Guitar tab for If There Is A God (var.1) by Smashing Pumpkins free download and read or play online: file .txt, 3.17 kb has 271 views and 0 downloads.
"If There is a God"
Written by Billy Corgan
Music by Billy Corgan
Performed by The Smashing Pumpkins
From "Machina II- The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music"
Transcribed by Tate Jensen
Ok people, I was looking for a transcription of this beautiful song
that was released on Machina II, and I couldn't find one. So I decided
to transcribe it myself. There are two versions of this song on Machina
II; one on piano, and one with the full band. I used both of those
versions to transcribe it, and what I've come up with is a nice acoustic
version of the song that is most similar to the piano version.
Tuning: In the full band version of the song, the guitar is tuned down a
few steps...I read in an interview with Billy that he and James both had
their guitars tuned down two full steps for the whole Machina
album...(and for some of the second) and to do this, they had special
guitars made that would go down this low without sounding terrible.
So the tuning for this acoustic version is Standard. If you want to play
along with the piano version, tune half a step up. Also, I think the
full band version is done in drop D tuning, but it doesn't really work
doing it acoustically with drop D.
For timing and strumming, listen to the record, and create your own
patterns in accordance to what sounds best acoustically for you.
Chords
D = 000232
Db = 044222 or 000220
Bm7 = 020202
A = 002220
G = 320033
Em = 022000
Intro: D, Db, Bm7, A, G, Em, D
D D,Db
if there is a god
Bm7 Bm7,A
i know he likes to rock
G
he likes his loud guitars
Em D,Db
and his spiders from mars
Bm7 Bm7,A
and if there is a god
G G,D
i know she's watching me
Em
she says she likes what she sees
A D, Db
but there's trouble on the breeze
Em Bm7
who are you this time?
A G
are you one of us, flying blind
Em
cause i'm down here throwing stones
A D, Db
while you're so far from home
Bm7 Bm7,A
and if there is a god
G G,D
i know they're on tv
Em
the spies with bedroom eyes
A D, Db
that cower in our skies
Em Bm7
who are you this time?
A G
are you one of us, flying blind
Em
cause i'm down here throwing stones
A D, Db
while you're so far from home
Bm7
and if there is a god
Bm7
and if there is a god
(end on Bm7)
Have fun...if you have any suggestions or comments, you can e-mail me at
innosense@operamail.com