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                       S M A S H I N G   P U M P K I N S

                                       -

                               T O   S H E I L A
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                                     ADORE
                            (c) Virgin Records (1998)
                        http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/


                              Tune Down a 1/2 Step
                                D# G# C# G A# D#
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
                                  Tempo = 55 BPM
                               Time Signature = 4/4



                          -----------------------------
                                 Transcribed by

                                 PADDY MCMULLAN
                           pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com

                                   Version 1.0
                                12th January 2011
                             -----------------------

                             Tablature Symbols Used:


 p         -  Pull-Off
 h         -  Hammer-On
 (/)       -  Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)
 \         -  Slide Down to/Down From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
 /         -  Slide Up To/Up From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
 ()       -  Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
 x         -  Muted Note/Dead Note
 REST      -  Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space


                                   -----------
                                   Song Notes:
                                   -----------

  No two repeats are the same for guitar 1, so to make the tab less confusing
I've included the song time and lyrics.  All notes for Guitar 1 are 16th notes.

 Transcribing the banjos for guitar is virtually impossible without using some
 insane tunings and a partial capo, so I've included the banjo parts "as is"
      for those who play the instrument and for the sake of completeness.


                             -----------------------
                                  Chords Used:
                             -----------------------

                Dsus       Am7         G          Em       A7sus

           ||----0----||----3----||----3----||----0----||----3----||
           ||----3----||----1----||----3----||----0----||----3----||
           ||----2----||----0----||----0----||----0----||----0----||
           ||----0----||----2----||----0----||----2----||----2----||
           ||---------||----0----||----2----||----2----||----0----||
           ||---------||---------||----3----||----0----||---------||


                      G6       Bsus4      A7sus4      Am7 (2)

                ||----0----||----0----||----0----||----3----||
                ||----0----||----0----||----3----||----1----||
                ||----0----||----0----||----0----||----2----||
                ||----0----||----4----||----2----||----2----||
                ||----2----||----2----||----0----||----0----||
                ||----3----||---------||---------||---------||




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Part 1: Guitar 1 (Classical Guitar)                            [ 00:00 - 00:41 ]
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Rest for 1 bar


   [Dsus]                                               [Am7]
                                                Twilight fades
||-----------0---------------0-------|----------0---------------3-------|
||-------3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-|------3-----3---0-----1-----1---0-|
||-----2---------2-----2---------2---|--2-2-2-------2-------0-------0---|
||--0------0---------0-----0---------|--0-----0-----------2-------------|
||-----------------------------------|------------------0-----0-------0-|
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|


  [G]                                [Dsus]          [Am7]
         through blistered Avalon           the sky's cruel torch
|----------3---------------------3-|----------0-----------------3-----|
|------------3---3-----------3---3-|------3-----3---0---------------0-|
|------0-------------0-0---0-----0-|--2-2-2-------2-------0---0---0---|
|----0-0-------0-------------------|--0-----0-----------2-----2---2---|
|------------------------------2---|------------------0-----0-------0-|
|--3-----3---------3-----3---------|----------------------------------|


   [G]
         on aching autobahn                 into the uncertain
|----------3-----------------------|----------3-----------------------|
|------------3---3-----------3-----|------------3---------------3-----|
|------0-------------0-0---------0-|------0---------0-----0---0-----0-|
|----0-0-------0-----0-----0-------|----0-0-------0---0-0---0-----0---|
|------------------------------2---|----2-------------2-----2-----2---|
|--3-----3---------3-----3---------|--3-----3-------------------------|


  [A7sus]           [Em]               [Dsus]          [Am7]
 divine                                      we scream into the last
|-----------------------------------|------------0---------------3-----|
|-------------3---------------0---0-|------3---------0h1-------------0-|
|-------0---------0-----0-----0---0-|--2-2-----2---2-------0-------0---|
|-----2---------2-----2-----2---2p0-|--0-----0-----------2-----2-------|
|--0------0-0---0-------------------|------------------0-----0---------|
|-------------------0-----0---------|----------------------------------|


     [Dsus]
 divide
| |-------------0-----||
| |-------3---------3-||
|2|-----2-----2---2---||
|/|--0------0---------||
|4|-------------------||
| |-------------------||



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Part 2: Guitars 1 & 2                                     [ Time 00:41 - 01:17 ]
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---------
Guitar 1:
---------


