Band: Smashing Pumpkins
Song: Ugly
Album: The Aeroplane Flies High [1979 single]
Tuning: Eb
Written by: Billy Corgan
Transcribed by: Brian Sullivan

Hello boys and girls of the generation who doesn’t know all the words. Here’s what the chords look like for this song.  The song is written in Eb/D# tuning, so every note I write is actually ½ step lower.
        E   G   C   A    D
D# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
F# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
C# - 2 - 5 - 10 - 7 -  12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G# - 2 - 5 - 10 - 7 -  12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
D# - 0 - 3 -  8 -  5 - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


The intro is a palm muted E. Repeat this pattern a few times

C# 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - |
G# 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - |
D# 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - |



The verse and pretty much the rest of the song are palm muted.  Here she goes:


E                G                                        C           E                G                       C
I    don’t    look    in    the    in    the    mirror    I    don’t    like    what    I    see    staring    back    at
         E        G            C           E        G         C                                 *EG                    C    A    
Me    Everything’s    clearer    I’ll    never    see    what    you    see    It’s    not    me    so    beautiful 
               *  E       G           C                           A        E         G               C A  E  G       C                  
And    free   I’ll    never    be    what    you    need    Can’t    help    it    all    I    was    born    so
   A               E         G                 C        E              G                      C        E            G                 C
   Beautiful    But    now    I’m    ugly    And    I    rot    in    my    skin    As    a    piece    of    me    dies
                   E    G                   C              E           G                 C                                 *E GC
 everyday    I    know    I’m    nothing    I    know    there’s    nothing    I    can    say       To    change   
          A                                          *  E       G          C                           A        E           G              C      A
 the    judgment    in    their    ways    I’ll    never    be    what    you    need    Can’t    help    it    all    
E        G       C                 A              E      G                  C        D     AE          D                                 A
My    love    was    so    beautiful    but    now    I’m    ugly    Yeah    I’m    good    enough    but    I 
             E                  D                                   A                E                   D                                 A
don’t    care    I’m    good    enough    but    I’m    not    there    I’m    good    enough    but    I    don’t 
 E                  D                               A                E
care    The    sun    is    out    but    I’m    not    there(repeat w/ background vocals)
E               G                          C          E                G                       C
I    don’t    look    in    the    mirror    I    don’t    like    what    I    see    staring    back    at    me 
E        G           C            E       G           C                                   E                G                     C       E
Everything’s    clearer    I’ll    never    see    what    you    see    And    I    rot    in    my    skin    As    a 
G                  C                                      E                G        C             E  G                     C
Piece    of    me    dies    every    day    I    know    I’m    nothing    Because    I’m    Ugly 

Fig. A
C# 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 5 - 2 - 5 - | 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 -
G# 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - | 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 -
D# 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - | 8  -   8  -  8  -  8  -  8  - 8  -   8  - 8 –
      E                    G                   C
      I    Don’t       Look In The   Mirror                                                  [repeat this pattern a few Times]


Fig. B [between the * *]
C# 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - | 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - | 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 -
G# 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - | 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - | 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 -
D# 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - | 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - | 8   -   8   - 8  - 8 -   8  -  8 -   8  -   8 –
      E                                          G                                         C
                                                                               It’s   not   me                                                 So
C# 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - |
G# 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - |
D# 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - |
      A
    Beautiful   and       free


Fig. C
C# 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - | 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 -
G# 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - | 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 -
D# 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - |  8  -  8  -  8  -  8  - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 -
      E                    G                    C                          A
               I’ll        never              Be   what   you      need

Fig. D 
C# 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - | 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 -
G# 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - | 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 -
D# 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - | 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 –
       D                                                         A                  E
I’m   good       enough         but                  I     don’t       care

Intro x2
Fig. A x4
Fig. B x1
Fig. C x3
Fig. A x5
Fig. B x1
Fig. C x3
Fig. A x1
Fig. D x9
Fig. A x8