The Smashing Pumpkins
The End is the Beginning is the End
Off Batman & Robin OST (1997)
Written by Billy Corgan
Tabbed by Jimi
Eb

A grungy, spooky song. This is pretty close 
to the original I think. I added D?arcy?s
Bassparts when they?re important but not
all the parts the bass plays. If you find
it confusing or you have comments and corr-
ections send a mail to flooos@gmx.net.

Guitar 1: Billy 
Guitar 2: James 
Bass: D?arcy


Intro:

Billy + James (1 time)
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------| 3 times
|------8-5-5-5--8-----7-8-2--2--2--2---|
|------8-5-5-5--8-----7-8-2--2--2--2---|
|--5b6-6-3-3-3--6?6b7-5-6-0--0--0--0---|

James (second time)
|--/19---|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|

I think the third time James plays a 
Pickslide instead


Billy + James + D?arcy
|--------------------|
|--------------------| once
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--3-5-6-7-6-5-3-0---|



Verse:

Billy
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------| 3 times 
|--2------5-------8---| 
|--2------5-------8---| 
|--0------3-------6---|

James
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------| 3 times 
|---------------------| 
|---------------------| 
|--0------3------/6---|

"The heaven?s spit me out..."

Both strum an open E Powerchord as a very short bridge

Billy + James
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------| 3 times
|------8-5-5-5--8-----7-8-2--2--2--2---|
|------8-5-5-5--8-----7-8-2--2--2--2---|
|--5b6-6-3-3-3--6?6b7-5-6-0--0--0--0---|

"...and now I?m with you"


Billy
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------| twice
|---10-----3---2------|
|---10-----3---2------|
|---8------1---0--0---|

James 
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------| twice
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--/8---0--1---0--0---|

"...deadly pretends..."



Chorus:

Strum all the chords

Billy + James
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------9----------------7-----|
|---7----------------9----------------7-----|
|---7----------------7----------------5-----|
|---5---------------------------------------|

  "Is it bright..." "Have the people changed"


Billy + James
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--7------------------------------------|
|--7-----------------------7------------|
|--5-----------------------7------------|
|--------------------------5------------|

  "Does it make you happy, you?re so..."


Billy +  James
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------9-------------------7---|
|--7----------------9-------------------7---|
|--7----------------7-------------------5---|
|--5----------------------------------------|

  "And in your..."     "I hold secret?s flame"


Billy + James
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--7----------------------------------|
|--7-------------------7-------2------|
|--5-------------------7-------2------|
|----------------------5-------0------|

"you can watch the world..." "...pain"

D?arcy strums on her bass the root notes
of these chords.



Postchorus:

Billy + James + D?arcy
|--------------------|
|--------------------| 
|--------------------| twice
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--3-5-6-7-6-5-3-0---|



Verse:

Billy: tacet

James (wha-wha)
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--11-11-12-11-11-12-11-12-11-11-12-11-12-11-11-12---|
|----------------------------------------------------| repeat 
|----------------------------------------------------| twice
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


Billy + James
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------| 3 times
|------8-5-5-5--8-----7-8-2--2--2--2---|
|------8-5-5-5--8-----7-8-2--2--2--2---|
|--5b6-6-3-3-3--6?6b7-5-6-0--0--0--0---|

"I am crystal chrome"


Billy
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------| twice
|---10-----3---2------|
|---10-----3---2------|
|---8------1---0--0---|

James 
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------| twice
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--/8---0--1---0--0---|

"...the end"



Chorus: same


Bridge:

James: soft Feedback

I?d say he uses also a harmonizer and/or wha-wha pedal, I
Prefer it playing this way.

Billy (clean) 
|--8---3---5---1-------1-------8---3---5---1---|
|------------------3-------3-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|


Billy (clean)
|------1---8---3---5---1-----------------------------|
|--3-----------------------3-------3---1------1------|
|------------------------------0-----0-----0-----0---|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


Billy (clean)
|------1---------3-----|
|----3---1-----5---3---|
|--0---------5---------| 4 times
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|

"Ahhhh..."



Heavy bridge:

Billy 
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------9-----7------| 3 times
|----(7)(8)---(8)(8)---(9)-----------------|
|----(7)(8)---(8)(8)---(9)----7-----5------|
|--0--5--6--0--6--6--0--7--0-----0-----0---|

James*
|--12b-----/18----------18b----------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------| 2 times
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

D?arcy
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------| 3 times
|------------------------------------------|
|--0--5--6--0--5--6--0--7----12-----10-----|


* the third time James plays:
James
|--12b-----/18-------------19----19-------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|



Billy
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--2--8--8--2--8--8--2--2---|
|--2--8--8--2--8--8--2--2---|
|--0--6--6--0--6--6--0--0---|

James
|--12b-----/18-------19(b)---|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|

D?arcy
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--0--5--6--0--5--6--0--0--0--(0)-------|



3rd Verse:

James
eb------------------------------
Bb------------------------------
Gb------------------------------ 4 times (the last
Db------------------------------ time without the
Ab------------------------------ last 0)
Eb---0-------/3----/6-----(0)---



Chorus: same


Outro:

Billy + D?arcy + James
|--------------------|
|--------------------| 
|--------------------| 10 times
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--3-5-6-7-6-5-3-0---|


Lead:

James plays this the 5th,7th and 9th time...
|--12---/18---------18--------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|


...and he finishs off the last time with this
|-------|
|-------|
|--9---|
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|


"The street heats the urgency of none,
 just to see there?s no one around"