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                       S M A S H I N G   P U M P K I N S

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                           R O T T E N   A P P L E S
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                               Tune Down a 1/2 Step
                                D# G# C#  F# A# D#

                                 Tempo = 100 BPM
                               Time Signature = 4/4

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                                 Transcribed by

                                 PADDY MCMULLAN
                           pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com

                                   Version 1.0
                               20th November 2010
                             -----------------------

 p         -  Pull-Off
 ( )       -  Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note

                                   -----------
                                   Song Notes:
                                   -----------

  The first part is all you really need to play the entire song, assuming you
  don't want to match the CD track note-for-note.  All of the variations are
  tabbed in full if you do.  Time-stamps, bar numbers and lyrics should be
       enough to guide you through what is potentially a confusing tab.

  To make things somewhat easier on the eye I've tabbed both acoustic guitars
  together, in a multitrack fashion.  Each guitar is labelled to avoid
                                    ambiguity.

      The entire song is played fingerstyle.  Allow the notes to ring out
                               wherever possible.

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Part 1:                                                   [ Time 00:00 - 00:30 ]
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 [Guitar 1]                      1                               2

    2        2              2                2              2    
         0       0      0       0        0       0      0        
       0       0      0       0        2   2   2      2   2   0  
    2      2       2      2         0              0             
                                                                 
                                                                 
|                                                                 |
|[Guitar 2]                                                       |

    2        2              2   0            2              2    
         0       0      0       0        0       0      0        
       0       0      0       0        2   2   2      2   2   0  
    2      2       2      2         0              0             
                                                                 
                                                                 

[Guitar 1]                      3                                 4

    2        2              2                2              2      
         0       0      0       0        0       0      0          
       0       0      0       0        2   2   2      2   2   2p0  
    2      2       2      2         0              0               
                                                                   
                                                                   
|                                                                  |
|[Guitar 2]                                                        |

    2        2              2                2              2      
         0       0      0       0        0       0      0          
       0       0      0       0        2   2   2      2   2   0    
    2      2       2      2         0              0            (2)
                                                                   
                                                                   

[Guitar 1]                      5                               6

    2        2              2                2              2    
         0       0      0       0        0       0      0        
       0       0      0       0        2   2   2      2   2   0  
    2      2       2      2         0              0             
                                                                 
                                                                 
| "Dirty                    your    face                    with"|
|                                                                |
|[Guitar 2]                                                      |

    2        2              2                2              2    
         0       0      0       0        0       0      0        
       0       0      0       0        2   2   2      2   2   0  
    2      2       2      2         0              0             
                                                                 
                                                                 

[Guitar 1]                      7                              8

    2        2              2                2               2  
         0       0      0       0        0       0      0       
       0       0      0       0        2   2   2      2         
    2      2       2      2         0              0      0     
                                                                
                                                                
| "Longing                    and   grace    God    given"      |
|                                                               |
|[Guitar 2]                                                     |

    2        2              2                2              2     
         0       0      0       0        0       0      0         
       0       0      0       0        2   2   2      2       2 0 
    2      2       2      2         0              0      0       
                                                                  
                                                                  

[Guitar 1]                      9                              10

    2        2              2                2              2    
         0       0      0       0        0       0      0        
       0       0      0       0        2   2   2      2   2   0  
    2      2       2      2         0              0             
                                                                 
                                                                 
| "Suffer                     her   heart                    and"|
|                                                                |
|[Guitar 2]                                                      |

    2        2              2                2              2     
         0       0      0       0        0       0      0       0 
       0       0      0       0        2   2   2      2   2   0   
    2      2       2      2   0     0              0              
                                                                  
                                                                  

[Guitar 1]                  11                             12

                                                            
                                 3                    0     
         0      0      0    0         0      0      0       
       0      0      0              0      0      0      0  
                            2                               
    3      3      3      3       3      3      3      3     
|  "Love  her    when   your     love   goes   unrequited..."|
|                                                            |

  [Guitar 2]                                                  
                                                  
                           3            3    3    
                                0                 
              0    0                              
         2            2       2      2            
    3                      3      3               

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Part 2:                                                   [ Time 00:31 - 00:49 ]
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 [Guitar 1]                   13                              14

    2        2             2               2              2    
         0             0               0       0      0        
       0       0     0       2       2   2   2      2   2   0  
    2      2      2      2        0              0             
                                                               
                                                               
| "(...requited)                   where   the   cool   winds"  |
|                                                               |
|[Guitar 2]                                                      |

    2        2             2                2              2    
         0             0       0        0       0      0        
       0       0     0       0        2   2   2      2   2   0  
    2      2      2      2         0              0             
                                                                
