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Drown

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

Riff 2

C G

E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|--------------------2--2--2/4-4/7-7/9/11----|
D|-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-\-7-7-|-7-7-7/9--7-7-7/9---0--0-----------------9hb|
A|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-\-5-5-|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0--0--------------------|
D|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-\-5-5-|--------------------0--0--------------------|

Resume Riff 1, with 1st solo:

E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--------9fbfr-9h11------------9fb~~fr--|
D|--11~~~~(11)------9fb~~fr-9h11---------|
A|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|

Continue [Riff 1]

No matter where you are

I can still hear you when you dream

You travelled very far

You travelled far like a star

And you are

With [Riff 2]

C G

All of those yesterdays

Coming down

With [Riff 3]

A D

Is it something someone said?

A D

Was it something someone said?

Riff 3

A D

E|---------7-7-7-5-5-5-|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------|-7--7-7--7/10-10-10-10\7-7-7\5--|
G|---------------------|-7--7-7-------------------------|
D|-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-------------------------|
A|-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5--5-5--9/12-12-12-12\9-9-9\7--|
D|-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|--------------------------------|

[Riff 4] with 2nd Solo:

A C G A C G A C G A C G D

x x x x

x 5 x x

x 5 x 7

7 5 5 7

7 3 5 5

7 x 5 0

2nd Solo

E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-12hb-12-10-13~--13-13-13-12-10h12p10\8---10fbfr-8-|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12hb-12-10-13~---13hb-13fb------------------13-13-13-13\12-12-12-12\10-|
G|-------------------------------6-7-9-7-6--------------------------------|
D|----------------------------/7------------10-10-10-10-10\9--9--9--9\7---|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10-10-10/12-8-8---------------------13--13-13-12~-----------|
G|---------------------6-7-9-7-6---------------------9-9-9-9fb-|
D|-7--7--7/9---5-5--/7------------10---10--10-10-9~------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|

With [Riff 5]

Yesterday the sky was you

And I still feel the same

Nothing left for me to do

And I still feel the same

Riff 5

E|---------0---------|---------0--------------|  ---This 2nd variation of
B|-----3-----3---3---|-----3-----3---3-3p2h3--|     Riff 5 is played every
G|---2---2-----2-----|---2---2-----2----------|     4th repetition.
D|-0-----------------|-0----------------------|
A|-------------------|------------------------|
D|-------------------|------------------------|

Resume [Riff 4], but on D in place of A:

D C G A C G

I wish, I wish I could fly

I wish, I wish I could lie(?)

I will, I will try

I will, I will, goodbye

Song continues on D, feedback solo. Yeah, good luck.

End on D

This is how I play Drown, I tried to duplicate the guitar tones as close

as possible by using a lot of open strings, as the Pumpkins do a lot.

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| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| / Slide up

| \ Slide down

| ~ Vibrato

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