Smashing Pumpkins - United States Tab

Okay this song is pretty amazing
Lots of disortion

sorry if its so long
but its 10 minutes so..

okay here we go

Guitar 1 comes in after drums

Intro/Post Chorus

(with whammy bar) Guitar 1
eb
Bb
Gb
Db 0~ 0~ 12 \10 0\3b end on 10~
Ab 0~ 0~ 12 \10 0\3b 10~
Db 0~ x4 0~ 12 \10 0\3b x4 10~

Verse/Chorus

Guitar 1 Do this a lot
eb
Bb
Gb
Db 0000000000003033
Ab 0000000000003033
Db 0000000000003033
Guitar 2 Comes in after guitar 1 (with wah)
eb 5~
Bb 3~ 3xx3xx3xx666
Gb 2~ 2xx2xx2xx555
Db 0~ 0xx0xx0xx333
Ab
Db

During the Chorus when he says "what will they do?"

Guitar 1 plays
eb
Bb
Gb
Db 666 5
Ab 666 5
Db 666 5

Solo Part 1

Guitar 1 plays verse

Guitar 2:
eb 888888 888
Bb 10 (x12) 999999 666666 10 (x12) 999999 666666 10 (x12) 999999 666
Gb 7 666666 555555 7 666666 444444 7 666666 555
Db 7 666666 7 666666 333333 7 666666
Ab
Db
eb
Bb 10 9 7 6
Gb 7 6 6 5
Db 7 6 4 3
Ab
Db
eb 888888 888
Bb 10 (x12) 999999 666666 10 (x12) 999999 666666 10 (x12) 999999 666
Gb 7 666666 555555 7 666666 444444 7 666666 555
Db 7 666666 7 666666 333333 7 666666
Ab
Db
eb
Bb 13 12 11 10 9876543 4 5 6/15
Gb 12 11 10 9 8765432 3 4 5/14
Db 10 9 8 7 6543210 1 2 3
Ab
Db

Solo Part 2

Guitar 1
eb 5~
Bb 3~
Gb 2~
Db 0~
Ab 0~
Db 0~
Guitar 2 hammer on with lots of feedback
eb 12b x3
Bb 15b 13b 15b 13b
Gb 13b 14b 13b
Db
Ab
Db
Guitar 1 with delay a bunch of didfferent harmonics
eb xxxxxxxxxxxx
Bb xxxxxxxxxxxx
Gb xxxxxxxxxxxx
Db xxxxxxxxxxxx
Ab xxxxxxxxxxxx
Db xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guitar 2 reverb either bend a lot or use slider
eb 16b 17b 19b 16b
Bb /18b\15
Gb /19 18b
Db 6b 7b 3b 2b 0b
Ab 0b
Db (000000) 0b 0b
eb 18b 20b 20/22b
Bb /15b 15 18b/20b 20b
Gb
Db
Ab
Db

Bridge

Guitar 1
eb
Bb
Gb
Db 0 10 0 10 0 10 12 12 15 15
Ab 0 10 0 10 0 10 12 12 15 15
Db 0 10 0 10 0 10 12 12 15 15
eb
Bb
Gb 14141414 1717 1212
Db 14141414 1717 1212
Ab 12121212 1515 1010
Db
eb
Bb
Gb 1414 1313 12121111
Db 1212 1111 1010 9 9
Ab
Db

Outro

Guitar 1
eb
Bb
Gb
Db 0 0 0 0 0
Ab 0 0 0 0 0
Db 0 0 0 0 0 x16
Guitar 2 Come in after the 8th time
eb
Bb 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
Gb 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Db
Ab
Db x4
Then guitar 1 is the same while guitar 2 does this:
eb 2255 1144
Bb 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
Gb 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Db
Ab
Db
Guitar 1
eb
Bb
Gb
Db
Ab
Db 0 0 0 0 0 0 030033 55
Guitar 2 (listen for timing)
eb
Bb 3 5 8
Gb 2 4 7
Db
Ab
Db
Guitar 1
eb
Bb
Gb
Db
Ab
Db 030033 55 8558558 9101091010
Guitar 1
eb
Bb
Gb
Db
Ab
Db 0 0 0 0 0 0 030033 55
Guitar 2 (listen for timing)
eb
Bb 3 5 8
Gb 2 4 7
Db
Ab
Db
Guitar 1
eb
Bb
Gb
Db
Ab
Db 030033 55 8558558 9101091010/0
im pretty sure most of this is right but its a lottt of crap to remember so yeahhh

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