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S M A S H I N G P U M P K I N S
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B O D I E S
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MELLON COLLIE & THE INFINITE SADNESS
(c) Virgin Records (1995)
http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/
Tune Down a 1/2 Step, then Drop D (to C#)
C# G# C# G A# D#
Tempo = 110 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
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Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com
Version 1.0
19th August 2012
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Tablature Symbols Used:
p - Pull-Off
(/) - 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
7b10 - Bend Note
10r7 - Release Bend
x - Dead Note/Muted Note
7~~ - Vibrato
<7> - Harmonics (in this tab's case, Harp Harmonics)
REST - Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space
|___[8] - Alternative Endings
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Rest for 4 bars (feedback effects) [ Time 00:00 - 00:09 ]
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Part 1: Guitars 1 & 2 with Heavy Distortion [ Time 00:09 - 00:27 ]
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---------
Guitar 1:
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||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|*|
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|*| x 4
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/ |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\ 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/ |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\ 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |
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Guitar 2:
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|_______________________________________________[1 - 7]
||--------------------------------------------------| |
||--------------------------------------------------| |
||--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|*|
||--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|*| x 8
||--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| |
||--------------------------------------------------| |
|____________________________________________[8]
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--------||
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---------||
|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------||
|--------------------------------------12\----||
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Part 2: Guitars 1 & 2 [ Time 00:27 - 00:45 ]
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|______________________________[1 - 3]
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|*|
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|*| x 4
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/ |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\ 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/ |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\ 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |
|_________________________________[4]
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-||
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-||
Cast the pearls aside
Of a simple life of need
Come into my life
Forever
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Part 3: Guitars 1 & 2 [ Time 00:45 - 01:02 ]
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||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|*|
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|*| x 4
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\ | |
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\ | |
The crumbled cities stand as known
Of the sights you have been shown
of the hurt you call your own
Your own your own
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Part 4: Repeat Part 1 with the following variations [ Time 01:02 - 01:20 ]
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Replace the final bar of Part 1 with the following:
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Guitar 1:
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|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\ 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/ ||
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\ 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/ ||
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Guitar 2:
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|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14~~---||
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x------||
|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12~~---||
|---------------------------------------------||
Love is suicide
Love is suicide
Love is suicide
Love is suicide
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Part 5: Guitars 1 & 2 [ Time 01:20 - 01:38 ]
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|_______________________________[1 - 3]
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|*|
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|*| x 4
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\ |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/ 7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\ |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/ 7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |
|___________________________________[4]
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/ 7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/ ||
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/ 7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/ ||
The empty bodies stand at rest
Casualties of their own flesh
Afflicted by their dispossession
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Part 6: Guitars 1 & 2 [ Time 01:38 - 01:56 ]
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||---------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------|
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10/ |
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10/ |
|___________________________________[1 - 3]
|---------------------------------------| |
|---------------------------------------| |
|---------------------------------------|*|
|---------------------------------------|*| x 4
|--12-12-12-12-12\ -0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/ -| |
|--12-12-12-12-12\ -0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/ -| |
|______________________________________[4]
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|--12-12-12-12-12\--0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|--12-12-12-12-12\--0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
But no bodies ever knew
Nobody's
No bodies felt like you
Nobody's
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Part 7: Guitars 1, 2, 3 & 4 [ Time 01:56 - 02:15 ]
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Guitars 1 & 2:
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// Fade Out \\
||-------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
||--3----------------|--(3)---------------|
||--3----------------|--(3)---------------|
Rest for 5 bars
|------------------------||
|--R-- -----------||
|--E-- -----------||
|--S-- -----------||
|--T-- -----------||
|---------------/14 \ ---||
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Guitar 3: Clean with Octave Pedal
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* Let notes ring *
||------------1---------|--0-----------------| |
||----------------------|--1-----------------| |
||---------------2------|--2-----------------|*|
||-------3--------------|--------------------|*| x 4
||--3-------------------|-----------3--------| |
||----------------------|--------------------| |
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Guitar 4: Clean
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* Let notes ring *
||--------------1--------|------------------------| |
||--------1--------------|--------1---------------| |
||-----------------------|-------------------0----|*|
||-----3-----3-----------|-----3------------------|*| x 4
||--0--------------------|--0-------------3-------| |
||-----------------------|-------------2----------| |
Guitar 4 uses a harmonic technique known as "harp harmonics". This involves
fretting the tabbed notes with the left hand while using the right hand to
perform natural harmonics by plucking the string with your thumb and using your
first finger to touch the string to produce the harmonic. If you're not sure
how to do this search YouTube for "harp harmonics" to see it being done.
The harmonics you play in this part are one octave above the tabbed notes. The
following tab shows you where your right hand should be producing the harmonics
for each of the fretted notes in the main tab:
||------------------13--------|------------------------------| |
||----------13----------------|----------13------------------| |
||----------------------------|------------------------12----|*|
||------15------15------------|------15----------------------|*| x 4
||--12------------------------|--12----------------15--------| |
||----------------------------|----------------14------------| |
Love is suicide
Love is suicide
Love is suicide
Love is...
Oh
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Part 8: Guitars 1, 2 & Lead Guitar [ Time 02:15 - 02:32 ]
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Guitars 1 & 2:
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Repeat Part 1 (Guitar 1's part only)
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Lead Guitar: with Heavy Distortion
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||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||------------(7/9)~~---7~~-|--(7)h(9~~ b10r9)--- \--|
||-------7------------------|--------------------------|
||--8-----------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------(7/9 b10 | r9 \ 7 h 9)~~---- \--|
|-------7------------------|----------------------------|
|--8-----------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------(7/9 b10 | r9 \ 7)~~ \--(5/7 | /9)~~---------------|
|-------7------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|--8-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|--(9)~~-------- \-----||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
Now we drive the night
To the ironies of peace
You can't help deny
Forever
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Part 9: Repeat Part 3 [ Time 02:32 - 02:50 ]
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Replace the final bar with the following:
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
The tragedies reside in you
The secret sights hide in you
The lonely nights divide you in two
In two in two
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Part 10: Repeat Part 5 [ Time 02:50 - 03:08 ]
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All my blisters now revealed
In the darkness of my dreams
In the spaces in between us
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Part 11: Repeat Part 6 twice [ Time 03:08 - 03:43 ]
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But no bodies ever knew
Nobody's
No bodies felt like you
Nobody's
No bodies ever knew
Nobody's
No bodies felt like you
Nobody's
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Part 12: Guitars 1 & 2 [ Time 03:43 - 04:12 ]
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Repeat Part 1, then end with the following:
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Guitar 1:
---------
||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
||--0----------------|--(0)--------------|--(0)------0--------||
||--0----------------|--(0)--------------|--(0)------0--------||
||--0----------------|--(0)--------------|--(0)------0--------||
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Guitar 2:
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The final bar of Part 1 for Guitar 2 is slightly different and is included here:
|----------------------------------------------||-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------||-------------------|
|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--14--||-------------------|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x---||--7----------------|
|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--12--||--5----------------|
|----------------------------------------------||--0----------------|
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-(7)---------------|-(7)-------7----- \--||
|-(5)---------------|-(5)-------5------ \--||
|-(0)---------------|-(0)-------0----- \--||
Love is suicide
Love is suicide
Love is suicide
Love is suicide
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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
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
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