SMASHING PUMKINS - "Tales Of A Scorched Earth (Perfect)" Tablature
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Artist: the Smashing Pumpkins
Title: Tales of a scorched Earth
Release: Mellon Collie and the infinite sadness – Twilight to starligh
Written by: Billy Corgan
Performed by: the Smashing Pumpkins (Billy Corgan, James Iha, D´arcy
Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin)
Tabbed by: Florian Scherübl
Tuning: Down a half step (EbAbDbGbBbeb)
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I tabbed this because it is one of the best songs on the Pumpkins´
Mellon collie LP along with Bullet with butterfly wings , Zero ,
Tonight, tonight and Through the eyes of ruby .It also is a great experience with lots of distortion. Please send me corrections for this tab, especially the solos (I just wasn´t able to figure out what
Billy was playing) and don´t be too cruel with this tab, it´s my first one and I just wanted to enlarge this pages list of Pumpkins songs. (E – mail: flooos@gmx.net)
The song is played very quick so you will have your problems with the timing of the two guitars and the vocals. Use always distortion.
Intro:
Guitar 2: James (Lead Guitar)
eb------------------------------------------------------------
Bb------------------------------------------------------------
Gb------------------------------------------------------------ play 5
Db------------------------------------------------------------ times
Ab--------------------------4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4---
Eb----------------------0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2---
I think the second time guitar 1 comes in with the same.
Guitar 1: Billy
The first guitar plays a short, distorted part before Jameses fast intro riff. I just can´t exactly tell what Billy plays, but it is
Heavy distorted and I think the first note is a open Eb.
Bridge:
Billy
eb-------
Bb-------
Gb------- f***ing distorted
Db-------
Ab-------
Eb-/0----
Both guitars:
eb-----------------------------------------------
Bb------------------------------------(----2-)---
Gb------------------------------------(----2-)--- play 2 times
Db-9--9-9-12/13-14-----9--9-9-5/6-7---(7---2-)--- (last part only
Ab-7--7-7-10/11-12-----7--7-7-3/4-5---(5-5---)--- second time)
Eb-0--0-0--------------0--0-0---------(--3---)---
1st verse part 1:
Same as bridge but only played by guitar 2
James
eb------------------------------------
Bb------------------------------------
Gb------------------------------------ play 3 times
Db-9--9-9-12/13-14-----9--9-9-5/6-7---
Ab-7--7-7-10/11-12-----7--7-7-3/4-5---
Eb-0--0-0--------------0--0-0---------
Billy starts to sing right after the bridge:
"Farewell, Goodnight, last one out turn out the lights
and let me be, let me die inside
let me know the way from this world of hate in you"
Fill:
Both guitars
eb---------------------------------------
Bb---------------------------------------
Gb--------------------------------------- 2 times (no vocals)
Db---------------------------------------
Ab-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4---
Eb-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2---
1st verse part 2:
Only guitar 2 again.
James
eb------------------------------------
Bb------------------------------------
Gb------------------------------------ now only 2 times
Db-9--9-9-12/13-14-----9--9-9-5/6-7---
Ab-7--7-7-10/11-12-----7--7-7-3/4-5---
Eb-0--0-0--------------0--0-0---------
Billy
"...cause the dye is cast, and the bitch is back
and we´re all dead yeah we´re all dead"
1st chorus:
Part 1: It is sung by James (everytime this is played he sings
something different)
Billy
eb------------------------------------------------------------
Bb------------5---------------------------------2-------------
Gb------------5---------------------------------2-------------
Db--2-----5---5---------------------------------2-------------
Ab--2-----5---3---------------------------------0-------------
Eb--0-----3---------------------------------------------------
James
eb--0-----3---0-----------------------------------------------
Bb--0-----3---1---------------------------------2-------------
Gb--1-----0---0-------9/12-12/5 5/2-------------2-------------
Db--2-----0---2---------------------------------2-------------
Ab--2-----2---3---------------------------------0-------------
Eb--0-----3-------------------------------------0-------------
"Inside the future ... of our shattered past"
(the little solo´s off, I´m sorry)
part 2 (here Billy´s voice comes in):
Billy + James (second time: only James)
eb---------------------------------------------
Bb---------------------------------------------
Gb---------4---------6---------7----------9---- 4 times
Db---------x---------x---------x----------x----
Ab---------2---------4---------5----------7----
Eb-0-0-0-0—--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0------
"I lie to be real and I die just to feel, why
do the same old things still keep on happening
because beyond my hopes there are no feelings"
(start of solo the 4th time)
Bridge:
James
eb---------------------------------------
Bb---------------------------------------
Gb--------------------------------------- 2 times
Db---------------------------------------
Ab-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4---
Eb-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2---
While James is playing it, Billy lays a solo over this and a short part of the verse. Like I said I wasn´t able to tab it. Please help me and E – mail me this part if you can figure it out. Then I will correct the tab.
