SMASHING PUMPKINS - "siamese dream album" Tablature
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From: cecarman@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
Subject: s/smashing_pumpkins/siamese_dream_album.crd
SIAMESE DREAM -- Smashing Pumpkins
I've done my best with each of these tunes. Each one has been transcribed by
me unless otherwise noted. So far I have:
Cherub Rock
Quiet
Today
Hummer
Rocket
Disarm (Mark Schnitzus)
Soma
Mayonaise (Sang Lee)
Spaceboy
Sweet Sweet (Jesse Scott)
More will be coming soon. Enjoy! Later,
-Chris Carman
-cecarman@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
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cherub rock -- smashing pumpkins (billy corgan)
-----------
thanks (in part) to Guitar World Magazine
I decided to re-tab my earlier cherub rock tab because, basically, it wasn't
very good. Anyways, here it is:
----12-12---12-12---12---12-12---12-12-12----- repeat 6x,
---------------------------------------------- clean guitar,
-----9--9----9--9----9----9--9----9--9--9----- straight eighths
---------------------------------------------- except for tie
-----7--7----7--7----7----7--7----7--7--7----- where the space
--0-------0-------0------------0----------0--- is
------------------------------------- 4x with heavy dist.,
------------------------------------- lots of guitar noise,
-----9-9---9-9---9---9-9---9-9-9----- then play:
-------------------------------------
-----7-7---7-7---7---7-7---7-7-7-----
---0-----0-----0---------0-------0---
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
-----13-13---13-13---13---13-13---13-13-13-----
-----------------------------------------------
-----11-11---11-11---11---11-11---11-11-11-----
---0-------0-------0------------0----------0---
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
-----16-16---16-16---16---16-16---16\----------
-----------------------------------x\----------
-----14-14---14-14---14---14-14---14\----------
---0-------0-------0------------0--x\----------
then play Riff 1 twice:
vib.
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
--11\9-----13/14---13----11\9-------
------------------------------------
---9\7-----11/12---11-----9\7-------
-------0-0-------0----0-0-----0-0--- and then these two triad chords:
--------------------
--------------------
---2---2-x----------
---4---4-x--2---2---
---5---5-x--4---4---
------------5---5---
then Riff 1 once along with Riff 1a variation, just don't pull
off of the 9 on the A string and slide back up to the 11th like
this:
Riff 1a:---------------------|V
----------------------------|------------------------------
----------------------------|------------------------------
--11\9-----13/14---13----11-|-11/13-----13/14---13----11---
----------------------------|------------------------------
---9\7-----11/12---11-----9-|--9/11-----11/12---11-----9-- ...etc
-------0-0-------0----0-0---|-------0-0-------0----0-0-----
(see chords formations at the end of the file:)
[verse]
Freak out...
D A(ii)
D A(ii)
D A(ii)
C G
[chorus]
D A C G D A C G
Who wants honey...
D A C
[verse]
D A(ii)
Hipsters unite...
D A(ii)
D A(ii)
C G
[chorus]
[bridge]
E D5 A(iii) C5 G5/D
Let me...
E D5 A(iii) C5 G5/D
E D5 A(iii) C5 G5/D
E D5 A(iii) C5 G5/D
Then play this riff, similar to the opening one:
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
----9-9---9-9---9---9-9---9-9-9-----13-13---13-13---13---13-
------------------------------------------------------------
----7-7---7-7---7---7-7---7-7-7-----11-11---11-11---11---11-
--0-----0-----0---------0-------0-0-------0-------0---------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
-13---13-13-13-----16-16---16-16---16---16-16---16-16-16----
------------------------------------------------------------
-11---11-11-11-----14-14---14-14---14---14-14---14-14-14----
----0----------0-0-------0-------0------------0----------0--
---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
---19-19---19-19---21---21-21----------
--------------------------------x\-x\-- into the guitar solo...
---17-17---17-17---19---19-19---x\-x\--
-0-------0-------0------------0-x\-x\--
Play these chords under the solo:
D - A(ii) - E
D - A(ii) - E
D - A(ii) - E
D - A(ii) - C - G
D A C G
Tell me all...
D A C G
D A C G
D A C G
[chorus]
The lead "weedle-a" guitar parts for "Tell me all.." are as follows:
vib.... vib. sustain,vib. sustain,vib.
---10(12)-b10-----------|---10b12--b10\---------------------
------------------------|---------------------10------------
---------------12-11----|-----------------------------------
---------------------12-|-----------------------------------
------------------------|-----------------------------------
------------------------|-----------------------------------
vib. vib.
---10b12b10-----------------10b12b10-----10b12--b10---------
------------10-----------10----------10---------------------
----------------12-11---------------------------------------
----------------------12------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
vib. slow bend feedback, vib.
---17b19--17--15p14-----------------------------------------
--------------------15-10--\----10b12--------10(12)---------
---------------------------\-----------------10(11)---------
---------------------------------------------10-------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
back into Riff 1 once, and Riff 1a seven times through the end.
play this through the end, after the riff has been played four
times... use 16th note strums, one measure on each chord except
for the end chord, which you can figure out by listening to the
song. hold guitar noise
------------------------------------------------
----------------------3-------------------------
--13---14---16---19---2-----1---1\--x-----------
----------------------0-----2---2\--x-----------
--11---12---14---17---0-----2---2\--x-----------
--0----0----0----0----------0---0\--------------
Chord formations:
A(ii) D A C G
x xx x xx o x x xx x xx
I*IIII 9-I*IIII 9-*II*II 7-I*IIII 2-I*IIII
5-*IIIII *IIIII IIII*I *IIIII *IIIII
III*II III*II II*III III*II III*II
21 3 21 3 T 312 21 3 21 3
E D5 A(iii) C5 G5/D
o x xx xxx xo xxx xxx xx
11-I*IIII 10-*IIIII 11-II*III 8-*IIIII 10-**IIII
IIIIII IIIIII IIIIII IIIIII IIIIII
III*II I**III IIIIII I**III II**II
1 3 133 2 133 1133
-----
quiet -- by smashing pumpkins (billy corgan)
-----
This song is one of the easier ones on the album. Lots of heavy,
fat distortion, turn up the treble & bass and cut the mids.
Do several tremelo bends, down then up, 4x until the drum intro.
slide up
then down Riff 1
--------- --------------------------------------
--------- --------------------------------------
--------- --------------------------------------
---2/\--- --2h4-4-4--4/5-5-5--5/7-7-7--7/9-9-9--
---2/\--- --2h4-4-4--4/5-5-5--5/7-7-7--7/9-9-9--
--------- --0-2-2-2--2/3-3-3--3/5-5-5--5/7-7-7--
Play Riff 1 4x as intro, 4x under verse
Play this chorus riff 3x then the held note ending:
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
---11-11----------------------11\9--9-9-9--9-9--9-7--7--7--9--
---11-11-9h11-11--11-11--x-x--11\9--9-9-9--9-9--9-7--7--7--9--
----9--9-0----0---0--0---x-x---9\7--7-7-7--7-7--7-5--5--5--7--
hold pick scrape
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
--11-11-------------------------11\9------(x)\(0)-----
--11-11-9h11-11--11-11-11--x-x--11\9------(x)\(0)-----
---9--9-0----0---0--0--0---x-x---9\7------(x)\(0)-----
For the second verse, play the Riff 1 section 12x and then do the
chorus again, all the way through until the hold.
To get that harmonic sliding effect, place your finger above the
12th fret on the high E string and slide down slowly, plucking
straight 16th note harmonics until you end up above the 7th fret
at the beginning of the 4th beat. Do this four times under "We
are the fossils, the relics of our time... etc".
At the hold, hold for 8 beats, then play this 32nd-note strumming
pattern, similar to the end of Cherub Rock:
w h h q q q q e e e e e e e e
------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
--4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-x\--
--4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-x\--
--2-3-4-5-6-7-8--9--10-11-12-13-14-15-x\--
------------------------------------------
Under the guitar solo, play the main chorus part 3x and this
pattern the fourth time:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
--11-11-----------------------11\9--9-9-9--9-9--9/12-12-12-12\---
--11-11--9h11-11--11-11--x-x--11\9--9-9-9--9-9--9/12-12-12-12\---
---9--9--0-----0---0--0--x-x---9\7--7-7-7--7-7--7/10-10-10-10\---
Now here's where it gets interesting... Riff 1 is altered into a
3/4 time signature, with three measures of 3/4 time connected to
a measure of 4/4 time. Play this entire sequence 4x, 2x without
vocals, 2x under "quiet, i am sleeping...". At the end of the
4th time through, slide up to an B(7th fret E string) power chord
instead of going back down to the E power chord.
repeat this section 3 times
||-------------------------------||
||-------------------------------||
[3/4] ||*-----------------------------*||
||*--2h4-4-4--4/5-5-5--5/7-7-7--*||
||---2h4-4-4--4/5-5-5--5/7-7-7---||
||---0-2-2-2--2/3-3-3--3/5-5-5---||
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
[4/4] |--------------------------------------|
|--2h4-4-4--4/5-5-5--5/7-7-7--2-2-2-2--|
|--2h4-4-4--4/5-5-5--5/7-7-7--2-2-2-2--|
|--0-2-2-2--2/3-3-3--3/5-5-5--0-0-0-0--|
The lead part out of the solo into the changing time signatures
is as follows (you need to either play it with a Boss Ocataver or
deal with it not sounding very full-.. play twice before the
vocals (play the notes in the [] to get the octave effect-:
vib. vib.
