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Smashing Young Man tab by Collective Soul

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Smashing Young Man - Collective Soul
from COLLECTIVE SOUL, 1995.

Transcription by Duncan Koerber

I love the main riff of this song. It's fun to play. This is the
song rumoured to be about Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins.
The lyrics certainly are appropriate.

There's two different "versions" of this riff in the song.
I've tabbed the chord formation and progression, if you want the
"chuka-chuka" sound of the guitar in the left channel, hit the muted Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramBB
and Chord diagramE MajorE strings (that's the way I like it). Of course, to get the rhythm
right listen to the cd. I like to play the first four or six strums as
downstrokes only and then do alternate (up and down) strumming for the rest
of the riff. It gives it a kinda funky feel rather than a metal feel.

DROP-D tuning.

MAIN RIFF:
E----------------------------------
B----------------------------------
G----------------------------------
D--5-5/8--8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-10-8---
A--5-5/8--8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-10-8---
D--5-5/8--8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-10-8---

RIFF TWO:
E--x-8--x-x-8--x-x-8--x-x-8--x-x---  Well, I'd tab out all eight required
B--x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x---  but four is enough. The x's
G--x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x---  mean hit the muted strings.
D--x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x---  This part relies on that effect.
A--x-8--x-x-8--x-x-8--x-x-8--x-x---
D--x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x---

MAIN RIFF
Beggar's Description, of what I've ...
RIFF TWO
hey I hope your feeling, a ...

MAIN RIFF
Success is so tragic, pain is ...
RIFF TWO
hey, I hope you're ...
MAIN RIFF
RIFF TWO
Hey, I hope you're feeling...

CHORUS:

Chord diagramA#5A#5          Chord diagramC5C5                 Chord diagramG#5G#5
   Help me I plea, I ...
              Chord diagramD#5D#5  Chord diagramA#5A#5
your ways and your means ...
           Chord diagramC5C5                     Chord diagramG#5G#5
help me to see, the ...
               Chord diagramD#5D#5 Chord diagramA#5A#5
you're wearing me thin ...

MAIN RIFF
you preach synthetic-like, ....
RIFF TWO
hey, I hope you're ...
MAIN RIFF
RIFF TWO
hey, I want to tell you, I ....

REPEAT CHORUS

Chord diagramG5G5                        Chord diagramC5C5
I don't recall ...
Chord diagramG5G5                     Chord diagramF5F5
I don't recall ....
Chord diagramG5G5                           Chord diagramC5C5
I don't recall ...
           Chord diagramD#D#                           Chord diagramG#G#
but I'm so impressed, with the ....

SOLO: (over chorus chord progression)
       anyone want to tab this great solo?

CHORDS:

Chord diagramA#5A#5     - 888xxx
Chord diagramC5C5      - 10,10,10,x,x,x
Chord diagramG5G5      - 555xxx
Chord diagramF5F5      - 333xxx
Chord diagramG#5G#5     - 666xxx
Chord diagramG#G#      - x,11,13,13,13,11
Chord diagramD#D#      - x68886

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