Smashing Pumpkins

Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonais guitar tab

Mayonaise - Transcribed by Jon Powell

This song is fairly easy as it only has a few chord progressions. On the

recording, the tuning is down a half step. I'm going to show it as I play

it normally, in B major.

The first riff is clean.

play this rhythm twice.

Bsus2

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

--------2-----4-----2-----|--------2-----4-----2-----|

-----------------4--------|-----------------4--------|

-----4-----4-----------4--|-----4-----4-----------4--|

--2-----------------------|--2-----------------------| ---------------------

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

C#min7 Emaj7sus2

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

--------------7-----4-----|--------------7-----------|

--------4--------------4--|--------8-----------8-----|

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

--4-----------------------|--7-----------------------|

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

then go to this.

C#min7 E

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

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

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

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

--4----4---4--4-4-4--4-4-4|--7----7---7--7-7-7--7-7-7|

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

then this

Bsus4 G#min7

--0--0-0---0---0---0-0-0--|--4--4-4---4---4---4-4-4--|

--0--0-0---0---0---0-0-0--|--4--4-4---4---4---4-4-4--|

--4--4-4---4---4---4-4-4--|--4--4-4---4---4---4-4-4--|

--4--4-4---4---4---4-4-4--|--4--4-4---4---4---4-4-4--|

--2--2-2---2---2---2-2-2--|--6--6-6---6---6---6-6-6--|

--------------------------|--4--4-4---4---4---4-4-4--|

and then

Emaj N.C. Emaj N.C.

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

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

--1--------1-8/98------1-|--1--------1-8/98--------|

--2--------2------------2-|--2--------2--------------|

--2--------2-6/76------2-|--2--------2-6/76--------|

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

these riffs are heavily distorted

Rhy. Fig #1

Bsus4 G#min7

--0----0---0--0-----------|--4----4---4--4-----------|

--0----0---0--0-----------|--4----4---4--4-----------|

--4----4---4--4-----------|--4----4---4--4-----------|

--4----4---4--4-----------|--4----4---4--4-----------|

--2----2---2--2-----------|--6----6---6--6-----------|

--------------------------|--4----4---4--4-----------|

Emaj N.C. Emaj7 N.C.

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

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

--1--------1-8/98------1-|--1--------1-8/98--------|

--2--------2------------2-|--2--------2--------------|

--2--------2-6/76------2-|--2--------2-6/76--------|

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

End rhy. Fig #1

Play Rhy. Fig #1 again, but instead of playing the last measure as written,

play this.

Fill # 1

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

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

--1----1---1-13/1413-----|

--2----2---2--------------|

--2----2---2-11/1211-----|

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

For the first verse, play Rhy. Fig #1 two times and on the second time,

play Fill# 1.

After that, play this twice

C#min7 Amaj Bsus4

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

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

--6----6---6--6--6------6-|--2---2--4------------4---|

--6----6---6--6--6------6-|--2---2--4------------4---|

--4----4---4--4--4------4-|--0---0--2------------2---|

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

then play this

F#min E

--2----2----2--2--X----0--|---0------0-0-0-0-----0-0-|

--2----2----2--2--X----0--|---0------0-0-0-0-----0-0-|

--2----2----2--2--X----1--|---1------1-1-1-1-----1-1-|

--4----4----4--4--X----2--|---2------2-2-2-2-----2-2-|

--4----4----4--4--X----2--|---2------2-2-2-2-----2-2-|

--4----2----2--2--X----0--|---0------0-0-0-0-----0-0-|

and then this

F#min A

--2----2----2--2--X----0--|---0--0---0-0-0-0-----0-0-|

--2----2----2--2--X----2--|---2--2---2-2-2-2-----2-2-|

--2----2----2--2--X----2--|---2--2---2-2-2-2-----2-2-|

--4----4----4--4--X----2--|---2--2---2-2-2-2-----2-2-|

--4----4----4--4--X----0--|---0--0---0-0-0-0-----0-0-|

--2----2----2--2--X-------|--------------------------|

The x's across the board represent the beautifully innovative feedback

played there. This is accomplished by having your amp turned pretty loud;

