the Smashing Pumpkins
Rhinocerous
Off Gish (1991)/
the Peel Sessions (1990)/
Rhinocerous (1991)/
Rotten Apples – the greatest Hits (2001)
Written by Billy Corgan
Tabbed by Jimi
Standard Tuning

This song´s Intro (when I´m talking about
the intro, I mean that part with the 
amazing feedback) is pretty much impossible
to reproduce. In the studio, Billy and
James used their both guitars in feedback
(one with delay/flanger, the other clean)
and an additional third guitar, which was
simply switched on and put before an amp.
They wanted to get that `airplane´ sound…

Turn your mids and basses up, but not to
High, otherwise you will get problems with
the solos. Use some really mean and nearly 
fuzzy distortion for the Interlude and for
the first chorus ,I prefer switching pick-
ups between the chords. 


Intro: Feedback, 
       See me transcription above!


Billy (flanger/delay)
|------0----------0----------0-----0-----0-------0-------------0---|
|----0----------0---0------0-----0-----0-------0-------------0-----|
|--2-----1--1h2-------2--7-----6-----4-----/11-----9----9h11-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (flanger/delay)
|----------0------0------0------0-----0-------0------0-----0-----0---|
|--------0------0------0------0-----0-------0------0-----0-----0-----|
|--11/13-----14-----13-----11-----9-----/13-----11-----9-----7-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (flanger/delay)
|--------0-4p0-------------0---|
|------0-------0---------0-0---|
|----2-----------2----2----1---|
|--4---------------4-------2---|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

James (clean)                  
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|------9-----9/11-11---| 8 times
|----------------------|
|------7-----7/9--9----|
|--0-0---0-0-----------|


Verse:

Billy + James (clean)
|-------------------------------------0------|
|-------------------------------------0------|
|------9-----9/11-11-----9---13-11-9--11-----| 2 times
|-------------------------------------0------|
|------7-----7/9--9------7---11-9--7--9------|
|--0-0---0-0---------0-0--(0)---------10-----|

   "Planned a show – treasoned my roots"


Fill:

Billy (clean)
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--14/16-16-16-16/19-19-19-1916-16-16-1614-14-14-1413---|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--12/14-14-14-14/17-17-17-1714-14-14-1412-12-12-1211---|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (clean)
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--13-13-1311-11-11-11/13-13-13-13/14-14-14---|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--11-11-119--9--9--9//11-11-11-11/12-12-12---|
|----------------------------------------------|

James (clean)                  
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|------9-----9/11-11---| 4 times
|----------------------|
|------7-----7/9--9----|
|--0-0---0-0-----------|

repeat


Verse: same

Chorus:

Billy + James (clean)
|--0----3----0-------|
|--1----3----3-------|
|--0----0----2-------| 4 times
|--2----0----0-------|
|--3----2------------|
|-------3------------|

"The way – she knows…"

Billy + James (clean)
|--0----3-------|
|--1----3-------|
|--0----0-------| 
|--2----0-------|
|--3----2-------|
|-------3-------|


Bridge:

Billy (flanger/delay)
|------------0-----------0------0------0------0------0------0---|
|----------0------0----0------0------0------0------0------0-----|
|--2-1---1------1---/7------9-----11-----13-----14-----16-------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (flanger/delay)
|---------------0------0------0-----0-------0------0-----0-----0---|
|-------------0------0------0-----0-------0------0-----0-----0-----|
|--/19~~~~-14-----13-----11-----9-----/13-----11-----9-----7-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (flanger/delay)
|--------0-4p0-------------0---|
|------0-------0---------0-0---|
|----2-----------2----2----1---|
|--4---------------4-------2---|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

James (clean)                  
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|------9-----9/11-11---| 8 times
|----------------------|
|------7-----7/9--9----|
|--0-0---0-0-----------|


Verse: same

Chorus: same, with heavy distortion

Bridge:

James (distortion)
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------5-5-5-5/7-7-------|
|--7-7-5-7---5-7-5---5-5-5-5/7-7---5---|
|--7-7-5-7---5-7-5---3-3-3-3/5-5---5---|
|--5-5-3-5---3-5-3---------------0-3---|


Solo:

Billy (distortion)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--*14b16r14-12~~~--11b12r11—7b9r7p5---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------7p5---*5b7----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------*5-*5-*3-*5~~~~~~---|

Billy (distortion)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----////----15thrill17p15---------------------------------15b17~~~---|
|----////------------------h16thrill14-16gb17r16-14~~~~~~-------------|
|----////-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (distortion)
|-----------------------------15b17~b17-17~~~-17-21-21b22r21—17p15h17~~~~---|
|--15b17r15-12h13p12h13p12--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------14-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (distortion)
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--14/16-16-16-16/19-19-19-1916-16-16-1614-14-14-1413---|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--12/14-14-14-14/17-17-17-1714-14-14-1412-12-12-1211---|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (distortion)
|----------------------------------0------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------0------------------------------------|
|--13-13-1311-11-11-11/13--11--9--11---11b12r11b12r11b12r11b12r11~~~---|
|----------------------------------0------------------------------------|
|--11-11-119--9--9--9//11--9---7--9------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------10-----------------------------------|

Billy (distortion)
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--14/16-16-16-16/19-19-19-1916-16-16-1614-14-14-1413---|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--12/14-14-14-14/17-17-17-1714-14-14-1412-12-12-1211---|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (distortion)
|----------------------------------0------------|
|----------------------------------0------------|
|--13-13-1311-11-11-11/13--11--9--11-----------|
|----------------------------------0------------|
|--11-11-119--9--9--9//11--9---7--9------------|
|----------------------------------10-----------|


James (distortion)
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------5-5-5-5/7-7-------| 
|--7-7-5-7---5-7-5---5-5-5-5/7-7---5---|
|--7-7-5-7---5-7-5---3-3-3-3/5-5---5---|
|--5-5-3-5---3-5-3---------------0-3---|

play 5 times and then come in to the slide part with the chords


Interlude:

Billy + James (dsitortion)
|--------------------------------------0-----------|
|--------------------------------------0-----------|
|------9--9-----9--9-----9--13--11--9--11----------| 2 times (no
|--------------------------------------0----x---| pick scrape
|------7--7-----7--7-----7--11--9---7--9----x---| the 2nd time)
|--0-0------0-0------0-0---------------10---x---|

"Open your eyes – to these must I lie?"


Chorus:

James and Billy play the Main chord progression 
(C,G,Dsus) over the lyrics 5 times. 


Outro Solo:

James continues this progression (four times) while Billy
plays this:

Billy (distortion)
|--2-3-2-2h3p2-0--------------------------|
|----------------3~~----0-1-0-------------|
|---------------------2-------2-0---------|
|---------------------------------4-2-0---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


End on:

James (distortion)
|--0----------|
|--3----------|
|--2--7-7----|
|--0--7-7----|
|-----5-5----|
|-------------|



Rhinocerous

Planned a show
Treasoned my roots
Ice cream snow
See you in June

Could have known
I would believe
Should have known
In would come see you

The way
She knows
And she knows, she knows, she knows
And she knows, she knows, she knows
How it´s
She knows, she knows, she knows
And she knows, she knows

Color show
After long
I should go
See you in June

The way
She knows
And she knows, she knows, she knows
And she knows, she knows, she knows
How it´s
She knows, she knows, she knows
And she knows, she knows

Open your eyes – to these must I lie?
Open your eyes – to these must I lie?

The way
She knows
And she knows, she knows, she knows
And she knows, she knows, she knows
How it´s
She knows, she knows, she knows
And she knows, she knows