SMASHING PUMPKINS - "girl named sandoz" Tablature

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Tabbed by Brian McCall <bpmccal@clemson.edu>

Girl Named Sandoz
=================

As performed by Smashing Pumpkins on the album Pisces Iscariot.
Written by Burdon/Weider of the Animals

G2 doubles G1

G1
intro
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-X-3--X-3--X-3--X-3--X-X-3---5---5--X-X-10b(11)r-8--5---5--X-X--
|-X-X--X-X--X-X--X-X--X-X-X---X---X--X-X-X--------X--X---X--X-X--
|-X-1--X-1--X-1--X-1--X-X-1---3---3--X-X-8-b(9)-r-6--3---3--X-X--
|-X----X----X----X----X-X------------X-X--------------------X-X--

|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-10b(11)r-8--5---5--X-X-10b(11)r-8--5---5--X-X------------------
|-X--------X--X---X--X-X-X--------X--X---X--X-X--5-X-8-X-8-------
|-8-b(9)-r-6--3---3--X-X-8-b(9)-r-6--3---3--X-X--X-X-X-X-X-------
|--------------------X-X--------------------X-X--3-X-6-X-6-------

Riff 1 (G1)
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-5---5--X-X-10b(11)r-8--5---5--X-X-10b(11)r-8--5---5--X-X-------
|-X---X--X-X-X--------X--X---X--X-X-X--------X--X---X--X-X-------
|-3---3--X-X-8-b(9)-r-6--3---3--X-X-8-b(9)-r-6--3---3--X-X-------
|--------X-X--------------------X-X--------------------X-X-------

|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-10b(11)r-8--5---5--X-X-----------------------------------------
|-X--------X--X---X--X-X--5-5-8-5-8------------------------------
|-8-b(9)-r-6--3---3--X-X--X-X-X-X-X------------------------------
|--------------------X-X--3-3-6-3-6------------------------------

Riff 2
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-5------X-5-X-5--3------5------X-3--X-3--X-3--X-3--X-X-3--------
|-X------X-X-X-X--X------X------X-X--X-X--X-X--X-X--X-X-X--------
|-3------X-3-X-3--1------3------X-1--X-1--X-1--X-1--X-X-1--------
|--------X---X------------------X----X----X----X----X-X----------

Repeat Riff 1 then:

Riff 3

|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-5------X-5-X-5--3------5------X-3--X-3--X-3--X-3--X-X-3--------
|-X------X-X-X-X--X------X------X-X--X-X--X-X--X-X--X-X-X---5-hbr
|-3------X-3-X-3--1------3------X-1--X-1--X-1--X-1--X-X-1---X----
|--------X---X------------------X----X----X----X----X-X-----3-hbr

The last bent (G) is very gradual. Listen to the record. Add
harsh feedback over it with G2.

Solo (don't have it, though.) then this riff:

G1

|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|10-X10-X10-10-X10-X10--8--------------------------
|-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X-X--X------6h8-8hbr-6~---------
|-8-X-8-X-8--8-X-8-X-8--6--6h8---------------------

G2

|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------8h10-10hbr-8~-------
|10-X10-X10-10-X10-X10--8--8h10--------------------
|-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X-X--X--------------------------
|-8-X-8-X-8--8-X-8-X-8--6--------------------------

Repeat several A# octaves then Riff 1 again until end.


SONG: Girl Named Sandoz performed by the Smashing Pumpkins
TAB by: Carlos Bustos
EMAIL: cab144@cs.usask.ca
TUNING: Standard
This is my first tab soooo.
Please mail me with corrections as I have only been playing for 2 months
and some of this could be wrong, but I think its pretty close.

Intro :

||----------------------------------------
||----------------------------------------
||----------------------------------------
||---------------x-8--x-8--x-8--x-8-8-8---
||---------------x-8--x-8--x-8--x-8-8-8---
||-/17~~---------0-6--0-6--0-6--0-6-6-6---

3 x's . . . . then [little end riff]
||---------------------------| |--------------------------------
||---------------------------| |--------------------------------
||----------------10b----10--| |--------------------------------
||-10----10---101010b----10--| |-10----10--1010-5-x-8-x-10------
||-10----10---1010-8b-----8--| |-10----10--1010-5-x-8-x-10------
||--8-----8----8-8-----------| |--8-----8---8-8-3-0-6-0--8------
^ bend entire chord(fairly slow)


From here on the following is repeated through out most of the song:

[Main Riff]
3 x's then
||---------------------------| |-------------------------------
||---------------------------| |-------------------------------
||----------------10b----10--| |-------------------------------
||-10----10---101010b----10--| |-10----10--1010-5---5---8---8--
||-10----10---1010-8b-----8--| |-10----10--1010-5---5---8---8--
||--8-----8----8-8-----------| |--8-----8---8-8-3---3---6---6--
^ bend entire chord(fairly slow)

Guitar 2: This part is played during the [Main riff] in the intro.
and ends at the same time the [Main riff] ends.
||-------------------------------------------------------------------
||-------------------------------------------------------------------
||-------------------------------------------------------------------
||-------------------------------------------------------------------
||-/15~~---15b(17)b15~-15p14~~---18(let ring then) ~~~~~~~-----------
||-------------------------------------------------------------------
^ Slow

Then Billy starts singing

[Guitar 1]: Main Riff
[Guitar 2]: Comes in right after the line end
||-------------------------------
||-------------------------------
||-------------------------------
||-------------------------------
||-14~~----14-14b(16)b14--14~~---
||-------------------------------
Well I met a girl called Sandoz
^ [Guitar 2]: i'm sure you get it.

