• Song:

    Siva

  • Artist:

    Smashing Pumpkins

  • Album:

    Unplugged: 100% Pure Ac...

Song: Siva
Band: Smashing Pumpkins
Album: Gish 1991, Rotten Apples 2003
Bassist: D’arcy
Tabbed by Rob
Intro
Guitar 1
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-5-7-7-5-7-5-7b--5-7-7-5-7-5-7b--5-7-7-5-7-5-7b--5-7-7-5-7-5-7b
|-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

Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-7-9-9-7-9-7-9----7-9-9-7-9-7-9----7-9-9-7-9-7-9----7-9-9-7-9-7-9------------
|-7-9-9-7-9-7-9----7-9-9-7-9-7-9----7-9-9-7-9-7-9----7-9-9-7-9-7-9------------
|-5-7-7-5-7-5-7b---5-7-7-5-7-5-7b --5-7-7-5-7-5-7b---5-7-7-5-7-5-7b ----------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 These two riffs are played twice

Verse
Guitars 1&2 ever two bars and played twice
|----------
|----------
|----------
|-9-x-7--
|-9-x-7--
|-7-x-5--

Then every next two bars twice again
|----------
|----------
|----------
|-5-x-7--
|-5-x-7--
|-3-x-5--

Bridge
Guitar 1 twice
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---9-xx-5-7----9-xx-9-7-----9-xx-5-7----9-xx-9-7----9-xx-5-7—9x9x9x9x9x9---
|---7-xx-5-7----7-xx-9-7-----7-xx-5-7----7-xx-9-7----7-xx-5-7—7x7x7x7x7x7---
|-0-0-xx-3-5-0--0-xx-7-5---0-0-xx-3-5-0--0-xx-7-5--0-0-xx-3-5-0x0x0x0x0x0---
And Yes I couldn’t be bothered to tab James’s little solo thing so sorry


Then there is another verse but it is a bit shorter but you’ll be able work that out

Chorus
Guitar 1-play this 10 times
|------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------
|-55-7---55-7---55-7-----55-7------
|-55-7-7-55-7-7-55-7-7---55-7-7----
|-33-5-0-33-5-0-55-7-0---55-7-0----

Guitar 2-every time each of those phrases end play this
|-----    
|-----                                                                     
|-9--                                                                      
|-9--
|-7--
|-0--

Then when corgan sings “don’t wanna live in your misery” play this
|-----------------------------------
|-----------------------------------
|-----------------------------------
|-----9-8-7-5---5-------------------
|---7----------7---7-7-5------------
|-----------------------------------

Post Chorus
Guitar 1&2 twice
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|-7-7~------------------9~-----------
|-7-7~------------------9~-----------
|-5-5~--21012-5b--------7~---------------
|----------------------0-------------

Quiet bit
Guitar 2(by the way this is not right!!! Its just my way and its not even in the right octave) and I couldn’t tab the rhythm part to this bit because it was too quiet
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-9-6---6-9-6---6-6-4----9-6---6-9-6----14-14-12b--5-4-5-0-5-4-5-0------------------
|-----7----------------------7------7-----------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar solo
Oh sorry I couldn’t tab it because I’m an amateur guitarist god I need some lessons….
But the chords to this bit are the same as the chorus
But half way through the solo play
|--------------
|-------------
|--------------
|-5--7---9---
|-5--7---9---
|-3--5---7---

Then when the solo finishes um I think guitar1&2 both do this twice
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-210--210--210--0--02---210--210--210--0--02-----------------------------------
|----0-----0-------3-------------0-----0--3-------------------------------------
 
And the cool bend thing is on the 22nd fret of the high e

Then on the next quiet bit one of the guitars plays this twice
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-11-13-14-13-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-9---11----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Then                                 twice
|-------------------------0------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------0--------------------------------------------------------
|----------4---------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------5----------5-------------------------------------------------------------
|------7----------7---------------------------------------------------------------
|--0-7-------0-7---------------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar 1&2
|--------------------
|--------------------
|999999999999--
|999999999999--
|777777777777--
|000000000000—


And then to finish the song just play the chorus again
And if you have any enquiries ask me at robertbb269@hotmail.com
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