Title: This Time Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins Album: MACHINA/the machines of God Tuning: E A D G Guitar World suggests that you tune your bass up 1/2 step. But they also warn that it could damage your bass, so I figured out that you can play this song in standard tuning. Intro (the cool intro fill) G ------------- D 13----------- A --------11h13 E ------------- Verses G -------------------------------------------------------------------- D -------------------------------------------------------------------- A -----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------- E 6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----------------------------------4h6-6--6-6--8-8-8-8 (Chorus 1) G ------------------------------------------------ D ------------------------------------------------ A ----------------------------1h3-3-3-3--1h3-3-3-3 E 3--3--3-3--3--1--1--1-1--1---------------------- After the first verse and chorus, play the verses riff again, followed by this next chorus riff Chorus 2 G ------------------------------------------------ D ------------------------------------------------ A ----------------------------1h3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--- E 3--3--3-3--3--1--1--1-1--1---------------------- ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------1h3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--- 3--3--3-3--3--1--1--1-1--1---------------------- ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ --------------8--8--8-8--8--4h6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--- 6--6--6-6--6------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ --------------8--8--8-8--8--4h6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--- 6--6--6-6--6------------------------------------ Altered Chorus 2 Riff G ------------------------------------------------ D ------------------------------------------------ A ----------------------------1h3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--- E 3--3--3-3--3--1--1--1-1--1---------------------- ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ --------------8--8--8-8--8--4h6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--- 6--6--6-6--6------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ --------------8--8--8-8--8--4h6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--- 6--6--6-6--6------------------------------------ G ------------------------------------------------------- D ------------------------------------------------------- A 6--6-6--6-6-6---------------6--6-6--6-6-6-------------- E --------------8--8-8--6-8-9---------------8--8-8--8-8-8 Then play the verses riff for the little mini-solo and the next verse, then when he says "Someday we'll wave hello, and wish we'd never waved goodbye", play the normal Chorus 2 riff. Then play the following riff to finish up. G ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A 6--6-6--6-6-6---------------6--6-6--6-6-6---------------6--6-6--6-6-6-------------- E --------------8--8-8--6-8-9---------------8--8-8--8-8-8---------------8--8-8--8-8-8