[Guitar 1]: Main Riff
[Guitar 2]: Again after the line ends
||-------------------------------------------
||-------------------------------------------
||---------------------------------14br(15)--
||-13h14p13h14p13h14p13h14p13h14p13----------
||-------------------------------------------
||-------------------------------------------
And she taught me many many things

[Guitar 1]: Just guitar 1. Let chords ring out.
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------
||10---------------------x-10-x-10--8--------------------10------------------
||10---------------------x-10-x-10--8--------------------10------------------
||-8---------------------0--8-0--8--6---------------------8------------------
Good things, very good things Sweet things

||---------------------------
||---------------------------
||---------------------------
||--x-8--x-8--x-8--x-8-8-8---
||--x-8--x-8--x-8--x-8-8-8---
||--0-6--0-6--0-6--0-6-6-6---


[Guitar 1]: Main Riff
[Guitar 2]: You got it, after the line ends.
||-------------------------------
||-------------------------------
||-------------------------------
||-------------------------------
||-/15~~-----13h15p13-15--13~~---
||-------------------------------
I met her on a Sunday morning


[Guitar 1]: Main Riff
[Guitar 2]: Man, i'm not saying this again.
||----------------------------------------
||----------------------------------------
||-15h17p15~--17br(19)-17~~18b(19)b18b(19)~~~ sustain through next line
||---------------------------------------- of singing.
||----------------------------------------
||----------------------------------------
It was hot though the snow lay on the ground


[Guitar 1]: Let chords ring out.
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------
||10--------------------x-10-x-10--8--------------------10-------------------
||10--------------------x-10-x-10--8--------------------10-------------------
||-8--------------------0--8-0--8--6---------------------8-------------------


[Guitar 2]: Continued from guitar 2 above. Slide up while STILL bending.
||--LOTS of tremelo----------------------------------------------------------
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------
||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/19b(20)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/20b(21)~~~----------
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Strange things, very strange things My mind has wings

[Guitar 1]:
||---------------------------
||---------------------------
||---------------------------
||--x-8--x-8--x-8--x-8-8-8---
||--x-8--x-8--x-8--x-8-8-8---
||--0-6--0-6--0-6--0-6-6-6---


[Guitar 2]: Now stand in front of you amp for some feedback
||-----------------------------------------------------------------
||-----------------------------------------------------------------
||-----------------------------------------------------------------
||-------------------------18~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
||-----------------------------------------------------------------
||-----------------------------------------------------------------
Sandoz Sandoz
Will you tell me "No?"
Sandoz Sandoz
Will you tell me why?
You could honor
Something from your mind


[Guitar 1]:
||---------------------------
||---------------------------
||---------------------------
||--x-8--x-8--x-8--x-8-8-8---
||--x-8--x-8--x-8--x-8-8-8---
||--0-6--0-6--0-6--0-6-6-6---
yah!


[solo]: Oh man... I'm NOT tabing out that solo. Maybe some other time


[Guitar 1]: Main Riff
[Guitar 2]: You know, after the line.
||----------------------------------
||----------------------------------
||----------------------------------
||----------------------------------
||------13-13~--15~---13-10~~~------
||----------------------------------
She's very old yet many think she's young


[Guitar 1]: Main Riff
[Guitar 2]: This is getting old.
||---------------------------------
||---------------------------------
||---------------------------------
||-18~~~-----\16-14~~~-------------
||---------------------------------
||---------------------------------
One kiss from her and you know your time has come

[Guitar 1]: Let chords ring out.
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------
||10--------------------x-10-x-10--8--------------------10-------------------
||10--------------------x-10-x-10--8--------------------10-------------------
||-8--------------------0--8-0--8--6---------------------8-------------------


[Guitar 2]:
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------
||--14b(16)b14-(let ring then)~~~~~~~~----tremelo into some feedback---------
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Good times for all time Sandoz

[Guitar 1]: Just guitar 1 with drums.
4 x's
||-------------------------------------- ---
||-------------------------------------- ---
||-------------------------------------- ---
||-------------------------------------- then ---
||--12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14--12---14- ~~~~~~
||-------------------------------------- ---

Just sustain on the 14th and stand in front of the amp for some feedback.
Thats it.

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