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                       S M A S H I N G   P U M P K I N S

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                                 T H E   B O Y
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                             THE AEROPLANE FLIES HIGH
                                  [1979 Single]
                             (c) Virgin Records (1996)
                        http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/


                         Tune Down a 1/2 Step, then Drop D
                                   C# G# C# F#

                                 Tempo = 66 BPM
                               Time Signature = 4/4



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                                 Transcribed by

                                 PADDY MCMULLAN
                           pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com

                                   Version 1.0
                                20th January 2011
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                             Tablature Symbols Used:


 (/)       -  Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)
 \         -  Slide Down to/Down From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
 /         -  Slide Up To/Up From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
 ( )       -  Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
 REST      -  Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space
 |_[1,2,3] -  Alternative Endings



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Part 1: Guitars 1, 2 & 3                                  [ Time 00:00 - 00:40 ]
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[ Rest for 6 bars ]


||-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------------10--------10-----|
||-------------------5-5-|--5--5--5-(5/9)-10--10-----10-10----10 /|


|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|------14--14-14-----------10--10-10-10---|
|--14------14-14-14\10--10-----10-10-10-0-|


|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-----5--5--------------10--------10----|
|--5-------(5/9)-10--10-----10-10----10/|


|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------14--14-14-----------10--------------||
|--14------14-14-14\10--10----10-10-9--7-7-||



Allow the notes on the E and A strings to bleed together



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Part 2:                                                   [ Time 00:40 - 01:06 ]
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||-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----2---------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||--7--7--7-7--9--9-9--9-9-(9\5)-|--2-----(2/7)h9-10--10-10--10-9--(9\7)-|


|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--7--7--7-7--9--9-9--9-9-(9\5)-|--2--2--(2/7)h9-10--10-10-10-10-10-10 \ |


|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|--2--2--(2/7)h9-10--10-10--10-9  \ |


|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--7----7-7--10--10--10--10-10 / ||



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Part 3: Guitars 1, 2 & 3                                  [ Time 01:06 - 01:26 ]
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Repeat Part 1 twice, replacing the last bar with the following


|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------14--14-14-----------------|---------------------------|
|--14------14-14-14 \10----------|--(10)-----10-10-10--------|


| |---------------| |
|2|---------------|4|
|/|---------------|/|
|4|-(10)------7-7-|4|



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Part 4: Guitars 1, 2 & 3                                  [ Time 01:26 - 01:55 ]
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||-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----2---------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||--7--7--7-7--9--9-9--9-9-(9\5)-|--2-----(2/7)h9-10--10-10--10-9--(9\7)-|


|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--7--7--7-7--9--9-9--9-9-(9\5)-|--2--2--(2/7)h9-10--10-10-10-10-10-10 \ |


|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-0--10--10-10--(10/12)-12-(12\9)-|-5--5--5-(5/7)-9--9-9--9-9-9-9-9-|


|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--10--10--10-10-(10/12)--12-12--12-12-12-12-|


|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--14-14-14-14-14-12-(12\10)--10-10--10-12--12\7\5-||



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Part 5:                                                   [ Time 01:55 - 02:25 ]
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Repeat Part 1 four times



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Part 6:                                                 [ Time - 02:25 - 03:05 ]
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Repeat Part 1 four times, replacing the last bar with the following:


|--------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|------14----14-14---10----------|--(10)-------------|--(10)-------------||
|--14--14-14-14-14-0-10----------|--(10)-------------|--(10)-------------||



Hold the last notes until fade.



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End
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Tab summary:        Part 1
                    Part 2
                    Part 3
                    Part 4
                    Part 5
                    Part 6

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