     [Dsus]          [Am7]              [G]
     You             make  me           real
| |------------0---------------3-----|----------------------------------|
| |------3---------0---------------0-|------------3---------------3---3-|
|4|----2-----2---2-------0---0-------|------0---------0-----0-----0---0-|
|/|--0-----0-----------2-----2---2---|----0-----0---0-----0-------0-0---|
|4|------------------0-----0---------|--------------------------2-------|
| |----------------------------------|--3-----3---------3-----3---------|


  [Dsus]            [Am7]              [G]
   You             make  me           real
|-------------0---------------3-----|----------------------------------|
|-------3---------0---------------0-|------------3---------------3---3-|
|-----2-----2---2-------0-----------|------0---------0-----0-----------|
|--0------0-----------2-----2---2---|----0-----0---0-----0---------0---|
|-------------------0-----0-0-------|--------------------------2---2p0-|
|-----------------------------------|--3-----3---------3-----3-3-------|


   [Dsus]           [Am7]              [Em]
   Strong          as I            feel
|-------------0---------------3-----|-----------------------------------|
|-------3---------0-----------1---0-|-------------0---------------0---0-|
|-----2-----2---2-------0-----------|-------0---------0-----0-----0-----|
|--0------0-----------2-----2---2---|-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2p0-|
|-------------------0-----0-0-------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--0------0---------0-----0---------|


   [Dsus]           [Am7]              [Em]
   You            make me              real
|-------------0---------------3-----|-------------0---------------0-------||
|-------3---------0---------------0-|-------0---------0-----0-----0----0--||
|-----2-----------------0-----------|-------------------------------------||
|--0------0-0---0-----2-----2---2---|-----2-----2---2---2-2-----2---2-----||
|-------------------0-----0-0-------|---------------------------------(0)-||
|-----------------------------------|--0------0---------0-0---0-----------||



---------
Guitar 2: with Clean Tone
---------


Rake all chords

   [Dsus]   [Am7]       [G]                 [Dsus]   [Am7]
||--0--------3--------|--3----------------|--0--------3--------|
||--3--------1--------|--3----------------|--3--------1--------|
||--2--------0--------|--0----------------|--2--------0--------|
||--0--------2--------|--0----------------|--0--------2--------|
||-----------0--------|--2----------------|-----------0--------|
||--------------------|--3----------------|--------------------|


  [G]                 [Dsus]   [Am7]       [Em]
|--3----------------|--0--------3--------|--0----------------|
|--3----------------|--3--------1--------|--0----------------|
|--0----------------|--2--------0--------|--0----------------|
|--0----------------|--0--------2--------|--2----------------|
|--2----------------|-----------0--------|--2----------------|
|--3----------------|--------------------|--0----------------|


  [Dsus]   [Am7]       [Em]
|--0--------3--------|--0----------------||
|--3--------1--------|--0----------------||
|--2--------0--------|--0----------------||
|--0--------2--------|--2----------------||
|-----------0--------|--2----------------||
|--------------------|--0----------------||



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Part 3: Guitar 1                                          [ Time 01:17 - 01:52 ]
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    [Dsus]           [Am7]              [G]
             Sheila rides                     on crashing nightingale
||-------------0---------------------|----------------------------------|
||-------3---------0-----------1---0-|------------3---3---------0-----3-|
||-----2-----2---2-------0-----------|------0---------------0-----0-----|
||--0------0-----------2---------2---|----0-0---0---0-----0-----------0-|
||-------------------0-----0-0-------|----------2-----------------------|
||-----------------------------------|--3-----3---------3-----3-----3---|


   [Dsus]           [Am7]              [G]
            intake eyes                      leave passing vapour trails
|-------------0---------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------3---------0-----------1---0-|------------3---------------3-----|
|-----2-2---2---2-------0-----------|------0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-|
|--0------0-----------2---------2---|----0-0---0---0-----0-------------|
|-------------------0-----0-0-------|--------------------------2-------|
|-----------------------------------|--3-----3---------3-----3-----3---|


   [G]                                [A7sus]         [Em]
         with blushing brilliance alive
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------3---3-----------------3-----|-------3-----3----------------0---0-|
|------0-----0---0-----0---------0-|-----------0-0---0------0-----0---0-|
|--0-------------------------0-----|-----2----------------2-----2---2p0-|
|--2-2-------------2-2---2-2---2---|--0------0-----0--------------------|
|--3-3---3-----3-------------------|-------------------0------0---------|


