play
[G] [C~] [G] [C~]
What it is it never was
[G] [C~] [Em] [Fsus2] [Fsus2]
I don't care to give enough
================================================================================
Part 2: [ Time 00:41 - 01:04 ]
================================================================================
------------------
Strumming Pattern:
------------------
[Gadd9] Emadd9[Cadd9]
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |
||--0-----0-0----0---0--0-0--0-0-|--3-----3-3---3--3--3-3--3---| |
||--2-----2-2----0---0--0-0--0-0-|--0-----0-0---0--0--0-0--0-2-|*|
||--0-----0-0--0-4---4--4-4--0-2-|--2-----2-2---2--2--2-2--2-0-|*| x 3
||--2-----2-2--2-2---2--2-2--2-0-|--3-----3-3---3--3--3-3--3-0-| |
||--3-----3-3--0-0---0--0-0--0---|---------------------------0-| |
^ v ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ v
[Asus2] [C]
||------------------------------||
||--0-----0-0-0-1--1--1-1-3-3-3-||
||--2-----2-2-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-||
||--2-----2-2-0-2--2--2-2-2-2-0-||
||--0-----0-0-2-3--3--3-3-3-3---||
||------------------------------||
^ ^ v ^ v v v ^ v ^ v
[Gadd9] Emadd9[Cadd9] [Cadd9]
My boredom has outshone the sun
[Gadd9] Emadd9[Cadd9] [Cadd9]
It's so dumb love
[Gadd9] Emadd9[Cadd9] [Cadd9]
I just want to have some
[Asus2] [C]
Little fun
================================================================================
Part 3: [ Time 01:04 - 01:42 ]
================================================================================
------------------
Strumming Pattern:
------------------
[Em] [Cadd9]
||--0-----0-----0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------------------||
||--0-----0-----0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|--3---3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3-3---||
||--0-----0-----0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|--0---0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-||
||--0h2---0 h2--2-0--2--2-0-2-0-0-|--2---2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2-2-0-||
||--2-----2-----2-2--2--2-2-2-2-0-|--3---3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3-3-0-||
||--0-----0-----0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------------------||
^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ v v v ^ v ^ v
[Em] [Cadd9]
[Em] [Cadd9]
[Gadd9] Emadd9[Cadd9]
[Gadd9] Emadd9[Cadd9]
[Gadd9] Emadd9[Cadd9]
[Asus2] [C] [C~]
================================================================================
Part 4: [ Time 01:42 - 02:22 ]
================================================================================
[G] [C~] X 4
[G] [C~] [G] [C~]
Oh yeah another day
[G] [C~] [Em] [Fsus2] [C~]
Oh yeah What a waste
[G] [C~] [G] [C~]
What it is it never was
[G] [C~] [Em] [Fsus2] [Fsus2]
I don't care or give a fuck
================================================================================
Repeat Part 2 [ Time 02:22 - 02:46 ]
================================================================================
================================================================================
Repeat Part 3 [ Time 02:46 - 03:37 ]
================================================================================
----------------------------------------
Lyrics variation during Part 3's repeat:
----------------------------------------
[Gadd9] Emadd9[Cadd9] [Cadd9]
Bring me down
[Gadd9] Emadd9[Cadd9] [Cadd9]
Bring me down
Hold the final C chord of the repeat for at least 2 bars before ending.
================================================================================
End
================================================================================
Tab summary: Part 1 x 4
Part 2 x 4
Part 3 x 4
Part 4 x 1
Part 5 x 1
END
🎸 Tips from players
Got a tip for playing this song — capo position, easier chords, strumming? Be the first to share one.
