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S M A S H I N G P U M P K I N S

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B L A N K P A G E

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ADORE

(c) Virgin Records (1998)

http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/

Standard Tuning

E A D G

Tempo = 64 BPM

Time Signature = 4/4

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Transcribed by

PADDY MCMULLAN

pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com

Version 1.0

2nd February 2011

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Tablature Symbols Used:

(/) - Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)

( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note

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Song Notes:

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The low-end of the piano is augmented by (and, in many cases, substituted for)

the bass guitar notes which are essential for playing the song with or without

a piano. Billy's piano style is unusual, and his left hand leaves a lot of

work for the bassist to do by very often note providing the root note(s)

for what is being played. Consult my Guitar Pro tab to hear what I mean.

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Part 1: [ 00:00 - 00:34 ]

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||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|--2--------0--------|
||-----------5--------|--0--------3--------|--------------------|
||--3-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--0--------3--------|--------------------|--5--------0--------|
|--------------------|--3--------0--------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------||
|-----------2--------|--------------------|--------------------||
|--3-----------------|--0--------5--------|--0--------5--------||
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------||

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Part 2: [ Time 00:34 - 01:21 ]

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Blank page was all the rage never meant to say any-

||---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------5------5--|--0--------3-----  /  |--7-----  \  5--------|
||--3------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

thing. In bed I was half dead tired of dream- ing of

|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--7--------0--------|--------------------|
|--3-----  /  7--------|--------------------|--3-----------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-----------3--------|

rest. Got dressed drove the state line looking for you at the five and

|--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|--5-----  \  0------0--|--3-----  /  7----7----|
|--5--------0--------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

dime. Stop sign told me to stay at home told me you were not al-[one]

|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------||
|--5-----  \  0--------|---------------------|--5-----  \  0--------||
|----------------------|--3--------5------5--|----------------------||

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Part 3: [ Time 01:21 - 01:48 ]

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-[one] Blank page was all the rage never meant to hurt any-

||-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------------|--------------------|--7--------5-----  \  |
||--3----3   /  10----  \  |--5--------8--------|----------------------|

-one. In bed I was half dead tired of dream- ing of

|------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|--0------0 / 3-----  /  |--10--------7--------|--5-----  \  0--------|
|------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|

rest.

|-------------------||
|-------------------||
|--7----------------||
|-------------------||

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Part 4: [ Time 01:48 - 03:18 ]

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You haven't changed you're still the same may you rise as you

||----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
||----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--3-----  /  7--------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
||----------------------|--5-----  /  10-----  \  |--5------- / 10----10  \  |

fall.

|--------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|--7--------5--------|
|--3------3 / 10----10  \  |--5--------8--------|--------------------|

You were easy you are forgotten you are the ways of my mis-

|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|--3-----  /  7--------|--0--------5-----  \  |--3------5-----------|
|----------------------|----------------------|------------3--------|

-takes.

|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|--5-----  \  0------0--|--3-----  /  7--------|
|--5--------0--------|-----------------------|----------------------|

I catch the rainfall through the leaking roof that you had left be-

|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|--5-----  \  0--------|-----------------------|--5-----  \  0--------|
|----------------------|--3-----  /  5------5--|----------------------|

-hind. You remind me of that leak in my

|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--3------3 / 10-----  \  |--5--------5-8-----  /  |--12--------10------  \  |

soul. The rain falls my friends call

|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------7--------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--5-----------------|--5--------8-----  \  |--3--------0--------|

leaking rain on the phone.

|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------||
|--5-----  \  0--------|-------------------||
|----------------------|--3----------------||

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Part 5: [ Time 03:18 - 03:46 ]

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Take a day plant some trees may they

||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--3----------------|-------------------|--3----------------|
||-------------------|--1----------------|-------------------|

shade you from me may your children play ben-

|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--3----------------|-------------------|
|--1----------------|-------------------|--1----------------|

-eath.

|--------------------||
|--------------------||
|--0--------0--------||
|--------------------||

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Part 6: [ Time 03:46 - 04:09 ]

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Blank page was all the rage never meant to say any-

||------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
||------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
||--10--------------------|--------------------|--7--------5-----  \  |
||------------10-----  \  |--5--------8--------|----------------------|

-thing. In bed I was half dead tired of dream- ing of

|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|--5-----------------|----------------------||
|--0------2--3--------|-----------7--------|--5-----  \  0--------||
|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------||

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Outro: [ Time 04:09 - 04:58 ]

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rest. Got dressed drove the state line looking for you at the five and

||----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--3-----  /  7--------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------|--5-----  /  10-----  \  |--5-----  /  10-----  \  |

dime. But there I was picking pieces

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|-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|--7--------5-----  \  |
|--3-----  /  10-----  \  |--5--------8--------|----------------------|

up. You are a ghost of my indecision

|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|--0----------------|--3-----  /  7--------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|--5-----  /  10-----  \  |

no more little girl.

|------------------------|--------------------||
|------------------------|--------------------||
|------------------------|-----------5--------||
|--8-----  \  3-----  /  |--5-----------------||

During the last 4 bars the song fades out; the final bar is barely audible.

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End

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Tab summary: Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Outro

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