Smashing Pumpkins

Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 bass tab

Jérôme Melançon

"1979" BY THE SMASHING PUMPKINS

FROM THE ALBUM "MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS"

FROM THE PAGES OF GUITAR SCHOOL, APRIL 1996

NOTE: THIS TUNE IS FAIRLY EASY TO PLAY, BUT THERE ARE LONG PARTS

WHERE YOU DON'T PLAY... (YAWN)

TUNE DOWN 1/2 STEP (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb)

INTRO: PLAY NOTHING

1ST VERSE:

12 SHAKE DOWN...

G-----||----------|--11-11-11-11--11-11-11----|--------------------||

D-----||----------|------------------------9--|--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--||

A-----||----------|---------------------------|--------------------||

E-----||----------|---------------------------|--------------------||

2ND VERSE:

G-----||----------------------------|----------------------------|

D-----||----------------------------|----------------------------|

A-----||----------------------------|----------------------------|

E-----||--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--|--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--|

JUNEBUG... X3

G-----|-------------------|--------------------||

D-----|-------------------|--------------------||

A-----|-------------------|--------------------||

E-----|--5--5-5--5-5-5-5--|--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--||

AND I

G-----||-------------------------------------||

D-----||-------------------------------------||

A-----||-------------------------------------||

E-----||--2-2-2-2--2-2-2\7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7/||

CHORUS:

DON'T EVEN...

G-----||----------------------------|----------------------------|

D-----||----------------------------|----------------------------|

A-----||----------------------------|----------------------------|

E-----||--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--|--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--|

X3

G-----|-------------------|--------------------||

D-----|-------------------|--------------------||

A-----|-------------------|--------------------||

E-----|--5--5-5--5-5-5-5--|--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--||

TO VERSE

4

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D-----||--------------------|--------------------|----------||

A-----||--------------------|--------------------|----------||

E-----||--2-2-2-2--2-2-2\7--|--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--|----------||

3RD VERSE:

THAT WE...

G-----||--------------------|--------------------|

D-----||--------------------|--------------------| PLAY CHORUS

A-----||--------------------|--------------------|

E-----||--2-2-2-2--2-2\5-5--|--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--|

BRIDGE: (ELEC. BASS 2 PLAYS FIG. 1--TRANSCRIBED AT THE END)

G-----||--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|

D-----||--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|

A-----||--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|

E-----||--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--|--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-8-9--|--9--9-9--9-9-9\5--|

_____________________ _________________________

/1,2 /3

G-----||--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|

D-----||--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|

A-----||--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|

E-----||--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-7--|--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--|--2--2-2--2-2-5/7--|

G-----||--------------------|

D-----||--------------------|

A-----||--------------------|

E-----||--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--|

4TH VERSE:

8

G-----||----------||----------------------------|----------------------------|

D-----||----------||----------------------------|----------------------------|

A-----||----------||----------------------------|----------------------------|

E-----||----------||--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--|--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--|

X2

G-----||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|-------------------||

D-----||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|-------------------||

A-----||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|-------------------||

E-----||--5--5-5--5-5-5-5--|--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--||--2-2-2-2-2-2-5/7--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||

PLAY CHORUS, THEN:

G-----||----------------------|--------------------||

D-----||----------------------|--------------------||

A-----||----------------------|--------------------||

E-----||--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-5/7--|--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--||

OUTRO: PLAY NOTHING

(BASS FIG. 1, OVERDUBBED WITH A P-BASS):

___________________

/1,2

G-----||-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

D-----||-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

A-----||--2--2-2--2-2-2-2--|--2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-4--|--4--4-4--4-4-4\0--|--(0)-0-0-0--------|

E-----||-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------2--0--|

____________________

/3

G-----|-----------------|-------------------|----------------------||

D-----|-----------------|-------------------|----------------------||

A-----|--0-0-0-0--------|----------------2--|--(2)-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--||

E-----|-----------2--0--|--2--2-2--2-2-0----|----------------------||

RE-TRANSCRIBED BY JÉRÔME MELANÇON

n.riopel@sympatico.ca

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