Drown Tab by Smashing Pumpkins


Smashing Pumpkins - "Drown"

Make sure to tune the low E string down to a D.
h= hammer on            p=pull off
/,\= slide up, down     fb, fr=fullbend, fullrelease
~~=let ring             hb, hr=halfbend, halfrelease


Riff 1: 2 times
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|--11--11-11-14-11\9---------------------------|
|---0---0--0--0--0-0--12--12-12-12-9h12-9h12---|
|---------------------0---0--0--0--0--0-0--0---|

Fig 1: 1 time then back to Riff 1
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|--11--11-11-14-11\9---------------------------|
|---0---0--0--0--0-0--12-----9--9----9--9------|
|---------------------0------0--0----0--0------|

With Riff 1:
No matter where you are
I can still hear you when you drown
You travelled very far
Just to see if I'll come around
When I'm down

With Riff 2:
C                 G      
All of those yesterdays
Coming down

Riff 2:
  C                       G
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-7-7-7/9--7-7-7/9---2--2--2/4-4/7-7/9/11----|
|-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-\-7-7-|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0--0-----------------9hb|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-\-5-5-|--------------------0--0--------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-\-5-5-|--------------------0--0--------------------|

Resume Riff 1, with 1st solo:

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|---------------------------------------|
|--------9fbfr-9h11------------9fb~~fr--|
|--11~~~~(11)------9fb~~fr-9h11---------|
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Continue Riff 1:
No matter where you are
I can still hear you when you dream  
You travelled very far
You travelled far like a star
And you are

With Riff 2:
C                 G
All of those yesterdays
Coming down

With Riff 3:
A       D
          Is it something someone said?
A       D
          Was it something someone said?

Riff 3:
  A                     D
|---------7-7-7-5-5-5-|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|-7--7-7--7/10-10-10-10\7-7-7\5--|
|---------------------|-7--7-7-------------------------|
|-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-------------------------|
|-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5--5-5--9/12-12-12-12\9-9-9\7--|
|-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|--------------------------------|

Riff 4 with 2nd Solo:
A  C  G  A  C  G  A  C  G  A  C  G  D
x  x  x                             x
x  5  x                             x
x  5  x                             7
7  5  5                             7
7  3  5                             5
7  x  5                             0

2nd Solo:
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|-12hb-12-10-13~--13-13-13-12-10h12---10fbfr----10--|
|----------------------------------12--------12-----|
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|---------------------------------------------------|

|------------------9-9hb~----------------------------------------------|
|-12hb-12-10-13~------------------------13---13-13-13-13---------------|
|-----------------------------6-7-9-7-6--------------------------------|
|--------------------------/7-----------10---10-10-10-10-10\9-9-9-9\7--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------13---13-13-13-13-12~---------|
|---------------------6-7-9-7-6------------------------9fb----|
|-7-7-7/9\7\5-5-5--/7------------10---10-10-10-10-9~----------|
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With Riff 5:
Yesterday the sky was you
And I still feel the same
Nothing left for me to do
And I still feel the same

Riff 5:
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