• Song:

    Girl Named Sandoz

  • Artist:

    Smashing Pumpkins

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Tabbed by Brian McCall 

Girl Named Sandoz
=================

As performed by Smashing Pumpkins on the album Pisces Iscariot.
Written by Burdon/Weider of the Animals

G2 doubles G1

G1
          intro
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-X-3--X-3--X-3--X-3--X-X-3---5---5--X-X-10b(11)r-8--5---5--X-X--|
|-X-X--X-X--X-X--X-X--X-X-X---X---X--X-X-X--------X--X---X--X-X--|
|-X-1--X-1--X-1--X-1--X-X-1---3---3--X-X-8-b(9)-r-6--3---3--X-X--|
|-X----X----X----X----X-X------------X-X--------------------X-X--|

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10b(11)r-8--5---5--X-X-10b(11)r-8--5---5--X-X------------------|
|-X--------X--X---X--X-X-X--------X--X---X--X-X--5-X-8-X-8-------|
|-8-b(9)-r-6--3---3--X-X-8-b(9)-r-6--3---3--X-X--X-X-X-X-X-------|
|--------------------X-X--------------------X-X--3-X-6-X-6-------|

Riff 1 (G1)
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5---5--X-X-10b(11)r-8--5---5--X-X-10b(11)r-8--5---5--X-X-------|
|-X---X--X-X-X--------X--X---X--X-X-X--------X--X---X--X-X-------|
|-3---3--X-X-8-b(9)-r-6--3---3--X-X-8-b(9)-r-6--3---3--X-X-------|
|--------X-X--------------------X-X--------------------X-X-------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10b(11)r-8--5---5--X-X-----------------------------------------|
|-X--------X--X---X--X-X--5-5-8-5-8------------------------------|
|-8-b(9)-r-6--3---3--X-X--X-X-X-X-X------------------------------|
|--------------------X-X--3-3-6-3-6------------------------------|

Riff 2
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5------X-5-X-5--3------5------X-3--X-3--X-3--X-3--X-X-3--------|
|-X------X-X-X-X--X------X------X-X--X-X--X-X--X-X--X-X-X--------|
|-3------X-3-X-3--1------3------X-1--X-1--X-1--X-1--X-X-1--------|
|--------X---X------------------X----X----X----X----X-X----------|

Repeat Riff 1 then:

Riff 3

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5------X-5-X-5--3------5------X-3--X-3--X-3--X-3--X-X-3---------|
|-X------X-X-X-X--X------X------X-X--X-X--X-X--X-X--X-X-X---5-----|hbr
|-3------X-3-X-3--1------3------X-1--X-1--X-1--X-1--X-X-1---X-----|
|--------X---X------------------X----X----X----X----X-X-----3-----|hbr

  The last bent (G) is very gradual.  Listen to the record.  Add
  harsh feedback over it with G2.

  Solo (don't have it, though.)  then this riff:

G1

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|10-X10-X10-10-X10-X10--8--------------------------|
|-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X-X--X------6h8-8hbr-6~---------|
|-8-X-8-X-8--8-X-8-X-8--6--6h8---------------------|

G2

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------8h10-10hbr-8~-------|
|10-X10-X10-10-X10-X10--8--8h10--------------------|
|-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X-X--X--------------------------|
|-8-X-8-X-8--8-X-8-X-8--6--------------------------|

Repeat several A# octaves then Riff 1 again until end.


SONG:   Girl Named Sandoz performed by the Smashing Pumpkins
TAB by: Carlos Bustos
EMAIL:  cab144@cs.usask.ca
TUNING: Standard
This is my first tab soooo.
Please mail me with corrections as I have only been playing for 2 months
and some of this could be wrong, but I think its pretty close.

Intro :

||----------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||---------------x-8--x-8--x-8--x-8-8-8---|
||---------------x-8--x-8--x-8--x-8-8-8---|
||-/17~~---------0-6--0-6--0-6--0-6-6-6---|

 3 x's .   .   .   .            then     [little end riff]
||---------------------------|          |--------------------------------|
||---------------------------|          |--------------------------------|
||----------------10b----10--|          |--------------------------------|
||-10----10---101010b----10--|          |-10----10--1010-5-x-8-x-10------|
||-10----10---1010-8b-----8--|          |-10----10--1010-5-x-8-x-10------|
||--8-----8----8-8-----------|          |--8-----8---8-8-3-0-6-0--8------|
                    ^ bend entire chord(fairly slow)


From here on the following is repeated through out most of the song:

