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Porcelina of the Vast Oceans

The Smashing Pumpkins
Tab
★4.7(15)

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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Tabbed by Brian McCall <bpmccal@clemson.edu>

PORCELINA OF THE VAST OCEANS - by The Smashing Pumpkins

========= == === ==== ====== written by William Patrick Corgan Jr.

[Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb] (Eb tuning down to drop D)

*1

G1 Clean

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------0---------------0-----------------0------------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6------12-----12----12---|
|---7---------7-----7---------7-----10-----------10------|
|-0-----0---------0-----0---------0-------0--------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0--------------------------------------------|
|------12-----12----12-----------------------------------|
|---10-----------10--------------------------------------|
|-0-------0----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

^repeat...

G2 Clean with slight phasing. Lead fill over *1

|------------------------------------0-------------------|
|---------------------------------0----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-(/)-14-(\)-9--11--7--9hbr-7-------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

*2 (Pre-Chorus)

Both guitars Heavy distortion

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-11--14---9---11---7/9-9\7--------------------------------|
|-X---X----X---X----X---X-X---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10--|
|-9---12---7---9----5/7-7\5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10--|
|---0----0---0----0---------0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10--|.
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-11--14-14---9-9---11-11---7/9-9\7--------------------------------|
|-X--X---X--X----X-X---X--X----X---X-X---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10--|
|-9--9---12-12---7-7---9--9----5/7-7\5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10--|
|------0-------0-----0------0----------0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-0------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-0------------|
|-7-7-7-----------------------------------5-5------------|
|-7-7-7...--------------------------------5-5------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5...---------|

Verse is hard to hear, can't figure it out, but it goes:

D A C G

"And in my mind..."

A C G A C

*3 (longer pre-chorus)

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-11--14---9---11---7/9-9\7--------------------------------|
|-X---X----X---X----X---X-X---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10--|
|-9---12---7---9----5/7-7\5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10--|
|---0----0---0----0---------0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10--|.
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-11--14-14---9-9---11-11---7/9-9\7--------------------------------|
|-X--X---X--X----X-X---X--X----X---X-X---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10--|
|-7--7---12-12---7-7---9--9----5/7-7\5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10--|
|------0-------0-----0------0----------0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-11--14---9---11---7/9-9\7--------------------------------|
|-X---X----X---X----X---X-X---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10--|
|-9---12---7---9----5/7-7\5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10--|
|---0----0---0----0---------0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10--|.
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-0------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-0------------|
|-7-7-7-----------------------------------5-5------------|
|-7-7-7...--------------------------------5-5------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5...---------|

*4 Feedback Verse

G2

8va (what the hell does that mean anyway?)----|

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-/14--------\9------/17------\7------/14-----\9---------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-/12--------\7------/15------\5------/12-----\7...------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

Allow octaves to feedback at different pitches

repeat the riffs, and that's Porcelina!

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