The Smashing Pumpkins -Silvery Sometimes Ghosts Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

The Smashing Pumpkins -Silvery Sometimes Ghosts Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsDF#mBmGA

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This is the chord progression of Silvery Sometimes Ghosts by The Smashing Pumpkins on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
D F#m Bm G
D F#m Bm G

[Verse]
D                 F#m                 Bm                 G
Burn like a rocket Torch like a dying sun
D                 F#m         Bm                 G
Snap like a dragon Dive like a pelican
D         F#m         Bm                 G
Kingdoms of my kingdom come

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D         F#m         Bm         G                 D                 F#m                 Bm                 G
Skip like a prophet Spit like a poet’s gun, And say “How long can this go on?”

[Pre-Chorus]
G                         G
Stumbling before you speak
A                                 A                         D
Stunning, and stunning, and stunning the black
F#m                 Bm         G                 D                 F#m                         Bm                         G
With sun turned cold, It would seek out all your hopes which are signals, That must mean most

[Chorus]
D                 F#m                 Bm                         G
We’re in the middle We’re in the middle, ghosts
D                         F#m                 Bm                 G
We’re in the middle We’re in the middle, ghosts

[Verse]
D                         F#m         Bm                 G
Rule like a tyrant Make like a valentine
D F#m         Bm                                 G
Cheer like a siren Soak like a sunken mind
D                         F#m         Bm                         G
Kingdoms of my kingdom come, It’s all but one song

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[Verse]
D                                 F#m                         Bm                         G                         D
Row like a felon Drown like a captain’s son And say “How long can this go on?”

[Chorus]
F#m                         Bm                         G
We’re in the middle We’re in the middle, ghosts
D                 F#m                 Bm                                 G
We’re in the middle We’re in the middle, ghosts

[Solo]
D F#m Bm G
D F#m Bm G

[Pre-Chorus]
G                                 G
Stumbling before you speak
A                         A                                 D
Stunning, and stunning, with cannons to lead
F#m                         Bm                                 G
In tigers’ tide, We scan the fields, someone dies tonight
D         F#m         Bm                 G
It’s tragic, but at least it’s not you

[Chorus]
D                 F#m                         Bm                         G
We’re in the middle We’re in the middle, ghosts
D                         F#m                 Bm                 G
We’re in the middle We’re in the middle, ghosts
D                         F#m                         Bm                 G
We’re in the middle We’re in the middle, ghosts
D                  F#m                         Bm                 G
We’re in the middle We’re in the middle, ghosts

[Outro]
D

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How to play The Smashing Pumpkins -Silvery Sometimes Ghosts: key, chords and progression

The Smashing Pumpkins -Silvery Sometimes Ghosts is built around D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯), with 5 chords in all: D, F#m, Bm, G and A.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – F#m – Bm – G (I – iii – vi – IV in D major). In solfa, that is doh – mi – lah – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, Em, Am, F, G (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 60% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E

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The Smashing Pumpkins -Silvery Sometimes Ghosts chords: questions

What key is The Smashing Pumpkins -Silvery Sometimes Ghosts in?

The Smashing Pumpkins -Silvery Sometimes Ghosts is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in The Smashing Pumpkins -Silvery Sometimes Ghosts?

The Smashing Pumpkins -Silvery Sometimes Ghosts uses 5 chords: D, F#m, Bm, G, A.

What is the chord progression of The Smashing Pumpkins -Silvery Sometimes Ghosts?

The main progression is D – F#m – Bm – G (I – iii – vi – IV).

Is The Smashing Pumpkins -Silvery Sometimes Ghosts easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, Em, Am, F, G (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 60% without a capo).

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