Bury Me Chords

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Bury Me by Smashing Pumpkins is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Beginning bass riff: (bass may or may not tune down, it's tabbed here without 
tuning down) 
 
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--3h5-5-5-5------------3-3-- etc. 
------------x-1-3-x-5-5------ 
 
Guitar in: 
 
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---- 
-2-- 
-0-- hold until next part 
-0-- 
-0-- 
 
riff 1 
        harmonics 
--------(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)--- 
--3--3--(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)--- 
--2--2--(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)--- repeat 8 times until "real...." 
--0--0--(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)---  
--0--0--(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)--- 
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Lead part: play after playing riff 1 four times -- 
 
 
 
Then stop & play: 
 
   Real..heh...heh eal  love (riff 1) 
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----7-----5----4-b5b4---2--- 
-----------------------------  play that & the riff 1 thing twice 
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Filler 1 
                 She blah blah blah     (hold until snare hit) 
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-----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0------- 
-----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0------- 
-----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0-- 
-----------------------------------------0-- 
---7---6----7---6----7---6----7---6------0-- 
 
 
Riff 2 -- lots of palm muting 
 
 
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--3h5-5-5-5-5-x--------------3-3---etc..-- 
----------------3-x-5-x-5-7-7-------------- 
 
Play four times into "I love my sister so...." and through "would you bury me?" 
  slow bend -- snare shot 
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--9b10--- 
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Chorus 1 
             Once you see her... 
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---5/7-7-7-7x--------------5-5----------------- repeat 3x 
---5/7-7-7-7x--3-x-5-x-7-x-5-5----------------- 
---3/5-5-5-5x--3-x-5-x-7-x-3-3--etc...--------- 
----------------3-x-5-x-7-x--------------------- 
 
   ...some things you just can't hide 
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----------5------- go back to chorus 1... you get the idea 
---7--7-7-5---5--- 
---7--7-7-3---5--- 
---7--7-7-----5--- 
 
 
Then the break... the second guitar (james) plays a D chord in different 
intervals while Billy goes nuts.  Then, once Billy goes into his solo, they 
play the Chorus 1 part 4x, and then they play Filler 1 to finish out the solo, 
and then they go back into the normal Chorus structure.  Simple! ;) 
 
    D     D     D                             D 
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----9b10--------7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-8p7-8p7/10--- into the impossible solo 
----------11----7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-7---7-------- .. even in the demo 
--------------------------------------------------- version I have, it's 
--------------------------------------------------- impossible. 
--------------------------------------------------- 
 
Solo yank yank 
 
Once you see her... (Chorus thing 2x) 
 
 
...just can't hide 
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--------------3-----------------------2--- guitar fades out & it's just Jimmy 
--------------2-----5-----4-----3-----2--- on the skins for four bars 
--------------0-----5-----4-----3-----2--- 
--------------0-----3-----2-----1-----0--- 
--------------0--------------------------- 
 
Outro riff 1: 
 
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------------------------- repeat 4x alone, then band comes in 
----------0-------------- 
-------13-----13----13--- 
-----13-----------13----- 
---13-------------------- 
 
I have no idea what those chords are, but try: 
 
---0----0--- 
---0----0--- 
---0----0--- for the rest of the song 
---13---15-- 
---13---15-- 
---13---15-- 
 
then play: 
 
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-------11p9-x------------------------------- play this 3 1/2 times and then 
-------------------------------------------- go into the lead outro.. 
---9-xx-------11-11-11-11b12b11--9-etc...--- 
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lead outro: 
she will... 
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----------------------------------------------------------- repeat 12x under 
---15p14----14-17p14-14-15-15-15-15-15-15p14----14--etc..-- "she will bury me 
---------15----------------------------------15------------  she will bury me" 
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at 3:54 -- 
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---15-15-1514-14-14-1412-12-12---10--10-109-9-9-97-7-7-5--5-3-- 
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---3--3-3-3/5-5-5-5/7-7--9--10-10-12-12-14-14-15/17-17-17-17--17-17-- 
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---15-15-15p14-x-x-15p14-x-15-15-15-15b17---15-------- 
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                                                                 slow  hold 
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---15p13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-15-15-15-15--15--12b13----------- 
-----------------------------------------------------------------15b17-15-- 
 
Feedback, backwards guitar, noise.... 
 
Lyrics: 
 
Real love 
Real love 
Share your kisses, take your heart 
Everything if it hurts 
 
I love my sister so   
She don't smother me  
I played the spades I know  
I'm a Jack of all trades... would you bury me? 
 
Once you see her 
One inside  
Some things you just can't hide 
 
If you see her 
Tell me why  
Why won't she come outside? 
 
She will... bury me. 
She will... bury me. 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante