• Song:

    Today

  • Artist:

    Smashing Pumpkins

  • Album:

    Unplugged: 100% Pure Ac...

Ok, i looked at the other tab for this song, and i think that it was
a little bit off. This is how i believe the song is really played

intro/theme riff

---11----13----11----15p11------  play this cutesy little riff

------11----11----11-------11---  4x solo, then 8x with band

--------------------------------  behind playing these dist.

--------------------------------  chords:

--------------------------------

--------------------------------

Eb5  Bb  Ab

Eb5  Bb  Ab

Eb5 (xx134x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)Ab (xx1114@1)Eb5  Bb  Ab

The lead part is as follows:

repeat six times then do:                vib.

---------------------   --------------------8-------

------8-----8h9p8----   ------8-------8h9------8----

--8-8---8-8-------8--   --8-8---8-8-8------------8--

---------------------   ----------------------------

---------------------   ----------------------------

---------------------   ----------------------------

Eb5 (xx134x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)        Ab (xx1114@1)  Today is the greatest day I've ever known

Eb5 (xx134x@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)       Ab (xx1114@1)  Can't live for tomorrow, tomorrow's much too long

Eb5 (xx134x@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)    Ab (xx1114@1)  I'll burn my eyes out

Eb5 (xx134x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)   C (x32010@1)  Before I get out

F (133211@1) Ab (xx1114@1)   C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)    Ab (xx1114@1)       C (x32010@1)  I wanted more   than life could ever grant me

F (133211@1)     Ab (xx1114@1)   C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)  Ab (xx1114@1)   G (320003@1) D5/A

  Bored by the chore   of saving face

The lead part over the above chords is really simple, play it on

the first and third times, over the C (8th fret) chord:

 slow bend w/vib

----------------

------5b7-------

----------------

----------------

----------------

----------------

Eb5 (xx134x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)       Ab (xx1114@1)  Today is the greatest day I've ever known

Eb5 (xx134x@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)       Ab (xx1114@1)  Can't wait for tomorrow, I might not have that long

Eb5 (xx134x@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)    Ab (xx1114@1)      Eb5 (xx134x@1) Bb (x1333x@1)  C (x32010@1)  I'll tear my heart out    before I get out

Play this lead part above the second verse (clean guitar):

-----------------------------------------|--------------------

-----------------------------------------|--------------------

---------------------12-13---12h13p12----|--------------------

---13----15----13---------------------13-|-13----15----13-----

------13----13----13---------------------|----13----13----13--

-----------------------------------------|--------------------

------------------------------------------|--------------------

---------------------11-------------------|--------------------

---12-13-------------------12h13p12-------|--------------------

---------13-------------13----------13p12-|-13----15----13-----

------------13----13----------------------|----13----13----13--

---------------11-------------------------|--------------------

----------------------------------|-----------------------------

--------------------11------------|-----------------------------

--12-13-------12---------13p12----|-----------------------------

--------13------------------------|-13----15----13----17p13-----

-----------13----13------------13-|----13----13----13-------13--

----------------------------------|-----------------------------

                   dist.  vib

--------------------------------

-----------------------13-------

-------------------/12----12-\--

--------------------------------

---13/15-15-15-15---------------

--------------------------------

F (133211@1)    Ab (xx1114@1)   Eb5 (xx134x@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)  Pink ribbon scars that never forget

F (133211@1)    Ab (xx1114@1)      Eb5 (xx134x@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)  I've tried so hard to cleanse these regrets

F (133211@1)  Ab (xx1114@1)        Eb5 (xx134x@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)  My angel wings    were bruised and restrained

F (133211@1)  Ab (xx1114@1)  G (320003@1) D5/A

  My belly stings

Eb5 (xx134x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)   Eb5 (xx134x@1)Ab (xx1114@1)   Eb5 (xx134x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)   Eb5 (xx134x@1) Ab (xx1114@1)  Today is..  today is..  today is..  the greatest..

Eb5 (xx134x@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)       C (x32010@1)     Ab (xx1114@1)    Eb5 (xx134x@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)    C (x32010@1)Day hee-yay, oo oo ooo ooo ooo.... Day hee-yay-ay, hooo...

F (133211@1)         Ab (xx1114@1)     C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)        Ab (xx1114@1)     C (x32010@1)  I want to turn you on,  I want to turn you on....

F (133211@1)         Ab (xx1114@1)     C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)        Ab (xx1114@1)  I want to turn you on,  I want to turn you..

Eb5 (xx134x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)       Ab (xx1114@1)      Eb5 (xx134x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)       Ab (xx1114@1)  Today is the greatest.... today is the greatest day

Eb5 (xx134x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)       C (x32010@1)       Ab (xx1114@1) Eb5 (xx134x@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb   C (x32010@1)  Ab (xx1114@1)   Eb5 (xx134x@1)  Today is the greatest.. day..  I have ever really known.

The lead parts in the outro are the clean cutesy riff, the

hammer-on 8th fret riff, and this:

                                                vib sustain

------------------------------------------15p11-------------

-------------------------------------11---------11----------

--12---------12h13p12----12----12h13------------------------

-----15-13------------13----13------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------

Then end with the Eb chord and a trem bend down.

Chord formations:

Eb5   6688xx

Bb    688766

Ab    466544

C     8/10/10/9/8/8

F (133211@1)   133211

G (320003@1)   355433

D5/A  5577xx
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