I Am One Tab by The Smashing Pumpkins

I Am One tab by The Smashing Pumpkins

Guitar Tab

I Am One  -- Smashing Pumpkins (Corgan/Iha)
- -- ---
Transcribed by Chris Carman (cecarman@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu)

This is the best I can do with this song.  I only have an acoustic guitar, so
I can't tab out guitar solos very well.  Hope you like it.

4 bar drum intro

4 bars of bass: (repeat 2x)
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
--2--0-0-2--0-2--0-0-0-2--0-2--0-0-2--0-2--0-0-0-2--0--

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

Guitar intro:                                    pick slide
--------------------0-----------------------0--------
--------0---------0-------------0---------0----------
------3---------3-------------3---------3------------
----4---------4-------------4---------4----------x\--
--4---------2-------------4---------2------------x\--
--2---------0-------------2---------0------------x\--


Main rhythm guitar part (verse):

|Billy (2x)
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|--11--9-9-11--9-11--9-9-9-14-14--11--9-9-11--9-11--9-9-9-14-16-- <-- not sure
|--11--9-9-11--9-11--9-9-9-14-14--11--9-9-11--9-11--9-9-9-14-16--
|--11--9-9-11--9-11--9-9-9-14-14--11--9-9-11--9-11--9-9-9-14-16--
|---9--x-x--9--x--9--x-x-x-12-12---9--x-x--9--x--9--x-x-x-12-14--
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|James (2x)
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|---4--x-x--4--x--4--x-x-x--7--7---4--x-x--4--x--4--x-x-x--7--9--
|---4--x-x--4--x--4--x-x-x--7--7---4--x-x--4--x--4--x-x-x--7--9--
|---2--0-0--2--0--2--0-0-0--5--5---2--0-0--2--0--2--0-0-0--5--7--


(Some guitar solo that I can't figure out with some pinch artificial
harmonics.)

(with verse guitar part):

I am one...

You'll burn (unison guitars)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------13------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------12--14--
-----------------------------------11----------------------------12--14--
--------12p0-0-0-12p0-0-12p0-0-0-0-----12p0-0-0-12p0-0-12p0-0-0--10--12--

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------13------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------12--14--
-----------------------------------11----------------------------12--14--
--------12p0-0-0-12p0-0-12p0-0-0-0-----12p0-0-0-12p0-0-12p0-0-0--10--12--

          Undone...
--------------------0-----------------------0--------
--------0---------0-------------0---------0----------
------3---------3-------------3---------3------------
----4---------4-------------4---------4----------x\--
--4---------2-------------4---------2------------x\--
--2---------0-------------2---------0------------x\--

(Another Billy fill....)


(verse)
Time is right...

You'll burn (unison guitars, play twice)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------13------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------12--14--
-----------------------------------11----------------------------12--14--
--------12p0-0-0-12p0-0-12p0-0-0-0-----12p0-0-0-12p0-0-12p0-0-0--10--12--

(verse guitar part):
See you...
---------------------
---------------------
----------9-11-------
---------------11~\--
---------------------
---------------------

Bridge: (there are two guitar parts to this, but they're tough to separate..)
 A
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------7------------------------------------7-----------------7---7-8~-
--7-6-7--7/9---9--7h9p7-6--7--9-7-6---7-6--7--7/9---9--7h9p7-6-7-9----9------
7-----------------------------------7----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

(...into the double guitar solo.. both James & Billy solo for 8 bars or so)

Out of solo:
  E                           (wah pedal on each note..)
--12--10--9----------------------------------------------
-------------12--10--9-----------------------------------
------------------------11--9----------------------------
-------------------------------12--11--9--7--6--4--2--0--
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------

Bass alone: (2x)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
---2--0-0--2--0--2--0-0-0--5--5\--2--0-0--2--0--2--0-0-0--5--7\--

(Back into more of Billy soloing and James playing his rhythm part with D'arcy.
  This goes on for about 8 bars or so)

Basically the "See you... blah blah" part again with Billy playing some sort of
 F#7 chord over it... either:

-----    --11-or-9--
-----    --10--
--9--    --11--
-11-- or ------ which isn't really an F#7, but you get the idea.
--9--    ------
-----    ------

End on the F# chord hits.

---



I Am One  -  The Smashing Pumpkins        Tab by: loase@mn.ecn.purdue.edu

Intro Riff
e---------------------------------------------------------------0----------
B------------------0------------------------------------0------------------
G--------------3------------------------------------3----------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------4------------------------------------4--------------------------
E--2-2-2--------------------------------2-2-2------------------------------

Riff 1
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------2---2---------------------------2---4--------------
4---2-3-4---2-4---4-2-4-2---2---4---2-3-4---2-4---4-2-4-2---4--------------
4---2-3-4---2-4---4-2-4-0---0---4---2-3-4---2-4---4-2-4-0---2--------------
2---0-1-2---0-2---2-0-2---------2---0-1-2---0-2---2-0-2--------------------

Riff 2  (Those are frets 11, 12, and 14, not frets 1 and then 2)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------11---11-------------------------------12---14--
0-12-0-0-12-0-0-12-0-12-0-0-----------0-12-0-0-12-0-0-12-0-12-0-0----------

Bridge  (That ' means a bend up and the 3532 is a pulled triplet)
------------------------------------------------------
----3-2-----3---5---7-5---3532-3-2---3-0-----2--------
2----------------------------------------------2------
2-----------------------------------------------------
0-----------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------
----3-2-----3---5---7-5---3532-3-5---7-5-----7---7'---
2-----------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------
0-----------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------

End of solo  (The , is just a slide down)
12---10--9------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------12---10---9----------------------------------------------------
---------------------------11---9---7---6-----------------------------------
--------------------------------------------9---7---6-----------------------
--------------------------------------------------------9---7---4-----------
--------------------------------------------------------------------2,------

The song goes:
Intro/Riff 1/Riff 2/Intro/Riff 1/Riff 2/Riff 1/Bridge/Solo in F#/End of solo/
Pause/Riff 1

I will not post Siamese stuff people will kill me and pisces, I only
have Soothe...

... As pure as Jim Bakker himself.
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