I have a 40 watt amp, and this usually works with the volume at 4 or higher,

gain all the way up. The amp should be at about the same height as the

pickups, or you'll have to duck down until they are. Stand about one foot

away from the amp and mute all the strings with your picking hand. Try not

to cover up the pickups, since this might lessen the effect. You should

hear a high-pitched shriek from your amp that sounds close to that on the

tape. Work with your pickups until you get a good sound, Single coil pickups

work better than humbuckers, especially the middle single coil. It also

helps if the tone control on your guitar is all the way up. Two guitars

doing this at the same time will produce a good harmony like on the tape.

Practice this effect using different distances away from the amp. It should

change pitch as you move.

For the second verse, play Rhy. Fig #1 twice, and the second time, play

Riff#1

after that, play this twice

Rhy. Fig #2

Bsus2 G#min7

--0----0---0-0-0-0----0-0-|--4----4---4-4-4-4----4-4-|

--0----0---0-0-0-0----0-0-|--4----4---4-4-4-4----4-4-|

--4----4---4-4-4-4----4-4-|--4----4---4-4-4-4----4-4-|

--4----4---4-4-4-4----4-4-|--4----4---4-4-4-4----4-4-|

--2----2---2-2-2-2----2-2-|--6----6---6-6-6-6----6-6-|

--------------------------|--4----4---4-4-4-4----4-4-|

E

--0----X--0-----------0-0-|--0----X--0-----------0-0-|

--0----X--0-----------0-0-|--0----X--0-----------0-0-|

--1----X--1-----------1-1-|--1----X--1-----------1-1-|

--2----X--2-----------2-2-|--2----X--2-----------2-2-|

--2----X--2-----------2-2-|--2----X--2-----------2-2-|

--0----X--0-----------0-0-|--0----X--0-----------0-0-|

end Rhy. Fig #2

and for the rhythm under the solo, play this progression

E / Bsus4 / G#min7 / Bsus4 / C#min7 / E / A/B / F#min

and then play this chord progression clean

Bsus4 G#min7

--11-x-x-11--x-11--11-x-11-x-x-|--------------------------------|

--14-x-x-14--x-14--14-x-14-x-x-|--16--x-x-16--x-16--16-x-16-x-x-|

--11-x-x-11--x-11--11-x-11-x-x-|--13--x-x-13--x-13--13-x-13-x-x-|

--13-x-x-13--x-13--13-x-13-x-x-|--13--x-x-13--x-13--13-x-13-x-x-|

--14-x-x-14--x-14--14-x-14-x-x-|--14--x-x-14--x-14--14-x-14-x-x-|

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

E Emaj7 E Emaj7

--12-x-x-12-x-x-12-12-12--x-x-x|--12-x-x-12-x-x-12-12-12--x-x-x-|

--12-x-x-12-x-x-12-12-12--x-x-x|--12-x-x-12-x-x-12-12-12--x-x-x-|

--13-x-x-13-x-x-13-13-13--x-x-x|--13-x-x-13-x-x-13-13-13--x-x-x-|

--14-x-x-14-x-x-13-13-13--x-x-x|--14-x-x-14-x-x-13-13-13--x-x-x-|

--14-x-x-14-x-x-14-14-14--x-x-x|--14-x-x-14-x-x-14-14-14--x-x-x-|

--12-x-x-12-x-x-12-12-12--x-x-x|--12-x-x-12-x-x-12-12-12--x-x-x-|

play the first two measures again and then play this distorted

E

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

-------------------------------|-5/7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9/0-0-0-0/1-1-1|

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

2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|-2/4-4-4-4/6-6-6-6/7-7-7-7/9-9-9|

2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|--------------------------------|

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

The last bar is the lead guitar, the rythm keeps on playing the E. When

The top line of tab goes to 0, this is the 10th fret.(1=11th fret)

