soma -- smashing pumpkins (billy corgan/james iha)
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This is my way to play the chords:
[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--117---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--117---6---4---2-----8--------8/9--11--/12------
-------9h11-9-----------------------------9h11-9-----------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
[for the vocals, play something similar to the intro w/lead part]
nothing left to say
and all i've left to do
is run away from you
and she let me on down
with secrets i can't keep
[play that lead part here for the next 4 lines]
close your eyes and sleep
don't wait up for me
hush now don't you speak to me
[crank up the mellotron here...]
wrapped my hurt in you
and took my shelter in that pain
the opiate of blame
is your broken heart heart your heart
[lead w/Mike Mills on piano, playing the chords]
so now i'm all by myself
as i've always felt
and i'll betray my tears
to anyone caught in our ruse of fools
one last kiss for me yeah
one last kiss
good night
[solo1] play 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-/1410--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!!]
didn't want to lose you once again
didn't want to be your friend
fulfilled a promise made of tin
and crawled back to you
now i'm all by myself (close your eyes and sleep)
as i've always felt (don't wait up for me)
and i'll betray myself (hush now don't you speak)
to anyone lost
anyone but you
[solo2] under solo2
[to be finished at a later date, when my physical therapy is done]
so let the sadness come again
on that you can
depend on me
until the bitter bitter end
of the world
when god sleeps in bliss
and i'm all by myself
as i've always felt
and i'll betray myself
to anyone.
[back to clean chords]
nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
yeah yeah yeah nah nah nah nah nah
yeah yeah yeah nah nah nah nah nah
yeah yeah yeah nah nah
hoh...
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SOLO 2 - tabbed by tom kelly
e|--------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------16-14b--12-14--12--12-----------------
D|-13--14--17p16b-----------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------12-------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------
e|------------------------------------12-----------------
B|-------------------------------12------15b(18)---------
G|-------------------12h14-12h14-------------------------
D|-------------12h14-------------------------------------
A|-------12h14-------------------------------------------
E|-12h15-------------------------------------------------
e|-------------------------------------------------------
B|--15r-12-15--12-15-12-15-------------------------------
G|-------------------------12-14-12-14-------------------
D|-------------------------------------12-14-------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------
e|------------------14b-12-15-12-15-12-15-12-15-12-15----
B|-------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------
D|--12---------------------------------------------------
A|------14--12-14----------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------
e|-12-15-12-15----------------------------------------------
B|-------------12-15-12-15-12-15----------------------------
G|-------------------------------12-14-12-14----------------
D|--------------------------------------------12-14-12-14---
A|----------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------
e|--------------14b-14b-16b-16b-16b--22------
B|-------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------
A|--14-12-14---------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------
e|-22b-22b--23b-23b-19-22--------------------
B|---------------------------10br-8----------
G|----------------------------------10-8-7---
D|-----------------------------------------9-
A|-------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------
e|-------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------9br9br9br9br----
G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------------
D|--------------------12h10------------------
A|-------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------
e|----------------------------------------------------
B|-15-12--15-----15-----------------------------------
G|-----------12-----12--------------------------------
D|---------------------12--------12br----12-----------
A|------------------------12----------14----14-12-14--
E|---------------------------15-----------------------
e|-------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------
D|--------------5---12-12-12-12-10-9-5-7-9---
A|--7--7-7-5-7-------------------------------
E|------------------10-10-10-10--8-7-3-5-7---
e|-------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------
D|--------------5---12-12-12-12-14-12--------
A|--7--7-7-5-7-------------------------------
E|------------------10-10-10-10-12-10--------
unsure about this last line:
e|------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------
G|--8--11--9--14----12--11--9--7------------
D|------------------------------------------
A|--6---9--7--12----10---9--7--5------------
E|------------------------------------------
repeat last line till outro starts
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