2nd verse:
James
eb------------------------------------
Bb------------------------------------
Gb------------------------------------ 4 times
Db-9--9-9-12/13-14-----9--9-9-5/6-7---
Ab-7--7-7-10/11-12-----7--7-7-3/4-5---
Eb-0--0-0--------------0--0-0---------
"bless the martyrs and kiss the kids (at the beginning of
for knowing better, knowing this the second repetation
cause you´ re all whores and I´m a fag Billy ends the solo)
and I´ve got no mother and I´ve got no Dad"
2nd chorus:
Part 1:
Billy
eb-------------------------------------------------------------
Bb-------------5---------------------------------2-------------
Gb-------------5---------------------------------2-------------
Db--2-----5----5---------------------------------2-------------
Ab--2-----5----3---------------------------------0-------------
Eb--0-----3----------------------------------------------------
James
eb--0-----3----0-----------------------------------------------
Bb--0-----3----1---------------------------------2-------------
Gb--1-----0----0----------9/12-12/5-5/2----------2-------------
Db--2-----0----2---------------------------------2-------------
Ab--2-----2----3---------------------------------0-------------
Eb--0-----3--------------------------------------0-------------
"to save me the wasted ... save me from myself"
Part 2:
Both guitars
eb--------------------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------------------
Gb---------4---------6---------7---------9---- 2 times
Db---------x---------x---------x---------x----
Ab---------2---------4---------5---------7----
Eb-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------
Same vocals as the first time ("I lie to be real...")
Bridge:
James
eb--------------------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------------------
Gb---------4---------6---------7---------9---- 8 times and more
Db---------x---------x---------x---------x----
Ab---------2---------4---------5---------7----
Eb-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------
Billy plays some wild and distorted improvosation (the open Eb a few times; be sure he uses petals) and lays another solo over the second
chorus part, here just for the bridge. Don´t ask me what is played, it´s a terrible noise and impossible to figure out. It leads into the second part of the bridge:
Billy + James
eb--------------------------
Bb-------------------------- heavy distorted
Gb--------------------------
Db--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----- play as often as needed
Ab--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----
Eb--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----
"Everybody´s lost and just waiting to be found,
everyone´s a thought just waiting to fade..."
3rd verse:
James
eb------------------------------------
Bb------------------------------------
Gb------------------------------------
Db-9--9-9-12/13-14-----9--9-9-5/6-7---
Ab-7--7-7-10/11-12-----7--7-7-3/4-5---
Eb-0--0-0--------------0--0-0---------
"so *** it all cause I don´t care
so what somehow somewhere we dared"
3rd Chorus:
Part 1:
Billy
eb-------------------------------------------------------------
Bb-------------5---------------------------2-------------------
Gb-------------5---------------------------2-------------------
Db--2-----5----5---------------------------2-------------------
Ab--2-----5----3---------------------------0-------------------
Eb--0-----3----------------------------------------------------
James
eb--0-----3----0-----------------------------------------------
Bb--0-----3----1---------------------------2-------------------
Gb--1-----0----0-----9/12 12/5-5/2---------2-------------------
Db--2-----0----2---------------------------2-------------------
Ab--2-----2----3---------------------------0-------------------
Eb--0-----3--------------------------------0-------------------
"to try to dare ... to dare for a little more"
Part 2:
Both guitars
eb--------------------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------------------
Gb---------4---------6---------7---------9---- 2 times
Db---------x---------x---------x---------x----
Ab---------2---------4---------5---------7----
Eb-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------
"I lie to be real..."
End:
Billy + James
eb------------------------------------
Bb------------------------------------
Gb------------------------------------ 2 times or as often as needed
Db-9--9-9-12/13-14-----9--9-9-5/6-7---
Ab-7--7-7-10/11-12-----7--7-7-3/4-5---
Eb-0--0-0--------------0--0-0---------
End on
eb-------------
Bb-------------
Gb-------------
Db-9--9-9///---
Ab-7--7-7///---
Eb-0--0-0///---
One of my friends says, somewhere in the net is another version of the song that must be very close to mine. If the tabber of this tab sees my version of Tales of a scorched earth please don´t suppose it is stolen (I don´t know how close mine is...). It´s my first tab but I´m proud of it because it´s tabbed by ear and not stolen.
