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The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings

In the verse, you can simplify by leaving out all the 1/7’s, so

just a three-chord progression: I5, I5/b6, IVsus2

Vox on the 4 on “world”, 1 on “pire”

	B5	B5/A	B5	B5/G	Esus2
The world is a vampire

Esus2	B5/A	B5	B5/A	B5	B5/G	Esus2
Sent to d	rain

Esus2	B5/A	B5	B5/A	B5	B5/G	Esus2
Secret destro	yers

Esus2	B5/A	B5	B5/A	B5	B5/G	Esus2
Hold you u	p to the flames

Esus2	B5/A	B5	B5/A	B5	B5/G	Esus2
And what do	I get

Esus2	B5/A	B5	B5/A	B5	B5/G	Esus2
For my pa	in

Esus2	B5/A	B5	B5/A	B5	B5/G	Esus2
Betrayed desi	res

Esus2	B5/A	B5	B5/E	B5/G
And a p	iece of a game

B5/A	B5/A	B5	Esus2	B5/G
Ev	en tho	ugh	I kn	ow

B5/A	B5/A	B5	Esus2	B5/G
I s	uppos	e I	’ll s	how

B5/A	B5/A	B5	Esus2	B5/G
All	my c	ool	and	cold

B5/A	B5/A	B5	B5/G	B5/A
Like o	l’ J	ob

Vox on the 5 on “pite”

	B5	G	D	A	E	G
Desp	ite all my r	age I am	still just a	rat in a	cage

	B5	G	D	A	E	G
Desp	ite all my r	age I am	still just a	rat in a	cage

	B5	G	D	A	E	G
Then	someone will s	ay what is	lost can n	ever be s	aved

	B5	G	D	A	E	G
Desp	ite all my r	age I am	still just a	rat in a	cage

F#	F#5/E	F#	A
→	→	→

	B5	B5/A	B5	B5/G	Esus2
Now I’m naked

Esus2	B5/A	B5	B5/A	B5	B5/G	Esus2
Nothing b	ut an animal

Esus2	B5/A	B5	B5/A	B5	B5/G	Esus2
But can you f	ake it

Esus2	B5/A	B5	B5/A	B5	B5/G	Esus2
For just o	ne more show?

Esus2	B5/A	B5	B5/A	B5	B5/G	Esus2
And what do y	ou want?

Esus2	B5/A	B5	B5/A	B5	B5/G	Esus2
I want to c	hange

Esus2	B5/A	B5	B5/A	B5	B5/G	Esus2
And what have y	ou got

Esus2	B5/A	B5	B5/E	B5/G
When you f	eel the same?

B5/A	B5/A	B5	Esus2	B5/G
Ev	en tho	ugh	I kn	ow

B5/A	B5/A	B5	Esus2	B5/G
I s	uppos	e I	’ll s	how

B5/A	B5/A	B5	Esus2	B5/G
All	my c	ool	and	cold

B5/A	B5/A	B5	B5/G	B5/A
Like o	l’ J	ob

	B5	G	D	A	E	G
Desp	ite all my r	age I am	still just a	rat in a	cage

	B5	G	D	A	E	G
Desp	ite all my r	age I am	still just a	rat in a	cage

	B5	G	D	A	E	G
Then	someone will s	ay what is	lost can n	ever be s	aved

	B5	G	D	A
Desp	ite all my r	age I am	still just a	rat in a

Bridge

G#5	B5	F#	A
Cage

G#5	B5	F#	A
G#5	B5	F#	A
G#5	B5	F#	A

E	G	F#	A
Tell me	I’m the o	nly o	ne

E	G	F#	A
Tell me	there’s n	o other o	ne

E	G	F#	A
Jesus wa	s the onl	y son

E	G	F#	A
Tell me	I’m the c	hosen o	ne

E	G	F#	A
Jesus wa	s an onl	y son

	E	G	F#	F#
For	you

Let ring

	B5	G	D	A	E	G
Desp	ite all my r	age I am	still just a	rat in a	cage

	B5	G	D	A	E	G
Desp	ite all my r	age I am	still just a	rat in a	cage

	B5	G	D	A	E	G
Then	someone will s	ay what is	lost can n	ever be s	aved

	B5	G	D	A	E	G
Desp	ite all my r	age I am	still just a	rat in a	caaaaaaage

Band back in

	B5	G	D	A
Desp	ite all my r	age I am	still just a	rat in a

	B5	G	D	A
Desp	ite all my r	age I am	still just a	rat in a

	B5	G	D	A
Desp	ite all my r	age I am	still just a	rat in a

B5	G	D	A
Cage

B5	G	D	A	B5	G	D	A
Despite all my rag	e am I stil	l just a	rat in a	cag	e

B5	G	D	A
Tell me	I’m the o	nly o	ne

B5	G	D	A
Tell me	there’s no o	ther o	ne

B5	G	D	A
Jesus wa	s an onl	y son

	B5	G	D	A
For you

	B5	G	D	A
And	I still beli	eve that I c	annot be s	aved

	B5	G	D	A
And	I still beli	eve that I c	annot be s	aved

	B5	G	D	A
And	I still beli	eve that I c	annot be s	aved

	B5	G	D	A
And	I still beli	eve that I c	annot be s	aved

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