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Drown tab by The Smashing Pumpkins

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Smashing Pumpkins - "Drown"

Make sure to tune the low E string down to a D.
h= hammer on      p=pull off
/,\= slide up, down   fb, fr=fullbend, fullrelease
~~=let ring       hb, hr=halfbend, halfrelease


Riff 1: 2 times
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--11--11-11-14-11\9---------------------------|
|---0---0--0--0--0-0--12--12-12-12-9h12-9h12---|
|---------------------0---0--0--0--0--0-0--0---|
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Fig 1: 1 time then back to Riff 1
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--11--11-11-14-11\9---------------------------|
|---0---0--0--0--0-0--12-----9--9----9--9------|
|---------------------0------0--0----0--0------|

With Riff 1:
No matter where...

With Riff 2:
C         G
All of those...

Riff 2:
 C            G
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-7-7-7/9--7-7-7/9---2--2--2/4-4/7-7/9/11----|
|-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-\-7-7-|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0--0-----------------9hb|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-\-5-5-|--------------------0--0--------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-\-5-5-|--------------------0--0--------------------|

Resume Riff 1, with 1st solo:

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--------9fbfr-9h11------------9fb~~fr--|
|--11~~~~(11)------9fb~~fr-9h11---------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

Continue Riff 1:
No matter where...

With Riff 2:
C         G
All of those...

With Riff 3:
A D
  Is it something...
A D
  Was it something...

Riff 3:
 A           D
|---------7-7-7-5-5-5-|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|-7--7-7--7/10-10-10-10\7-7-7\5--|
|---------------------|-7--7-7-------------------------|
|-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-------------------------|
|-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5--5-5--9/12-12-12-12\9-9-9\7--|
|-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|--------------------------------|

Riff 4 with 2nd Solo:
A C G A C G A C G A C G D
x x x               x
x 5 x               x
x 5 x               7
7 5 5               7
7 3 5               5
7 x 5               0

2nd Solo:
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-12hb-12-10-13~--13-13-13-12-10h12---10fbfr----10--|
|----------------------------------12--------12-----|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

|------------------9-9hb~----------------------------------------------|
|-12hb-12-10-13~------------------------13---13-13-13-13---------------|
|-----------------------------6-7-9-7-6--------------------------------|
|--------------------------/7-----------10---10-10-10-10-10\9-9-9-9\7--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------13---13-13-13-13-12~---------|
|---------------------6-7-9-7-6------------------------9fb----|
|-7-7-7/9\7\5-5-5--/7------------10---10-10-10-10-9~----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|


With Riff 5:
Yesterday the sky...

Riff 5:
|---------0---------|---------0--------------| <---This 2nd variation of
|-----3-----3---3---|-----3-----3---3-3p2h3--|   Riff 5 is played every
|---2---2-----2-----|---2---2-----2----------|   4th repetition.
|-0-----------------|-0----------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|

Resume Riff 4, but on D in place of A:
D C G          A C G
   I wish...

Song continues on D, feedback solo. Yeah, good luck.
End on D

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This is how I play Drown, I tried to duplicate the guitar tones as close
as possible by using alot of open strings, as the pumpkins do alot. Any
comments would be appreciated. Other songs are coming!

Sang Lee
lees@eniac.seas.upenn.edu

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Here are some licks from "Drown" which are closer to the CD than those in the
original tab...

- for the "..Was it something someone said.." part, play this:

|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--10---10---12-12-12--10------------------------------------------------
|--11---11---11-11-11--11-----11----11-11/14-14\11-----------------------
|---9----9----9--9--9---9------------------------------------------------
|---0----0----0---------0------9-----9--9/12-12\-9-----------------------
|---x----x----x---------x------0-----0--0--0--0--0-----------------------

- or something like that anyway. Also, for the end part of the 2nd solo, play
  this:
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------17--17-17-17\16-16-16\14-14-14/16\12--12-------
|------11-12--14-12-11---------------------------------------------------
|--12---------------------15--15-15-15\14-14-14\12-12-12/14\10--10-------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Billy has used these types of chords in other songs, so he's probably
 using them here too. Thanks to S.Lee for the original tabs.

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