the Smashing Pumpkins
Drown
Off Singles OST (1992)/
Rotten Apples ? the greatest Hits (2001)
Written by billy Corgan
Tabbed by Jimi
Drop D Tuning

This song simply played with two distorted guitars.
There are no compressors or something else, it?s
just the pure sound. Don?t use too much basses. 
Funk out, jam on, enjoy the outro?


Intro:

Billy + James (distortion)
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------9-------------------------------| 3 times
|--11--11-11-11-0-11-9--------------------------|
|--0---0--0--0----0--0-12--12-12-12-9-12-9-12---|
|----------------------0---0--0--0--0-0--0-0----|

Billy + James (distortion)
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|---------------9------------------------|
|--11--11-11-11-0-11-9-------------------|
|--0---0--0--0----0--0-12--9--9--9-9-9---|
|----------------------0---0--0--0-0-0---|

Billy + James (distortion)
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------9-------------------------------|
|--11--11-11-11-0-11-9--------------------------|
|--0---0--0--0----0--0-12--12-12-12-9-12-9-12---|
|----------------------0---0--0--0--0-0--0-0----|


Verse:

Billy + James (distortion)
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------9-------------------------------| 5 times
|--11--11-11-11-0-11-9--------------------------|
|--0---0--0--0----0--0-12--12-12-12-9-12-9-12---|
|----------------------0---0--0--0--0-0--0-0----|

  "No matter where you are?"

Billy + James (distortion)
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--12-12--12-12-12-12-12/7--7-7--2-2-2/4--2-2-2/4---|
|--12-12--12-12-12-12-12/7--7-7--0-0-0----0-0-0-----|
|--10-10--10-10-10-10-10/5--5-5---------------------|
|--10-10--10-10-10-10-10/5--5-5---------------------|

  "All those yesterdays ? coming down"

Billy + James (distortion)
|---------------------------------|
|--3------------------------------|
|--2-2--2/4--4/7--7/9--9/11-------|
|--0-0-----------------------9~---|
|--0-0-----------------------7~---|
|--0-0-(0)-------(0)--------------|


Guitar Solo:

Billy (distortion)
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6~~~~~~---11r9~~~~~~-----------------9b~~11~~~~~~r9~~~~~~---|
|-------------------------7~~~~~~------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

James (distortion)
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------4~~~~~~---4-6~~~~~~------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
or James (distortion; actually this is a third studio guitar) 
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------9-------------------------------| 2 times
|--11--11-11-11-0-11-9--------------------------|
|--0---0--0--0----0--0-12--12-12-12-9-12-9-12---|
|----------------------0---0--0--0--0-0--0-0----|


Verse: same

Bridge:

Billy + James (distortion)
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2------------|
|--2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0----|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
|----------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0----|

"Was it something someone said??"


Guitar Solo:

Billy (distortion)
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--16b18r16-(14)-14~--17-17-17-16--14h16p1412-14b16~~---|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (distortion)
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------15---------------------------------|
|--16b18r16-14-17~----17b~~---------------------------|
|--------------------------------11-12-14-12-11--10---|
|----------------------------/12----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

Billy (distortion)
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--17-17-1716-16-1614-14-14/16-12-12---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------11-12-14-12-11--10---|
|--15-15-1514-14-1412-12-12/14-10-10--/12----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (distortion)
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--17-17-17-16--------------|
|---------------------------|
|--------------14gb~~~------|
|---------------------------|


James (distortion)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-------------------| 4 times
|--2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|--0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|


Interlude:

James lays a magical little lead solo over it, you can barely hear
it, but it?s played. Just listen very close! Use the d major scale
to play along! 
I prefer using a flanger for Billy?s part and some lovely feedback
to come closer to the record.


Billy (clean crunch)
|----------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------|
|------3-----3---3-----3-----3---2-----3-----3---3-----3-----3-----|
|----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2---|
|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (clean crunch)
|-----------------0---------------0---------------0---------|
|--3p2h3------3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3---|
|-----------2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----|
|---------0---------------0---------------0-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

           "Yesterday the sky was you, and I still feel the same"

Billy (clean crunch)
|----------0---------------------0---------------0---------|
|------3-----3----3p2h3------3-----3---3-----3-----3---3---|
|----2---2-----2-----------2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----|
|--0---------------------0---------------0-----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

                            "nothing left for me to do"

Billy (clean crunch)
|----------0---------------0---------------0--------|
|------3-----3---3-----3-----3----(3p2h3)--3--------|
|----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----------2--------|
|--0---------------0-----------------------0--------|
|------------------------------------------0--------|
|------------------------------------------0--------|
                                           ^hit distortion
"and I still feel the same?"


Bridge:

Billy + James (distortion)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-------------------| 4 times
|--2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|--0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|

 "I wish, I wish I could fly?"


Outro:

After Billy has sung "I will, I will, goodbye", Billy and
James continue into another solo, just feedback and some
guitar noise. Hold the last chord and then let hammer ons
ring, on the A, C and G powerchords, into feedback.
That?s it!


Drown

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

All of those yesterdays
Coming down

No matter where you are
I can still hear you when you dream
You travelled very far
You travelled far like star
Just to see if I?ll come around
And you are 

All of those yesterdays
Coming down

Was it something someone said?
Is it something someone said?

Yesterday the sky was you
And I still feel the same
Nothing left for me to do
And I still feel the same

I wish, I wish I could fly
I wish, I wish I could lie
I will, I will try
I will, I will, goodbye