• Song:

    Whir

  • Artist:

    Smashing Pumpkins

  • Album:

    Pisces Iscariot

Smashing Pumpkins
-Whir-

by Smashing Pumpkins from the album Pisces Iscariot
Written by William P. Corgan

*intro

G1 acoustic

|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--------0-0-0--0-0-0-0-------------
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--------0-0-0--0-0-0-0-------------
|-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--------4-4-4--4-4-4-2-------------
|-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--------4-4-4--4-4-4-2-------------
|-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--------2-2-2--2-2-2-0-------------
|-X-X-0--X-X-X-0--------X-X-0--X-X-X-X-------------

*1

G1 & G2 acoustic
                                        
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--------0-0-0--0-0-0-0-------------
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--------0-0-0--0-0-0-0-------------
|-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--------4-4-4--4-4-4-2-------------
|-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--------4-4-4--4-4-4-2-------------
|-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--------2-2-2--2-2-2-0-------------
|-X-X-0--X-X-X-0--------X-X-0--X-X-X-X-------------

repeat *1 with extra Asus2 and B rhythm srokes added.
G3 starts at :12 [after what is tabbed above] and ends
at lyrics. 

G3 electric (wierd muffled tone)

|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|-4/6-4/6-------4-4/6---9\6-6/11-9--6\4-4/6-2------
|----------4-/7------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------

 note: rhythm on this tab is nonexistent and the lines of
 G3 do not correspond to the rhythm of G1&2's tab.  Listen
 to the recording as a guide...  bm.

There's this addition to *1 after G3's last E and
just before the lyrics:

G1 & G2

                              |         I've wasted...
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0----------------
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0----------------
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2---4-4-4----------------
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2---4-4-4----------------
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2----------------
|--------------------------------X-X-0----------------

repeat all of *1 (including the above).  G3 enters after
Billy sings "It's not easy...when you're alone."

G3 interlude

|-------------------------------------------------- 1
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|-4-4-4/6--4-4-4/6-------4-4-4/6-4-----------------
|----------------------------------4---------------
|--------------------------------------------------

|-------------------------------------------------- 2
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|-4-4-4/6--4-4-4/6---6\4-4-4-4/6-4-----------------
|----------------------------------4---------------
|--------------------------------------------------

|-------------------------------------------------- 3
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|-4-4-4/6--4-4-4/6-------4-4-4/6-4-----------------
|----------------------------------4---------------
|--------------------------------------------------

|-------------------------------------------------- 4
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|-4-4-4/6--4-4-4/6---6\4-4-4-4/6-4-4/7-------------
|--------------------------------------(7h9p7)-----
|--------------------------------------------------

|-------------------------------------------------- 5
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|-6-6-X-2-/6------2/4--4/6--6/9--6-6-X-2-/6--------
|------------4/7-----------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------

|-------------------------------------------------- 6
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|-6\4---------------------------4h6/9--6--4--6-----
|------9\7--7\4--4\2--2/4--7-4h7-------------------
|--------------------------------------------------

|-------------------------------------------------- 7
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|-6-6-4-4/6----------2h4p2-------------------------
|-----------------2h4------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------

repeat *1

G3 enters again after "...when you're scared."

|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|-6-6-X-2-/6-6\4-4/6-6\4-4\2-2-4-4/6--9\6--6\4-----
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------

|--------------------------------------------------
|------------------9-------------------------------
|------------------8-------------------------------
|-4\2-2------------6--6\4-4/6---------6-6-4-4/9----
|------h4--2-4-4/7------------2/4-4/7--------------
|--------------------------------------------------

 G1 & 2 pause for G3 `solo'

|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|-6/9\6----4/6\4---9\6--4/6----2/4-4/6-6/9-9/11~---
|----------------7----------4----------------------
|--------------------------------------------------

repeat *1 with #s 1-2 of G3 twice.

Outro:  G1 & G2   

|-0-X-0-X-0---------0---------0--------------------
|-0-X-0-X-0---------0---------0--------------------
|-2-X-0-X-0---------0---------0--------------------
|-2-X-0-X-2---------2---------2--------------------
|-0---2---3---------3---------2--------------------
|-X---3---X-------------------0--------------------

|-0-X-0-X-0---------0---------0--------------------
|-0-X-0-X-0---------0---------0--------------------
|-2-X-0-X-0---------0---------0--------------------
|-2-X-0-X-2---------2---------2--------------------
|-0---2---3---------3---------2--------------------
|-X---3---X-------------------0--------------------

|-0-X-0-X-0---------0---------0-----0-0-0-0-------- \
|-0-X-0-X-0---------0---------0-----0-0-0-0-------- |
|-2-X-0-X-0---------0---------0-----0-0-0-0-------- |
|-2-X-0-X-2---------2---------2-----2-2-2-2-------- |
|-0---2---3---------3---------2-----2-2-2-2-------- |
|-X---3---X-------------------0-------------------- |
                                                    |
G3 slightly distorted                               |
                                                    |
|-------------------------------------------------- |
|-------------------------------------------------- |
|-----------------------------4hbr----------------- |
|-7---5---4hb---------------------5---------------- |
|-------------------------------------------------- |
|-------------------------------------------------- /

|-0-X-0-X-0---------0---------0-------------------- \
|-0-X-0-X-0---------0---------0-------------------- |
|-2-X-0-X-0---------0---------0-------------------- |
|-2-X-0-X-2---------2---------2-------------------- |
|-0---2---3---------3---------2-------------------- |
|-X---3---X-------------------0-------------------- |
                                                    |
G3                                                  |
                                                    |
|-------------------------------------------------- |
|-------------------------------------------------- |
|-------------------------------------------------- |
|-7---5---4hb----------------(15)r14-12------------ |
|-------------------------------------------------- |
|-------------------------------------------------- /
                                                    
Under the entire song (excluding the intro and outro)
is a 4th guitar playing _seemingly_ at random these
three notes, something like the following:

G4

|-7---7------7---7---7-5-7---7---7-7---------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|---4---4------4---4----4---4----------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------

Well, there's Whir for you.  I still can't figure out the  
E's and other chords under the chorus (Whir yourself around...
part)  If you know it please E-mail me.  Enjoy it.  Hope
it's not too confusing (I didn't wanna tab out repetitive
lines) and it helps out.  Please send comments to 
                
              -=Ansigod@aol.com=-
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