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Bury Me

The Smashing Pumpkins
Bass Tab
4.1(4)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Title: Bury Me

Artist: Smashing Pumpkins

Album: Gish

Tuning: E A D G

Song starts with some kind of noise, then this bass solo:

Riff 1

G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|3-5--5-5-5--5-------------3--|
E|--------------1--3--3-5-5----|

Play this untill Billy comes in then hold the D

Then Play:

Riff 2

G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|5-5-5h4--4-4-4-5-5-5h4--4-4-4--|

Go back to Riff 1

Then as the solo comes in hold an A, then go and play

Riff 1 some more.

When he says "Some Things you just can't hide" play:

Riff 3

G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|0--0--0-3-----|
E|-----------1--|

"Why Won't you come outside" play Riff 1 but have the last note a D.

Then play:

G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|5----3----2----1----0--|
E|-----------------------|

And for the big finish:

G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|1--1-1h3--3-3-3--|

play that many times then end on an F

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Tab was made by: Nathan Amber, take it if you want it...just enjoy..

hope you like it!! E-mail me if you have a better way of playing it!

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