---12/14--12----12/14--12------
--------------------------12---
---[9/11]-[9]---[9/11]-[9]-----
--------------------------[9]--
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
Then the outro is back into 4/4 time, the normal chorus pattern
8x all the way through to the end, where it stops on the E chord
the eighth time through. Here's the lead part for the outro,
starting halfway through the 4th repeat:
vib vib vib
---7(9)-b7--4b5b4------------------------------7b9-----------
------------------7-5-----5-------5-7b8b7---5-------8b9-8b9--
------------------------4---6-4-6----------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
vib f.h. vib slow vib vib
-----------------------------------------5-7b9--7b9--7b9-7---
---5-------7-7b9-b7------------------5-7---------------------
------4--------------4------------4--------------------------
------------------------6-----4h6----------------------------
--------7-----------------7----------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-----
today -- by Smashing Pumpkins (billy corgan)
-----
Thanks (in part) to Guitar World magazine
(refer to the chord formations at the end of the file)
Okay, everyone, we've been duped by Billy Corgan. You don't need to capo the
first fret or tune down a 1/2 step or anything. Normal tuning, I swear.
intro/theme riff
---11----13----11----15p11------ play this cutesy little riff
------11----11----11-------11--- 4x solo, then 8x with band
-------------------------------- behind playing these dist.
-------------------------------- chords:
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
Eb5 Bb Ab
Eb5 Bb Ab
Eb5 Bb C Ab
Eb5 Bb Ab
The lead part is as follows:
repeat six times then do: vib.
--------------------- --------------------8-------
------8-----8h9p8---- ------8-------8h9------8----
--8-8---8-8-------8-- --8-8---8-8-8------------8--
--------------------- ----------------------------
--------------------- ----------------------------
--------------------- ----------------------------
Eb5 Bb Ab
Today is the greatest...
Eb5 Bb Ab
Eb5 Bb Ab
Eb5 Bb C
F Ab C F Ab C
I wanted more...
F Ab C F Ab G D5/A
The lead part over the above chords is really simple, play it on
the first and third times, over the C (8th fret) chord:
slow bend w/vib
----------------
------5b7-------
----------------
----------------
----------------
----------------
Eb5 Bb Ab
Today is the greatest...
Eb5 Bb Ab
Eb5 Bb Ab Eb5 Bb C
Play this lead part above the second verse (clean guitar):
-----------------------------------------|--------------------
-----------------------------------------|--------------------
---------------------12-13---12h13p12----|--------------------
---13----15----13---------------------13-|-13----15----13-----
------13----13----13---------------------|----13----13----13--
-----------------------------------------|--------------------
------------------------------------------|--------------------
---------------------11-------------------|--------------------
---12-13-------------------12h13p12-------|--------------------
---------13-------------13----------13p12-|-13----15----13-----
------------13----13----------------------|----13----13----13--
---------------11-------------------------|--------------------
----------------------------------|-----------------------------
--------------------11------------|-----------------------------
--12-13-------12---------13p12----|-----------------------------
--------13------------------------|-13----15----13----17p13-----
-----------13----13------------13-|----13----13----13-------13--
----------------------------------|-----------------------------
dist. vib
--------------------------------
-----------------------13-------
-------------------/12----12-\--
--------------------------------
---13/15-15-15-15---------------
--------------------------------
F Ab Eb5 Bb
Pink ribbon scars...
F Ab Eb5 Bb
F Ab Eb5 Bb
F Ab G D5/A
Eb5 Bb Eb5 Ab Eb5 Bb Eb5 Ab
Today is...
Eb5 Bb C Ab Eb5 Bb C
F Ab C F Ab C
I want to turn...
F Ab C F Ab
Eb5 Bb Ab Eb5 Bb Ab
Today is the greatest...
Eb5 Bb C Ab Eb5 Bb C Ab Eb5
The lead parts in the outro are the clean cutesy riff, the
hammer-on 8th fret riff, and this:
vib sustain
------------------------------------------15p11-------------
-------------------------------------11---------11----------
--12---------12h13p12----12----12h13------------------------
-----15-13------------13----13------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
Then end with the Eb chord and a trem bend down.
Chord formations:
Eb5 6688xx
Bb 688766
Ab 466544
C 8/10/10/9/8/8
F 133211
G 355433
D5/A 5577xx
------
hummer -- by smashing pumpkins (billy corgan)
------
This song is a little tougher than the earlier three because it's a lot longer
and a bit more complicated. First, tune your low E string (6th string) down a
whole step to a D. The intro is a sitar-like line with some weird noise
gate/static effect:
Repeat 10x
--2h3p2-------------2h3p2-----2-3--
--------4-3-1-3-3-3-------x-x------
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
Then play this fuzzed main riff:
----------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------12--
--11-11b12b11---11-11b12b11---12--11b12b11---11-11b12b11----12--
--------------0-------------0--------------0-------------0---9--
---9--9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0-10---9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0--10--
--------------0-------------0--------------0-------------0------
sust.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------12--
--11-11b12b11---11-11b12b11---12--12b14b12--11b12b11---11-11b12b11----12--
--------------0-------------0------------------------0-------------0---9--
---9--9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0-10--10b12b10---9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0--10--
--------------0-------------0------------------------0-------------0------
Now play this distorted line:
slow
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
--7--7-----7--7-----7------------------7-9--9/11-11-------11-11--------
--7--7-5h7-7--7-5h7-7--9-9-9-9----------------------14p12-------14p12--
--5--5-5h7-5--5-5h7-5----------9-b10b9---------------------------------
-------5h7------5h7----------------------------------------------------
trem.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------/15---------------------
----------11--9--b6b7b2-----11b12b11----11h12-14------14-11-b12b11-14-----
-------------------------------------12-12----14-------------------14-12--
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--/9-9-9-9-9--7--b4b5b0---------------------------------------------------
sust.
----------------
----------------
--11b12b11------
--14-------14---
-----------15---
----------------
Now play these clean chords under the first verse:
Repeat 4x ---------|
|--0----0--0---0---|
|--3----3--3---1---|
|--2----0--0---0---|
|--0----2--2---2---|
|------------------|
|------------------|
Then play these distorted chords:
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
--2--2-2--2-2-/5--5-5--5-5-\0--0-/7--7-7-7-7\5-5-5--\2-2-2--2/7-7-7--
--2--2-2--2-2-/5--5-5--5-5-\0--0-/7--7-7-7-7\5-5-5--\2-2-2--2/7-7-7--
--2--2-2--2-2-/5--5-5--5-5-\0--0-/7--7-7-7-7\5-5-5--\2-2-2--2/7-7-7--
Go back to the clean chords, repeating 3x and adding this the 4th time:
dist.
----------------
----------------
----------------
--2-2/10-10-10--
--2-2/10-10-10--
--2-2/10-10-10--
Play the fuzzed main riff again, with these distorted chords under it:
repeat 3x play 4th time sust
------------------------------|-----------------------|----------
------------------------------|-----------------------|----------
------------------------------|-----------------------|----------
--0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/10-10-10--|--0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/5--|-2-2-2-2--
--0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/10-10-10--|--0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/5--|-2-2-2-2--
--0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/10-10-10--|--0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/5--|-2-2-2-2--
Now, play these chords with the following line over it:
repeat 2x
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2--5-5-5--5-5--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2-/10-10-10-10--|
--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2--5-5-5--5-5--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2-/10-10-10-10--|
--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2--5-5-5--5-5--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2-/10-10-10-10--|
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
--9-10-10-10-10-9-10---9\7\5--9--9-10-10-10-10-9-10--9-9\3---
-------------------------------------------------------------
into solo....
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------5-7---
--9-10-10-10-10-9-10---9\5--9--9-10-10-10-9-10-9-9\5-7-------
guitar solo, very fuzzed out
to play this solo completely correct, you're going to have to tranpose up
an octave, and then slap some of that Octaver on there, but I thought it
would just be easier if I transcribed it in the lower octave... go buy that
effect, or an Octave Fuzz....
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
--7b8-7(8)b7-5--4h5p4-------5h7----7b8-7-5-7--7b8-7--5p4-----
----------------------5-5/7-----5------------------------5---
-------------------------------------------------------------
slow bend up vib band comes in
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------8p7--------------------------------------------------
-------------7-7------9p7----/7-7-7--9-b-b-b-b-b-b-b11--\-----/7-------
------5--7/9--------------5--------------------------------------------
--5/7------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
okay, after the solo is over, play these chords 4x:
------------------------
--3--3-3--3-3-3---3-3---
--2--2-2--2-2-2---2-2---
--2--2-2--2-2-2---2-2---
--5--5-3--3-3-3p2-2-2---
------------------------
then play this progression back into the main fuzzed riff from before:
(pm = palm mute)
pm pm
--------------------------------0--
--3-3---3-3----3-----3----3-----3--
--2-2---2-2----2p0---0----0-----0--
--2-2---2-2----2p0---0----0-----0--
--2-2p0-0-0--0-0-----0----0-----0--
-----------------5-5-5--5-5p4-4-4--
----------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------12--
--11-11b12b11---11-11b12b11---12--11b12b11---11-11b12b11----12--
--------------0-------------0--------------0-------------0---9--
---9--9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0-10---9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0--10--
--------------0-------------0--------------0-------------0------
long sust.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------12--
--11-11b12b11---11-11b12b11---12--12b14b12--11b12b11---11-11b12b11----12--
--------------0-------------0------------------------0-------------0---9--
---9--9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0-10--10b12b10---9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0--10--
--------------0-------------0------------------------0-------------0------
now this part is a clean guitar, with a bass doubling riff:
play this 5x:
-----------------------------------------------------------0--------
-------------------------------------------------------3-----3------
-----------------------------------------------------0---0-----0----
--7--7--7--7--/11--11--11--11--11-11\5--5--5--5--5\4-------------4--
---0--0--0--0----0---0---0---0--------0--0--0--0--------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
then play this twice into the outro:
--------------------------5----------5--
--------------------------5------5-5-5--
--------------------------7--9p7-7-7-7--
-------------------4-5--5-5--5---5-5-5--
--7-7-7-5--5/7-7-7----------------------
----------------------------------------
the rest of the song is an instrumental guitar outro with a lot of delay:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------10-----------------------12--
--7h9--7h9p7---7\6----6-7-7/9-10b11----10(11)-9-------14p12------
-------------9-----7-----------------------------11--------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
vib.
