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Glass and the Ghost Children

The Smashing Pumpkins
Bass Tab

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

Song

Smashing Pumpkins

"Glass and the Ghost Children"

MACHINA/the machines of God

DROP LOW E DOWN TO E-flat, where E-6 is the same pitch as A-0

Intro:

wait a few bars, then

E|1-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-0-5-7-7-7-5

play this a lot until 00:55, then play

E|0----3----

a lot until 1:28, then play

at "call in all"

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

four times then play

E|0----3----

a lot more

and then

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

a couple more times then

E|0------

and then

E|1-0-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-0-5-7-7-7-5

quite a lot now

even through "black rooms are calling..."

and then

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

a couple more times then

E|0----3----

and then I think while the bass drum is hit twice, mute on E-1...

NOW STOP!!

IMPORTANT:

****during the time you are listening to the man

drop the E-flat string to D!*****

come back in at 6:03

play:

D|0--------0-1----------1-

repeated alot

and after a while play

D|0---------1-2-3-1---------

repeated

until ******AFTER******** he sings

"as she counted the spiders", then play

D|6-8-8-8-6-4-5-6-6-6-8-8-1

until the end

the 1 on D in the last riff is played with the bass drum

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