                                                                

 [Guitar 1]                   15                              16

    2        2              2               2              2    
         0       0      0               0       0      0        
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2      2       0  
    2      2       2      2        0              0      0      
                                                                
                                                                
| "Blow                            I        must      surely"   |
|                                                               |
|[Guitar 2]                                                     |

    2        2              2               2              2    
         0       0      0               0       0      0        
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2      2       0  
    2      2       2      2        0              0      0      
                                                                
                                                                

 [Guitar 1]                    17                             18

    2        2              2                2               2  
         0       0      0       0        0       0      0       
       0       0      0       0        2   2   2      2         
    2      2       2      2         0              0      0     
                                                                
                                                                
| "Go                         for    my   love   calls   me"    |
|                                                               |
|[Guitar 2]                                                  ___|

    2        2              2   2               2     2     
         0       0      0       0        0               0  
       0       0      0       0        2   2       2        
    2      2       2      2         0           0     0     
                                                            
                                                            

 [Guitar 1]                  19                          20

                                                          
                                     3     3     3     0  
         0      0      0      0      0     0     0     0  
       0      0             0                       0     
                     2            2     2           2     
    3      3      3      3        3     3     3     3     
| "low    to     drag    me       from the depths  of my" |
|                                                         |
|[Guitar 2]                                               |

                                                         
                                             3        0  
           0                                       0  0  
       (0)      0     0     0                   0        
                                    2     2              
    3        3     3     3       3     3           3     

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Part 3:                                                   [ Time 00:49 - 01:14 ]
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 [Guitar 1]                    21                              22

    2        2              2               2              2    
         0       0      0               0       0      0        
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2      2   2   0  
    2      2       2      2        0              0             
                                                                
                                                                
| "Soul                                            when will I"  |
|                                                                |
|[Guitar 2]                                                      |

    2        2              2   2            2                 
         0       0      0       0        0       0       0     
       0       0      0       0        2   2   2      2        
    2      2       2      2         0              0        0  
                                                               
                                                               

 [Guitar 1]                   23                              24

    2        2              2               2              2    
         0       0      0               0       0      0        
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2      2       2  
    2      2       2      2        0              0      0      
                                                                
                                                                
| "See her                    again?               The other"   |
|                                                         |
|[Guitar 2]                                               |

    2        2              2               2   2             
         0       0      0               0       0    0     0  
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2   2     2     
    2      2       2      2        0              0     0     
                                                              
                                                              

 [Guitar 1]                   25                             26

    2        2              2                2                 
         0       0      0       0        0       0       0     
       0       0      0       0        2   2   2   2  2     0  
    2      2       2      2         0              0           
                                                               
                                                               
| "Side                        of   friends              the"  |
|                                                              |
|[Guitar 2]                                                    |

    2        2              2               2                 
         0       0      0               0       0       0     
       0       0      0               2       2      2        
    2      2       2      2   0    0      0       0        0  
                                                              
                                                              

 [Guitar 1]                   27                           28

    2        2              2               2                
         0       0      0               0              0  0  
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2     2     0  
    2      2       2      2        0             0           
                                                             
                                                             
| "Darkened  claw             of   death                the" |
|                                                            |
|[Guitar 2]                                                  |

    2        2              2               2           2     
         0       0      0               0       0          0  
       0       0      0               2       2      2        
    2      2       2      2   0    0      0       0           
                                                              
                                                              

 [Guitar 1]                29                         30

                                                  2    
                        3                         3    
         0      0                                      
       0      0      0                                 
                           2    2     2     2          
    3      3      3             3  3  3  3  3  3       
| "Empty         breath    desire"                      |
|                                                       |
|[Guitar 2]                                             |

                                                  2     
                        0       3           3           
         0      0          0          0              0  
       0      0      0             0                    
                                                        
    3      3      3             3        3     3        

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Part 4:                                                   [ Time 01:14 - 01:34 ]
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 [Guitar 1]                   31                               32

    2        2              2               2              2    
         0       0      0     0         0       0      0        
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2      2   2   0  
    2      2       2      2        0              0             
                                                                
                                                                
| "Dirty                    your    face                    with"|
|                                                                |
|[Guitar 2]                                                      |

    2        2             2               2              2    
         0             0               0       0      0        
       0       0     0       0       2   2   2      2   2   0  
    2      2      2      2        0              0             
                                                               
                                                               

 [Guitar 1]                  32                              33

    2        2              2              2              2    
         0       0      0              0       0      0        
       0       0      0              2   2   2      2       0  
    2      2       2      2 0     0              0      0      
                                                               
