Landside Chords
Landside by Smashing Pumpkins is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G6, Am, Am7, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C G6 Am G6
One measure of each, 4 measures per line of lyrics, over and over and over.
The verses are:
C G6 Am G6 etc, etc, etc.
Took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
'Til a landslide brought me down
Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love?
Can the child within by heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
C G6 Am G6 C G6 Am
Can I handle the seasons of my life?
Am7 C G6 Am
Chorus (you could strum this, or switch to a Cotton or Travis pick):
G Am C
Well I've been afraid of changing
G Am G Am
'Cause I've built my life around you
G Am C G
But time makes you bolder, even chldren get older
Am G Am
1st time: I'm gettin' older, too
A G Am C G Am
2nd time: I'm gettin' older, too..... I'm getting older, too
Back to the original picking pattern & chords:
Took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountsain and I turned around
And if you see my reflection i nthe snow covered hills
Will the landslide bring you down?
And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Will the landslide bring you down...Will the landslide bring you down.
Chorus (w/2nd ending)