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Never Let Me Down Again

The Smashing Pumpkins
Tab
★4.6(7)

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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From Brian McCall <bpmccal@clemson.edu>

Never Let Me Down - by Smashing Pumpkins from the Rocket single

================= Written by Depeche Mode

*1

G1, D ("Grunge") tuning, clean tone

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---0----0------0----0---0-------------------|
|------3-----------3---3---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-5--------5--5------------------------------|

^repeat

*2

G2, clean tone

enter with drums

|--------1-----------1-/-5-5---5---3~--------|
|-3--1-3---3---3-1-3-------------------------|
|----------------------------0---0-----------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

^repeat a few times

*3

Lead fill cont.

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

*4

G1 and G2

Verse:

|-0-----0------------------------------------|
|-2-----1------------------------------------|
|-3-----0-------0---0------0----0---0--------|
|-0-----2---------3-----------3---3----------|
|-0-----3------------------------------------|
|-0-----------5-------5--5-------------------|

Chorus:

|-0---0--------------------------------------|
|-1---1---3-3-3--3---------------------------|
|-0---0---3-3-3--3---------------------------|
|-2---2---3-3-3--3---5-5-5--5---3-3-3--------|
|-3---3---1-1-1--1---5-5-5--5---3-3-3--------|
|--------------------5-5-5--5---3-3-3--------|

Outro:

|--------------------------------------------|
|-5hb--7hb--9hb--10hb------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-5hb--7hb--9hb--10hb------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-5hb--7hb--9hb--10hb------------------------|
|--------6hb---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

^repeat with addded bends

|--------------------------------------------|
|-12hb--14hb---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

keep bending the C# to G eventually

holding the note for a gradual release

for the end.

Don't have the chords for the outro. If anyone does please

let me know to revise this TAB. Thanks.... Enjoy!

Lyrics:

I'm takin' a ride with my best friend.

I hope he never lets me down again.

He knows where he's takin' me,

Takin' me where I wanna be.

I'm takin' a ride with my best friend.

We're flyin' high

Watchin' the road pass us by.

Never want to come down,

Never want to put my feet back down on the ground.

I'm takin' a ride with my best friend.

I hope he never lets me down again.

Promise me I'm safe as houses

As long as I remember who's wearin' the trousers.

I hope he never lets me down again.

Chorus

See the stars they're shinin' bright

Everything's all right tonight.

See the stars they're shinin' bright

Everything's all right tonight.

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