Once Upon A Time Drum Tabs Song:       Once Upon A Time Album:     Adore *------------------------------------------------------------------------* Song:  Once Upon A Time (adore version) Author:  Billy Corgan Tabbed by:  Russell Warneboldt  pumpkinruss@geocities.com Original song copyright:  1998 Virgin Records *------------------------------------------------------------------------* KEY o = open hihat for that beat of the bar as you hit it x = hit the drum or cymbal (duh)  f = close the hihat with your foot one "-" = a 16th note triplet (six of these to a beat) I hope you have brushes cause you will need them for this whole song. IT IS IN TRIPLETS!! - see the key crash      |------------------------|------------------------| ride       |x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|------------------------| hh         |------f-----------f-----|------f-----------f-----| snare      |---x-x---x-x---x-x---x-x|---x-x---x-x---x-x---x-x| bass drum  |x-----x-----x-----x-----|x-----x-----x-----x-----| high tom   |------------------------|------------------------| low tom    |------------------------|------------------------| floor tom  |------------------------|------------------------| once in a while the snare drum is doubled up.  This is easy, and  makes it sound good.  Just drop one hit of the ride with your ride hand and bring it over to hit the snare when the ride would normally be hit.  Pie 'o cherry pie. and a tamborine part!! (if you are performing this and have a backup singer or something who can play this it really adds to the song) taborine   |------x-----------x-----| 'Plunk Kingdom - Smashing Pumpkins' - http://smashingpumpkins.cfm.to document.write(""); document.write("");