SMASHING PUMPKINS - "bury me" Tablature

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From: cecarman@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
Subject: s/smashing_pumpkins/bury_me.tab

Okay, here's my attempt -- thanks to gloakley@gibbs.oit.unc.edu for sending me
his try at the tab, which I borrowed the lyrics and the break part from.

Bury Me -- by Smashing Pumpkins (billy corgan)
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Okay, first thing's first: tune your low E down to a low D. There, that's what
Billy Corgan calls "grunge tuning"....

Beginning bass riff: (bass may or may not tune down, it's tabbed here without
tuning down)

-----------------------------
-----------------------------
--3h5-5-5-5\------------3-3-- etc.
------------x-1-3-x-5-5------

Guitar in:

----
----
-2--
-0-- hold until next part
-0--
-0--

riff 1
harmonics
--------(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)---
--3--3--(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)---
--2--2--(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)--- repeat 8 times until "real...."
--0--0--(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)---
--0--0--(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)---
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Lead part: play after playing riff 1 four times --



Then stop & play:

Real..heh...heh eal love (riff 1)
-----------------------------
----7-----5----4-b5b4---2\---
----------------------------- play that & the riff 1 thing twice
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-----------------------------

Filler 1
She blah blah blah (hold until snare hit)
--------------------------------------------
-----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0-------
-----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0-------
-----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0--
-----------------------------------------0--
---7---6----7---6----7---6----7---6------0--


Riff 2 -- lots of palm muting


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-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------
--3h5-5-5-5-5-x\--------------3-3---etc..--
----------------3-x-5-x-5-7-7--------------

Play four times into "I love my sister so...." and through "would you bury me?"
slow bend -- snare shot
---------
--9b10---
---------
---------
---------
---------

Chorus 1
Once you see her...
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
---5/7-7-7-7\x--------------5-5----------------- repeat 3x
---5/7-7-7-7\x--3-x-5-x-7-x-5-5-----------------
---3/5-5-5-5\x--3-x-5-x-7-x-3-3--etc...---------
----------------3-x-5-x-7-x---------------------

...some things you just can't hide
------------------
------------------
----------5------- go back to chorus 1... you get the idea
---7--7-7-5---5---
---7--7-7-3---5---
---7--7-7-----5---


Then the break... the second guitar (james) plays a D chord in different
intervals while Billy goes nuts. Then, once Billy goes into his solo, they
play the Chorus 1 part 4x, and then they play Filler 1 to finish out the solo,
and then they go back into the normal Chorus structure. Simple! ;)

D D D D
---------------------------------------------------
----9b10--------7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-8p7-8p7/10--- into the impossible solo
----------11----7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-7---7-------- .. even in the demo
--------------------------------------------------- version I have, it's
--------------------------------------------------- impossible.
---------------------------------------------------

Solo yank yank

Once you see her... (Chorus thing 2x)


...just can't hide
------------------------------------------
--------------3-----------------------2--- guitar fades out & it's just Jimmy
--------------2-----5-----4-----3-----2--- on the skins for four bars
--------------0-----5-----4-----3-----2---
--------------0-----3-----2-----1-----0---
--------------0---------------------------

Outro riff 1:

-------------------------
------------------------- repeat 4x alone, then band comes in
----------0--------------
-------13-----13----13---
-----13-----------13-----
---13--------------------

I have no idea what those chords are, but try:

---0----0---
---0----0---
---0----0--- for the rest of the song
---13---15--
---13---15--
---13---15--

then play:

--------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------
-------11p9-x------------------------------- play this 3 1/2 times and then
-------------------------------------------- go into the lead outro..
---9-xx-------11-11-11-11b12b11--9-etc...---
--------------------------------------------

lead outro:
she will...
-----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------- repeat 12x under
---15p14----14-17p14-14-15-15-15-15-15-15p14----14--etc..-- "she will bury me
---------15----------------------------------15------------ she will bury me"
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------

at 3:54 --
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
---15-15-15\14-14-14-14\12-12-12---10--10-10\9-9-9-9\7-7-7-5--5-3--
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------
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---3--3-3-3/5-5-5-5/7-7--9--10-10-12-12-14-14-15/17-17-17-17--17-17\--
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---15-15-15p14-x-x-15p14-x-15-15-15-15b17---15--------
------------------------------------------------15\---
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slow hold
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---15p13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-15-15-15-15--15--12b13-----------
-----------------------------------------------------------------15b17-15--

Feedback, backwards guitar, noise....

-cecarman@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu

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