Smashing Pumpkins - Snail Tab

SNAIL - Gish - Smashing Pumpkins

h = hammer on           p = pull off            > = vibrato
/,\ = slide up, down    fb, hb = full bend, half bend
fr, hr = full release, half release             * = artificial harmonics

INTRO:

Guitar1, (clean) |-A--Em--G-| The G is played like: |32003x| except 3rd time where its played like |320033|. The fills are below:
2h3 3/5 5/7 5
2h3/5/7hb\
Then comes: Guitar2, (distorted)
2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 2 4p2 2 0 2 2 2 2 4p2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Then both guitars play G then D/F#, these can be played in two different ways either as open chords: G |320033|, D/F# |200232| or as barre chords: G |355233|, D/F# |254232|. The majority of the song revolves around A, G, and D/F#. Guitar2 continues playing this progression: |--A----G--D/F#--A----G--A----G--|

During the beginning of this, Guitar1 plays a little solo:

6> 6 6hbhr6h7r6
9 7/(14) 12 11 12 11
*12hbhr *12>
And where the progression above holds on the G chord twice there is a G note played on the 5th fret of the D string in unison.

Guitar2 then repeatly plays Riff1 until the quiet part:

Riff1:

|-A--G--D/F#-|

Under the progression there is a little riff:

5 5 4> 5 5 4>
4 5 7 4 5 7 4 5 4 5 4h5p5
5> 5 7 5> 5 7 5

Now when Riff1 stops on the D/F# chord, slide up the F# note

on the 2nd fret of the low-E string to a G note on the 3rd fret of the same string while partially muting the other strings.

Riff1 continues and this solo is played over it:

10> 8h10p8 8/14>
10> 9 11> 11
11h12 11 9 11 11h12p11p9
12
16hbhr 14*14hb>> 17fbfr (18)
^ mute with another finger
Now the quiet part comes in. It's just the A, G, D/F# chords played over, but arpeggiated with certain notes left out. A G A G A G D/F# G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ^--distortion comes back x x x x x 3 0 x 0 x 0 x 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 x 2 0 4 0 x 0 x 0 x x x 3 x 3 x 3 2 - - - - - - -

Now Guitar2 starts playing Riff1 again.

These fills are also played over it:
12p11p9 11p9 /11 12 14>>
10h12 10 9h10p9>
5 5 4> 5 5 4>
4 5 7 4 5 7 4 5 4 5 4h5p5
5> 5 7 5> 5 7 5

Riff1 ends on A and the song slows down again playing

This Riff2:

0 0 0 0
9 0 11 12 11 9 11 9 9 0
10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 9

^-------------------------------^-------Riff2 repeats.

And this solo comes during Riff2:

19fb
16fbfr 14>> X\
5>> 7>>> 5 5 /9 /11 /14> X\
18h19r18h19r18r16h18r16h18r16 X\
X\
The X\'s are pick slides. The first pick slide should be fast and over the pickups on the indicated strings, this should give a similiar sound. The second is a tad bit slower well in front of the lead pickup.

Riff2 then continues with distortion, and the song ends on an A chord.

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