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1979 Bass Tab by The Smashing Pumpkins

1979 bass tab by The Smashing Pumpkins

Bass Tab

Jérôme Melançon
"1979" BY THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
FROM THE ALBUM "MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS"

FROM THE PAGES OF GUITAR SCHOOL, APRIL 1996


NOTE: THIS TUNE IS FAIRLY EASY TO PLAY, BUT THERE ARE LONG PARTS
      WHERE YOU DON'T PLAY... (YAWN)


TUNE DOWN 1/2 STEP (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb)

INTRO: PLAY NOTHING

1ST VERSE:
           12    SHAKE DOWN...
G-----||----------|--11-11-11-11--11-11-11----|--------------------||
D-----||----------|------------------------9--|--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--||
A-----||----------|---------------------------|--------------------||
E-----||----------|---------------------------|--------------------||


2ND VERSE:

G-----||----------------------------|----------------------------|
D-----||----------------------------|----------------------------|
A-----||----------------------------|----------------------------|
E-----||--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--|--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--|

        JUNEBUG...                            X3
G-----|-------------------|--------------------||
D-----|-------------------|--------------------||
A-----|-------------------|--------------------||
E-----|--5--5-5--5-5-5-5--|--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--||

                                         AND I
G-----||-------------------------------------||
D-----||-------------------------------------||
A-----||-------------------------------------||
E-----||--2-2-2-2--2-2-2\7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7/||


CHORUS:
                       DON'T EVEN...
G-----||----------------------------|----------------------------|
D-----||----------------------------|----------------------------|
A-----||----------------------------|----------------------------|
E-----||--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--|--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--|

                                              X3
G-----|-------------------|--------------------||
D-----|-------------------|--------------------||
A-----|-------------------|--------------------||
E-----|--5--5-5--5-5-5-5--|--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--||


TO VERSE
                                                       4
G-----||--------------------|--------------------|----------||
D-----||--------------------|--------------------|----------||
A-----||--------------------|--------------------|----------||
E-----||--2-2-2-2--2-2-2\7--|--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--|----------||


3RD VERSE:
                                        THAT WE...
G-----||--------------------|--------------------|
D-----||--------------------|--------------------|   PLAY CHORUS
A-----||--------------------|--------------------|
E-----||--2-2-2-2--2-2\5-5--|--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--|


BRIDGE: (ELEC. BASS 2 PLAYS FIG. 1--TRANSCRIBED AT THE END)

G-----||--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
D-----||--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
A-----||--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
E-----||--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--|--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-8-9--|--9--9-9--9-9-9\5--|

         _____________________ _________________________
        /1,2                  /3
G-----||--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
D-----||--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
A-----||--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E-----||--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-7--|--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--|--2--2-2--2-2-5/7--|

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


4TH VERSE:
            8
G-----||----------||----------------------------|----------------------------|
D-----||----------||----------------------------|----------------------------|
A-----||----------||----------------------------|----------------------------|
E-----||----------||--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--|--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--|

                                               X2
G-----||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|-------------------||
D-----||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|-------------------||
A-----||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|-------------------||
E-----||--5--5-5--5-5-5-5--|--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--||--2-2-2-2-2-2-5/7--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||


PLAY CHORUS, THEN:

G-----||----------------------|--------------------||
D-----||----------------------|--------------------||
A-----||----------------------|--------------------||
E-----||--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-5/7--|--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--||


OUTRO: PLAY NOTHING




(BASS FIG. 1, OVERDUBBED WITH A P-BASS):
                                                                        ___________________
                                                                       /1,2
G-----||-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D-----||-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A-----||--2--2-2--2-2-2-2--|--2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-4--|--4--4-4--4-4-4\0--|--(0)-0-0-0--------|
E-----||-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------2--0--|
       ____________________
      /3
G-----|-----------------|-------------------|----------------------||
D-----|-----------------|-------------------|----------------------||
A-----|--0-0-0-0--------|----------------2--|--(2)-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--||
E-----|-----------2--0--|--2--2-2--2-2-0----|----------------------||


RE-TRANSCRIBED BY JÉRÔME MELANÇON
n.riopel@sympatico.ca

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The Smashing Pumpkins bass tabs for 1979

About this song

"1979" by Smashing Pumpkins features a prominent use of a Fender Stratocaster played by Billy Corgan, utilizing a clean tone with heavy chorus and reverb effects. The song's bassline, played by D'arcy Wretzky, follows a simple yet effective pattern that drives the groove. Released in 1996, "1979" showcases the band's shift towards a more melodic and experimental sound, blending alternative rock with elements of shoegaze and electronic music.