• Song:

    Smiley

  • Artist:

    Smashing Pumpkins

  • Album:

    Unplugged: 100% Pure Ac...

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From Brian McCall 

Smiley - by Smashing Pumpkins from the Peel Sessions album/EP
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This is pretty close, but not exact.  Any comments are welcome.

Riff1

G1 and G2 clean tone

|----3--3-3-----1----------3--3-3-------1-|
|----3--3-3-----1--X-X-----3--3-3---X-X-1-|
|----0--0-0--2--2--X-X-----0--0-0---X-X-2-|
|----0--0-0--3--3--X-X-----0--0-0---X-X-3-|
|-X--X----X--3--3--X-X--X--X----X---X-X-3-|
|-3--3-------1--1-------3--3--------X-X-1-|

Lead 1 (G2)

|----------------------------|
|---8----8----5\3----(3)/10--|
|-0----0----0-----0----------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|

Riff 2

  Smiley...                    where....    been?

|----3--3-3-----1---------3--3-3-----1------0-----|
|----3--3-3-----1--X-X----3--3-3-----1--X-X-0-----|
|----0--0-0--2--2--X-X----0--0-0-----2--X-X-1-----|
|----0--0-0--3--3--X-X----0--0-0--3--3--X-X-2-----|
|-X--X-------3--3--X-X--X-X-------3--3--X-X-2-----|
|-3--3-------1--1-------3-3-------1--1------0-----|

and so on....It's all basically G, F, and E in different rhythms.
Pretty easy song...I broke my high E so I haven't figured out the
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