----------------------------------------------------------
--14(15)b14p12---------14(15)b14-12---------17p15-14------
---------------14--12---------------14--12-----------16---
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
repeat twice
| --------------------------17-17-17--------------------------17-17-17--
| --17p14-15p14-17p14-15p14-----------17p14-15p14-17p14-15p14-----------
|: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
|: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------
--15-14---------------------------------- |
--------17--15-14------------------------ |
------------------16-14------------------ :|
-------------------------17-16-17-16-14-- :|
----------------------------------------- |
----------------------------------------- |
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------14-b15b14-----------------------------------------
--16-b17b16-14--14h16------------14--h16--17-16-14-12-11-9-7-5-4-2-0----
---------------------------------------------------------------------4--
------------------------------------------------------------------------
slow strum into feedback
---------------0---
---------------3---
---------------2---
---------------0---
--2-0----------0---
------5-4-2-4--0---
------
rocket -- by smashing pumpkins (billy corgan)
------
Okay, after the nearly-seven-minute-long Hummer, the chops deserve a
little break, and that's what this tune, Rocket, provides us with. The
most interesting and exciting thing about this song is the prominent the
of the Boss Octave pedal in combination with the slide/bend guitar. To
acheive this effect, you need to turn down the direct level on the Octave
pedal, and turn up both the 1 Octave Down and 2 Octave Down knobs. This
creates a very thick pseudo-synth guitar sound that make this song what it
is. Anyways, here we go:
intro (from Guitar World March 94, the rest is mine)
repeat 3x------------------|then play this 1x keep repeating this
| main riff through
--------------------5---------------------------5------- the first verse up
------3----5p3---3----------------3----------3---------- until the chorus
----0---0------0------0-3-------0---0--5p0-0------0-3---
--5---------------------------5-------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
Some little tremolo guitar floats through in the second bar after the intro:
-----
--7--
--7-- or something like that, just turn up the tremolo knob on your amp ;)
-----
--5--
-----
Bleed in your own light dream of your own life
I miss me I miss everything
right before the chorus play these two chords (or something similar):
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
--5-5--5-5-5----------------------
--2-2--5-5-5--etc-----------------
--0-0--3-3-3----------------------
----------------------------------
everything...
G D F C G D F C
and on and on...
G D F C
G D F C
the lead line over the chorus is as follows:
------------------------------------------
-----------------10--------13------10p8--- repeat this
---0--0--0-----11--11----14--14---9----9-- 4x
------------/12-------/15-------10--------
------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
now here's the beginning of that interesting octave pedal work. This
part does not use a slide, but make the B string bends very fast.
Repeat this entire line 2x with the main riff underneath.
with octave pedal
------------------------------------------------------------------5h7-7b8b7--
-6-8-8b10b8--6-8-8b10b8--6-8-8b10b8---6-8-8b10b8--6-8-8b10b8--6h8------------
------------------------------------4----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now under the 2nd verse, along with the main riff, play this part. Turn the
direct volume all the way down and turn Octave & Octave 2 all the way up,
and break out the slide. If you don't have an octave pedal or a slide, play
the bottom notes in the brackets -- that's the equivalent, only not synth.
Another way to play it is to do bends, which is tough, but effective.
A crown of thorns, an image formed, deformed
The mark I've borne, a mark of scorn.. to you
---12\10--7/10--------------------------7\5----8\7---7/10----
----------------10/12--10\8------10\8------------------------
---[9\7]-[4/7]-----------------------------------------------
----------------[7/9]--[7\5]-----[7\5]-[9\7]-[10\9]-[9/12]---
---[7\5]-[2/5]-----------------------------------------------
----------------[5/7]--[5\3]-----[5\3]-[7\5]--[8\7]-[7/10]---
Now play these chords over the lyrics with the following lead:
C G
Consume my love...
C D
use slow bends: fast bends:
---8b10-----------12b15---10b12-10-10--8-10-10b12b10-10--8-10-10b12b10-10-
----------9b10p8----------------------------------------------------------
--[5/7]-----------[9/12]--------------------------------------------------
---------[6b7\5]----------------------------------------------------------
--[3/5]-----------[7/10]--------------------------------------------------
---------[4b5\3]----------------------------------------------------------
---8-10-10b12b10--8-10-10b12b10--10------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
D A C G vib
--------------------------------------------
-------------------------12b13b12b13b12/15--
-------------------------[4/-5\-4/-5\-4/7]--
--------------------------------------------
-------------------------[2/-3\-2/-3\-2/5]--
--------------------------------------------
D A C G
----------------------15h17-15h17-15---
---------------------------------------
---------------------[12/14-12/14-12]--
---------------------------------------
---------------------[10/12-10/12-10]--
---------------------------------------
D A C G
----------17\15---------------------
-----17---------------------17\15---
-----[9]-[14\12]------------[9\7]---
------------------------------------
-----[7]-[12\10]------------[7\5]---
------------------------------------
D A C
-------------------------------------
---15--17--12---13---12---13---12----
---[7]-[9]---------------------------
-----------[9]-[10]--[9]-[10]--[9]---
---[5]-[7]---------------------------
-----------[7]--[8]--[7]--[8]--[7]---
G D F C
-------17\15-----
-----------------
------[14\12]----
-----------------
------[12\10]----
-----------------
G D F C
---------------------------------------------------------
-----------15-13-12-13-12----12--------------------------
--------------------------14----14-12-14-14-14-------12--
-----------------------------------------------12-14-----
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
G D F C
----------15-14--------15-14------------------------------
----------------15-----------15-----15-13-12-13-12--------
-------------------14-----------14-----------------12-12--
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
G D F C
----------------------------22-20-19-20-19----19------------
--15-13-12-13-12----12---------------------22----22--19b20--
-----------------14----14-----------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
break and play this super fuzzed-out riff twice alone, and repeat it through
the end of the song before the climbing G chord:
vib vib
--------------------------------------------------------------------
------8h12-12----------13p12-12----8h12-12---15p12---13p12---13p12--
---0-----------0--0-0------------0-----------------0-------0--------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Go into the "I shall be free" chorus and repeat 6x, slowing on the last two
times. Also play the octave-bending riff, plus this one right before the
climb:
f.h. slow
---------------8-7-----------------8--7---------7b8------------------xxx--
----10(12)b10------8---10(12)b10--------10-10-------10-8-7b8---------xxx--
---------------------------------------------------------------------xxx--
---------------------------------------------------------------------xxx--
---------------------------------------------------------------------xxx--
---------------------------------------------------------------(7)\--xxx--
16th note strumming, neat progression:
---3--4--5--6--7--8--9--10--11--12--13--14--15------------
---3--4--5--6--7--8--9--10--11--12--13--14--15------------
---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----
---2--3--4--5--6--7--8---9--10--11--12--13--14--14--14\---
---3--4--5--6--7--8--9--10--11--12--13--14--15--15--15\---
------
disarm -- smashing pumpkins (billy corgan)
------
Chords figured out by Mark Schnitzus, then lost, then written down again by
Chris Carman (cecarman@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu)
Acoustic guitar time. If you've ever heard this one on the Mayonaise Dream
bootleg on the acoustic part, you can see there's not much difference, so the
chords are the only useful thing (unless someone wants to tab out the violin &
cello parts!).
8th-note strumming with 16th note parts here & there
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
Disarm you...
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F# Em7
Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus Cadd9
Cadd9 Em7 Dsus
I used to be a little...
Cadd9 Em7 Dsus
Cadd9 Em7 Dsus
Cadd9 Em7 D Em7 D Cadd9
Em7 Cadd9 Dsus/F#
Disarm you...
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus Cadd9
Cadd9 Em7 Dsus
I used to be a little...
Cadd9 Em7 Dsus Cadd9
Cadd9 Em7 Dsus
Cadd9 Dsus
Dsus Em7 Cadd9
The killer in me...
Dsus
Dsus Em7 Cadd9
Dsus
Dsus Em7 Cadd9
D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 Cadd9
Chord Formations:
Em7 022033 or 022030 (the first one sounds better)
Cadd9 x32033 or x32030 (either is fine)
G 320033
Dsus/F# 200033
Dsus xx0233
D xx0232
----
soma -- smashing pumpkins (billy corgan/james iha)
----
Co-transcribed by Chris Carman (cecarman@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu -- tab) and
Patrick A. Nast (Patrick.Nast@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de -- chords & lyrics)
This is my way to play the chords:
B E G F# A C F D
E------0-----0-----3-----9-----5-----8-----1----10--
B------0-----0-----0-----9-----5-----8-----1----10--
G------8-----9-----0----11-----6-----9-----2----11--
D------9-----9-----0----11-----7----10-----3----12--
A------9-----7-----2-----9-----7----10-----3----12--
E-----(7)---(7)----3-----9-----5-----8-----1----19--
Hints: use chorus, reverb, echo, and Ebows to get it to sound like the record.
Or just have fun with it.
intro -- this is very approximate - repeat 2x-|
|
------0-----------0-----0-------7---7----7----|
------0-----------0-----0-------0---0--0--0---|
------8---8h9-----9---9-9-------0---0------0--|
----9-----9-----9---9---------0---0-----------|
--9-----9-----7-------------------------------|
----------------------------3-----------------|
------0------------0-----0------------------------------
------0------------0-----0------3----------3-----3------
------8----8h9-----9---9-9------4--------0-------0------
----9------9-----9---9----------5-5--4/5-----4/5---5----
--9------9-----7--------------5-------------------------
----------------------------3---------------------------
band in
------0--------------7--------7---7----7-7------
------0---------------7-------------------------
------8----8h9-----9---9------------0-----------
----9------9-----9------------------------------
--9------9-----7------------5---5----5-----5----
--------------------------3---------------------
just repeat something similar to the above intro stuff with the rest of the
band until the vocals come in, then play the chords written above the lyrics.
with over 40 guitar tracks on this song alone, the best thing we can hope to do
is approximate it -- hell, on stage, the Pumpkins only have two guitarists.
lead w/full band:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------0---0---0---0-----------------------0---0---0----9--
---8--------8/9--11\7---6---4---2-----8--------8/9--11--12--11-/14--\9----
-------9h11-9-----------------------------9h11-9--------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
into the vocals
------------------------------------------------------0----------
----------------------0---0---0---0--------------------0---------
---8--------8/9--11\7---6---4---2-----8--------8/9--11--/12------
-------9h11-9-----------------------------9h11-9-----------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
[for the vocals, play something similar to the intro w/lead part]
B E G
nothing left to...
