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The Smashing Pumpkins
TabTuningDrop D
★4.7(5)

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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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P L U M E

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PISCES ISCARIOT

(c) Virgin Records (1994)

http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/

Drop D Tuning

D A D G B E

Tempo = 74 BPM

Time Signature = 4/4

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Transcribed by

PADDY MCMULLAN

pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com

Version 1.0

18th November 2010

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Tablature Symbols Used:

p - Pull-Off

h - Hammer-On

14b16 - Bend Note

16r14 - Release Bend

15b/ - 1/4 Bend/Grace Note Bend

~~ - Vibrato

(/) - 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

<5> - Pinch/Artificial Harmonic

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Part 1: Guitars 1 & 2 w/ Distortion [ Time 00:00 - 00:41 ]

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Guitar 1: x 2

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| |----------| |--------------------------------| |
|1|----------|4|---------------------R ---------| |
|/|--4h5p4h5-|/|---------------------E -4h5p4h5-|*|
|4|--5-------|4|--5---5-5--5-5--5-5--S -5-------|*| x 3
| |----------| |--5---5-5--5-5--5-5--T ---------| |
| |----------| |--5---5-5--5-5--5-5-------------| |

|_________________________[1]

|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|------------------4-5-4-5-||
|--2----2--5-------5-5-5-5-||
|--2----2--3----3----------||
|--2----2--3----3----------||

|__________________________________________[2]

|------------------------| |---------------| |
|------------------------| |---------------| |
|------------------------|2|---------------|4|
|--2----2--5----5--5---5-|/|--5---5-5--5-5-|/|
|--2----2--3----3--3---3-|4|--3---3-3--3-3-|4|
|--2----2--3----3--3---3-| |--3---3-3--3-3-| |

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Guitar 2:

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| |----------| |--------------------------------| |
|1|--R--   --|4|---------------------R ---------| |
|/|--E--   --|/|---------------------E -4h5p4h5-|*|
|4|--S--   --|4|--5---5-5--5-5--5-5--S -5-------|*|
| |--T--   --| |--5---5-5--5-5--5-5--T ---------| |
| |----------| |--5---5-5--5-5--5-5-------------| |

|______________________________[1]

|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|--2----2--5--------------------||
|--2----2--3----3 /-10-10-10-10-||
|--2----2--3----3 /-10-10-10-10-||

|__________________________________________[2]

|------------------------| |---------------| |
|------------------------| |---------------| |
|------------------------|2|---------------|4|
|--2----2--5----5--5---5-|/|--5---5-5--5-5-|/|
|--2----2--3----3--3---3-|4|--3---3-3--3-3-|4|
|--2----2--3----3--3---3-| |--3---3-3--3-3-| |

The 1/4 bar is only played by at the very beginning of the song and is ignored

for subsequent repeats.

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Part 2: Guitars 1 & 2 [ Time 00:41 - 01:04 ]

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||----------------------------|-------------------------------------| |
||----------------------------|-------------------------------------| |
||----------------------------|-------------------------------------|*|
||--7---7-7----4--4--4-4------|--12---12-12---12--12--12-12--(12\9)-|*| x 4
||--5---5-5--0-2--2--2-2------|--10---10-10---10--10--10-10--(10\7)-| |
||--5---5-5--0-2--2--2-2--2 / |--10---10-10---10--10--10-10--(10\7)-| |
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|--7----7--9-10--10--10-10-10-10-12-||
|--7----7--9-10--10--10-10-10-10-12-||

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Part 3: Guitars 1, 2 & 3 w/ Distortion [ Time 01:04 - 01:42 ]

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Guitars 1 & 2:

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||-----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
||--12-14--12-14--14-12--14--14-12-14-12-0-|
||--12-14--12-14--14-12--14--14-12-14-12-0-|
|---------------------------------------| |
|---------------------------------------| |
|---------------------------------------|*|
|--12---12-12--12-12--12--12-12-12-12---|*| x 2
|--10---10-10--10-10--10--10-10-10-10-0-| |
|--10---10-10--10-10--10--10-10-10-10-0-| |
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------| |
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------| |
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|*|
|--7---7-7----4--4--4-4------|--12---12-12---12--12--12-12--(12\9)-|*| x 2
|--5---5-5--0-2--2--2-2------|--10---10-10---10--10--10-10--(10\7)-| |
|--5---5-5--0-2--2--2-2--2 / |--10---10-10---10--10--10-10--(10\7)-| |
|------------------------| |---------------------| |
|------------------------| |---------------------| |
|------------------------|3|-------------4h5p4h5-|4|
|------------------------|/|-------------5-------|/|
|--7----7--9-10----------|4|--(10)  \------------|4|
|--7----7--9-10----------| |--(10)  \------------| |

Guitar holds the final chord while Guitar 1 plays the trill.