Hope you like it (and if you can figure out some hard parts send corrections) and have fun with it!
Artist: the Smashing Pumpkins
Title: Tales of a scorched Earth
Release: Mellon Collie and the infinite sadness – Twilight to starligh
Written by: Billy Corgan
Performed by: the Smashing Pumpkins (Billy Corgan, James Iha, D´arcy
Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin)
Tabbed by: Florian Scherübl
Tuning: Down a half step (EbAbDbGbBbeb)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I tabbed this because it is one of the best songs on the Pumpkins´
Mellon collie LP along with Bullet with butterfly wings , Zero ,
Tonight, tonight and Through the eyes of ruby .It also is a great experience with lots of distortion. Please send me corrections for this tab, especially the solos (I just wasn´t able to figure out what
Billy was playing) and don´t be too cruel with this tab, it´s my first one and I just wanted to enlarge this pages list of Pumpkins songs. (E – mail: flooos@gmx.net)
The song is played very quick so you will have your problems with the timing of the two guitars and the vocals. Use always distortion.
Intro:
Guitar 2: James (Lead Guitar)
eb------------------------------------------------------------
Bb------------------------------------------------------------
Gb------------------------------------------------------------ play 5
Db------------------------------------------------------------ times
Ab--------------------------4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4---
Eb----------------------0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2---
I think the second time guitar 1 comes in with the same.
Guitar 1: Billy
The first guitar plays a short, distorted part before Jameses fast intro riff. I just can´t exactly tell what Billy plays, but it is
Heavy distorted and I think the first note is a open Eb.
Bridge:
Billy
eb-------
Bb-------
Gb------- f***ing distorted
Db-------
Ab-------
Eb-/0----
Both guitars:
eb-----------------------------------------------
Bb------------------------------------(----2-)---
Gb------------------------------------(----2-)--- play 2 times
Db-9--9-9-12/13-14-----9--9-9-5/6-7---(7---2-)--- (last part only
Ab-7--7-7-10/11-12-----7--7-7-3/4-5---(5-5---)--- second time)
Eb-0--0-0--------------0--0-0---------(--3---)---
1st verse part 1:
Same as bridge but only played by guitar 2
James
eb------------------------------------
Bb------------------------------------
Gb------------------------------------ play 3 times
Db-9--9-9-12/13-14-----9--9-9-5/6-7---
Ab-7--7-7-10/11-12-----7--7-7-3/4-5---
Eb-0--0-0--------------0--0-0---------
Billy starts to sing right after the bridge:
"Farewell, Goodnight, last one out turn out the lights
and let me be, let me die inside
let me know the way from this world of hate in you"
Fill:
Both guitars
eb---------------------------------------
Bb---------------------------------------
Gb--------------------------------------- 2 times (no vocals)
Db---------------------------------------
Ab-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4---
Eb-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2---
1st verse part 2:
Only guitar 2 again.
James
eb------------------------------------
Bb------------------------------------
Gb------------------------------------ now only 2 times
Db-9--9-9-12/13-14-----9--9-9-5/6-7---
Ab-7--7-7-10/11-12-----7--7-7-3/4-5---
Eb-0--0-0--------------0--0-0---------
Billy
"...cause the dye is cast, and the bitch is back
and we´re all dead yeah we´re all dead"
1st chorus:
Part 1: It is sung by James (everytime this is played he sings
something different)
Billy
eb------------------------------------------------------------
Bb------------5---------------------------------2-------------
Gb------------5---------------------------------2-------------
Db--2-----5---5---------------------------------2-------------
Ab--2-----5---3---------------------------------0-------------
Eb--0-----3---------------------------------------------------
James
eb--0-----3---0-----------------------------------------------
Bb--0-----3---1---------------------------------2-------------
Gb--1-----0---0-------9/12-12/5 5/2-------------2-------------
Db--2-----0---2---------------------------------2-------------
Ab--2-----2---3---------------------------------0-------------
Eb--0-----3-------------------------------------0-------------
"Inside the future ... of our shattered past"
(the little solo´s off, I´m sorry)
part 2 (here Billy´s voice comes in):
Billy + James (second time: only James)
eb---------------------------------------------
Bb---------------------------------------------
Gb---------4---------6---------7----------9---- 4 times
Db---------x---------x---------x----------x----
Ab---------2---------4---------5----------7----
Eb-0-0-0-0—--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0------
"I lie to be real and I die just to feel, why
do the same old things still keep on happening
because beyond my hopes there are no feelings"
(start of solo the 4th time)
Bridge:
James
eb---------------------------------------
Bb---------------------------------------
Gb--------------------------------------- 2 times
Db---------------------------------------
Ab-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4---
Eb-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2-0-0h2---
While James is playing it, Billy lays a solo over this and a short part of the verse. Like I said I wasn´t able to tab it. Please help me and E – mail me this part if you can figure it out. Then I will correct the tab.