B E G
B E G
B E
G B E
[play that lead part here for the next 4 lines]
G B E
close your eyes...
G B E
G B E G
[crank up the mellotron here...]
B E G
wrapped my hurt...
B E G
B E G
B E G
[lead w/Mike Mills on piano, playing the chords]
B E G
so now i'm...
B E G
B E G
B E G F#
B F#
one last kiss...
B
G
[solo1] play E G A F# under solo1
Okay, the amazing thing about this solo -- and I shit you not -- is that not
only is it on an acoustic guitar (!) driven by an Ebow (!!), but there are
FOURTEEN studio tracks of it! (!!!) So don't worry if this isn't exact. :)
bend up & down
---10---------10-----------------------------------------------------------
--------10h12-----10-/14\10--7--b7(8)b7b7(8)-------------------------------
----0----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------b4(5)b4b4(5)-/12--11h12p11---
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
normal guitar, let open strings ring into power chords
----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------0----------------0-----------------------
-------------------9-----9---9-----9----------------------------
--/14--\9--7-----9---9-----9-----9---9--------------------------
---------------7---------------7--------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
[Distortion! Power Chords! YES!!]
A C G F A C G
didn't want to lose....
F A C G
F A C G
F
B E G
B E G
B E G
B E
G
[solo2] B E G under solo2
[to be finished at a later date, when my physical therapy is done]
A C G F A C G
so let the sadness...
F
E G
D C E
G D
C
B E G
B E G
B E G
B E G
[back to clean chords]
B E G
nah nah nah nah nah...
B E G
B E G
B E G
B
Sincerely Yours,
Adelande
---------
mayonaise -- by smashing pumpkins (billy corgan & james iha)
---------
[Tab courtesy of Sang Lee, contact him for comments etc.]
******* If someone knows how to play the little feedback, screach *******
******* noises in the D chord during the chorus, please show me. *******
Make sure you tune your guitar up a half a step, or put
a capo on the first fret like I do.
/,\ = slide > = vibrato
p = pull off fb, hb = full bend, half bend
h = hammer on fr, hr = full release, half release
xxxx = pickslide
Guitar#1 plays this intro:
|----------------------------------------------------------0--------|
|------0---2---0-------0---2---0-----------5---3-------3-------3----|
|------------2---------------2---------2---------2---2---2---2---2--|
|----2---2-------2---2---2-------2---4---4---4-----0----------------|
|--0---------------0---------------2--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro is played 2 times then these chords:
Bm D Bm D
A F#m A
Guitar#2 plays this solo during the intro, and through the above chords:
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------0----|
|----------0h2hbhr-0-0h2>-------------|-------hr2-0-2-0h2p0--------|
|--0/2>-0h2---------------------------|--0/2>---------------2---2>-|
|------------------------4-0/2-0-2----|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------0--|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
Bm D Bm D A Fm
|--0-----------------------------|---------------------------------------12>-|
|----3-2h3-2>--0h2p0---0-0/2-----|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------2-----------|--9-7-6-7-6-7-9-7-6-7-6-7/9>--hr11--9>-----|
|----------------------------4>--|--^------------------------------^---------|
|--------------------------------|--|------------------------------|---------|
|--------------------------------|--|------------------------------|---------|
|__from this note to this one__|
Notes are muted with thumb of picking
hand, creating dull artificial harm.
A
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|------6/7/9>-----6/7\6>--|
|--7-7--------7-7---------|
|--7-7--------7-7---------|
|--5-5--------5-5---------| End Guitar#2 Solo
The Main Riff now comes:
A F#m D
Both guitars repeat this progression, while alternating the D chord with
figure 1 and figure 2.
Figure 1: Figure 2:
|------------------------| |-----------------------|
|-7-7--------7-7---------| |-7-7--------7-7--------|
|-7-7--------7-7---------| |-7-7--------7-7--------|
|-7-7--------7-7---------| |-7-7--------7-7-4h5-4>-|
|-5-5-4h5-4>-5-5-4h5-4>--| |-5-5-4h5-4>-5-5--------|
|------------------------| |-----------------------|
Bm G D
Well try and...
Bm G D
E F#m D E F#m G
Guitar#1 now plays these chords through solo:
D A D A Bm D G Fm E
Guitar#2 plays this solo, ending on above E:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4h5-5-5-5/7-7>\5-5-4-5-4>\2h4hb>>------------------|
|-5h7-7-7-7/9-9-9----------------------------------4hb>>--0h2-2-2----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------0--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----0-2hbhr-0-7hbhr-5>-------------------------------|
|-0h2-------------------7>-7hb--5>-0h2-0h2-2hb-2hb-0*-|
^
|-------------------------------------------| |___Bend this E down to
|-------------------------------------------| a low D with tremelo bar.
|-------------------------------------------|
|-/5>-4---4---/7>--5-4-----/9>>--xxxx-------|
|-------7---7----------5>--------xxxx--5fb--|
|-------------------------------------------| End Solo
Song now returns to quiter portion of song.
Play main progression 2x with this D:
|-----9-10-9------9-10-9--|
|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--|
|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--|
|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
A
Mother weep...
Fm
D
D
..out of feeling <--at the end of this verse Guitar#1 keeps
playing a D, and Guitar#2 plays:
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-7-7/9-9-9-9/11-11-11-11/12-12-|
|-------------------------------|
|-5-5/7-7-7-7/9--9--9---9/10-10-|
|-------------------------------|
Main Riff again:
So bad...
Guitar#1 plays intro riff, and Guitar#2 plays outro solo:
|------------0----2p0------/5----2-2h5-2----
|------3p2------------2-2/3--------------5--
|-0/2>-----2--------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------- fade out....
Hope this helps,
Sang Lee
lees@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
--------
spaceboy -- by smashing pumpkins (billy corgan)
--------
Finally, an acoustic song! of course, that's excluding Disarm...
This song is actually pretty easy, if you disregard the violin & cello..
Main riff:
|--repeat 3x----|
----------------|--------0---------0----------
--0-0--0-0-0-0--|--0-----0---------0----------
--0-0--0-0-0-0--|--0-----0---------0----------
--3/5--5-5/9-9--|--7--10-10--10-10-10--10-10--
--3/5--5-5/9-9--|--7--10-10--10-10-10--10-10--
--1/3--3-3/7-7--|--5--8--8---8--8--8---8--8---
play this main acoustic riff throughout most of the song, or play the chords
marked in the lyrics....
[riff]
Feel it...
G Am(i) Em(i)
Spaceboy...
C(i) G D Em
[riff]
Watch me...
---------------------------------------------------
--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--
--9--9---10-10-10--5--5--9--9---10-10-10--5--5--9--
--9--9---10-10-10--5--5--9--9---10-10-10--5--5--9--
--7--7---8--8--8---3--3--7--7---8--8--8---3--3--7--
Please...
Now just play the following riff twice for the instrumental:
-------------------------------------------------------------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--0--0--
--3--3-3--2--2-2---3--3-3--5--5-5---3--3-3--2--2-2---3--3-3--5--5--5--5--
--3--3-3--2--2-2---3--3-3--5--5-5---3--3-3--2--2-2---3--3-3--5--5--5--5--
--1--1-1--0--0-0---1--1-1--3--3-3---1--1-1--0--0-0---1--1-1--3--3--3--3--
C(i) G
Spaceboy...
Am(i) Em(i)
C(i) G
D Em F(i)
C(i) G
D
-----3-------3-------3--3--3-3--3--3--
-----0-------0-------0--0--0-0--0--0--
--0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0--0-0--0--0--
--3--3--3-3--3--3-3--0--0--0-0--0--0--
--3--3--3-3--3--3-3--2--2--2-2--2--0--
--1--1--1-1--1--1-1--3--3--3-3--3--2--
We won't be long...
repeat this until you end on the funny F chord
chord fingerings:
G 320003 or 320033
Am(i) x02213
Em(i) 022003
C(i) x32013
D xx0232
Em 022000
F(i) 133000
-----------
sweet sweet -- by smashing pumpkins (billy corgan)
-----------
[Tab courtesy of Jesse Scott, contact him for comments.]
Here's my TAB for Sweet Sweet - It's the simplest song on SD.. If anyone
thinks it's wrong tell me where I screwed up.
TAB by jesse.scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net
TUNING: "Dropped-G" (Low/High E G D G B E) Tune your A string down a
full-step to G
Notes: This is probably the simplest Pumpkins song,
just two chord, the only wierd things are the
alternate tuning and the wierd voicings.
Also, the strumming pattern may not be exact
but it's as close as I could tab it.
Voicings:
G - x00007
C - x55050
Main Riff:
Just repeat this through the entire song
G C
E-|--7---7---7---7---------0-----0-----0-0-0--|-
B-|--0---0---0---0---------5-----5-----5-5-5--|-
G-|--0---0---0---0-0-------0-----0-----0-0-0--|-
D-|--0---0---0---0-0-0-5---5---5-5---5-5-5-5--|-
G-|--0---0---0---0-0-0-5---5---5-5---5-5-5-5--|-
E-|-------------------------------------------|-
End on the wierd the C chord and slide down the neck.