Chord Book
670,000+ free guitar chords · free-chords.com
Plume
by The Smashing Pumpkins
================================================================================
S M A S H I N G P U M P K I N S
-
P L U M E
(SOLO ACOUSTIC ARRANGEMENT)
================================================================================
PISCES ISCARIOT
(c) Virgin Records (1994)
http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/
Standard Tuning
E A D G B E
Tempo = 74 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
-----------------------------
Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com
Version 1.0
18th October 2011
-----------------------
Tablature Symbols Used:
^ - Down-stroke/Strum Down (Low to High Notes)
v - Up-stroke/Strum Up (High to Low Notes)
-----------------------
Chords Used:
-----------------------
G C Em Fsus2 Gadd9
E||----3----||----0----||----0----||----0----||---------||
B||----3----||----1----||----0----||----1----||----0----||
G||----0----||----0----||----0----||----0----||----2----||
D||----0----||----2----||----2----||----3----||----0----||
A||----2----||----3----||----2----||----3----||----2----||
E||----3----||---------||----0----||----1----||----3----||
(Thumb)
Cadd9 Asus2
Emadd9
||----0----||----0----||----0----||
||----0----||----3----||----0----||
||----0----||----0----||----2----||
||----4----||----2----||----2----||
||----2----||----3----||----0----||
||----0----||---------||---------||
-----------------------
Song Notes:
-----------------------
This is my own acoustic arrangement of the song; as far as I know the band has
never played it like this but I arranged it this way so that it's both simple
to play and doesn't involve Drop-D tuning (which is how the original is tuned).
================================================================================
Part 1: [ Time 00:00 - 00:41 ]
================================================================================
------------------
Strumming Pattern:
------------------
G C
[] [~]
||-----------------------------| |
||--3---3-3--3-3--3-3--0-1-0-1-| |
||--0---0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|*|
||--0---0-0--0-0--0-0--2-2-2-2-|*| x 3
||--2---2-2--2-2--2-2--3-3-3-3-| |
||--3---3-3--3-3--3-3----------| |
^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v
Em Fsus2 C
[] [] [~]
||--0--------0-----0----------||
||--0---0-0--1-----1--0-1-0-1-||
||--0---0-0--0-----0--0-0-0-0-||
||--2---2-2--3-----3--2-2-2-2-||
||--2---2-2--3-----3--3-3-3-3-||
||--0-----0--1-----1----------||
^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v
When the C is to be played as it is above I will display it as [C~], otherwise
it is to be played normally.
C
_____[~]
G C
[] [~] X 4
G C G C
[] [~] [] [~]
Oh yeah another day
G C Em Fsus2 C
[] [~] [] [] [~]
Oh yeah Gotta play
G C G C
[] [~] [] [~]
What it is it never was
G C Em Fsus2 Fsus2
[] [~] [] [] []
I don't care to give enough
================================================================================
Part 2: [ Time 00:41 - 01:04 ]
================================================================================
------------------
Strumming Pattern:
------------------
Gadd9 Emadd9 Cadd9
[] []
||-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |
||--0-----0-0----0---0--0-0--0-0-|--3-----3-3---3--3--3-3--3---| |
||--2-----2-2----0---0--0-0--0-0-|--0-----0-0---0--0--0-0--0-2-|*|
||--0-----0-0--0-4---4--4-4--0-2-|--2-----2-2---2--2--2-2--2-0-|*| x 3
||--2-----2-2--2-2---2--2-2--2-0-|--3-----3-3---3--3--3-3--3-0-| |
||--3-----3-3--0-0---0--0-0--0---|---------------------------0-| |
^ v ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ v
Asus2 C
[] []
||------------------------------||
||--0-----0-0-0-1--1--1-1-3-3-3-||
||--2-----2-2-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-||
||--2-----2-2-0-2--2--2-2-2-2-0-||
||--0-----0-0-2-3--3--3-3-3-3---||
||------------------------------||
^ ^ v ^ v v v ^ v ^ v
Gadd9 Emadd9 Cadd9 Cadd9
[] [] []
My boredom has outshone the sun
Gadd9 Emadd9 Cadd9 Cadd9
[] [] []
It's so dumb love
Gadd9 Emadd9 Cadd9 Cadd9
[] [] []
I just want to have some
Asus2 C
[] []
Little fun
================================================================================
Part 3: [ Time 01:04 - 01:42 ]
