SMASHING PUMKINS - "Drown" Tablature

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Song: Drown
Release: Singles sountrack
Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins
Author: Roy Stevenson (are_you_done@yahoo.com)
Tuning: dropped D

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Key:

h = hammer on p = pull off
/ = slide up \ = slide down
fb= fullbend fr= fullrelease
hb= halfbend hr= halfrelease
~~= let ring


Riff 1: 2 times
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|----------------------------------------------|
|--11--11-11-14-11\9---------------------------|
|---0---0--0--0--0-0--12--12-12-12-9h12-9h12---|
|---------------------0---0--0--0--0--0-0--0---|

Fig 1: 1 time then back to Riff 1
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|--11--11-11-14-11\9---------------------------|
|---0---0--0--0--0-0--12-----9--9----9--9------|
|---------------------0------0--0----0--0------|

With Riff 1:
No matter where you are
I can still hear you when you drown
You travelled very far
Just to see if I'll come around
When I'm down

With Riff 2:
C G
All of those yesterdays
Coming down

Riff 2:
C G
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|-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-\-7-7-|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-\-5-5-|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-\-5-5-|

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-7-7-7/9--7-7-7/9---2--2--2/4-4/7-7/9/11----|
-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0--0-----------------9hb|
--------------------0--0--------------------|
--------------------0--0--------------------|

Resume Riff 1, with 1st solo:

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|--------9fbfr-9h11------------9fb~~fr--|
|--11~~~~(11)------9fb~~fr-9h11---------|
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Continue Riff 1:
No matter where you are
I can still hear you when you dream
You travelled very far
You travelled far like a star
And you are

With Riff 2:
C G
All of those yesterdays
Coming down

With Riff 3:
A D
Is it something someone said?
A D
Was it something someone said?

Riff 3:
A D
|---------7-7-7-5-5-5-|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|-7--7-7--7/10-10-10-10\7-7-7\5--|
|---------------------|-7--7-7-------------------------|
|-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-------------------------|
|-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5--5-5--9/12-12-12-12\9-9-9\7--|
|-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|--------------------------------|

Riff 4 with 2nd Solo:
A C G A C G A C G A C G D
x x x x
x 5 x x
x 5 x 7
7 5 5 7
7 3 5 5
7 x 5 0

2nd Solo:
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|-12hb-12-10-13~--13-13-13-12-10h12---10fbfr----10--|
|----------------------------------12--------12-----|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

|------------------9-9hb~-------------------
|-12hb-12-10-13~------------------------13--
|-----------------------------6-7-9-7-6-----
|--------------------------/7-----------10--
|-------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------

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-13-13-13-13---------------|
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-10-10-10-10-10\9-9-9-9\7--|
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|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------13---13-13-13-13-12~---------|
|---------------------6-7-9-7-6------------------------9fb----|
|-7-7-7/9\7\5-5-5--/7------------10---10-10-10-10-9~----------|
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With Riff 5:
Yesterday the sky was you
And I still feel the same
Nothing left for me to do
And I still feel the same

Riff 5:
|---------0---------|---------0--------------|
|-----3-----3---3---|-----3-----3---3-3p2h3--|
|---2---2-----2-----|---2---2-----2----------|
|-0-----------------|-0----------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
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^
This 2nd variation of
Riff 5 is played every
4th repetition.


Resume Riff 4, but on D in place of A:
D C G A C G
I wish, I wish I could fly
I wish, I wish I could lie(?)
I will, I will try
I will, I will, goodbye

Song continues on D, feedback solo. Yeah, good luck.
End on D

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