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Frail and Bedazzled

The Smashing Pumpkins
Bass TabTuningDrop D

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

Song

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

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F R A I L A N D B E D A Z Z L E D

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PISCES ISCARIOT

(c) Virgin Records (1994)

http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/

Drop D Tuning

D A D G

Note that the tuning is actually 25 cents higher than stated.

Tempo = 114 BPM

Time Signature = 4/4

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Transcribed by

PADDY MCMULLAN

pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com

Version 1.0

16th November 2010

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Tablature Symbols Used:

p - Pull-Off

h - Hammer-On

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

\ - Slide Down to/Down From (Blank space indicates length of slide)

/ - Slide Up To/Up From (Blank space indicates length of slide)

( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note

REST - Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space

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Part 1: [ Time 00:00 - 00:26 ]

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Rest for 3 bars

||--R--    --------------||
||--E--    --------------||
||--S--    ----5-----5---||
||--T--    --7-----7-----||
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------| |
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------|*|
||--------------------------------|-------------------5-----5---|*| x 4
||--7--7-7-0-5-5-7--7-7-7-0-5-5-5-|--7--7-7-0-5-5-5-7-----7-----| |

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Part 2: [ Time 00:26 - 00:44 ]

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|_________________________[1,2,3]

||-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|*|
||---------5------------5--5-5-|---------5------------5--5-5-|*| x 4
||--7--7-7-----7--7-7-7--------|--7--7-7-----7--7-7-7--------| |

|_____________________________[4]

|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|---------5--5-5---5--5--5-5-5-||
|--7--7-7--------7-------------||

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Part 3: [ Time 00:44 - 01:10 ]

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Repeat Part 1 twice, rest for one and a half bars then repeat for a further

three times, replacing the final bar with the following:

|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------5--5--5-5-5-||
|--7--7-7-0-5-5-5-7-------------||

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Part 4: [ Time 01:10 - 01:27 ]

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||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--5----5----5----5----5--5--|--(5\4)-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|
||-----7----7----7----7-------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------| |
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|*|
|----5----5----5----5--5--5--|--(5\4)-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|*| x 2
|--7----7----7----7----------|----------------------------------| |

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Part 5: [ Time 01:27 - 01:44 ]

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||----------------------------|----------------------------------| |
||----------------------------|----------------------------------|*|
||----------------------------|----------------------------------|*| x 4
||--0-5--0-5--0-5--0-5--5--5--|--(5\4)-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-| |

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Part 6: [ Time 01:44 - 02:09 ]

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|__________________________[1-5]

||----------------------------|----------------------------| |
||----------------------------|----------------------------|*|
||--------5-------------------|--------5-------------------|*| x 6
||--0---0------0-5--5-5-5-4-4-|--0---0------0-5--5-5-5-4-4-| |

|________________________[6]

|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||
|--------5----------------||
|--0---0------0-5---0-6---||

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Rest for 7 bars before continuing [ Time 02:29 - 02:28 ]

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Repeat Part 2 eight times then play the following: [ Time 02:28 - 02:54 ]

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|----------------------------||
|----------------------------||
|----------------------------||
|--5--0-5--0-5--0-5--0-5--6--||

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Outro: [ Time 02:54 - 03:17 ]

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||--------------------------------|-----------------------------| |
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------|*|
||--------------------------------|-------------------5-----5---|*| x 3
||--7--7-7-0-5-5-7--7-7-7-0-5-5-5-|--7--7-7-0-5-5-5-7-----7-----| |
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------5-----4---|
|--7--7-7-0-5-5-7--7-7-7-0-5-5-5-|--7--7-7-0-5-5-5-0-----0-----|
|-----------------------||
|-----------------------||
|-----------------------||
|--0-5--     \    -0----||

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End

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Tab summary: Part 1 x 6

Part 2 x 2

Part 3 x 1

Part 4 x 1

Part 5 x 4

Part 6 x 4

Part 2 x 8

Outro x 1

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