2nd verse:
James
eb------------------------------------
Bb------------------------------------
Gb------------------------------------ 4 times
Db-9--9-9-12/13-14-----9--9-9-5/6-7---
Ab-7--7-7-10/11-12-----7--7-7-3/4-5---
Eb-0--0-0--------------0--0-0---------
"bless the martyrs and kiss the kids (at the beginning of
for knowing better, knowing this the second repetation
cause you´ re all whores and I´m a fag Billy ends the solo)
and I´ve got no mother and I´ve got no Dad"
2nd chorus:
Part 1:
Billy
eb-------------------------------------------------------------
Bb-------------5---------------------------------2-------------
Gb-------------5---------------------------------2-------------
Db--2-----5----5---------------------------------2-------------
Ab--2-----5----3---------------------------------0-------------
Eb--0-----3----------------------------------------------------
James
eb--0-----3----0-----------------------------------------------
Bb--0-----3----1---------------------------------2-------------
Gb--1-----0----0----------9/12-12/5-5/2----------2-------------
Db--2-----0----2---------------------------------2-------------
Ab--2-----2----3---------------------------------0-------------
Eb--0-----3--------------------------------------0-------------
"to save me the wasted ... save me from myself"
Part 2:
Both guitars
eb--------------------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------------------
Gb---------4---------6---------7---------9---- 2 times
Db---------x---------x---------x---------x----
Ab---------2---------4---------5---------7----
Eb-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------
Same vocals as the first time ("I lie to be real...")
Bridge:
James
eb--------------------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------------------
Gb---------4---------6---------7---------9---- 8 times and more
Db---------x---------x---------x---------x----
Ab---------2---------4---------5---------7----
Eb-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------
Billy plays some wild and distorted improvosation (the open Eb a few times; be sure he uses petals) and lays another solo over the second
chorus part, here just for the bridge. Don´t ask me what is played, it´s a terrible noise and impossible to figure out. It leads into the second part of the bridge:
Billy + James
eb--------------------------
Bb-------------------------- heavy distorted
Gb--------------------------
Db--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----- play as often as needed
Ab--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----
Eb--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----
"Everybody´s lost and just waiting to be found,
everyone´s a thought just waiting to fade..."
3rd verse:
James
eb------------------------------------
Bb------------------------------------
Gb------------------------------------
Db-9--9-9-12/13-14-----9--9-9-5/6-7---
Ab-7--7-7-10/11-12-----7--7-7-3/4-5---
Eb-0--0-0--------------0--0-0---------
"so *** it all cause I don´t care
so what somehow somewhere we dared"
3rd Chorus:
Part 1:
Billy
eb-------------------------------------------------------------
Bb-------------5---------------------------2-------------------
Gb-------------5---------------------------2-------------------
Db--2-----5----5---------------------------2-------------------
Ab--2-----5----3---------------------------0-------------------
Eb--0-----3----------------------------------------------------
James
eb--0-----3----0-----------------------------------------------
Bb--0-----3----1---------------------------2-------------------
Gb--1-----0----0-----9/12 12/5-5/2---------2-------------------
Db--2-----0----2---------------------------2-------------------
Ab--2-----2----3---------------------------0-------------------
Eb--0-----3--------------------------------0-------------------
"to try to dare ... to dare for a little more"
Part 2:
Both guitars
eb--------------------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------------------
Gb---------4---------6---------7---------9---- 2 times
Db---------x---------x---------x---------x----
Ab---------2---------4---------5---------7----
Eb-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------
"I lie to be real..."
End:
Billy + James
eb------------------------------------
Bb------------------------------------
Gb------------------------------------ 2 times or as often as needed
Db-9--9-9-12/13-14-----9--9-9-5/6-7---
Ab-7--7-7-10/11-12-----7--7-7-3/4-5---
Eb-0--0-0--------------0--0-0---------
End on
eb-------------
Bb-------------
Gb-------------
Db-9--9-9///---
Ab-7--7-7///---
Eb-0--0-0///---
One of my friends says, somewhere in the net is another version of the song that must be very close to mine. If the tabber of this tab sees my version of Tales of a scorched earth please don´t suppose it is stolen (I don´t know how close mine is...). It´s my first tab but I´m proud of it because it´s tabbed by ear and not stolen.
Hope you like it (and if you can figure out some hard parts send corrections) and have fun with it!
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