Subject: s/smashing_pumpkins/siamese_dream_album.crd
SIAMESE DREAM -- Smashing Pumpkins
I've done my best with each of these tunes. Each one has been transcribed by
me unless otherwise noted. So far I have:
Cherub Rock
Quiet
Today
Hummer
Rocket
Disarm (Mark Schnitzus)
Soma
Mayonaise (Sang Lee)
Spaceboy
Sweet Sweet (Jesse Scott)
More will be coming soon. Enjoy! Later,
-Chris Carman
-cecarman@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
-----------
cherub rock -- smashing pumpkins (billy corgan)
-----------
thanks (in part) to Guitar World Magazine
I decided to re-tab my earlier cherub rock tab because, basically, it wasn't
very good. Anyways, here it is:
----12-12---12-12---12---12-12---12-12-12----- repeat 6x,
---------------------------------------------- clean guitar,
-----9--9----9--9----9----9--9----9--9--9----- straight eighths
---------------------------------------------- except for tie
-----7--7----7--7----7----7--7----7--7--7----- where the space
--0-------0-------0------------0----------0--- is
------------------------------------- 4x with heavy dist.,
------------------------------------- lots of guitar noise,
-----9-9---9-9---9---9-9---9-9-9----- then play:
-------------------------------------
-----7-7---7-7---7---7-7---7-7-7-----
---0-----0-----0---------0-------0---
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
-----13-13---13-13---13---13-13---13-13-13-----
-----------------------------------------------
-----11-11---11-11---11---11-11---11-11-11-----
---0-------0-------0------------0----------0---
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
-----16-16---16-16---16---16-16---16\----------
-----------------------------------x\----------
-----14-14---14-14---14---14-14---14\----------
---0-------0-------0------------0--x\----------
then play Riff 1 twice:
vib.
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
--11\9-----13/14---13----11\9-------
------------------------------------
---9\7-----11/12---11-----9\7-------
-------0-0-------0----0-0-----0-0--- and then these two triad chords:
--------------------
--------------------
---2---2-x----------
---4---4-x--2---2---
---5---5-x--4---4---
------------5---5---
then Riff 1 once along with Riff 1a variation, just don't pull
off of the 9 on the A string and slide back up to the 11th like
this:
Riff 1a:---------------------|V
----------------------------|------------------------------
----------------------------|------------------------------
--11\9-----13/14---13----11-|-11/13-----13/14---13----11---
----------------------------|------------------------------
---9\7-----11/12---11-----9-|--9/11-----11/12---11-----9-- ...etc
-------0-0-------0----0-0---|-------0-0-------0----0-0-----
(see chords formations at the end of the file:)
[verse]
Freak out...
D A(ii)
D A(ii)
D A(ii)
C G
[chorus]
D A C G D A C G
Who wants honey...
D A C
[verse]
D A(ii)
Hipsters unite...
D A(ii)
D A(ii)
C G
[chorus]
[bridge]
E D5 A(iii) C5 G5/D
Let me...
E D5 A(iii) C5 G5/D
E D5 A(iii) C5 G5/D
E D5 A(iii) C5 G5/D
Then play this riff, similar to the opening one:
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
----9-9---9-9---9---9-9---9-9-9-----13-13---13-13---13---13-
------------------------------------------------------------
----7-7---7-7---7---7-7---7-7-7-----11-11---11-11---11---11-
--0-----0-----0---------0-------0-0-------0-------0---------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
-13---13-13-13-----16-16---16-16---16---16-16---16-16-16----
------------------------------------------------------------
-11---11-11-11-----14-14---14-14---14---14-14---14-14-14----
----0----------0-0-------0-------0------------0----------0--
---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
---19-19---19-19---21---21-21----------
--------------------------------x\-x\-- into the guitar solo...
---17-17---17-17---19---19-19---x\-x\--
-0-------0-------0------------0-x\-x\--
Play these chords under the solo:
D - A(ii) - E
D - A(ii) - E
D - A(ii) - E
D - A(ii) - C - G
D A C G
Tell me all...
D A C G
D A C G
D A C G
[chorus]
The lead "weedle-a" guitar parts for "Tell me all.." are as follows:
vib.... vib. sustain,vib. sustain,vib.
---10(12)-b10-----------|---10b12--b10\---------------------
------------------------|---------------------10------------
---------------12-11----|-----------------------------------
---------------------12-|-----------------------------------
------------------------|-----------------------------------
------------------------|-----------------------------------
vib. vib.
---10b12b10-----------------10b12b10-----10b12--b10---------
------------10-----------10----------10---------------------
----------------12-11---------------------------------------
----------------------12------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
vib. slow bend feedback, vib.
---17b19--17--15p14-----------------------------------------
--------------------15-10--\----10b12--------10(12)---------
---------------------------\-----------------10(11)---------
---------------------------------------------10-------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
back into Riff 1 once, and Riff 1a seven times through the end.
play this through the end, after the riff has been played four
times... use 16th note strums, one measure on each chord except
for the end chord, which you can figure out by listening to the
song. hold guitar noise
------------------------------------------------
----------------------3-------------------------
--13---14---16---19---2-----1---1\--x-----------
----------------------0-----2---2\--x-----------
--11---12---14---17---0-----2---2\--x-----------
--0----0----0----0----------0---0\--------------
Chord formations:
A(ii) D A C G
x xx x xx o x x xx x xx
I*IIII 9-I*IIII 9-*II*II 7-I*IIII 2-I*IIII
5-*IIIII *IIIII IIII*I *IIIII *IIIII
III*II III*II II*III III*II III*II
21 3 21 3 T 312 21 3 21 3
E D5 A(iii) C5 G5/D
o x xx xxx xo xxx xxx xx
11-I*IIII 10-*IIIII 11-II*III 8-*IIIII 10-**IIII
IIIIII IIIIII IIIIII IIIIII IIIIII
III*II I**III IIIIII I**III II**II
1 3 133 2 133 1133
-----
quiet -- by smashing pumpkins (billy corgan)
-----
This song is one of the easier ones on the album. Lots of heavy,
fat distortion, turn up the treble & bass and cut the mids.
Do several tremelo bends, down then up, 4x until the drum intro.
slide up
then down Riff 1
--------- --------------------------------------
--------- --------------------------------------
--------- --------------------------------------
---2/\--- --2h4-4-4--4/5-5-5--5/7-7-7--7/9-9-9--
---2/\--- --2h4-4-4--4/5-5-5--5/7-7-7--7/9-9-9--
--------- --0-2-2-2--2/3-3-3--3/5-5-5--5/7-7-7--
Play Riff 1 4x as intro, 4x under verse
Play this chorus riff 3x then the held note ending:
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
---11-11----------------------11\9--9-9-9--9-9--9-7--7--7--9--
---11-11-9h11-11--11-11--x-x--11\9--9-9-9--9-9--9-7--7--7--9--
----9--9-0----0---0--0---x-x---9\7--7-7-7--7-7--7-5--5--5--7--
hold pick scrape
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
--11-11-------------------------11\9------(x)\(0)-----
--11-11-9h11-11--11-11-11--x-x--11\9------(x)\(0)-----
---9--9-0----0---0--0--0---x-x---9\7------(x)\(0)-----
For the second verse, play the Riff 1 section 12x and then do the
chorus again, all the way through until the hold.
To get that harmonic sliding effect, place your finger above the
12th fret on the high E string and slide down slowly, plucking
straight 16th note harmonics until you end up above the 7th fret
at the beginning of the 4th beat. Do this four times under "We
are the fossils, the relics of our time... etc".
At the hold, hold for 8 beats, then play this 32nd-note strumming
pattern, similar to the end of Cherub Rock:
w h h q q q q e e e e e e e e
------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
--4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-x\--
--4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-x\--
--2-3-4-5-6-7-8--9--10-11-12-13-14-15-x\--
------------------------------------------
Under the guitar solo, play the main chorus part 3x and this
pattern the fourth time:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
--11-11-----------------------11\9--9-9-9--9-9--9/12-12-12-12\---
--11-11--9h11-11--11-11--x-x--11\9--9-9-9--9-9--9/12-12-12-12\---
---9--9--0-----0---0--0--x-x---9\7--7-7-7--7-7--7/10-10-10-10\---
Now here's where it gets interesting... Riff 1 is altered into a
3/4 time signature, with three measures of 3/4 time connected to
a measure of 4/4 time. Play this entire sequence 4x, 2x without
vocals, 2x under "quiet, i am sleeping...". At the end of the
4th time through, slide up to an B(7th fret E string) power chord
instead of going back down to the E power chord.
repeat this section 3 times
||-------------------------------||
||-------------------------------||
[3/4] ||*-----------------------------*||
||*--2h4-4-4--4/5-5-5--5/7-7-7--*||
||---2h4-4-4--4/5-5-5--5/7-7-7---||
||---0-2-2-2--2/3-3-3--3/5-5-5---||
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
[4/4] |--------------------------------------|
|--2h4-4-4--4/5-5-5--5/7-7-7--2-2-2-2--|
|--2h4-4-4--4/5-5-5--5/7-7-7--2-2-2-2--|
|--0-2-2-2--2/3-3-3--3/5-5-5--0-0-0-0--|
The lead part out of the solo into the changing time signatures
is as follows (you need to either play it with a Boss Ocataver or
deal with it not sounding very full-.. play twice before the
vocals (play the notes in the [] to get the octave effect-:
vib. vib.
