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Marquis in Spades

The Smashing Pumpkins
TabTuningHalf-Step Down
★4.5(4)

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

Zero Single

(c) Virgin Records (1996)

http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/

Tune Down a 1/2 Step

D# G# C# F# A# D#

Tempo = 85 BPM

Time Signature = 4/4

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Transcribed by

PADDY MCMULLAN

pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com

Version 1.0

21st 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

|__[1,2] - Alternative Endings

|_3_| - Triplet Notes

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Rest for 2 bars

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Part 1: Guitars 1 & 2 w/ Distortion [ Time 00:00 - 00:19 ]

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Guitar 1:

---------

||----------------------------|---------------------------------|
||---------------8--(8)-------|--------------------8--(8)-------|
||---------------8--(8)-------|--------------------8--(8)-------|
||--5----5--5----8--(8)8------|--(3/5)-5-5-5--5----8--(8)8------|
||--5----5--5 /6-6---6-8------|--(3/5)-5-5-5--5 /6-6---6-8------|
||--3----3--3 /6-6---6-6--0-0-|--(1/3)-3-3-3--3 /6-6---6-6--0-0-|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------8--(8)-------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------8--(8)-------|------------------------7--7--7--10--10-----|
|--(3/5)-5-5-5--5----8--(8)8------|------------------------7--7--7--10--10-----|
|--(3/5)-5-5-5--5 /6-6---6-8------|--(8 /10)-10-10-10~-0-0-5--5--5--8---8------|
|--(1/3)-3-3-3--3 /6-6---6-6--0-0-|--(6 /8 )-8--8--8 ~-0-0-5--5--5--8---8---0--|
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|--5----5-- \--5-3--------------||
|--5----5-- \------5-4-3---3 /5-||
|--3----3-- \------------6------||

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Guitar 2:

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Guitar 2 mirrors Guitar 1's parts except for the second bar, which is replaced

with the following:

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--(3/5)-5-5-5--------------------------|
|--(3/5)-5-5-5------(6h8p6)---(1h3p1)---|
|--(1/3)-3-3-3--0-0---------0---------0-|

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Part 2: Guitars 1 & 2 [ Time 00:19 - 00:37 ]

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Guitar 1:

---------

||----------------------------|------------------------------------|
||-------8-- / 10-10----------|------------------------------------|
||-------8-- / 10-10----7---7-|--(7 /9 )--9----9--9--9---9--9------|
||-------8-- / 10-10----8---8-|--(8 /10)--10---10-10-10--10-10-----|
||--6----6-- / 8--8-----8---8-|--(8 /10)--10---10-10-10--10-10-----|
||----------------------6---6-|--(6 /8 )--8----8--8--8---8--8--0-0-|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--5----5-- \--5-3-------------|--5----5-- \--5-3--------------|
|--5----5-- \------5-4-3---3h5-|--5----5-- \------5-4-3---3 /5-|
|--3----3-- \------------6-----|--3----3-- \------------6------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-------8-- / 10-10----------|----------------------------------------||
|-------8-- / 10-10----7---7-|--(7 /9 )--9----9--9--9---9--9---(9 \7)-||
|-------8-- / 10-10----8---8-|--(8 /10)--10---10-10-10--10-10--(10\8)-||
|--6----6-- / 8--8-----8---8-|--(8 /10)--10---10-10-10--10-10--(10\8)-||
|----------------------6---6-|--(6 /8 )--8----8--8--8---8--8---(8 \6)-||

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Guitar 2:

---------

||----------------------------|------------------------------------|
||-------8-- / 10-10----------|------------------------------------|
||-------8-- / 10-10----7---7-|--(7 /9 )--9----9--9--9---9--9------|
||-------8-- / 10-10----8---8-|--(8 /10)--10---10-10-10--10-10-----|
||--6----6-- / 8--8-----8---8-|--(8 /10)--10---10-10-10--10-10-----|
||----------------------6---6-|--(6 /8 )--8----8--8--8---8--8--0-0-|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------3-------|
|------------------------------|---------------3-2-3-5---5-3-2-|
|--5----5-- \--5-3-------------|-------------------------------|
|--5----5-- \------5-4-3---3h5-|-------------------------------|
|--3----3-- \------------6-----|--3~~---3-- \------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||
|--3~~---3-5-3-(5 b 7r5)--2h3p|2---3p2p0-0----------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------ /12 \ --||

