• Song:

    Snail

  • Artist:

    Smashing Pumpkins

  • Album:

    Party All Night

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The Smashing Pumpkins 
Snail
Gish (1991)
Written by Billy Corgan
Tabbed by Jimi Jackson
Standard Tuning

Billy Corgan?s favorite song off Gish.
This is the most correct tab you will 
Find for this song.

Guitar 1: Billy
Guitar 2: James


Intro:

Billy
|--0-----------|
|--2-----2-2---|
|--2-2---2-2---| strum 
|--2-2---2-2---|
|--0-0-0-0-0---|
|--------------|


Billy         
|--0----0----3-------|
|--2----3----3-------|
|--2----0----0-------| 
|--2----2----0-------|
|--0----2----2-------|
|-------0----3-------|

  "Oh, yeah seven dreams"


Billy         
|--0----0----3----------------------|
|--2----3----3----------------------|
|--2----0----0----------------------| 
|--2----2----0----------------------|
|--0----2----2----------------------|
|-------0----3----------------------|

James
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------2h3-3/5-5/7b8r7---|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|


Billy         
|--0----0----3--------------------|
|--2----3----3--------------------|
|--2----0----0--------------------| 
|--2----2----0--------------------|
|--0----2----2--------------------|
|-------0----3--------------------|

James
|-----------------2h3-3/5-5/7-5---|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|


Billy         
|--0----0----3--------------------|
|--2----3----3--------------------|
|--2----0----0--------------------| 
|--2----2----0--------------------|
|--0----2----2--------------------|
|-------0----3--------------------|

"?you?re not the only one"


Bridge:

James (slight distortion)
|--------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----|
|--2-2-2-4p2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
|--2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2h4---|
|--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-----|
|--------------------------|

James (slight distortion)
|---------------3----------|
|--2-2-2-2------3----3-----|
|--2-2-2-4p2----0----2-----|
|--2-2-2-2------0----0-----|
|--0-0-0-0------2----x-----|
|---------------3----2-----|
                ^get heavy! 
               

Solo:

Billy (distoriton)
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------/9b11r9~~~~--7-6---------|
|--11~~~~--9-11-11b12r11p9h11p97-9------------------7~~~~---|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

James (distortion)
|--0---------0-------------0---------3-----------------------|
|--2---------2-------------2---------3-----------3-----------|
|--2---------2-------------2---------0-----------2-----------|
|--2---------2-------------2---------0-----------0-----------|
|--0---------0-------------0---------2-----------x-----------|
|------------------------------------3-----------2-----------|


Verse:

Billy + James (distortion)          2x
|--0----0----0----0----3--------------|
|--2----2----2----2----3--------------|
|--2----2----2----2----0-*feedback*---| 
|--2----2----2----2----0--------------|
|--0----0----0----0----2--------------|
|----------------------3--------------|

"Flower..."


Chorus:

Billy + James (distortion)          5x
|--0------------------------0--3------|--0---|
|--2------------------------2--3--3---|--2---|
|--2------------------------2--0--2---|--2---|
|--2------------------------2--0--0---|--2---|
|--0------------------------0--2--x---|--0---|
|------------------------------3--2---|------|

"When you wake up you?re all weak?"

James (distortion)   
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------7h9h11----------------/9b11r9-----9b11r9b11r9b11r9---|
|----------7h9h11-----------------/9b11--------------------------------|
|--8h10h12-----------------/10h12--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
the lead starts when Billy sings: "Siren?s coming home"


Solo:

Billy (distortion)
|--12~~~~~~~~~~-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9~~~~~~~~~~~--6~~h7p64/6~~--4/6~~--6h7p6-----/9-/11~~~~---|
|--------------------------------------------9-7--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

James (distortion)
|--0-------------0---------0-----------3----------------------|
|--2-------------2---------2-----------3----------3-----------|
|--2-------------2---------2-----------0----------2-----------|
|--2-------------2---------2-----------0----------0-----------|
|--0-------------0---------0-----------2----------x-----------|
|--------------------------------------3----------2-----------|


Billy (distortion)
|--------------------9~~~~--/12----------12gb14gr12~~~~---|
|--10~~~~-8h10p87h8------------12~~b14-------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

James (distortion)
|--0--------0--------0-------3-----------------------|
|--2--------2--------2-------3-----------3-----------|
|--2--------2--------2-------0-----------2-----------|
|--2--------2--------2-------0-----------0-----------|
|--0--------0--------0-------2-----------x-----------|
|----------------------------3-----------2-----------|


Verse:

Billy (very soft hits)            3x
|--0---------------3----------------|------------------3-----------------|
|--2---------------3----------------|--3---------------3-----------------|
|--2---------------0----------------|--2---------------0-----------------|
|--2---------------0----------------|--0---------------0-----------------|
|--0---------------2----------------|--x---------------2-----------------|
|------------------3----------------|--2---------------3-----------------|

James (clean)                     3x
|-----------------------------------|----------0-------------------------|
|----------0---------------3--------|------3-----3---3---------3---------|
|------2-----2---2-----0-----0---0--|----2---2-----2-------0-----0---0---|
|----2---2-----2-----0---0-----0----|--0-----------------0---0-----0-----|
|--0---------------2----------------|------------------2-----------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|

"Flower?"


Chorus:

Billy + James (distortion)          5x
|--0------------------------0--3------|--0---|
|--2------------------------2--3--3---|--2---|
|--2------------------------2--0--2---|--2---|
|--2------------------------2--0--0---|--2---|
|--0------------------------0--2--x---|--0---|
|------------------------------3--2---|------|

"When you wake up you?re all weak?"

James (distortion)                                                 2x
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------7h9h11--------------/9b11r9-----9b11r9b11r9b11r9---|
|----------7h9h11---------------/9b11--------------------------------|
|--8h10h12---------------/10h12--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


Interlude:

James (from slight distortion to clean)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------0-----0-------------------| 10 times
|-----9-----0---11-12-11-9-11-9---|
|--10-----9-----0--0--0--0-0--0---|
|---------------------------------|

"Flower?"


Solo:

Billy (distortion)
|---------------------------------------12b14-*12~~--9p7----------------|
|----------------------------12b14-10~~------------------10-10p8p7\---|
|--12~~-14~~-------------9~~--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------9-11------------------------------------------------|
|--10~~-12~~--10-12-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

End with a pick slide


James (distortion)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------0-----0-------------------| 6 times
|-----9-----0---11-12-11-9-11-9---|
|--10-----9-----0--0--0--0-0--0---|
|---------------------------------|


Outro/Drum Solo:

Billy/James (distortion)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------0-----0-------------------| 8 times
|-----9-----0---11-12-11-9-11-9---|
|--10-----9-----0--0--0--0-0--0---|
|---------------------------------|

"Flower tastes the sunshine?"


End on:

Billy (clean)
|--0---|
|--0---|
|--2---|
|--2---|
|--0---|
|------|


"Do what you gonna do"
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