• Song:

    Panopticon

  • Artist:

    Smashing Pumpkins

I figured this thing out completely by ear so both guitars are jammed together in some 
parts but it's perfect if you just want to play along to it. At first I was very iffy on 
the intro but after watching them play it live I'm sure its 100% accurate.

Tuning is Drop D

Intro: Billy Plays...
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-7-7-7------------6-6-6------------9-9-9--------------|
-x-x-x------(x4)--x-x-x-------(x4)-x-x-x-------(x4)---|
-5-5-5-0-0-0------4-4-4-0-0-0------7-7-7-0-0-0--------|
-------0-0-0------------0-0-0------------0-0-0--------|
then
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-11-11-11----------14-14-14-------|
--x-x-x-------(x2)--x-x-x---------|
--9-9-9-0-0-0------12-12-12-------|
--------0-0-0---------------------|

Jeff plays...
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11-11-11----------9-9-9-----------12-12-12---------------|
-x-x-x------(x4)--x-x-x-------(x4)-x-x-x----------(x4)---|
-9-9-9-0-0-0------7-7-7-0-0-0-----10-10-10--0-0-0--------|
-------0-0-0------------0-0-0---------------0-0-0--------|
then
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-14-14-14------------18-18-18--------|
--x-x-x--------(x2)---x-x-x----------|
-12-12-12-0-0-0------16-16-16--------|
----------0-0-0----------------------|


The "Rest in the shells I've designed" bit goes...
x2
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-14--11---16---9---12~-11~--------|
-x----x---x----x------------------|
-12---9---14---7------------------|
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(Let the last 12 11 and 9 ring)
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-------9-10-10b-10-9---12~---11~---9~-|
--9-----------------------------------|
----7---------------------------------|
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Chorus is D C G D
This is how Billy plays it live... (With LOTS of distortion)
-10---8----------------|
-7----8---8----8-------|
-7----9---x----0-------|
-----10---10---9-------|
----------10---10------|
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It also sounds good if you play it with octaves like this...
-10---8----15----10----|
-x----x----x-----x-----|
-7----5----12----7-----|
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If that's too hard then just play it like this...
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-7----5----12----7-----|
-x----x----x-----x-----|
-5----3----10----5-----|
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Jeff's Solo part after the first Chorus
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---------10-7---7s8--------------------------|
------7--------------7----9--7--6--7--6------|
-7s9------------------------------------7----|
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--------------------------------15--14--12---------------|
--------10--7----15-------------------------12--15--15---|
------7-------------14--12--14---------------------------|
-7s9-----------------------------------------------------|
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The part before the last chorus goes something like this
->19->19->19->19--22->18->18->18->18-22-->19->19->18->18--|
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--17-19-17-15--17h19p17-15-----------------|
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If you don't have a 22nd fret you can play it like this
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->16->16->16->16--19->15->15->15->15-19-->16->16->15->15--|
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----14-16-14-12-14h16p14-12----------------|
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And there you have it. This is my first tab and it's the most accurate on the website 
right now so please rate :)
Thank you.
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