• Song:

    Today

  • Artist:

    Smashing Pumpkins

  • Album:

    Unplugged: 100% Pure Ac...

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Today
off siamese dream
heavy distortion when its on
standard tuning (e,B,G,D,A,E)
also can be played 1/2 step down
Chords:
  Eb5 Bb5 Ab5 C5  F5 G5 Cb5 Db5
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|--8---------------------5--7--|
D|--8---8---6--10--3--5---5--7--|
A|--6---8---6--10--3--5---3--5--|
E|--6---6---4--8---1--3---------|

 riff 1: guitar 1
|--11----13----11----15p11----|x4 (clean)
|-----11----11----11------11--|x8 (distorted)
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
 guitar 2: (distorted)
 Eb5  Bb5  Ab5
 Eb5  Bb5  Ab5
 Eb5  Bb5  C5  Ab5
 Eb5  Bb5  Ab5

Verse: (clean)
Eb5      Bb5        Ab5                      Eb5
   Today is the greatest day i've ever known
       Bb5          Ab5 
can't live for tomorrow, tomorrows much to long
Eb5      Bb5         Ab5   Eb5      Bb5     C5
   i'll burn my eyes out,     before i get out
chorus: guitar 1 (distorted) 
F5  Ab5    Cb5      F5   Ab5        Cb5
I   wanted more     than life could ever grant me
F5    Ab5    Cb5     F5  Ab5      G5   Db5
bored by the chore   i'm saving face

 guitar 2: (distorted)
|--------|x2
|--------|(on first
|--9b10--| and second
|--------| times only)
|--------|
|--------|
 (slowly)

verse 2: guitar 2 (clean)
Eb5       Bb5    Ab5
    today is the greatest day i've ever known
Eb5   Bb5      Ab5
can't wait for tomorrow, i might not have that long
Eb5  Bb5     Ab5       Eb5       Bb5  C5
i'll tear my heart out,   before i get out

guitar 2: (clean)
|------------------------------------|x3
|--------------8-9----------11---9-8-|
|-8---10---8-------8------8----8-----|
|---8----8---8-------8---------------|
|----------------------11------------|
|------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------13----|
|-8---10---8---------------10/12----12-|
|---8----8---8-10-10-10-10-------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

chorus 2: guitar 2 (distorted)
right before the lyrics 
|-------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8b9r8-|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
 x6 under lyircs
then comes:
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-8~~~~-----------------------------------------------|
|-------9b10r9-9h10-7h9-------------------------------|
|-----------------------10~~--10h12p108h10b12r10~~~~-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

guitar 1: (distorted)
F5       Ab5   Eb5       Bb5           F5
    pink ribon scar that never forgets
  Ab5      Eb5      Bb5            F5
i tried so hard to cleanse these regrets
    Ab5   Eb5       Bb5        F5
my angel wings are brused and restrained
   Ab5    G5      Db5
my belly stings

bridge: guitar 1 (distorted)
Eb5      Bb5
   today is.........
Eb5      Ab5
   today is.........
Eb5      Bb5     Eb5    Ab5
   today is.........the greatest
Eb5       Bb5    C5  Ab5  Eb5   Ab5      C5 
   d_______a______y__e_a__ahhhh_eee_aaa_oooohhh

chorus 3: guitar 2 is the same as the first
guitar 1: (distorted)
F5           Ab5      Cb5
   I want to turn you on
F5           Ab5      Cb5
   I want to turn you on
F5           Ab5      Cb5
   I want to turn you on
F5           Ab5
   I want to turn you....

outro: guitar 2 (distorted) plays the opening riff and
ends with:
|------------------------------------------15p11-------------|
|-------------------------------------11---------11----------|
|--12---------12h13p12----12----12h13------------------------|
|-----15-13------------13----13------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

guitar 1 (distorted)
Eb5     Bb5     Ab5
  today is the greatest
Eb5     Bb5     Ab5
  today is the greatest.....day
Eb5     Bb5     C5  Ab5  Eb5 Bb5
  today is the greatest day that
         C5   Ab5    Eb5
  i have ever really known

(all of this tab was created from the pumpkins video in 1994)
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