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Here is No Why

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

Smashing Pumpkins - Here is no why

Mellon collie and the infinite sadness

Drop half a step on all strings. Well you don't have to seeing that only the

bottom two strings are used. Anyway, play the tab all the way through in order.

There are many little bits where extra notes are added and timing changes but I

couldn't be bothered including them as this song loses my attention span after

a minute or so when jamming. Let me know if you suffer the same boredom :)

Anyway, it is a good song if you couldn't be bothered moving your hands much.

Key - 3b4 means bend the 3rd fret note to the pitch of the 4th fret.

- x means mute

Verse

Gb---------------------|----------------|----------------------|
Db---------------------|----------------|----------------------|
Ab---------------------|--------------0-|----------------------|
Eb-5---x-5---x-5---x-5-|-0---x-0--3b4---|-5---x-5---x-5---x-5--|

Repeat Verse twice adding more 5's right -------> here ^ the second time around

Gb-------------------------|
Db-------------------------|
Ab--------------5--4--5-4--|
Eb-0--0-0-0-0-0------------|

Chorus

Gb------------------------------|------------------------|
Db------------------------------|------------------------|
Ab------------------------------|------------------------|
Eb-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-|-2-2-0-2-2-2/5-5-5-5-0--|
Gb-----------------------------|----------------------|
Db-----------------------------|----------------------|
Ab-----------------------------|--------------------7-|
Eb-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-0-2-2-2/5-5-5/---|
Gb------------------------------|---------------------|
Db------------------------------|---------------------|
Ab-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-|---------------------|
Eb------------------------------|-2-2-0-2-2-2/5-5-5-0-|
Gb-------------------------|
Db-------------------------|
Ab---------------5--4--5-4-|
Eb-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-----------|

Verse x2.5 or so

Pre-chorus

Gb-------------------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
Db-------------------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
Ab-------------------------------|-4-4----4--5--5--5\-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2/-|
Eb-(5)-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-|----------------------|--------------------|
Gb-------------------------|-------------------------------|
Db-------------------------|-------------------------------|
Ab-/4-4--4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-|
Eb-------------------------|-------------------------------|

Chorus and hold last 5th fret for a couple of bars.

Guitar solo

Gb---------------------------------|--------------------------|
Db---------------------------------|*-------------------------|
Ab---------------------------------|*-------------5--4--5-4---|
Eb-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-----------5-|

^ Build volume on these ^

x4

Gb-----------------------------|
Db----------------------------*|
Ab----------------------------*|
Eb-(5)-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5--|

End

Gb----------------------------|---------------------------|
Db----------------------------|---------------------------|
Ab----------------------------|---------------------------|
Eb-(5)-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5-|
Gb-----------------------------|-----|
Db-----------------------------|-----|
Ab-----------------------------|-----|
Eb-5---x-5---x-5---x-5---7---0-|-(0)-|

Any comments/suggestions/corrections? Mail me.

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Benjamin

"Control your life through insanity" - Cliff Burton

E-mail: j6872839@ironbark.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au

URL: http://ironbark.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/~j6872839/westy.html

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