                                                               
| "Longing                    and   grace    God    given"     |
|                                                              |
|[Guitar 2]                                                  __|

    2        2              2                2           2  
         0       0      0               0    0     0        
       0       0      0       0       2         2     0     
    2      2       2      2        0      0           4     
                                                            
                                                            

 [Guitar 1]                   34                              35

    2        2              2               2              2    
         0       0      0               0       0      0      0 
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2      2          
    2      2       2      2        0              0      0      
                                                                
                                                                
| "Suffer                     her   heart                  and" |
|                                                               |
|[Guitar 2]                                                     |

    2        2              2               2              2    
         0       0      0               0       0      0        
       0       0      0       0       2       2      2       0  
    2      2       2      2        0      0       0      0      
                                                                
                                                                

 [Guitar 1]                 36                         37

                                                        
                                       0    0     0     
         0      0      0                                
       0          0  0      0    0             0     0  
              2          2          2                   
    3      3      3      3       3                      
| "Love   her   when  your  love    goes   unrequited..."|
|                                                        |
|[Guitar 2]                                           ___|

             2                                      
             3          3            3        3     
       0     0          0                           
                                        0        0  
                             2       2              
    3     3     3    3       3    3        3        

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Part 5:                                                    [ Time 01:34 - 1:54 ]
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 [Guitar 1]                    38                             39

    2        2              2               2               2  
         0       0      0               0       0      0       
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2      2   2     
    2      2       2      2        0              0            
                                                               
                                                               
|                                 "Restless  in   my    speech" |
|                                                               |
|[Guitar 2]                                                    _|

    2        2              2               2             2  
         0       0      0               0              0     
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2     2        
    2      2       2      2        0             0           
                                                             
                                                             

 [Guitar 1]                   40                              41

    2        2              2               2              2    
         0       0      0               0       0      0        
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2      2       0  
    2      2       2      2        0              0      0      
                                                                
                                                                
|                            "And rootless   in     my   teach" |
|                                                               |
|[Guitar 2]                                                   __|

    2        2              2                2          2    
         0       0      0       0        0              0    
       0       0      0       0        2       2     2       
    2      2       2      2         0      0      0          
                                                             
                                                             

 [Guitar 1]                  42                            43

    2        2              2              2           2     
         0       0      0              0       0          0  
       0       0      0              2   2   2      2        
    2      2       2      2       0              0           
                                                             
                                                             
|                                "So   vacant     in     my" |
|                                                            |
|[Guitar 2]                                                  |

    2        2               2             2           2     
         0       0      0              0       0       0     
       0       0      0              2       2      2     2  
    2      2       2      2       0      0       0           
                                                             
                                                             

 [Guitar 1]                  44                           45

                                                        2  
                                            3     3        
         0      0      0      0        0       0     0     
       0      0      0      0        0                     
                                         2     2           
    3      3      3      3        3      3     3     3     
| "Breach I      drive  the        dirt  of  her garden..." |
|                                                           |
|[Guitar 2]                                                 |

                                                           
    0             3           0        0       3           
         0      0      0      0        0                   
       0      0      0      0        0      0           0  
                                                  2        
    3      3      3      3        3      3           3     

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Part 6:                                                   [ Time 01:54 - 02:19 ]
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 [Guitar 1]                    46                            47

    2        2              2               2           2     
         0       0      0               0       0             
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2      2     0  
    2      2       2      2        0              0           
                                                              
                                                              
|  "Sorrow                                       she'll never" |
|                                                              |
|[Guitar 2]                                                    |

    2        2              2               2           2     
         0       0      0               0       0       0     
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2      2     0  
    2      2       2      2        0              0           
                                                              
                                                              

 [Guitar 1]                   48                            49

    2        2              2               2           2     
         0       0      0               0       0             
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2      2     0  
    2      2       2      2        0              0           
                                                              
                                                              
| "Listen                    again                No   other" |
|                                                             |
|[Guitar 2]                                                   |

    2        2              2                2           2     
         0       0      0       0        0       0       0     
       0       0      0       0        2   2   2   2  2     0  
    2      2       2      2         0              0           
                                                               
                                                               

 [Guitar 1]                   50                            51

    2        2              2               2        2        
         0       0      0               0       0       0     
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2               
    2      2       2      2        0              0        0  
                                                              
                                                              
|  "Lovers                   to    bend           just rotten"|
|                                                             |
|[Guitar 2]                                                   |

    2        2                               2           2     
         0       0      0   0            0       0       0     
       0       0      0       0        2       2      2     2  
    2      2       2      2     0   0      0       0           
                                                               
                                                               