[Main Riff]
  3 x's                        then
||---------------------------|       |-------------------------------|
||---------------------------|       |-------------------------------|
||----------------10b----10--|       |-------------------------------|
||-10----10---101010b----10--|       |-10----10--1010-5---5---8---8--|
||-10----10---1010-8b-----8--|       |-10----10--1010-5---5---8---8--|
||--8-----8----8-8-----------|       |--8-----8---8-8-3---3---6---6--|
                    ^ bend entire chord(fairly slow)

Guitar 2: This part is played during the [Main riff] in the intro.
          and ends at the same time the [Main riff] ends.
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-/15~~---15b(17)b15~-15p14~~---18(let ring then) ~~~~~~~-----------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
             ^ Slow

Then Billy starts singing

[Guitar 1]: Main Riff
[Guitar 2]: Comes in right after the line end
||-------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|
||-14~~----14-14b(16)b14--14~~---|
||-------------------------------|
Well I met a girl called Sandoz
                               ^ [Guitar 2]: i'm sure you get it.

[Guitar 1]: Main Riff
[Guitar 2]: Again after the line ends
||-------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------14br(15)--|
||-13h14p13h14p13h14p13h14p13h14p13----------|
||-------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------|
And she taught me many many things

[Guitar 1]: Just guitar 1.  Let chords ring out.
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||10---------------------x-10-x-10--8--------------------10------------------|
||10---------------------x-10-x-10--8--------------------10------------------|
||-8---------------------0--8-0--8--6---------------------8------------------|
       Good things,                     very good things       Sweet things

||---------------------------|
||---------------------------|
||---------------------------|
||--x-8--x-8--x-8--x-8-8-8---|
||--x-8--x-8--x-8--x-8-8-8---|
||--0-6--0-6--0-6--0-6-6-6---|


[Guitar 1]: Main Riff
[Guitar 2]: You got it, after the line ends.
||-------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|
||-/15~~-----13h15p13-15--13~~---|
||-------------------------------|
I met her on a Sunday morning


[Guitar 1]: Main Riff
[Guitar 2]: Man, i'm not saying this again.
||-----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
||-15h17p15~--17br(19)-17~~18b(19)b18b(19--|~~~ sustain through next line
||-----------------------------------------|    of singing.
||-----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
It was hot though the snow lay on the ground


[Guitar 1]:  Let chords ring out.
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||10--------------------x-10-x-10--8--------------------10-------------------|
||10--------------------x-10-x-10--8--------------------10-------------------|
||-8--------------------0--8-0--8--6---------------------8-------------------|


[Guitar 2]:  Continued from guitar 2 above.  Slide up while STILL bending.
||--LOTS of tremelo----------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/19b(20)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/20b(21)~~~----------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

      Strange things,                 very strange things   My mind has wings

[Guitar 1]:
||---------------------------|
||---------------------------|
||---------------------------|
||--x-8--x-8--x-8--x-8-8-8---|
||--x-8--x-8--x-8--x-8-8-8---|
||--0-6--0-6--0-6--0-6-6-6---|


[Guitar 2]:  Now stand in front of you amp for some feedback
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------18~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Sandoz Sandoz
  Will you tell me "No?"
  Sandoz Sandoz
  Will you tell me why?
  You could honor
  Something from your mind


[Guitar 1]:
||---------------------------|
||---------------------------|
||---------------------------|
||--x-8--x-8--x-8--x-8-8-8---|
||--x-8--x-8--x-8--x-8-8-8---|
||--0-6--0-6--0-6--0-6-6-6---|
                           yah!


[solo]:  Oh man... I'm NOT tabing out that solo.  Maybe some other time


[Guitar 1]: Main Riff
[Guitar 2]: You know, after the line.
||----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
||------13-13~--15~---13-10~~~------|
||----------------------------------|
She's very old yet many think she's young


[Guitar 1]: Main Riff
[Guitar 2]: This is getting old.
||---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|
||-18~~~-----\16-14~~~-------------|
||---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|
One kiss from her and you know your time has come

[Guitar 1]:  Let chords ring out.
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||10--------------------x-10-x-10--8--------------------10-------------------|
||10--------------------x-10-x-10--8--------------------10-------------------|
||-8--------------------0--8-0--8--6---------------------8-------------------|


[Guitar 2]:
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--14b(16)b14-(let ring then)~~~~~~~~----tremelo into some feedback---------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
        Good times                     for all time            Sandoz

[Guitar 1]:  Just guitar 1 with drums.
   4 x's
||--------------------------------------         -------|
||--------------------------------------         -------|
||--------------------------------------         -------|
||--------------------------------------   then  -------|
||--12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14--12---14-         ~~~~~~-|
||--------------------------------------         -------|

Just sustain on the 14th and stand in front of the amp for some feedback.
Thats it.
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