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Part 3: Guitars 1 & 2 [ Time 00:37 - 01:00 ]

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|__________________________________________________________[1,2,3]

||----------------------------|--------------------------------| |
||----------------------------|--8----8------10----10----------| |
||--7----7-------9-----9------|--8----8------10----10----------|*|
||--8----8-------10----10-----|--8----8------10----10-10-10 \8-|*| x 4
||--8----8--0-0--10----10-0-0-|--6----6--0-0-8-----8--10-10 \8-| |
||--6----6--0-0--8-----8--0-0-|--6----6--0-0-8-----8--8--8  \6-| |

|_______________________________________________________________[4]

|----------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|--7----7-------9-----9------|-----------------------------------||
|--8----8-------10----10-----|--3-3-----3-3-----(3/5)-5-5-5-- /--||
|--8----8--0-0--10----10-0-0-|--3-3-----3-3-----(3/5)-5-5-5-- /--||
|--6----6--0-0--8-----8--0-0-|--1-1-0-0-1-1-0-0-(1/3)-3-3-3-- /--||

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Part 4: Guitars 1 & 2 [ Time 01:00 - 01:13 ]

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Guitar 1:

---------

||-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--8----------------------------|--8-8-8---------------------------|
||--8----------------------------|--8-8-8---------------------------|
||--8----8------(3/5)-5-5-5----8-|--8-8-8---8-8-8---(3/5)-5-5-5-----|
||--6----8------(3/5)-5-5-5----6-|--6-6-6---8-8-8---(3/5)-5-5-5-----|
||--6----6--0-0-(1/3)-3-3-3--0-6-|--6-6-6-0-6-6-6-0-(1/3)-3-3-3--0--|

|__3__| |___3___|

|-----------------------------------| |----------------------| |
|--8--------------------------------| |--7--7--7--10--10-----| |
|--8--------------------------------|2|--7--7--7--10--10-----|4|
|--8----8---------------------------|/|--7--7--7--10--10-----|/|
|--6----8------(8/10)-10-10-10--0-0-|4|--5--5--5--8---8------|4|
|--6----6--0-0-(6/8 )-8--8--8---0-0-| |--5--5--5--8---8---0--| |
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|--5----5-- \--5-3--------------||
|--5----5-- \------5-4-3---3 /5-||
|--3----3-- \------------6------||

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Guitar 2:

---------

Guitar 2 mirrors Guitar 1's parts except for the second bar, which is replaced

with the following:

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------(3/5)-5-5-5-----|
|--(6h8p6)---(1h3p1)---(3/5)-5-5-5-----|
|----------0---------0-(1/3)-3-3-3--0--|

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Part 5: Repeat Part 2 with the following variations [ Time 01:13 - 01:41 ]

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Both guitars repeat Part 2 but Guitar 1 replaces the second-last bar with

the following:

Pick scrapes

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--7----7-------9----------------|
|--8----8-------10---------------|
|--8----8--0-0--10-x\  ----------|
|--6----6--0-0--8--x\  ----5\  --|

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Part 6: Repeat Part 4 [ Time 01:41 - 01:51 ]

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Part 7: Guitars 1 & 2 [ Time 01:51 - 02:08 ]

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Guitar 1:

