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Tristessa

The Smashing Pumpkins
Bass Tab

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

Song

Title: Tristessa

Artist: Smashing Pumpkins

Album: Gish

Tuning: E A D G

After guitar into bass comes in with this:

Riff 1

G|--------------------------------------|
D|-----------------4--------------------|
A|2/5-------7-------h5--------7---------|
E|----0-0h0---0-0h0-----0-0h0----0-0h0--|

Then go to this:

Riff 2

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7--5-7-5-7-5------|
E|---------------------------7-5--|

Pull a slide on the E string,

then go back to Riff 1

Then another Riff 2

Then pull another E string slide, after go right into this:

Riff 3

G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------3--|
E|0-0-0h3-3-3h5-5-5-6-5-3-0-0-0h3-3-3h----|

then:

Thing

G|------------|
D|------------|  Then play another Riff 3, repeat as needed
A|2-----2-----|
E|---5-----5--|

Go back to Riff 1 and play an ocansional:

G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|2h5-2h5-2h5-2h5-5--|
E|-------------------|

Go back to Riff 2, then pluck a few notes from Riff1 one

and your set to start the next song.

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Tab was made by: Nathan Amber, take it if you want it...just enjoy..

hope you like it!! E-mail me if you have a better way of playing it!

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