SMASHING PUMPKINS - "xyu" Tablature

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Tabbed by Brian McCall <bpmccal@clemson.edu>

X.Y.U. - By the Smashing Pumpkins from Mellon Collie.
===== Written by William Patrick Corgan, Jr

Eb tuning

Intro

|-----------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
|-15~---------------11~-------------------------
|-X-----------------X---------------------------
|-13~---------------9~--------------------------
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------

*1 more distortion

|-----------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
|-15~---------------11~-------------------------
|-X-----------------X---------------------------
|-13~---------------9~--------------------------
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------

|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|-15~---------------11~-------11/12-12-14--------
|-X-----------------X---------X-----X--X---------
|-13~---------------9~--------9-/10-10-12--------
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0--------------------

*2

|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|-11---------------11--------------------------
|-X----------------X---------------------------
|-9----------------9--------------------------
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------
^repeat

|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|-11---------------11-------11/12-12-11--------
|-X----------------X--------X-----X--X---------
|-9----------------9--------9-/10-10-9---------
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0--------------------

Well, based on those two octaves the rest is pretty easy to
figure out (if you can't then you don't deserve to own that
guitar!! :P').


X.Y.U. by Smashing Pumpkins
off Mellon Collie And The Infanite Sadness

Tabbed by Danny Warren (warrend@ihs.issaquah.wednet.edu)

REMEMBER TO TUNE DOWN 1 STEP (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb)

Riff 1 (Intro/Verse)
------

^^ Pm................. ^^ Pm................. ^^ Pm.................
e:----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:20---------------------16---------------------20----------------------|
A:----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:18-0--0--0--0--0--0--0-14-0--0--0--0--0--0--0-18-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|

e:----------------|
B:----------------|
G:----------------|
D:-16-16-16/17--19|
A:----------------|
E:-14-14-14/15--17|


Riff 2 (Verse 2)
------

^^ Pm................. ^^ Pm................. ^^ Pm.................
e:----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:16---------------------16---------------------16----------------------|
A:----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:14-0--0--0--0--0--0--0-14-0--0--0--0--0--0--0-14-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|

e:----------------|
B:----------------|
G:----------------|
D:-16-16-16/17--19|
A:----------------|
E:-14-14-14/15--17|

Riff (Note?) 3
------

e:---|
B:---|
G:---|
D:-5-|
A:-5-|
E:-3-|

Riff 4
------

e:--------------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------------|
G:--------------------------------------|
D:-4-----------8-----------4------4/5--5|
A:-4-----------8-----------4------4/5--5|
E:-2--0-0-0-0--6--0-0-0-0--2--0-0-2/3--3|

Every other time play this:

e:--------------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------------|
G:--------------------------------------|
D:-4-----------8-----------4------4/5--7|
A:-4-----------8-----------4------4/5--7|
E:-2--0-0-0-0--6--0-0-0-0--2--0-0-2/3--6|



How it all fits in:

Intro: Riff 1

Riff 1
She didn't wanna...
Riff 3
No one should come between us...
Riff 2
Still I was lonely...
Riff 1
Rat tat tat...
Riff 3
I'm a sister...
Riff 3 (Over and over again)
I am made of shamrocks...
Riff 1
And I said...
Riff 4
Mary's had a little lamb...

Well, you get the idea. After that, play Riff 1 faster and faster, then end
it with Riff 4.


Questions? Comments? Write me at warrend@ihs.issaquah.wednet.edu

Currently working on:

By starlight
Stumbleine
Here is no why
Thru the eyes of ruby

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