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Step 1 / 5Position: 5
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Smashing Pumpkins - God
Tabbed By: matt burgess
EMail: gvb878@gte.net
album: aeroplane flies high
Words and Music by Billy Corgan
Tune Down 1/2 Step: Eb   Ab   Db   Gb   Bb  Eb  
Chord Fingerings:
E| D5x A5x E5x F#5x B5x
B| x x x x x
G| 7 x x x 4
D| 7 7 2 4 4
A| 5 7 2 4 2
E| x 5 0 2 x
Fig1 (bass)
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|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|
(Fig1)
god knows i'm helpless to speak
on my own behalf
god is as helpless as me
caught in the negativesD5  A5  
(Fig1)
we all just do as we please
false transmissions
i hope god forgives me
for my transgressionsD5  A5  
it's E5what you F#5wantD5  A5  
to know no E5conseqF#5uences D5  A5  
it's E5what you F#5needD5  A5  
to fucking F#5bleedE5  
A5it's B5all too F#5muchE5  A5  B5  
F#5god E5knows i'm A5helpB5less
F#5god E5knows i'm A5helpB5less
F#5god E5knows i'm A5helpB5less
F#5god E5knows i'm A5helpB5lessD5  A5  
(Fig1)
god knows i'm restless and weak
full of piss and vinegar
god knows we sow what we reap
in the dirt of grandeur
when the darkness comes to me
and it fixes its gaze on me
god knows i'm helplessD5  A5  
it's E5what you F#5wantD5  A5  
to know no E5conseqF#5uences D5  A5  
it's E5what you F#5needD5  A5  
to fucking F#5bleedE5  
A5it's B5all too F#5muchE5  A5  B5  
F#5god E5knows i'm A5helpB5less
F#5god E5knows i'm A5helpB5less
F#5god E5knows i'm A5helpB5less
F#5   E5   A5   B5| E5   D5  A5|>4x
god knows i'm helpless
D5you A5break your bacE5k
D5for A5what you can't E5have
D5you A5can't turn E5backD5  A5  
F#5god E5knows i'm A5helpB5less
F#5god E5knows i'm A5helpB5less
F#5god E5knows i'm A5helpB5less
F#5god E5knows i'm A5helpB5less
F#5   E5   A5   B5helpless
F#5   E5   A5   B5helpless
F#5   E5   A5   B5helpless
F#5   E5   A5   B5helpless
F#5   E5   A5   B5yeah
F#5 E5 A5 B5

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