SMASHING PUMPKINS - "obscured" Tablature

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Tabbed by Brian McCall <bpmccal@clemson.edu>

OBSCURED - by Smashing Pumpkins from the album
======== Pisces Iscariot.
Written by William P. Corgan, Jr.

Tune acoustic guitar as follows: E, A, D, G, G (same octave), C

*1
G1 (Acoustic)
> > > > > >
|-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--0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0
|-0--0-0-0-X-0--0-0-0-X-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-X-0--0-0-0-X-0
|-5--5-5-5-X-7--7-7-7-X-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-X-5--5-5-5-X-7
|-6--6-6-6-X-8--8-8-8-X-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-X-6--6-6-6-X-8
|-6--6-6-6-X-8--8-8-8-X-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-X-6--6-6-6-X-8...
^repeat once
> >
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0----0---------------------
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0---------------------
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0---------------------
|-5--5-5-5-5-3--3-3-3-3-3------------------------
|-5--5-5-5-5-3--3-------3------------------------
|-3--3-3-3-3-1--1-------1------------------------
^just strum a few rhythm strings here.

Repeat *1 but end with:
> > > > >
|-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--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
|-5--5-5-5-5-3--3-3-3-3---6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6
|-5--5-5-5-5-3--3-3-3-3---6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6
|-3--3-3-3-3-1--1-1-1-1-/-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4
^rhythm here
^verse starts here (*2)

G2 (Electric, clean tone, some reverb and delay)
(tuned regularly [E])

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|--pbr8-6-5--6-\--1~---------------------------
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^pre-bend to (9)
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|--pbr8-6-5--6-4~------------------------------
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*2 Verse
> >
|----------------------------------------
|-0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-----------------
|-0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-----------------
|-6--6-6-6-6--8--8-8-8-8-----------------
|-6--6-6-6-6--8--8-8-8-8-----------------
|-4--4-4-4-4--6--6-6-6-6-----------------
^repeat 4x ^repeat 4x

Repeat *2 4x
Repeat *1 with G2 as follows:

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|-4---4/6---6/8---8~--4---4/6---6/8---8~-------
|---0-----0-----0-------0-----0-----0----------
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|-4hbr-8---6/8---8~--6-5-3-1-------------------
|--------0-----0-------------2/5-7-8-7-5-3/5---
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|-pbr5fb5--------------------------------------
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I know it's not complete, but you get the idea...

|-----16-------15-------13------11-------------
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|--13----13-12----12-10----10-8----8(/10)------
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^repeat 3x
*3
At 2:48 riff changes to this:
> > > >
|-0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0
|-0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0
|-0--0-0-0-X-0--0-0-0-X-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0
|-2--2-2-2-X-5--5-5-5-X-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3
|-3--3-3-3-X-5--5-5-5-X-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3
|-3--3-3-3-X-3--3-3-3-X-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1...

Repeat *3 11 times.

song ends on several of these (I think):
|(0)-
|-0--
|-0--
|-3--
|-3--
|-1--

and pleasant feedback...

Lyrics:

Oh...

Lost your head
Now you sleep on the floor
What you said
I don't want any more.
Through the haze
Make your eyes undulate
Out in space
Days (Daze) away...

Through these eyes
I rely on all I see
Obscured
Through these eyes
Looks like I'm home tonight

Left for dead
As you sleep on the floor
Things we said
We don't mean anymore.
Tear inside
Like a fallen kite.
Hey hey yeah...

Through these eyes
I deny (on) all I see
Obscured
Through these eyes
Looks like I'm home tonight

What she said
Made a mess of me
What you said
I don't want.
Obscured

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