SMASHING PUMPKINS - "This Time" Tablature

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Title: This Time
Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins
Album: MACHINA/the machines of God
Tuning: E A D G

Guitar World suggests that you tune your bass up 1/2 step. But they also warn
that it could damage your bass, so I figured out that you can play this song in
standard tuning.


Intro (the cool intro fill)
G -------------
D 13-----------
A --------11h13
E -------------

Verses
G --------------------------------------------------------------------
D --------------------------------------------------------------------
A -----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------
E 6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----------------------------------4h6-6--6-6--8-8-8-8

(Chorus 1)
G ------------------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------1h3-3-3-3--1h3-3-3-3
E 3--3--3-3--3--1--1--1-1--1----------------------

After the first verse and chorus, play the verses riff again, followed by
this next chorus riff

Chorus 2
G ------------------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------1h3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
E 3--3--3-3--3--1--1--1-1--1----------------------

------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
----------------------------1h3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
3--3--3-3--3--1--1--1-1--1----------------------

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------------------------------------------------
--------------8--8--8-8--8--4h6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---
6--6--6-6--6------------------------------------

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------------------------------------------------
--------------8--8--8-8--8--4h6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---
6--6--6-6--6------------------------------------



Altered Chorus 2 Riff
G ------------------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------1h3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
E 3--3--3-3--3--1--1--1-1--1----------------------

------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
--------------8--8--8-8--8--4h6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---
6--6--6-6--6------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
--------------8--8--8-8--8--4h6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---
6--6--6-6--6------------------------------------



G -------------------------------------------------------
D -------------------------------------------------------
A 6--6-6--6-6-6---------------6--6-6--6-6-6--------------
E --------------8--8-8--6-8-9---------------8--8-8--8-8-8

Then play the verses riff for the little mini-solo and the next verse,
then when he says "Someday we'll wave hello, and wish we'd never waved
goodbye", play the normal Chorus 2 riff. Then play the following riff
to finish up.


G -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A 6--6-6--6-6-6---------------6--6-6--6-6-6---------------6--6-6--6-6-6--------------
E --------------8--8-8--6-8-9---------------8--8-8--8-8-8---------------8--8-8--8-8-8

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