Age Of Innocence chords by The Smashing Pumpkins

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: Cadd9 X 4-Asus2 X 3-Em X 9

VERSE ONE:
      Cadd9  Asus2   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#    C          E5       D
    ...more .............upon ..........
D#    C         D         A
  .... 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.
Cadd9         Asus2  Em
     .............. rites ....spring
Cadd9        Asus2   Em
     ............ mean ....things
Cadd9       Asus2
     .......... taste
Em            Dsus2
    ................ come
Cadd9      Asus2            Em
     ............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   Em
Lay  yes
G    C
tay   no
C    Em
Lay   yes
C    Em, etc.
Tay   no
Asus2   Em
might   guessed
G     C
make  home
C    Em
Lay yes
G     Cadd9
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