Drown

Smashing Pumpkins - "Drown"

Make sure to tune the low E string down to a D.

h= hammer on p=pull off

/,= slide up, down fb, fr=fullbend, fullrelease

~~=let ring hb, hr=halfbend, halfrelease

Riff 1: 2 times

|----------------------------------------------|

|--11--11-11-14-119---------------------------|

|---0---0--0--0--0-0--12--12-12-12-9h12-9h12---|

|---------------------0---0--0--0--0--0-0--0---|

Fig 1: 1 time then back to Riff 1

|----------------------------------------------|

|--11--11-11-14-119---------------------------|

|---0---0--0--0--0-0--12-----9--9----9--9------|

|---------------------0------0--0----0--0------|

With Riff 1:

No matter where you are

I can still hear you when you drown

You travelled very far

Just to see if I'll come around

When I'm down

With Riff 2:

C G

All of those yesterdays

Coming down

Riff 2:

C G

|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|

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

|-12--12-12-12-12-12-12--7-7-|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0--0-----------------9hb|

|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-|--------------------0--0--------------------|

Resume Riff 1, with 1st solo:

|---------------------------------------|

|--------9fbfr-9h11------------9fb~~fr--|

|--11~~~~(11)------9fb~~fr-9h11---------|

|---------------------------------------|

Continue Riff 1:

No matter where you are

I can still hear you when you dream

You travelled very far

You travelled far like a star

And you are

With Riff 2:

C G

All of those yesterdays

Coming down

With Riff 3:

A D

Is it something someone said?

A D

Was it something someone said?

Riff 3:

A D

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

|---------------------|-7--7-7--7/10-10-10-107-7-75--|

|---------------------|-7--7-7-------------------------|

|-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-------------------------|

|-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5--5-5--9/12-12-12-129-9-97--|

|-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|--------------------------------|

Riff 4 with 2nd Solo:

A C G A C G A C G A C G D

x x x x

x 5 x x

x 5 x 7

7 5 5 7

7 3 5 5

7 x 5 0

2nd Solo:

|---------------------------------------------------|

|-12hb-12-10-13~--13-13-13-12-10h12---10fbfr----10--|

|----------------------------------12--------12-----|

|---------------------------------------------------|

|------------------9-9hb~----------------------------------------------|

|-12hb-12-10-13~------------------------13---13-13-13-13---------------|

|-----------------------------6-7-9-7-6--------------------------------|

|--------------------------/7-----------10---10-10-10-10-109-9-9-97--|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------13---13-13-13-13-12~---------|

|---------------------6-7-9-7-6------------------------9fb----|

|-7-7-7/975-5-5--/7------------10---10-10-10-10-9~----------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------|

With Riff 5:

Yesterday the sky was you

And I still feel the same

Nothing left for me to do

And I still feel the same

Riff 5:

|---------0---------|---------0--------------| <---This 2nd variation of

|-----3-----3---3---|-----3-----3---3-3p2h3--| Riff 5 is played every

|---2---2-----2-----|---2---2-----2----------| 4th repetition.

|-0-----------------|-0----------------------|

|-------------------|------------------------|

Resume Riff 4, but on D in place of A:

D C G A C G

I wish, I wish I could fly

I wish, I wish I could lie(?)

I will, I will try

I will, I will, goodbye

Song continues on D, feedback solo. Yeah, good luck.

End on D

This is how I play Drown, I tried to duplicate the guitar tones as close

as possible by using alot of open strings, as the pumpkins do alot. Any

comments would be appreciated. Other songs are coming!

Sang Lee

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Return-Path: <@QUCDN.QUEENSU.CA:[email protected]>

Here are some licks from "Drown" which are closer to the CD than those in the

original tab...

- for the "..Was it something someone said.." part, play this:

|------------------------------------------------------------------------

|--10---10---12-12-12--10------------------------------------------------

|--11---11---11-11-11--11-----11----11-11/14-1411-----------------------

|---9----9----9--9--9---9------------------------------------------------

|---0----0----0---------0------9-----9--9/12-12-9-----------------------

|---x----x----x---------x------0-----0--0--0--0--0-----------------------

- or something like that anyway. Also, for the end part of the 2nd solo, play

this:

|------------------------------------------------------------------------

|-------------------------17--17-17-1716-16-1614-14-14/1612--12-------

|------11-12--14-12-11---------------------------------------------------

|--12---------------------15--15-15-1514-14-1412-12-12/1410--10-------

|------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Billy has used these types of chords in other songs, so he's probably

using them here too. Thanks to S.Lee for the original tabs.