---12/14--12----12/14--12------
--------------------------12---
---[9/11]-[9]---[9/11]-[9]-----
--------------------------[9]--
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
Then the outro is back into 4/4 time, the normal chorus pattern
8x all the way through to the end, where it stops on the E chord
the eighth time through. Here's the lead part for the outro,
starting halfway through the 4th repeat:
vib vib vib
---7(9)-b7--4b5b4------------------------------7b9-----------
------------------7-5-----5-------5-7b8b7---5-------8b9-8b9--
------------------------4---6-4-6----------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
vib f.h. vib slow vib vib
-----------------------------------------5-7b9--7b9--7b9-7---
---5-------7-7b9-b7------------------5-7---------------------
------4--------------4------------4--------------------------
------------------------6-----4h6----------------------------
--------7-----------------7----------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-----
today -- by Smashing Pumpkins (billy corgan)
-----
Thanks (in part) to Guitar World magazine
(refer to the chord formations at the end of the file)
Okay, everyone, we've been duped by Billy Corgan. You don't need to capo the
first fret or tune down a 1/2 step or anything. Normal tuning, I swear.
intro/theme riff
---11----13----11----15p11------ play this cutesy little riff
------11----11----11-------11--- 4x solo, then 8x with band
-------------------------------- behind playing these dist.
-------------------------------- chords:
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
Eb5 Bb Ab
Eb5 Bb Ab
Eb5 Bb C Ab
Eb5 Bb Ab
The lead part is as follows:
repeat six times then do: vib.
--------------------- --------------------8-------
------8-----8h9p8---- ------8-------8h9------8----
--8-8---8-8-------8-- --8-8---8-8-8------------8--
--------------------- ----------------------------
--------------------- ----------------------------
--------------------- ----------------------------
Eb5 Bb Ab
Today is the greatest...
Eb5 Bb Ab
Eb5 Bb Ab
Eb5 Bb C
F Ab C F Ab C
I wanted more...
F Ab C F Ab G D5/A
The lead part over the above chords is really simple, play it on
the first and third times, over the C (8th fret) chord:
slow bend w/vib
----------------
------5b7-------
----------------
----------------
----------------
----------------
Eb5 Bb Ab
Today is the greatest...
Eb5 Bb Ab
Eb5 Bb Ab Eb5 Bb C
Play this lead part above the second verse (clean guitar):
-----------------------------------------|--------------------
-----------------------------------------|--------------------
---------------------12-13---12h13p12----|--------------------
---13----15----13---------------------13-|-13----15----13-----
------13----13----13---------------------|----13----13----13--
-----------------------------------------|--------------------
------------------------------------------|--------------------
---------------------11-------------------|--------------------
---12-13-------------------12h13p12-------|--------------------
---------13-------------13----------13p12-|-13----15----13-----
------------13----13----------------------|----13----13----13--
---------------11-------------------------|--------------------
----------------------------------|-----------------------------
--------------------11------------|-----------------------------
--12-13-------12---------13p12----|-----------------------------
--------13------------------------|-13----15----13----17p13-----
-----------13----13------------13-|----13----13----13-------13--
----------------------------------|-----------------------------
dist. vib
--------------------------------
-----------------------13-------
-------------------/12----12-\--
--------------------------------
---13/15-15-15-15---------------
--------------------------------
F Ab Eb5 Bb
Pink ribbon scars...
F Ab Eb5 Bb
F Ab Eb5 Bb
F Ab G D5/A
Eb5 Bb Eb5 Ab Eb5 Bb Eb5 Ab
Today is...
Eb5 Bb C Ab Eb5 Bb C
F Ab C F Ab C
I want to turn...
F Ab C F Ab
Eb5 Bb Ab Eb5 Bb Ab
Today is the greatest...
Eb5 Bb C Ab Eb5 Bb C Ab Eb5
The lead parts in the outro are the clean cutesy riff, the
hammer-on 8th fret riff, and this:
vib sustain
------------------------------------------15p11-------------
-------------------------------------11---------11----------
--12---------12h13p12----12----12h13------------------------
-----15-13------------13----13------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
Then end with the Eb chord and a trem bend down.
Chord formations:
Eb5 6688xx
Bb 688766
Ab 466544
C 8/10/10/9/8/8
F 133211
G 355433
D5/A 5577xx
------
hummer -- by smashing pumpkins (billy corgan)
------
This song is a little tougher than the earlier three because it's a lot longer
and a bit more complicated. First, tune your low E string (6th string) down a
whole step to a D. The intro is a sitar-like line with some weird noise
gate/static effect:
Repeat 10x
--2h3p2-------------2h3p2-----2-3--
--------4-3-1-3-3-3-------x-x------
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
Then play this fuzzed main riff:
----------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------12--
--11-11b12b11---11-11b12b11---12--11b12b11---11-11b12b11----12--
--------------0-------------0--------------0-------------0---9--
---9--9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0-10---9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0--10--
--------------0-------------0--------------0-------------0------
sust.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------12--
--11-11b12b11---11-11b12b11---12--12b14b12--11b12b11---11-11b12b11----12--
--------------0-------------0------------------------0-------------0---9--
---9--9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0-10--10b12b10---9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0--10--
--------------0-------------0------------------------0-------------0------
Now play this distorted line:
slow
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
--7--7-----7--7-----7------------------7-9--9/11-11-------11-11--------
--7--7-5h7-7--7-5h7-7--9-9-9-9----------------------14p12-------14p12--
--5--5-5h7-5--5-5h7-5----------9-b10b9---------------------------------
-------5h7------5h7----------------------------------------------------
trem.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------/15---------------------
----------11--9--b6b7b2-----11b12b11----11h12-14------14-11-b12b11-14-----
-------------------------------------12-12----14-------------------14-12--
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--/9-9-9-9-9--7--b4b5b0---------------------------------------------------
sust.
----------------
----------------
--11b12b11------
--14-------14---
-----------15---
----------------
Now play these clean chords under the first verse:
Repeat 4x ---------|
|--0----0--0---0---|
|--3----3--3---1---|
|--2----0--0---0---|
|--0----2--2---2---|
|------------------|
|------------------|
Then play these distorted chords:
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
--2--2-2--2-2-/5--5-5--5-5-\0--0-/7--7-7-7-7\5-5-5--\2-2-2--2/7-7-7--
--2--2-2--2-2-/5--5-5--5-5-\0--0-/7--7-7-7-7\5-5-5--\2-2-2--2/7-7-7--
--2--2-2--2-2-/5--5-5--5-5-\0--0-/7--7-7-7-7\5-5-5--\2-2-2--2/7-7-7--
Go back to the clean chords, repeating 3x and adding this the 4th time:
dist.
----------------
----------------
----------------
--2-2/10-10-10--
--2-2/10-10-10--
--2-2/10-10-10--
Play the fuzzed main riff again, with these distorted chords under it:
repeat 3x play 4th time sust
------------------------------|-----------------------|----------
------------------------------|-----------------------|----------
------------------------------|-----------------------|----------
--0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/10-10-10--|--0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/5--|-2-2-2-2--
--0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/10-10-10--|--0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/5--|-2-2-2-2--
--0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/10-10-10--|--0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/5--|-2-2-2-2--
Now, play these chords with the following line over it:
repeat 2x
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2--5-5-5--5-5--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2-/10-10-10-10--|
--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2--5-5-5--5-5--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2-/10-10-10-10--|
--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2--5-5-5--5-5--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2-/10-10-10-10--|
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
--9-10-10-10-10-9-10---9\7\5--9--9-10-10-10-10-9-10--9-9\3---
-------------------------------------------------------------
into solo....
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------5-7---
--9-10-10-10-10-9-10---9\5--9--9-10-10-10-9-10-9-9\5-7-------
guitar solo, very fuzzed out
to play this solo completely correct, you're going to have to tranpose up
an octave, and then slap some of that Octaver on there, but I thought it
would just be easier if I transcribed it in the lower octave... go buy that
effect, or an Octave Fuzz....
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
--7b8-7(8)b7-5--4h5p4-------5h7----7b8-7-5-7--7b8-7--5p4-----
----------------------5-5/7-----5------------------------5---
-------------------------------------------------------------
slow bend up vib band comes in
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------8p7--------------------------------------------------
-------------7-7------9p7----/7-7-7--9-b-b-b-b-b-b-b11--\-----/7-------
------5--7/9--------------5--------------------------------------------
--5/7------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
okay, after the solo is over, play these chords 4x:
------------------------
--3--3-3--3-3-3---3-3---
--2--2-2--2-2-2---2-2---
--2--2-2--2-2-2---2-2---
--5--5-3--3-3-3p2-2-2---
------------------------
then play this progression back into the main fuzzed riff from before:
(pm = palm mute)
pm pm
--------------------------------0--
--3-3---3-3----3-----3----3-----3--
--2-2---2-2----2p0---0----0-----0--
--2-2---2-2----2p0---0----0-----0--
--2-2p0-0-0--0-0-----0----0-----0--
-----------------5-5-5--5-5p4-4-4--
----------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------12--
--11-11b12b11---11-11b12b11---12--11b12b11---11-11b12b11----12--
--------------0-------------0--------------0-------------0---9--
---9--9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0-10---9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0--10--
--------------0-------------0--------------0-------------0------
long sust.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------12--
--11-11b12b11---11-11b12b11---12--12b14b12--11b12b11---11-11b12b11----12--
--------------0-------------0------------------------0-------------0---9--
---9--9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0-10--10b12b10---9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0--10--
--------------0-------------0------------------------0-------------0------
now this part is a clean guitar, with a bass doubling riff:
play this 5x:
-----------------------------------------------------------0--------
-------------------------------------------------------3-----3------
-----------------------------------------------------0---0-----0----
--7--7--7--7--/11--11--11--11--11-11\5--5--5--5--5\4-------------4--
---0--0--0--0----0---0---0---0--------0--0--0--0--------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
then play this twice into the outro:
--------------------------5----------5--
--------------------------5------5-5-5--
--------------------------7--9p7-7-7-7--
-------------------4-5--5-5--5---5-5-5--
--7-7-7-5--5/7-7-7----------------------
----------------------------------------
the rest of the song is an instrumental guitar outro with a lot of delay:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------10-----------------------12--
--7h9--7h9p7---7\6----6-7-7/9-10b11----10(11)-9-------14p12------
-------------9-----7-----------------------------11--------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
vib.