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Guitar 3:

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||-------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------(15  b|   16)(15b 17)----(17b19r17b  |
||--14h16~~-14-16~-14-14--16~--14-16-14------|------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------|----------------x\ -----------|
||-------------------------------------------|----------------x\ -----------|

Hold bend

|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------(17 b|
| 19)--(19)-17-15----15~~--------------------|------(17b19  b 20)-----------|
|-----------------16------------15- -(14b15r |14)---------------------------|
|--------------------------x\ -x-------------|----16------------------------|
|--------------------------x\ ---------------|--------------------x\--------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------x\--------|
|19)--17-15---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------17---(18b20r18)-18-18-15-(17b19r|17b20)---x---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------16~~----------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|------------------0- /18\ 14\ -|

|____3__|

|--------------------------------0----------------------|
|----------------15b/-(15  b 17)--(15b17)-15------------|
|----------14-16-----------------------------(17p16h17h |
|--14~--17----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------(15b |  18)---(15b18r15)-15~~---(14  b15|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 16p14h16p14p12)-14-----------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------12~~------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| r14b15)-(15r14b15)-(14b15)-(14b15)--|-(14b15r14)-12--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------15-15-13~~--------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

Pick scrapes

| |---------------------------------| |
|3|-(13)----------------------------| |
|/|---------------------------------|4|
|4|-------x\ --x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-|/|
| |-------x\ --x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-|4|
| |---------------------------------| |

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Part 4: Guitars 1, 2 & 3 [ Time 01:42 - 02:22 ]

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Guitars 1 & 2:

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Repeat Part 1

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Guitar 3:

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||--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------<9>-<11>-<11>~~--(11)--<11>~~--------|
||  /10~~----------  \--x\ -|--<10>-------------------<10>----------x\  --|
||----------------------x\ -|---------------------------------------x\  --|

|____3_____|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------<10>-|
|---------------------------------------------------<9>-<10>-<12>------|
|--<12>~~---<9>-<10>-<10>-<10>~~------<9>-<10>-<12>--------------------|
|--------------------------------<10>----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------1010-10~~--------------||
|--12b/-12b/-12b/--10-----------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------10\ -5  /  --||
|------------------------------10\ -5  /  --||

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Repeat Part 1 [ Time 02:22 - 02:46 ]

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Part 5: Guitars 1, 2 & 3 [ Time 02:46 - 03:37 ]

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Guitars 1 & 2: Repeat Part 2 and Part 3, ending on the following:

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|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--7----7--9-10----------|--(10)-------------|--(10)-------------|
|--7----7--9-10----------|--(10)-------------|--(10)-------------|
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|--(10)-------------|--(10)--------- \----||
|--(10)-------------|--(10)--------- \----||

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Guitar 3:

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The first bar is an overlap from the last section; bar 2 coincides with the

beginning of Part 5

||----------------------||--------------------------------------|
||--R--        --(15  b || 17)----(12h15p12)--------------------|
||--E--        ---------||-------------------(15r14 b 15)-12~~--|
||--S--        ---------||--------------------------------------|
||--T--        ---------||--------------------------------------|
||----------------------||--------------------------------------|

Hold bends........................|

|---------(14b15r14b17)-----(19b | 21)--(21)------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------22-22------22------22------|
|-(12)---------------------------|---------------(19  b   21)-(21)---(21)-|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------x\ ------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------x\ ------|----------------------------------------|

Hold bends.................|

|----------------------------------------------------|
|--22------22------22--------(22\20)~~-----(20b22r20)|
|-----(21)----(21)----(21r19)------------0-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--20-19-17---------20---------------(20  b 22 |
|-----------(19b21)----(19b21r19p17)-----------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
| r 20)---------------------------------|
|-------17~~----------------------------|
|------------17~~----------------(19b21r|
|------------------17~~-- \--9/ --------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|r19)-(17h19p17\16)----16--x-(17b19)-(16h17p16p0)-16-0-(19b21r19|

|-------------------17------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Hold bends..............................|

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
| b 21)-----(21)----(21)--(21)-(21)--(21 r |
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

|__3___|

|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|19-------16----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|   21r19)-----(19b21r19)-16---16-14-16p14----|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------12-|-(12)-10-12-12---10---9-10-12-0-|
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------R--      --|
|------------------------------------|-----------E--      --|
|-----------------------(16  b       | 17    )\--S--      --|
|-(14b16r14)-(14h15p14)--------------|-----------T--      --|
|------------------------------------|----------------------|

Pick scrapes

|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|--x\  ---------x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\------||
|--x\  ---------x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\------||

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End

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Tab summary: Part 1 x 4

Part 2 x 4

Part 3 x 4

Part 4 x 1

Part 5 x 1

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