   [Dsus]           [Am7]                [G]
         because it's time    to   arrive
|-------------0------------------3-----|----------------------------------||
|--------3---------0h1-----------1---0-|------------3---------------3-----||
|--2-2-2---2----2----------0-----------|------0-----0---0-----0-----0---2-||
|--0-----0---------------2-----2---2---|----0-0---0---0-----0-----------0-||
|--------------------0-------0---------|--------------2-----------2---2---||
|--------------------------------------|--3-----3---------3-----3-----3---||



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Part 4: Guitars 1 & 2                                     [ Time 01:52 - 02:23 ]
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---------
Guitar 1:
---------


    [Dsus]          [Am7]               [G]
    You         make me                 real
||-------------0---------------3-----|-----------------------------------|
||-------3---------0-----1-----1---0-|------------3---------------3----3-|
||-----2-----2---2-------0-----------|------0---------0-----0-----0----0-|
||--0------0-----------2-----2---2---|----0-----0---0-----0-------0------|
||-------------------0-----0-0-------|--------------------------2---2p-0-|
||-----------------------------------|--3-----3---------3-----3----------|


  [Dsus]            [Am7]              [G]
   You         make me                 real
|-------------0---------------3-----|----------------------------------|
|-------3---------0-----------1---0-|------------3---3-----------3---3-|
|--2--2-----2---2-------0-----------|------0-----0---------0-----------|
|--0------0-0---------2-----2---2---|----0-----0---0-----0-----0-------|
|-------------------0-----0-0-------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--3-----3---------3-----3-----3---|


   [Dsus]           [Am7]             [Em]              [G]
   Strong      as I               feel
|-------------0---------------3-----|-----------------------------------|
|-------3---------0-----------1---0-|-------0-----0---0-----------3---3-|
|-----2-----2---2-------0-----------|-----------------------0-----0-----|
|--0------0-----------2-----2---2---|-----2-----2---2-----0-----0-------|
|-------------------0-----0---------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--0------0---------3-----3-----3---|


  [Dsus]            [Am7]
   You          make me
|-------------0---------------3-----||
|-------3-----3---0-----1---------0-||
|-----2-----------------------------||
|--0------0-0---0-----2-----2---2---||
|-------------------0-----0---------||
|-----------------------------------||



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Guitar 2: repeat the first 7 bars of Part 2
---------



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Part 5: Guitar 1 and Banjos 1 & 2                         [ Time 02:23 - 02:58 ]
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   [Dsus]            [Am7]             [G6]
    Lately I    just can't seem to believe
||-------------0---------------------|-----------------------0-----------|
||-------3---------0-----1-----1---0-|---------3-----3-------------3---3-|
||-----2-----2-----------------------|-------0---------------------------|
||--0------0-----0-----2-----2---2---|-----0-------0---0---0-----0---0---|
||-------------------0-----0---------|--2--------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|--3--------3-------3-----3---------|


  [Dsus]            [Am7]              [G]
   Discard my friends to change the scenery
|-------------0---------------------|-----------------0-----------0-----|
|-------3---------0-----1-----1---0-|-------3-----3---------3---3-----3-|
|-----2-----2-----------------------|-------------------------------0---|
|--0------0-----0-----2-----2---2---|-----0-----0---------0-------------|
|-------------------0-----0---------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--3------3-----3---3-----3---------|


                  [Bsus4]             [A7sus]           [Em]
It meant the world to hold a bruising faith
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------3---3------------------|-------------3---0------------0---0-|
|------0----------------0-----0-----|-------0----------------0-----------|
|----0-----0----------4-----4-----4-|-----2-----2---2------2-2---2---2---|
|------------------2------2-----2---|--0------0------------2-----2---2---|
|--3-----3-----3--------------------|-------------------0------0---------|


   [Dsus]          [Am7]                [Dsus]
But now it's just a matter     of      grace
|-----------0-------------------------|-------------0---------------0-----||
|-------3-----3---0-------1-----1---0-|-------3---------3-----3---------3-||
|-----2---------2---------------------|-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2---||
|--0------0-------------2-----2---2---|--0------0---------0-----0---------||
|-------------------0-------0---------|-----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||



-----------------------
Banjo 1 [Left Channel]: Open G tuning, then down half a step to Gb
-----------------------


