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United States Tab by The Smashing Pumpkins

United States tab by The Smashing Pumpkins

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Okay this song is pretty amazing
Lots of disortion

sorry if its so long
but its 10 minutes so..

okay here we go

Guitar 1 comes in after drums

Intro/Post Chorus
(with whammy bar)

Guitar 1
eb|-------------------------|        |-----|
Bb|-------------------------|        |-----|
Gb|-------------------------|        |-----|
Db|-0~----0~-12-10-03b----| end on |-10~-|
Ab|-0~----0~-12-10-03b----|        |-10~-|
Db|-0~-x4-0~-12-10-03b-x4-|        |-10~-|
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Verse/Chorus

Guitar 1
Do this a lot

eb|------------------|
Bb|------------------|
Gb|------------------|
Db|-0000000000003033-|
Ab|-0000000000003033-|
Db|-0000000000003033-|

Guitar 2
Comes in after guitar 1
(with wah)

eb|-5~--------------|
Bb|-3~-3xx3xx3xx666-|
Gb|-2~-2xx2xx2xx555-|
Db|-0~-0xx0xx0xx333-|
Ab|-----------------|
Db|-----------------|

During the Chorus when he says "what will they do?"

Guitar 1 plays

eb|-------|
Bb|-------|
Gb|-------|
Db|-666-5-|
Ab|-666-5-|
Db|-666-5-|


Solo Part 1

Guitar 1 plays verse

Guitar 2:

eb|-----------------888888----------------------------------------888|
Bb|-10-(x12)-999999-666666-10-(x12)-999999-666666-10-(x12)-999999-666|
Gb|-7--------666666-555555-7--------666666-444444-7--------666666-555|
Db|-7--------666666--------7--------666666-333333-7--------666666----|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------------------------|

eb|----------|
Bb|-10-9-7-6-|
Gb|--7-6-6-5-|
Db|--7-6-4-3-|
Ab|----------|
Db|----------|

eb|-----------------888888----------------------------------------888|
Bb|-10-(x12)-999999-666666-10-(x12)-999999-666666-10-(x12)-999999-666|
Gb|-7--------666666-555555-7--------666666-444444-7--------666666-555|
Db|-7--------666666--------7--------666666-333333-7--------666666----|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------------------------|

eb|------------------------------|
Bb|-13-12-11-10-9876543-4-5-6/15-|
Gb|-12-11-10--9-8765432-3-4-5/14-|
Db|-10--9--8--7-6543210-1-2-3----|
Ab|------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------|

Solo Part 2

Guitar 1

eb|-5~--|
Bb|-3~--|
Gb|-2~--|
Db|-0~--|
Ab|-0~--|
Db|-0~--|

Guitar 2
hammer on with lots of feedback

eb|-----------12b-|x3 |--------------------------|
Bb|-15b----13b----|   |-15b---13b----------------|
Gb|---------------|   |------------13b-14b---13b-|
Db|---------------|   |--------------------------|
Ab|---------------|   |--------------------------|
Db|---------------|   |--------------------------|

Guitar 1
with delay
a bunch of didfferent harmonics
eb|-xxxxxxxxxxxx|
Bb|-xxxxxxxxxxxx|
Gb|-xxxxxxxxxxxx|
Db|-xxxxxxxxxxxx|
Ab|-xxxxxxxxxxxx|
Db|-xxxxxxxxxxxx|

Guitar 2
reverb
either bend a lot or use slider

eb|------------------------------------------------16b-17b-19b-16b--|
Bb|-----------------------------------------/18b15-----------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------/19-18b-----------------------|
Db|-6b-7b----3b-2b-0b-----------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------0b--------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------(000000)-0b-0b------------------------------|


eb|--------------------18b-20b-20/22b-|
Bb|-/15b-15-18b/20b-20b---------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------|

Bridge

Guitar 1

eb|----------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------|
Db|-0-10-0-10-0-10-12-12-15-15-|
Ab|-0-10-0-10-0-10-12-12-15-15-|
Db|-0-10-0-10-0-10-12-12-15-15-|

eb|--------------------|
Bb|--------------------|
Gb|-14141414-1717-1212-|
Db|-14141414-1717-1212-|
Ab|-12121212-1515-1010-|
Db|--------------------|

eb|--------------------|
Bb|--------------------|
Gb|-1414-1313-12121111-|
Db|-1212-1111-1010-9-9-|
Ab|--------------------|
Db|--------------------|

Outro

Guitar 1

eb|-----------|
Bb|-----------|
Gb|-----------|
Db|-0-0-0-0-0-|
Ab|-0-0-0-0-0-|
Db|-0-0-0-0-0-|x16

Guitar 2
Come in after the 8th time

eb|------------------------|
Bb|-3-3-3-3-3----2-2-2-2-2-|
Gb|-2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-|
Db|------------------------|
Ab|------------------------|
Db|------------------------|x4

Then guitar 1 is the same while guitar 2 does this:

eb|----------2255---------1144-|
Bb|-3-3-3-3-3----2-2-2-2-2-----|
Gb|-2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-----|
Db|----------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------|
Db|----------------------------|

Guitar 1

eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------|
Db|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0----030033-55-|

Guitar 2
(listen for timing)

eb|-------|
Bb|-3-5-8-|
Gb|-2-4-7-|
Db|-------|
Ab|-------|
Db|-------|

Guitar 1

eb|--------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------|
Db|-030033-55---8558558-9101091010-|



Guitar 1

eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------|
Db|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0----030033-55-|

Guitar 2
(listen for timing)

eb|-------|
Bb|-3-5-8-|
Gb|-2-4-7-|
Db|-------|
Ab|-------|
Db|-------|

Guitar 1

eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------|
Db|-030033-55---8558558-9101091010/0-|

im pretty sure most of this is right but its a lottt of
crap to remember so yeahhh

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