---------

||---------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
||--8------------------|---------------------|--5----5--(5/3)-3----3------|
||--8------------------|---------------------|--5----5--(5/3)-3----3------|
||--8------------------|--5------------------|--5----5--(5/3)-3----3------|
||--6------------------|--5------------------|--3----3--(3/1)-1----1------|
||--6--------------0-0-|--3--------------0-0-|--3----3--(3/1)-1----1--0-0-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|--8----8-------10----10------|----------------------|
|--8----8-------10----10------|----------------------|
|--8----8-------10----10------|----------------------|
|--6----6-------8-----8-------|--10------------------|
|--6----6--0-0--8-----8---0-0-|--8---------------0-0-|
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|--8-----------10-10-10-10-11-11-11---||
|--8-----------10-10-10-10-11-11-11---||
|--6------0-0--8--8--8--8--9--9--9--0-||
|--6------0-0--8--8--8--8--9--9--9--0-||

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Guitar 2:

---------

||---------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
||--8------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
||--8------------------|---------------------|--5~~-----5\ 4-3----------|
||--8------------------|--5------------------|--x-------x--x-x----------|
||--6------------------|--5------------------|--3~~-----3\ 2-1------1 / |
||--6--------------0-0-|--3--------------0-0-|----------------------1 /
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|--8-----------10---------|-----------------------|
|--8-----------10---------|-----------------------|
|--6-----------8----------|-------------------0-0-|
|--6------0-0--8------0-0-|--8~~--------------0-0-|
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|--8-----------10-10-10-10-11-11-11---||
|--8-----------10-10-10-10-11-11-11---||
|--6------0-0--8--8--8--8--9--9--9--0-||
|--6------0-0--8--8--8--8--9--9--9--0-||

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Part 8: Guitars 1 & 2 [ Time 02:08 - 02:20 ]

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This part is a variation of Part 4 with the main elements of the riffs being

played back-to-front.

||-------------------------------| |
||-------------------8-----------| |
||-------------------8-----------|*|
||--(3/5)-5-5-5-- /--8----8------|*| x 3
||--(3/5)-5-5-5-- /--6----8------| |
||--(1/3)-3-3-3-- /--6----6--0-0-| |
|--------------------------------------------||
|------------------------7--7--7--10--10-----||
|------------------------7--7--7--10--10-----||
|------------------------7--7--7--10--10-----||
|--(8/10)-10-10-10~------5--5--5--8---8------||
|--(6/8 )--8--8-8 ~--0-0-5--5--5--8---8---0--||

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Part 9: Guitars 1, 2 & 3 [ Time 02:20 - 02:42 ]

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Guitars 1 & 2:

--------------

||--------------------------|---------------------------------------| |
||--------------------------|---------------------------------------| |
||--------------8----8--8-8-|--------------(8/10)-10-10-10----------|*|
||--5----5------8----8--8-8-|--8----8------(8/10)-10-10-10--10-10---|*| x 4
||--5----5------6----6--6-6-|--8----8--6-6-(6/8 )-8--8--8---10-10-0-| |
||--3----3--0-0-6----6--6-6-|--6----6--6-6-(6/8 )-8--8--8---8--8--0-| |

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Guitar 3: w/ Distortion

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||--------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
||--12----12--0-0- /12p10---------------------|
||--12----12--0-0---------12-11p10----(10/12)-|
||--10----10--0-0------------------13---------|
||--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------| |
|----------------------------------------| |
|---------------(8 /10)-10-10-10---------|*|
|---------------(8 /10)-10-10-10-10-10---|*| x 4
|--13~~---------(6 /8 )-8--8--8--10-10---| |
|-----------0-0-(6 /8 )-8--8--8--8--8--0-| |

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Outro: Guitars 1 & 2 [ Time 02:42 - 03:12 ]

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||-------------------------------------| |
||-------------------------------------| |
||-------------------------------------|*|
||------------------------------8------|*| x 7
||--(3/5)-----(3/5)---5---5---7-8------| |
||--(1/3)-0-0-(1/3)-0-3-0-3-0-5-6--0-0-| |
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------8------||
|--(3/5)-----(3/5)---5---5---7-8------||
|--(1/3)-0-0-(1/3)-0-3-0-3-0-5-6------||

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End

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Tab summary: Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Outro

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