   //       Fade in        \\
||------2-----2--------14----------------|
||----3-----3---0---13-------13----------|
||--------2-------0-------14----14-14--0-|
||--0------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------0----|


|---------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------(12/15)-15-15-15---(12\10)---0-|
|--(14/16)---16-14----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------14---------------|
|----------0-------0--0-------0-------0---------0---|


|--0--0--0--12---0------10-14-------12---------|
|--15-15----------------------10-13-0-----0----|
|--------11----9-11---0----------------12---12-|
|-------------------7-9------------------------|
|-----------0----------------------------------|


|-----------------------------------------------0-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--(14/16)----(16/19)--(19/21)--(21\19)---19------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---0-----0-0--0-----0--0-----0--0------0-----0---|


|------19--------------------0-------------|--------------0---------------0----|
|--15-----15--x----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------16--(14\12)---(16\14)--14-|-(14)------------------------------|
|---------------------16--------16---------|-------------(16/17)-16-14 \ 12-14-|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


                      //          Fade out         \\
|-----0-0-0-----0-----------14------------14---|--------------------||
|---------------------12-13-------13----0----0-|--(0)---------------||
|------------------------------14--------------|--------------------||
|--16-------(16 \ 12)----------------14--------|--------------------||
|---------0-----------------------------0------|--------------------||



------------------------
Banjo 2 [Right Channel]: Open G tuning, then down half a step to Gb
------------------------


   //       Fade in        \\
||----------------14-----------------|---------------------------------|
||--R--      --13-------13-----------|-----------------12-15---15------|
||--E--      --------14----14-12--14-|--(14)---14---12-----------------|
||--S--      ------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--T--      ------------------------|------------0----------0---------|


|-------0-----0---------------14-------(12/14)---|
|----15-15----15-----------13-------13------0----|
|--------------------------------14---------0--0-|
|----------16----(14\7)-10-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------0-|


|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--(14/16)--(16/19)---(19/21)---(21/24)---19------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---0-----0--0------0--0-----0--0-------0-----0-0-|


|--------------------------------------0--0---------|
|--(15/17)---(15\12)--(12\10)---0----------------10-|
|------------------------------(14\12)---(12\9------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---0------0--0-----0--0-----0--0------0--0----0----|


                                     //          Fade out
|----------------------------2---0---|--0-0---0--------------------|
|--(10)--------------------0---0---0-|------7-8---7-5-0------0-0-0-|
|-------(9/11)---(9\7)---------------|----------9------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------0----0----------------|-----------------------------|

         \\
|--------4---------------||
|--(0)-3-----------------||
|------------------------||
|------------------------||
|------------------------||



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Part 6: Guitars 1 & 2                                     [ Time 02:58 - 03:30 ]
================================================================================


---------
Guitar 1:
---------


    [Dsus]           [Am7]              [G]
           A summer storm                       graces all of me
||-------------0---------------3-----|----------3-----------------------|
||-------3---------0-----------1---0-|------------3---3-----3-----3---3-|
||-----2-----2---2-------0-------0---|------0-------------0-------------|
||--0------0-----------2-----2-------|----0---------0-----------0---0-0-|
||-------------------0-----0---------|--------------------------------0-|
||-----------------------------------|--3-----3---------3-----3---------|


   [Dsus]           [Am7]              [G]
            Highway warm                     sings silent poetry
|-------------0---------------3-----|----------3-----------------------|
|-------3---------0-----------1---0-|------3-----3---3-----3-----3-----|
|--2--2-----2---2-------0-----------|------0-------------------------0-|
|--0------0-----------2-----2-------|----0---------0-----0-----0---0---|
|-------------------0-----0-----0---|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--3-----3---------3-----3---------|


                                     [A7sus]          [Em]
         And I could bring you the light
|----------3-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------3---------------3-----|------------3----------------0---0-|
|------0---------0-----0---0-----0-|------0---------0------0-----------|
|----0-0-------0-----0---------0---|----2-----2---2------2-----2-------|
|--------------2---2-----2-----2---|--0-----0-----0--------------------|
|--3-----3-------------------------|------------------0------0-----0---|


  [Dsus]            [Am7]                  [Dsus]
          And take you home into the night
|-------------0-----------------3-----| |-------------0-----||
|-------3---------0-------1---------0-| |-------3-----3---3-||
|--2--2-----2---2---------------------|2|-----2-----2---2---||
|--0------0-------------2-----2---2---|/|--0------0---------||
|-------------------0-------0---------|4|-------------------||
|-------------------------------------| |-------------------||



