X.Y.U.
Words and Music by Billy Corgan, Transcribed by Craig Newnes
Tune Down 1/2 Step E Ab Db F# A# E
Chord Fingerings:
E A# F# G A G5
E| x x x x x x
B| x x x x x x
G| x 15 11 12 14 x
D| x x x x x 5
A| x 13 9 10 12 5
E| 0 x x x x 3
Intro
|A# E |F# E |A# E |F# E |
|A# E |F# E |A# E |F# E |
|A# E |F# E |A# E |F# E F# G G A |
|A# E |F# E |A# E |F# E |
Verse
F# E F# E
she didn't wanna be, she didn't wanna know
F# E F# E F# G G A
she couldn't run away 'cause she was crazy
F# E F# E
she gave it all away, she saw her baby break
F# E F# E F# G G A
and in the air it hung that she was dull razors
A# E A# E F# A# E F# G G A
and i said i wanna fill you up, i wanna break you, i wanna give you up
A# E F# E A# E
from one another, another one should come to one another
F# E G
no one should come between us and our love
Verse
F# E F# E F# E
still i was lonely, and she was by my side, my one and only
F# E F# G G E
knows that she could never hide
F# E F# E
i couldn't feel her and it was just a game
F# E F# E F# G G A
'cause i was lonely and she was crazy
A# E A# E F# E A# E F# G G A
rat-tat-tat, ka boom-boom, now take that and just a bit of this
A# E F# E
'cause i'm a watcher, and a doer of none
A# E F# E G
come to save you, 'cause you're all mine
Bridge
G G E
i hurt where i can't feel, i feel where i can't hurt
G G
i know where i can't know, i bleed for me and mine
Verse
A# E F# E A# E F# E
ka-boom, ahhhhh, a rat-tat-tat, and some good ole bliss
A# E F# E
'cause i'm a sister, and i'm a mother fuck
A# E F# E
i am made of shamrocks, i am made of stern stuff
A# E F# E
i am never enough, i am the forgotten child
A# E A# E F# E A# E F# G G A
and i said i wanna fill you up, i wanna break you, i wanna give you up
A# E F# E
from one another, no one should ever come
A# E F# E G -slow down-
in between us, between us and our love
(this section is slower and an octave lower that previous)
|F# E A# |F# E G|
F# E F# E F# F# G G F# E
mary had a little lamb, her face was white as snow
F# E F# E F# F# G G F# E
and everywhere that mary went i was sure to go
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now mary's got a problem and mary's not a stupid girl
F# E F# E F# F# G G F# E
mary's got some deep shit, and mary does not forget
F# E F# E F# F# G G F# E F# E
and this is how mary's garden grows, and this is how
F# E F# F# G G F# E
mary has her ghosts
-stop time-
and in the eyes of the jackyl i say ka-boom
|A# E |F# E |A# E |F# E F# G G A | -faster-
A# E F# E
now we begin descent to where we've never been
A# F# E
there is no going back, this wasn't meant to last
A# E F# E
this is a hell on earth, we are meant to serve
A# E -repeat riff 14 times, getting faster-
and she will never learn -A few screams-
-slow down-
|F# E A# |F# E G |
|F# E A# |F# E G |2/4 F# |> repeat riff for about 2 minutes
bye bye, baby goodbye, bye bye