Age Of Innocence chords by The Smashing Pumpkins

Chords with lyrics

Age of Innocence

Written by Billy Corgan
Music by Billy Corgan
Performed by the Smashing Pumpkins
>From "Machina"
Transcribed by Jonathan Newman

INTRO:
Fig. One: Cadd9Cadd9 X 4-Asus2 X 3-Em X 9

VERSE ONE:
      Cadd9Cadd9  Asus2Asus2   Em-----(so in essence:Fig. I)
..........miss
        Fig. I
.............roads
           Fig. I
...................streets
     Fig. I
.......raid
        Fig. I
........    to
        Fig. I
...........paint
        Fig. I
............ bones
    Fig. I
.......shamed

PRE-CHORUS: strange distortion and power chords
D#D#    C majorC          E5E5       D MajorD
    ...more .............upon ..........
D#D#    C majorC         D MajorD         A augmentedA
  .... more ............ man

CHORUS:
 Fig. I, 8X, once for each line


VERSE TWO: same as verse one and chorus, with Distortion

PRE-CHORUS: Same as p.c. one


CHORUS TWO:
[same as chorus one]

MIDDLE 16: drums and guitar only, chords are picked, and get four beats
each.
Cadd9Cadd9         Asus2Asus2  E minorEm
     .............. rites ....spring
Cadd9Cadd9        Asus2Asus2   E minorEm
     ............ mean ....things
Cadd9Cadd9       Asus2Asus2
     .......... taste
E minorEm            Dsus2Dsus2
    ................ come
Cadd9Cadd9      Asus2Asus2            E minorEm
     ............glimpse ........... gone
(above pattern repeats with distorted power chords)
355        121414       799
................ moment ........ free
355      121414  799
............... bind ....release
355            121414
   ,................. die
799         577
   .............. care
355            121414        079900
   .................. swear ............. there

CHORUS THREE:
C majorC   E minorEm
Lay  yes
G+G    C majorC
tay   no
C majorC    E minorEm
Lay   yes
C majorC    Em, etc.
Tay   no
Asus2Asus2   E minorEm
might   guessed
G+G     C majorC
make  home
C majorC    E minorEm
Lay yes
G+G     Cadd9Cadd9
Tay    no

CHORDS USED:
Cadd9: x32033
Asus2: x02200
Em: 022000
D#: x688xx
C: x355xx or x32010 as in Chorus 3
D: x577xx
E5: x977xx
G: 320033
A: 577xxx