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OBSCURED - by Smashing Pumpkins from the album
========  Pisces Iscariot.
      Written by William P. Corgan, Jr.

Tabbed by Brian McCall

Tune acoustic guitar as follows: E, A, D, G, G (same octave), C

*1
G1 (Acoustic)
 >     >     >    >     >     >
|-0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0
|-0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0
|-0--0-0-0-X-0--0-0-0-X-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-X-0--0-0-0-X-0
|-5--5-5-5-X-7--7-7-7-X-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-X-5--5-5-5-X-7
|-6--6-6-6-X-8--8-8-8-X-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-X-6--6-6-6-X-8
|-6--6-6-6-X-8--8-8-8-X-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-X-6--6-6-6-X-8...
                      ^repeat once
 >     >
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0----0---------------------
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0---------------------
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0---------------------
|-5--5-5-5-5-3--3-3-3-3-3------------------------
|-5--5-5-5-5-3--3-------3------------------------
|-3--3-3-3-3-1--1-------1------------------------
            ^just strum a few rhythm strings here.
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
 Repeat *1 but end with:
 >     >      >     >     >
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--------------------------
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0
|-5--5-5-5-5-3--3-3-3-3---6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6
|-5--5-5-5-5-3--3-3-3-3---6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6
|-3--3-3-3-3-1--1-1-1-1-/-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4
        ^rhythm here
          ^verse starts here (*2)

G2 (Electric, clean tone, some reverb and delay)
  (tuned regularly [E])

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|-------------------------------------------6fb
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|--pbr8-6-5--6-\--1~---------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
  ^pre-bend to (9)
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|-------------------------------------------6fb
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|----------------------------------------------
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|----------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------
|--pbr8-6-5--6-4~------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------


*2 Verse
 >      >
|----------------------------------------
|-0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-----------------
|-0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-----------------
|-6--6-6-6-6--8--8-8-8-8-----------------
|-6--6-6-6-6--8--8-8-8-8-----------------
|-4--4-4-4-4--6--6-6-6-6-----------------
      ^repeat 4x ^repeat 4x

 Repeat *2 4x
 Repeat *1 with G2 as follows:

|----------------------------------------------
|-4---4/6---6/8---8~--4---4/6---6/8---8~-------
|---0-----0-----0-------0-----0-----0----------
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------
|-4hbr-8---6/8---8~--6-5-3-1-------------------
|--------0-----0-------------2/5-7-8-7-5-3/5---
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|-pbr5fb5--------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------

I know it's not complete, but you get the idea...

|-----16-------15-------13------11-------------
|----------------------------------------------
|--13----13-12----12-10----10-8----8(/10)------
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
                     ^repeat 3x
*3
 At 2:48 riff changes to this:
 >     >     >     >
|-0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0
|-0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0
|-0--0-0-0-X-0--0-0-0-X-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0
|-2--2-2-2-X-5--5-5-5-X-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3
|-3--3-3-3-X-5--5-5-5-X-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3
|-3--3-3-3-X-3--3-3-3-X-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1...

 Repeat *3 11 times.

song ends on several of these (I think):
|(0)-
|-0--
|-0--
|-3--
|-3--
|-1--

 and pleasant feedback...

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