----------------------------------------------------------
--14(15)b14p12---------14(15)b14-12---------17p15-14------
---------------14--12---------------14--12-----------16---
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
repeat twice
| --------------------------17-17-17--------------------------17-17-17--
| --17p14-15p14-17p14-15p14-----------17p14-15p14-17p14-15p14-----------
|: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
|: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------
--15-14---------------------------------- |
--------17--15-14------------------------ |
------------------16-14------------------ :|
-------------------------17-16-17-16-14-- :|
----------------------------------------- |
----------------------------------------- |
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------14-b15b14-----------------------------------------
--16-b17b16-14--14h16------------14--h16--17-16-14-12-11-9-7-5-4-2-0----
---------------------------------------------------------------------4--
------------------------------------------------------------------------
slow strum into feedback
---------------0---
---------------3---
---------------2---
---------------0---
--2-0----------0---
------5-4-2-4--0---
------
rocket -- by smashing pumpkins (billy corgan)
------
Okay, after the nearly-seven-minute-long Hummer, the chops deserve a
little break, and that's what this tune, Rocket, provides us with. The
most interesting and exciting thing about this song is the prominent the
of the Boss Octave pedal in combination with the slide/bend guitar. To
acheive this effect, you need to turn down the direct level on the Octave
pedal, and turn up both the 1 Octave Down and 2 Octave Down knobs. This
creates a very thick pseudo-synth guitar sound that make this song what it
is. Anyways, here we go:
intro (from Guitar World March 94, the rest is mine)
repeat 3x------------------|then play this 1x keep repeating this
| main riff through
--------------------5---------------------------5------- the first verse up
------3----5p3---3----------------3----------3---------- until the chorus
----0---0------0------0-3-------0---0--5p0-0------0-3---
--5---------------------------5-------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
Some little tremolo guitar floats through in the second bar after the intro:
-----
--7--
--7-- or something like that, just turn up the tremolo knob on your amp ;)
-----
--5--
-----
Bleed in your own light dream of your own life
I miss me I miss everything
right before the chorus play these two chords (or something similar):
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
--5-5--5-5-5----------------------
--2-2--5-5-5--etc-----------------
--0-0--3-3-3----------------------
----------------------------------
everything...
G D F C G D F C
and on and on...
G D F C
G D F C
the lead line over the chorus is as follows:
------------------------------------------
-----------------10--------13------10p8--- repeat this
---0--0--0-----11--11----14--14---9----9-- 4x
------------/12-------/15-------10--------
------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
now here's the beginning of that interesting octave pedal work. This
part does not use a slide, but make the B string bends very fast.
Repeat this entire line 2x with the main riff underneath.
with octave pedal
------------------------------------------------------------------5h7-7b8b7--
-6-8-8b10b8--6-8-8b10b8--6-8-8b10b8---6-8-8b10b8--6-8-8b10b8--6h8------------
------------------------------------4----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now under the 2nd verse, along with the main riff, play this part. Turn the
direct volume all the way down and turn Octave & Octave 2 all the way up,
and break out the slide. If you don't have an octave pedal or a slide, play
the bottom notes in the brackets -- that's the equivalent, only not synth.
Another way to play it is to do bends, which is tough, but effective.
A crown of thorns, an image formed, deformed
The mark I've borne, a mark of scorn.. to you
---12\10--7/10--------------------------7\5----8\7---7/10----
----------------10/12--10\8------10\8------------------------
---[9\7]-[4/7]-----------------------------------------------
----------------[7/9]--[7\5]-----[7\5]-[9\7]-[10\9]-[9/12]---
---[7\5]-[2/5]-----------------------------------------------
----------------[5/7]--[5\3]-----[5\3]-[7\5]--[8\7]-[7/10]---
Now play these chords over the lyrics with the following lead:
C G
Consume my love...
C D
use slow bends: fast bends:
---8b10-----------12b15---10b12-10-10--8-10-10b12b10-10--8-10-10b12b10-10-
----------9b10p8----------------------------------------------------------
--[5/7]-----------[9/12]--------------------------------------------------
---------[6b7\5]----------------------------------------------------------
--[3/5]-----------[7/10]--------------------------------------------------
---------[4b5\3]----------------------------------------------------------
---8-10-10b12b10--8-10-10b12b10--10------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
D A C G vib
--------------------------------------------
-------------------------12b13b12b13b12/15--
-------------------------[4/-5\-4/-5\-4/7]--
--------------------------------------------
-------------------------[2/-3\-2/-3\-2/5]--
--------------------------------------------
D A C G
----------------------15h17-15h17-15---
---------------------------------------
---------------------[12/14-12/14-12]--
---------------------------------------
---------------------[10/12-10/12-10]--
---------------------------------------
D A C G
----------17\15---------------------
-----17---------------------17\15---
-----[9]-[14\12]------------[9\7]---
------------------------------------
-----[7]-[12\10]------------[7\5]---
------------------------------------
D A C
-------------------------------------
---15--17--12---13---12---13---12----
---[7]-[9]---------------------------
-----------[9]-[10]--[9]-[10]--[9]---
---[5]-[7]---------------------------
-----------[7]--[8]--[7]--[8]--[7]---
G D F C
-------17\15-----
-----------------
------[14\12]----
-----------------
------[12\10]----
-----------------
G D F C
---------------------------------------------------------
-----------15-13-12-13-12----12--------------------------
--------------------------14----14-12-14-14-14-------12--
-----------------------------------------------12-14-----
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
G D F C
----------15-14--------15-14------------------------------
----------------15-----------15-----15-13-12-13-12--------
-------------------14-----------14-----------------12-12--
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
G D F C
----------------------------22-20-19-20-19----19------------
--15-13-12-13-12----12---------------------22----22--19b20--
-----------------14----14-----------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
break and play this super fuzzed-out riff twice alone, and repeat it through
the end of the song before the climbing G chord:
vib vib
--------------------------------------------------------------------
------8h12-12----------13p12-12----8h12-12---15p12---13p12---13p12--
---0-----------0--0-0------------0-----------------0-------0--------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Go into the "I shall be free" chorus and repeat 6x, slowing on the last two
times. Also play the octave-bending riff, plus this one right before the
climb:
f.h. slow
---------------8-7-----------------8--7---------7b8------------------xxx--
----10(12)b10------8---10(12)b10--------10-10-------10-8-7b8---------xxx--
---------------------------------------------------------------------xxx--
---------------------------------------------------------------------xxx--
---------------------------------------------------------------------xxx--
---------------------------------------------------------------(7)\--xxx--
16th note strumming, neat progression:
---3--4--5--6--7--8--9--10--11--12--13--14--15------------
---3--4--5--6--7--8--9--10--11--12--13--14--15------------
---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----
---2--3--4--5--6--7--8---9--10--11--12--13--14--14--14\---
---3--4--5--6--7--8--9--10--11--12--13--14--15--15--15\---
------
disarm -- smashing pumpkins (billy corgan)
------
Chords figured out by Mark Schnitzus, then lost, then written down again by
Chris Carman (cecarman@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu)
Acoustic guitar time. If you've ever heard this one on the Mayonaise Dream
bootleg on the acoustic part, you can see there's not much difference, so the
chords are the only useful thing (unless someone wants to tab out the violin &
cello parts!).
8th-note strumming with 16th note parts here & there
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
Disarm you...
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F# Em7
Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus Cadd9
Cadd9 Em7 Dsus
I used to be a little...
Cadd9 Em7 Dsus
Cadd9 Em7 Dsus
Cadd9 Em7 D Em7 D Cadd9
Em7 Cadd9 Dsus/F#
Disarm you...
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus/F#
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus Cadd9
Cadd9 Em7 Dsus
I used to be a little...
Cadd9 Em7 Dsus Cadd9
Cadd9 Em7 Dsus
Cadd9 Dsus
Dsus Em7 Cadd9
The killer in me...
Dsus
Dsus Em7 Cadd9
Dsus
Dsus Em7 Cadd9
D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 Cadd9
Chord Formations:
Em7 022033 or 022030 (the first one sounds better)
Cadd9 x32033 or x32030 (either is fine)
G 320033
Dsus/F# 200033
Dsus xx0233
D xx0232
----
soma -- smashing pumpkins (billy corgan/james iha)
----
Co-transcribed by Chris Carman (cecarman@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu -- tab) and
Patrick A. Nast (Patrick.Nast@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de -- chords & lyrics)
This is my way to play the chords:
B E G F# A C F D
E------0-----0-----3-----9-----5-----8-----1----10--
B------0-----0-----0-----9-----5-----8-----1----10--
G------8-----9-----0----11-----6-----9-----2----11--
D------9-----9-----0----11-----7----10-----3----12--
A------9-----7-----2-----9-----7----10-----3----12--
E-----(7)---(7)----3-----9-----5-----8-----1----19--
Hints: use chorus, reverb, echo, and Ebows to get it to sound like the record.
Or just have fun with it.
intro -- this is very approximate - repeat 2x-|
|
------0-----------0-----0-------7---7----7----|
------0-----------0-----0-------0---0--0--0---|
------8---8h9-----9---9-9-------0---0------0--|
----9-----9-----9---9---------0---0-----------|
--9-----9-----7-------------------------------|
----------------------------3-----------------|
------0------------0-----0------------------------------
------0------------0-----0------3----------3-----3------
------8----8h9-----9---9-9------4--------0-------0------
----9------9-----9---9----------5-5--4/5-----4/5---5----
--9------9-----7--------------5-------------------------
----------------------------3---------------------------
band in
------0--------------7--------7---7----7-7------
------0---------------7-------------------------
------8----8h9-----9---9------------0-----------
----9------9-----9------------------------------
--9------9-----7------------5---5----5-----5----
--------------------------3---------------------
just repeat something similar to the above intro stuff with the rest of the
band until the vocals come in, then play the chords written above the lyrics.
with over 40 guitar tracks on this song alone, the best thing we can hope to do
is approximate it -- hell, on stage, the Pumpkins only have two guitarists.
lead w/full band:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------0---0---0---0-----------------------0---0---0----9--
---8--------8/9--11\7---6---4---2-----8--------8/9--11--12--11-/14--\9----
-------9h11-9-----------------------------9h11-9--------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
into the vocals
------------------------------------------------------0----------
----------------------0---0---0---0--------------------0---------
---8--------8/9--11\7---6---4---2-----8--------8/9--11--/12------
-------9h11-9-----------------------------9h11-9-----------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
[for the vocals, play something similar to the intro w/lead part]
B E G
nothing left to...