================================================================================
------------------
Strumming Pattern:
------------------
Em Cadd9
[] []
||--0-----0-----0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------------------||
||--0-----0-----0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|--3---3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3-3---||
||--0-----0-----0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|--0---0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-||
||--0h2---0 h2--2-0--2--2-0-2-0-0-|--2---2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2-2-0-||
||--2-----2-----2-2--2--2-2-2-2-0-|--3---3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3-3-0-||
||--0-----0-----0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------------------||
^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ v v v ^ v ^ v
Em Cadd9
[] []
Em Cadd9
[] []
Gadd9 Emadd9 Cadd9
[] []
Gadd9 Emadd9 Cadd9
[] []
Gadd9 Emadd9 Cadd9
[] []
Asus2 C C
[] [] [~]
================================================================================
Part 4: [ Time 01:42 - 02:22 ]
================================================================================
G C
[] [~] X 4
G C G C
[] [~] [] [~]
Oh yeah another day
G C Em Fsus2 C
[] [~] [] [] [~]
Oh yeah What a waste
G C G C
[] [~] [] [~]
What it is it never was
G C Em Fsus2 Fsus2
[] [~] [] [] []
I don't care or give a fuck
================================================================================
Repeat Part 2 [ Time 02:22 - 02:46 ]
================================================================================
================================================================================
Repeat Part 3 [ Time 02:46 - 03:37 ]
================================================================================
----------------------------------------
Lyrics variation during Part 3's repeat:
----------------------------------------
Gadd9 Emadd9 Cadd9 Cadd9
[] [] []
Bring me down
Gadd9 Emadd9 Cadd9 Cadd9
[] [] []
Bring me down
Hold the final C chord of the repeat for at least 2 bars before ending.
================================================================================
End
================================================================================
Tab summary: Part 1 x 4
Part 2 x 4
Part 3 x 4
Part 4 x 1
Part 5 x 1
END
Get the free app — iPhone: The Chord Book on the App Store · Android: Free Chords on Google Play
Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers. Free for personal practice.
About Plume Chords by The Smashing Pumpkins
Learn how to play Plume by The Smashing Pumpkins with free guitar chords, lyrics, and interactive chord diagrams. Search for “Plume chords”, “Plume guitar chords”, or “The Smashing Pumpkins Plume chords” and you will find this page — transpose to any key, tap chords for diagrams, and use auto-scroll while you play. Perfect for beginners looking for easy Plume chords and for experienced players who want accurate Plume lyrics and chords in one place. Common chords in this song include A, G, E, D, B, C.
FAQ — Plume by The Smashing Pumpkins
How do I play "Plume" by The Smashing Pumpkins on guitar?
Open the free chords for "Plume" by The Smashing Pumpkins on Free Chord Book. Tap any chord to see its diagram, use transpose to change the key, and turn on auto-scroll to play hands-free.
Are the chords for "Plume" by The Smashing Pumpkins free?
Yes. The chords for "Plume" by The Smashing Pumpkins are 100% free on Free Chord Book — no sign-up required.
Can I transpose "Plume" to a different key?
Yes. Use the transpose buttons on the song page to shift "Plume" up or down by half-steps so it matches your vocal range or capo position.
Can I see chord diagrams for "Plume"?
Yes. Tap any chord in "Plume" to instantly see an interactive guitar chord diagram with alternate fingerings.
Is "Plume" easy to play on guitar?
Many players learn "Plume" by The Smashing Pumpkins with our free chords. Use transpose and chord diagrams to simplify tricky shapes, and browse related songs by The Smashing Pumpkins below.
What key is "Plume" in?
The chords for "Plume" show the original chord names (including A, G, E, D, B, C). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.