• Song:

    Slunk

  • Artist:

    Smashing Pumpkins

  • Album:

    Lull

The Smashing Pumpkins
Slunk
Off Lull (1992) and Earphoria (2002)
Written by Billy Corgan
Tabbed by Jimi Jackson


For one live version of this song on Japanese TV 
(released on Earphoria) Billy Corgan and James play 
this song with a Fender Gender Pedal (the same pedal
which was used for the studio-version Interlude in
Bullet with butterfly wings), "the sickest distortion
Pedal in the world", how Billy used to say. 
On the Solos Billy used a wha-wha pedal.  


Standard Tuning


Guitar 1: Billy
Guitar 2: James


Intro:

Billy (distortion)
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|---6-----6~~~~---|

James: hard Feedback

Billy
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--------------------8-8-8/10---| 3 times
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-8-8-8/10---|
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-6-6-6/8----|
|--6/8--8--8--8-6-6------------|

James: Feedback


Billy
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------| 
|--8/10-10-10-108--------------|
|--8/10-10-10-108--------------|
|--6/8--8--8--8-6-/20~~~~~~~---|

James: still Feedback


Billy
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--------------------8-8-8/10---| 4 times
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-8-8-8/10---|
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-6-6-6/8----|
|--6/8--8--8--8-6-6------------|

James
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---| 
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

only the first time, then he plays along with Billy



Verse:

Billy + James
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|----------------6-6-6/8---| 8 times
|--6/8-8-8-86-6-6-6-6/8---|
|--6/8-8-8-86-6-4-4-4/6---|
|--4/6-6-6-64-4-----------|


Guitar Solo:

James
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--------------------8-8-8/10---| 8 times
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-8-8-8/10---|
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-6-6-6/8----|
|--6/8--8--8--8-6-6------------|


Billy (wha-wah)
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--17~~~~~~~~~---------------------------------------------|
|---------------17~~-15h17p15----------12h13p129/10~~~~---|
|-----------------------------h17/18~~---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (wha-wha)
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--18b~20~-16----------------------------------------------|
|-------------17-17b19~~-15~~------------------------------|
|------------------------------15b17r15p13-----------------|
|------------------------------------------13~~~~~~~~~~----|
|----------------------------------------------------------|



Verse: same

Verse Variation:

Billy
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--------------------8-8-8/10---| 8 times
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-8-8-8/10---|
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-6-6-6/8----|
|--6/8--8--8--8-6-6------------|

James
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-------15---------------------| 
|--17~~----15b17r15--13--------|
|-----------------------15~~---|
|------------------------------|

once and then he plays along with Billy



Interlude:

Billy (wha-wha)
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--13---12---11---10---9----| 10(!) times
|--13---12---11---10---9----|
|--11---10---9----8----7----|
|-(11)-(10)-(9)--(8)--(7)---|

James (comes in the 7th time)
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--17---16---15---14---13---| 4 times
|---------------------------|
|--15---14---13---12---11---|
|---------------------------|

after this

only Billy
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--10-10-----------8/10-10-10-10---|
|--10-10-----------8/10-10-10-10---|
|--8--8--/20~~~----6/8--8--8--8----|



Guitar Solo:

James
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-8-8/10-10-10-108-8-8-8/10-10-10-108-8-8---|
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-8-8/10-10-10-108-8-8-8/10-10-10-108-8-8---|
|--6/8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6/8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6/8--8--8--8-6-6-6---|

James plays this four times, after the first, second and third 
time play Fill 1, after the fourth time Fill 2:

James (Fill 1)
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|--10---11---|
|--10---11---|
|--8----9----|

James (Fill 2)
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--/15gb~~~~---|


Billy (wha-wha)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------17~~~--15h17p15-----------15h18p15h17---------|
|----------13b15~~------------------h17/18~~~-------------13~~~---|
|--15~~~~-----------15~~~-----------------------------------------|

Billy (wha-wha)
|---------------------------------------------15b17~~-18b20~~~~---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--17b19~~-15h17p15-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------h17/1817p15h17p15----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------h17~~~---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (wha-wha)
|----------------------|
|--18b20~~-17gb~~~~~---|
|----------17gb~~~~~---|
|----------17gb~~~~~---|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|


Verse: like first verse

End:

Billy + James
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--6\5\4\3\2\---|
|--6\5\4\3\2\---|
|--4\3\2\1\0\---|



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