B E G
B E G
B E
G B E
[play that lead part here for the next 4 lines]
G B E
close your eyes...
G B E
G B E G
[crank up the mellotron here...]
B E G
wrapped my hurt...
B E G
B E G
B E G
[lead w/Mike Mills on piano, playing the chords]
B E G
so now i'm...
B E G
B E G
B E G F#
B F#
one last kiss...
B
G
[solo1] play E G A F# under solo1
Okay, the amazing thing about this solo -- and I shit you not -- is that not
only is it on an acoustic guitar (!) driven by an Ebow (!!), but there are
FOURTEEN studio tracks of it! (!!!) So don't worry if this isn't exact. :)
bend up & down
---10---------10-----------------------------------------------------------
--------10h12-----10-/14\10--7--b7(8)b7b7(8)-------------------------------
----0----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------b4(5)b4b4(5)-/12--11h12p11---
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
normal guitar, let open strings ring into power chords
----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------0----------------0-----------------------
-------------------9-----9---9-----9----------------------------
--/14--\9--7-----9---9-----9-----9---9--------------------------
---------------7---------------7--------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
[Distortion! Power Chords! YES!!]
A C G F A C G
didn't want to lose....
F A C G
F A C G
F
B E G
B E G
B E G
B E
G
[solo2] B E G under solo2
[to be finished at a later date, when my physical therapy is done]
A C G F A C G
so let the sadness...
F
E G
D C E
G D
C
B E G
B E G
B E G
B E G
[back to clean chords]
B E G
nah nah nah nah nah...
B E G
B E G
B E G
B
Sincerely Yours,
Adelande
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mayonaise -- by smashing pumpkins (billy corgan & james iha)
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[Tab courtesy of Sang Lee, contact him for comments etc.]
******* If someone knows how to play the little feedback, screach *******
******* noises in the D chord during the chorus, please show me. *******
Make sure you tune your guitar up a half a step, or put
a capo on the first fret like I do.
/,\ = slide > = vibrato
p = pull off fb, hb = full bend, half bend
h = hammer on fr, hr = full release, half release
xxxx = pickslide
Guitar#1 plays this intro:
|----------------------------------------------------------0--------|
|------0---2---0-------0---2---0-----------5---3-------3-------3----|
|------------2---------------2---------2---------2---2---2---2---2--|
|----2---2-------2---2---2-------2---4---4---4-----0----------------|
|--0---------------0---------------2--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro is played 2 times then these chords:
Bm D Bm D
A F#m A
Guitar#2 plays this solo during the intro, and through the above chords:
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------0----|
|----------0h2hbhr-0-0h2>-------------|-------hr2-0-2-0h2p0--------|
|--0/2>-0h2---------------------------|--0/2>---------------2---2>-|
|------------------------4-0/2-0-2----|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------0--|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
Bm D Bm D A Fm
|--0-----------------------------|---------------------------------------12>-|
|----3-2h3-2>--0h2p0---0-0/2-----|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------2-----------|--9-7-6-7-6-7-9-7-6-7-6-7/9>--hr11--9>-----|
|----------------------------4>--|--^------------------------------^---------|
|--------------------------------|--|------------------------------|---------|
|--------------------------------|--|------------------------------|---------|
|__from this note to this one__|
Notes are muted with thumb of picking
hand, creating dull artificial harm.
A
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|------6/7/9>-----6/7\6>--|
|--7-7--------7-7---------|
|--7-7--------7-7---------|
|--5-5--------5-5---------| End Guitar#2 Solo
The Main Riff now comes:
A F#m D
Both guitars repeat this progression, while alternating the D chord with
figure 1 and figure 2.
Figure 1: Figure 2:
|------------------------| |-----------------------|
|-7-7--------7-7---------| |-7-7--------7-7--------|
|-7-7--------7-7---------| |-7-7--------7-7--------|
|-7-7--------7-7---------| |-7-7--------7-7-4h5-4>-|
|-5-5-4h5-4>-5-5-4h5-4>--| |-5-5-4h5-4>-5-5--------|
|------------------------| |-----------------------|
Bm G D
Well try and...
Bm G D
E F#m D E F#m G
Guitar#1 now plays these chords through solo:
D A D A Bm D G Fm E
Guitar#2 plays this solo, ending on above E:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4h5-5-5-5/7-7>\5-5-4-5-4>\2h4hb>>------------------|
|-5h7-7-7-7/9-9-9----------------------------------4hb>>--0h2-2-2----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------0--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----0-2hbhr-0-7hbhr-5>-------------------------------|
|-0h2-------------------7>-7hb--5>-0h2-0h2-2hb-2hb-0*-|
^
|-------------------------------------------| |___Bend this E down to
|-------------------------------------------| a low D with tremelo bar.
|-------------------------------------------|
|-/5>-4---4---/7>--5-4-----/9>>--xxxx-------|
|-------7---7----------5>--------xxxx--5fb--|
|-------------------------------------------| End Solo
Song now returns to quiter portion of song.
Play main progression 2x with this D:
|-----9-10-9------9-10-9--|
|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--|
|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--|
|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
A
Mother weep...
Fm
D
D
..out of feeling <--at the end of this verse Guitar#1 keeps
playing a D, and Guitar#2 plays:
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-7-7/9-9-9-9/11-11-11-11/12-12-|
|-------------------------------|
|-5-5/7-7-7-7/9--9--9---9/10-10-|
|-------------------------------|
Main Riff again:
So bad...
Guitar#1 plays intro riff, and Guitar#2 plays outro solo:
|------------0----2p0------/5----2-2h5-2----
|------3p2------------2-2/3--------------5--
|-0/2>-----2--------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------- fade out....
Hope this helps,
Sang Lee
lees@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
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spaceboy -- by smashing pumpkins (billy corgan)
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Finally, an acoustic song! of course, that's excluding Disarm...
This song is actually pretty easy, if you disregard the violin & cello..
Main riff:
|--repeat 3x----|
----------------|--------0---------0----------
--0-0--0-0-0-0--|--0-----0---------0----------
--0-0--0-0-0-0--|--0-----0---------0----------
--3/5--5-5/9-9--|--7--10-10--10-10-10--10-10--
--3/5--5-5/9-9--|--7--10-10--10-10-10--10-10--
--1/3--3-3/7-7--|--5--8--8---8--8--8---8--8---
play this main acoustic riff throughout most of the song, or play the chords
marked in the lyrics....
[riff]
Feel it...
G Am(i) Em(i)
Spaceboy...
C(i) G D Em
[riff]
Watch me...
---------------------------------------------------
--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--
--9--9---10-10-10--5--5--9--9---10-10-10--5--5--9--
--9--9---10-10-10--5--5--9--9---10-10-10--5--5--9--
--7--7---8--8--8---3--3--7--7---8--8--8---3--3--7--
Please...
Now just play the following riff twice for the instrumental:
-------------------------------------------------------------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--0--0--
--3--3-3--2--2-2---3--3-3--5--5-5---3--3-3--2--2-2---3--3-3--5--5--5--5--
--3--3-3--2--2-2---3--3-3--5--5-5---3--3-3--2--2-2---3--3-3--5--5--5--5--
--1--1-1--0--0-0---1--1-1--3--3-3---1--1-1--0--0-0---1--1-1--3--3--3--3--
C(i) G
Spaceboy...
Am(i) Em(i)
C(i) G
D Em F(i)
C(i) G
D
-----3-------3-------3--3--3-3--3--3--
-----0-------0-------0--0--0-0--0--0--
--0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0--0-0--0--0--
--3--3--3-3--3--3-3--0--0--0-0--0--0--
--3--3--3-3--3--3-3--2--2--2-2--2--0--
--1--1--1-1--1--1-1--3--3--3-3--3--2--
We won't be long...
repeat this until you end on the funny F chord
chord fingerings:
G 320003 or 320033
Am(i) x02213
Em(i) 022003
C(i) x32013
D xx0232
Em 022000
F(i) 133000
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sweet sweet -- by smashing pumpkins (billy corgan)
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[Tab courtesy of Jesse Scott, contact him for comments.]
Here's my TAB for Sweet Sweet - It's the simplest song on SD.. If anyone
thinks it's wrong tell me where I screwed up.
TAB by jesse.scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net
TUNING: "Dropped-G" (Low/High E G D G B E) Tune your A string down a
full-step to G
Notes: This is probably the simplest Pumpkins song,
just two chord, the only wierd things are the
alternate tuning and the wierd voicings.
Also, the strumming pattern may not be exact
but it's as close as I could tab it.
Voicings:
G - x00007
C - x55050
Main Riff:
Just repeat this through the entire song
G C
E-|--7---7---7---7---------0-----0-----0-0-0--|-
B-|--0---0---0---0---------5-----5-----5-5-5--|-
G-|--0---0---0---0-0-------0-----0-----0-0-0--|-
D-|--0---0---0---0-0-0-5---5---5-5---5-5-5-5--|-
G-|--0---0---0---0-0-0-5---5---5-5---5-5-5-5--|-
E-|-------------------------------------------|-
End on the wierd the C chord and slide down the neck.
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