Sweet Sweet Chords
Sweet Sweet by Smashing Pumpkins is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, G, D and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
--> E G D G B E <---
Intro:
-=-=- |--------------------------------------------0---0--|r play this
guitar|--12--12--12---12-10--8----8--8---8---------0---0--|e string with your
1 |---0---0---0---------------9--9---9----0----0---0--|p thumb - its much
|---0---0---0--------------10-10--10----2----2---2--|e easier that
|---0---0---0------------------0---0----4----4---4--|a way
|--10--------------------------8---8----0----0---0--|t <------------
- or something like that anyway. After 2 bars, guitar 2 comes in with the
following:
|-----------------------------------------------0------|
|-------------------------------------------------0----|
|---0---0---0---0---------9---9---9----------0------0--|
|-----------------12-9-10--10--10----------2-----------|
|----------------------------------------4-------------|
|--------------------------------------0---------------|
- guitar 2 continues arpeggiating this pattern throughout the whole song.
Verse: After the Intro, guitar 1 starts to strum the chords outlined above
-=-=- for the rest of the song. After the 1st "and they all want you to
change..", a 3rd guitar plays this in 3/4 time:
|-------10------10---------10--
|----12------12------12-12-----
|--0-------0-------0----------- or something close to it anyway.
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