---------
Guitar 2: with "swell" effect
---------


Rake all chords


  //      Overlap      \\
||-----------------5----||-----5---------3------|--------------------------|
||--3-----------------3-||--3---------1---------|--0--3-----------3--------|
||--2-------------------||--2---------0---------|--0--0--------0-----0--0--|
||--0-------------------||--0---------2---------|--0-----0--0--------------|
||----------------------||------------0---------|--2-----------------------|
||----------------------||----------------------|--3-----------------------|


|-----5---------3------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--3---------1---------|--0--3-----------3------|--(3)------0--------|
|--2---------0---------|--0--0--------0---------|--(0)------0--------|
|--0---------2---------|--0-----0--0------------|--(0)------0--------|
|------------0---------|--2---------------------|--(2)------2--------|
|----------------------|--3---------------------|--(3)---------------|


|----------0----0---0-----|--5--------3--------|--5--------||
|--0----3-----------0-----|--3--------1--------|--3--------||
|--0----------0-----------|--2--------0--------|--2--------||
|--2----------2--------0--|--0--------2--------|--0--------||
|--0----------2-----------|-----------0--------|-----------||
|-------------0-----------|--------------------|-----------||



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Part 7: Guitars 1 & 2                                     [ Time 03:30 - 04:01 ]
================================================================================


---------
Guitar 1:
---------


     [Dsus]          [A7sus]             [G]
     Lately I just can't seem to believe
| |------------0----------------------|----------------------------------|
| |------3---------0------3-----3---0-|------------3---------------3---3-|
|4|----2-----2---2--------------------|------0---------0-----0-----0---0-|
|/|--0-----0------------2-----2---2---|----0-----0---0-----0---------0---|
|4|------------------0------0---------|--------------------------2-------|
| |-----------------------------------|--3-----3---------3-----3---------|


   [Dsus]           [A7sus]             [G]
 Discard my friends to change the scenery
|-------------0----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------3---------0------3-----3---0-|------------3---------------3---3-|
|-----2-----2---2--------------------|------0---------0-----0---0---0---|
|--0------0------------2-----2---2---|----0-----0---0-----0-------------|
|-------------------0------0---------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--3-----3---------3-----3---------|


   [Dsus]           [Am7]                [Em]             [G]
 It meant the world to hold a bruising faith
|-------------0-----------3-----3-----|-----------------------------------|
|-------3---------0-------1-----1---0-|-------0-----0---------3-----3---3-|
|-----2-----2---2-------------2-------|-----------------0---0-------0---0-|
|--0------0-------------2---------2---|-----2-----2---2-----------0-------|
|-------------------0-------0-----0---|-----------------0-----------------|
|-------------------------------------|--0------0---------3-----3-----3---|


   [Dsus]           [Am7]
 But now it's just a matter of grace
|-------------0-----------------3-----||
|-------3---0-----0-------1---------0-||
|-----2---------0-----------------0---||
|--0------0-------------2-----2-------||
|-------------------0-------0---------||
|-------------------------------------||



---------
Guitar 2: repeat the first 7 bars of Part 2
---------



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Outro: Guitars 1 & 2                                      [ Time 04:01 - 04:46 ]
================================================================================


---------
Guitar 1:
---------


    [Dsus]           [Am7]                [G]
||-------------0-----------------3-----|----------------------------------|
||-------3---------0-------------1---0-|------3-----3---3-----------3---3-|
||-----2-----2---2---------0-----------|------0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-|
||--0------0-------------2---------2---|----0-----0---------0-------------|
||-------------------0-------0-0-------|--------------------------2-----0-|
||-------------------------------------|--3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---|


   [Dsus]           [Am7]              [G]
|-------------0---------------3-----|----------------------------------|
|-------3-----0---0-----------1---0-|------3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-|
|-----2-----2-2-2-------0-----------|------0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-|
|--0------0-----------2---------2---|----0-----0---------0-----0-------|
|-------------------0-----0-0-------|--------------------------------0-|
|-----------------------------------|--3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---|


   [Dsus]           [Am7]
|-------------0---------------3-----|-------------------||
|-------3---------0-----------1---0-|-------------------||
|-----2-----2---2-------0-----------|-------------------||
|--0------0-----------2---------2---|-------------------||
|-------------------0-----0-0-------|-------------------||
|-----------------------------------|--3----------------||



---------
Guitar 2: with delay
---------


||--10--------8--------|--7----------------| |
||--10--------5--------|--0----------------| |
||---------------------|-------------------|*|
||---------------------|-------------------|*| x 3
||---------------------|-------------------| |
||---------------------|-------------------| |



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End
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Tab summary:        Part 1
                    Part 2
                    Part 3
                    Part 4
                    Part 5
                    Part 6
                    Part 7
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