 [Guitar 1]                   52                             53

    2        2              2               2               2  
         0       0      0               0       0      0       
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2          2     
    2      2       2      2        0              0  0         
                                                               
                                                               
|  "Apples                   to    eat                    just"|
|                                                              |
|[Guitar 2]                                                  __|

    2        2                             2    2    2      
         0       0      0              0        0    0  0   
       0       0      0      0       2       2            0 
    2      2       2      2       0      0      0    0      
                                                            
                                                            

 [Guitar 1]                  54                          55

                                                    2     
                                              0        0  
         0      0      0      0      0                    
       0      0      0      0        0     0     0        
                                           2              
    3      3      3      3        3     3                 
|  "Yellowed     distant          scorn"                   |
|                                                          |
|[Guitar 2]                                              __|

                                                       
                 0     0             0     0     0     
         0       0     0             0     0     0     
       0      0                   0     0     0        
                                                    0  
    3      3        3     3    3                       

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Part 7:                                                   [ Time 02:19 - 02:39 ]
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 [Guitar 1]                    56                              57

    2        2              2               2              2    
         0       0      0               0       0      0        
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2      2   2   0  
    2      2       2      2        0              0             
                                                                
                                                                
| "Dirty                    your    face                   with" |
|                                                                |
|[Guitar 2]                                                     _|

    2        2           2                2              2    
         0           0                0       0      0        
       0       0       0    0       2   2   2      2   2   0  
    2      2      2              0              0             
                                                              
                                                              

 [Guitar 1]                   58                             59

    2        2              2               2               2  
         0       0      0   0           0       0      0    0  
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2      2         
    2      2       2      2        0              0      0     
                                                               
                                                               
| "Longing                    and   grace    God    given"     |
|                                                              |
|[Guitar 2]                                                    |

    2        2              2               2               2  
         0       0      0               0       0      0       
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2      2   2     
    2      2       2      2        0              0            
                                                               
                                                               

 [Guitar 1]                   60                                61

    2        2              2               2                2    
         0       0      0               0       0       0         
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2      2         0  
    2      2       2      2        0              0       0       
                                                                  
                                                                  
| "Suffer                     her   heart                    and" |
|                                                                 |
|[Guitar 2]                                                    ___|

    2        2            2                2             2    
         0       0    0                0             0        
       0       0        0    0       2       2     2       0  
    2      2       2              0      0      0      0      
                                                              
                                                              

 [Guitar 1]                  62                            63

                                                            
                              0                 0     0     
         0      0      0    0 0        0      0    0     0  
       0             0               0      0               
              2                                             
    3      3      3      3        3      3                  
|  "Love  her    when   your     love   goes   unrequited..."|
|                                                            |
|[Guitar 2]                                            ______|

                                                     
                   3              0               3  
        0          0              0               0  
          0             0       0      0     0       
                                                     
    3     3    3     3       3      3     3          

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Part 8:                                                   [ Time 02:39 - 03:03 ]
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 [Guitar 1]                    64                             65

    2        2              2               2               2  
         0       0      0               0       0      0       
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2      2   2     
    2      2       2      2        0              0            
                                                               
                                                               
|                                 "Life   just   fades away..." |
|                                                               |
|[Guitar 2]                                                   __|

    2        2           2                2            2    
         0           0                0                     
       0       0       0            2   2   2     2      0  
    2      2      2         0    0             0     0      
                                                            
                                                            

 [Guitar 1]                   66                             67

    2        2              2               2           2     
         0       0      0               0       0             
       0       0      0       0       2   2   2      2     0  
    2      2       2      2        0              0           
                                                              
                                                              
|                                 "Purity     just   begs..." |
|                                                             |
|[Guitar 2]                                                   |

    2        2              2               2              2  
         0       0      0               0       0          0  
       0       0      0       0       2       2      2        
    2      2       2      2        0      0       0     0     
                                                              
                                                              

 [Guitar 1]                   67                         68

    2        2              2               2        2     
         0       0      0                      0        0  
       0       0      0       0       2                    
    2      2       2      2        0     0        0     0  
                                                           
                                                           
|                                  "Dust  to  dust  we're" |
|                                                          |
|[Guitar 2]                                                |

    2        2             2               2                
         0             0               0        0     0     
       0       0     0       0       2       2        2     
    2      2      2      2        0      0         0     0  
                                                            
                                                            

 [Guitar 1]          69                   70

                          0                
            0             0                
            0             0                
               0          0                
         2                2                
    3    3     3          3                
| "Wired    into      sadness"              |
|                                           |
|[Guitar 2]                                 |

                                            
            0              0                
            0              0                
         0     0           0                
                           2                
    3               3      3                

Allow the final chord to ring out.

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