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Where Boys Fear to Tread

The Smashing Pumpkins
Tab
★4.4(8)

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

Song

Adrian Scholze (www.myspace.com/adrianscholze)

Intro (Billy)

eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
bb|---------------------------------------xxxxxxxxxx------|
gb|---------------------------------------xxxxxxxxxx------|
db|---------------------------------------xxxxxxxxxx------|
ab|---------------------------------------xxxxxxxxxx------|
eb|--5\0---0000000000--0-(0)--0-0--0--0-------------------|

(its a bit difficult to write this rhythm down)

Introsolo (james)

---Feedback-- -Feedback----|

eb|---22---------------------0---------------0/~~-0-------------------|
bb|--------\14-----/12---15--0---------------0----0------10~~~~~~~~---|
gb|-----------------------------2b(4)-0-2-0-2-------------------------|
db|-----------------------------x-------------------------------------|
ab|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
eb|------------0-0----------------------------------------------------|

A-Part

eb|---James Feedback-------------------|
bb|--(10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)-----------|
gb|------------------------------------|
db|------------------------------------|
ab|--5----------3----------------------|
eb|---4-4-0-0-0---1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|

B-Part

eb|--------------------------------|
bb|--------------------------------|
gb|--------------------------------|
db|--------------------------------|
ab|--------------------------------|
eb|--3-2-1-1-0-1--1-0-1--1-1-1-1-1-|

A-Part (With Vocal)

eb|------------------------------------------------------------------|
bb|--------------------------------------------------------(down)----|
gb|---------------------------------------------------------2~~------|
db|------------------------------------------------------------------|
ab|--5----------3---------------------5----------3-------------------|
eb|---4-4-0-0-0---1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----4-4-0-0-0---1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

B-part

eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
eb|--3-2-1-1-0-1--1-0-1--1-1-1-1-1---3-2-1-1-0-1--1-0-1--1-1-1-1-1--|

C-Part

In the End

eb|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
bb|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
gb|--------------2-2------------------2-2-----------|-----------------|
db|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
eb|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
eb|--1--0-1--0-1------0-1--0-1--0-1-----------------|--0-1--0-1--0-1--|

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