Smashing Pumpkins – Sweet Sweet

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The guitars on the Siamese Dream recording of Sweet Sweet are tuned down 1/2 step to Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb but that’s totally optional. The song sounds fine in standard tuning.

Strum Pattern:       D   D u D   D   D u D
                     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +

Intro:		/ G - - - - - / - - - - - - /
                / C - - - - - / Em - - - - - / 	    x 3

G(2)        		          C    Em
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet little agony

G(2)        		       C    Em
I don't know just where you've been

         G(2)        	              C       Em
But I'll take take take all that you have for me

    G(2)              C        Em
In sin - where are we going?

         G(2)             C    Em
And they all want you to change

         G(2)             C    Em
And they all want you to change

        G7(2)                    C       Em
And the sad sad sad, all the sad faces drown

        G7(2)               C       Em
In this town - where are we going?

           G(2)             C     Em
Yeah, they all want you to change
                   (Where are we going?)

        G(2)              C    Em
And they all want you to change
                    (Where are we going?)

INTRO
Guitar #1
         G                                                    C            Em
- - - - -7 - - 7- - -7 - - - - - - - - 7 - -5 - -3 - - - - - -3 - - - - - -0 - - - -
- - - - -0 - - 0- - -0 - - - - - - - - 0- - 0- - 0- - - - - - 1- - - - - - 0 - - - -
- - - - -0 - - 0- - -0 - - - - - - - - 0- - 0- - 0- - - - - - 0- - - - - - 0 - - - -
- - - - -0 - - 0- - -0 - - - - - - - - 0- - 0- - 0- - - - - - 2- - - - - - 2 - - - - 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3- - - - - - 2- - - 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  0- - -  

Guitar #2
			      fingers:
    G                   	 4th    1st  opn         C              Em
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - 0- - - 0- - - 0- - - - - - - -3 - - 1- - 0- - - - -  1 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - -
- - 0- - - 0- - - 0- - - - - - - -0 - - 0- - 0- - - - -  0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - -
- - 0- - - 0- - - 0- - - - - - - -0 - - 0- - 0- - - - -  2 - - - - - - - 2- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -3- - - - - - - -2 - - - - - - - -
- - 3- - - 3- - - 3- - - - - - - -3- - 3- - 3- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 

Guitar #3

      G7

- - - - - - - -10 - - - - 10- - - - - - -10 - - - - 10 - - - - -
- - - - - -12 - - - - -12- - - - - - -12- - - - -12 - - - - - -
- - - 10- - - - -  -10 - - - - - -10 - -  - - 10- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

  Cadd9                    Em7

- - -  - -10- - - -10- - - - - - 10- - - -10 - - -
- - - -8 - - - - 8- - - - - - -8 - - - -8 - - - - -
- - 9- - - - - 9- - - - - - 9 - - - - 9- - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.