Artist - Smashing Pumpkins Song - The Imploding Voice Album - Machina/The Machines Of God Tabbed by an17nin17 Tuning - C, F, Bb, Eb, G, C The Pumpkins used this tuning on two other songs on Machina/The Machines Of God and used it on some songs on Machina 2. I tried to play this song in drop C (C, G, C, F, A, D) but the bass notes in this song where quite hard to pulloff and it seemed pointless as the Pumpkins used the standard C tuning on other songs on the record. There is a lead part in the third verse, which is quite hard to tab, so for the moment I?ve tabbed out the rhythm guitar part of which James Iha would play. Enjoy! INTRO ? A* |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-77?77?77?77?7777?--77?77?77?77?7777-| |-77?77?77?77?7777?--77?77?77?77?7777-| |-55?55?55?55?5555---55?55?55?55?5555-| * Noted in standard tuning for ease of reading FIRST VERSE ? A C#/Gb D/A B |------------------------------------------------------------- |------------------------------------------------------------- |------------------66-66-66-66-6666-77-77-77-77-7777---------- |-77?77?77?77?7777?66?66?66?66?6666?77?77?77?77?7777?99?99?99- |-77?77?77?77?7777?44?44?44?44?4444?55?55?55?55?5555?99?99?99- |-55?55?55?55?5555?44?44?44?44?4444?55?55?55?55?5555?77?77?77- E/B B D/A -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------99-99-99-99-9999------------------77-77-77-77-7777--- -99?9999?99?99?99?99?9999?99?99?99?99?9999?77?77?77?77?7777--- -99?9999?77?77?77?77?7777?99?99?99?99?9999?55?55?55?55?5555--- -77?7777?77?77?77?77?7777?77?77?77?77?7777?55?55?55?55?5555--- A ---?--?-------| ---?--?-------| ---?--?-------| -77?77?77777--| -77?77?77777--| -55?55?55555--| PRE-CHORUS - F F# A C# D C# E F F# |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |-3---4---77?77?77?77/11/12/11/2/3---4/-| |-3---4---77?77?77?77/11/12/11/2/3---4/-| |-1---2---55?55?55?55/9/-10/-9/0/1---2/-| CHORUS ? B C#/D/C# A B C# A Gb A |------------------------------------------------------------- |------------------------------------------------------------- |------------------------------------------------------------- |-9---11/12/11/?7--------9---11----7----6----77?77?77?7777---- |-9---11/12/11/?7--------9---11----7----6----77?77?77?7777---- |-7----9/10/9/?-5--------7----9----5----4----55?55?55?5555---- C# B Gb D/A ----------------------------| ----------------------------| --------------77-77-77-7777-| -11---9---6---77?77?77?7777-| -11---9---6---55?55?55?5555-| -9----7---4---55?55?55?5555-| SECOND VERSE ? A C#/Gb D/A A |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------66-66-66-6666-77-77-77-7777------------------| |-77?77?77?7777?66?66?66?6666?77?77?77?7777?77?77?77?7777----| |-77?77?77?7777?44?44?44?4444?55?55?55?5555?77?77?77?7777----| |-55?55?55?5555?44?44?44?4444?55?55?55?5555?55?55?55?5555----| A F# F --------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------| -77?77?77?7777?44?44?44?4444?33?33?33?3333/-| -77?77?77?7777?44?44?44?4444?33?33?33?3333/-| -55?55?55?5555?22?22?22?2222?11?11?11?1111/-| PRE-CHORUS 2 ? F# E F# E F# E |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2/-| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2/-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0/-| Play the F# chord fast with up and down strumming. After this repeat the chorus. MIDDLE SECTION ? E F# E F# E F# E |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |-222?22?2?222?4444?222?22?2?222?4444?222?22?2?4444?222?22-2-| |-222?22?2?222?4444?222?22?2?222?4444?222?22?2?4444?222?22-2-| |-000?00?0?000?2222?000?00?0?000?2222?000?00?0?2222?000?00?0-| Repeat this a couple of times then play this ? F F# G G# |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |-3---4---5---6------| |-3---4---5---6------| |-1---2---3---4?x///-| The next section is basically the first verse and the pre-chorus that went with it. Then repeat the chorus and the middle section. And thats it. Again i'm very surprised no one has tabbed this out as it's one of the best songs on Machina. I'm currently trying to tab out the excellant "Glass' Theme off Machina 2, so if you have any comments about this tab or if you want a tab contact me at TheFlameY2K@hotmail.com