Play Rhythm Fig. #2 twice, but instead of playing the last measure on the

second time, play this

Fill # 2

A

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

--2----2----2--2-----2---------|

--2----2----2--2-----2---------|

--2----2----2--2-----2---------|

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

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

then play this progression twice

Bsus4/ G#min7 / E / E

but the lead guitar plays this on the last bar of the second time

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

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

--9/11-11-11-11/13-13-13-13/14-14-14-14/16-16-16-|

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

--7/9--9--9--9-/11-11-11-11/12-12-12-12/14-14-14-|

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

then play Rhy. Fig #2 once with Fill # 2 on the third measure.

then play this

Bsus4 G#min7

--0----0---0-0-0-0----0-0-|--4----4---4-4-4-4----4-4-|

--0----0---0-0-0-0----0-0-|--4----4---4-4-4-4----4-4-|

--4----4---4-4-4-4----4-4-|--4----4---4-4-4-4----4-4-|

--4----4---4-4-4-4----4-4-|--4----4---4-4-4-4----4-4-|

--2----2---2-2-2-2----2-2-|--6----6---6-6-6-6----6-6-|

--------------------------|--4----4---4-4-4-4----4-4-|

E

--0----X--0------X----|--0----X--0---------------|

--0----X--0------X----|--0----X--0---------------|

--1----X--1------X----|--1----X--1---------------|

--2----X--2------X----|--2----X--2---------------|

--2----X--2------X----|--2----X--2---------------|

--0----X--0------X----|--0----X--0---------------|

hold out the E and slowly fade out and then come in with this

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

--------2----4-----2----|--------2-----4-----2----|

----------------4-------|-----------------4-------|

-----4-----4----------4-|-----4-----4-----------4-|

--2---------------------|--2----------------------|

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

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

-------------7-----4----|--------------7----------|

--------4-------------4-|--------8-----------8----|

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

--4---------------------|--7----------------------|

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

repeat again and then fade out.

Solos:

This is the intro solo

second measure

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

-------------------2-4-4|-b/5--b4p2--------2h4---|------------------------|

--2/4------------4------|-----------------------4-|-1---/4-----------------|

------------------------|-------------------------|--------2---/4----------|

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

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

second measure

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

------------------------|-5b4-2-4-2h4p2---7-------|------------------------|

--2/4-------------------|---------------4-------4-|------------------------|

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

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

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

A.H.------------------|

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

--7---5-4-5-4---2h4p2---|-------------------------|-7-5-4-5-4-2-4-2---2---2|

----------------------4-|-/6---/8-1--------------|-----------------4---4--|

------------------------|--------------/4---------|------------------------|

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

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

A.H. ----------------| N.H

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

--/4--------------b/7b-|--7----------------------|--7---------------------|

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

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

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

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

this is the second solo

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

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

--9/11-11-11-11/13-13-13-13/14-14-14-14/16-16-16-|

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

--7/9--9--9--9-/11-11-11-11/12-12-12-12/14-14-14-|

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

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

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

--16--16-1413/14--13--11/13--|-8----b/9---8-64-64-|

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

--14--14-1211/12--11---9/11--|-6----b/7---6-42-42-|

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

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

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

--------------86-95--|--6---/84------------|------------------|

--4---4-4/6/7----------|--------------4/6-4/6-|-6---/9-2---------|

--------------64-62--|--4---/62------------|------------------|

--2---2-2/4/5----------|--------------2/4-2/4-|-4---/7-0---------|

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

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

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

--7----64/64-9----7p62-|--11----------------|

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

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

this is the closing solo

second measure

-----------------|------------------|--4h2----/7--------|

-----------------|--5h4---7--------|--------5----------|

--2h4------------|------4-----------|------4------------|

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

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

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

------4-4h7p4-4-------------|---------------------------|-----------------|

----------------7-5-7-5-4-5-|--4-2-4-2-7---5----5p4h5/7-|-----7b97-5h7p5-|

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

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

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

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

Fade out

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

--4--h5-----------|

--------4---------|

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

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

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

Here are the lyrics

Fool enough to almost be it

Cool enough to not quite see it, doomed

Pick your pocket full of sorrow

And run away with me tommorow, gone

We'll try to ease the pain, somehow

Feel the same way

No one knows where our secrets go

I'll send my heart to all my dearies

When your love is so, so dreary, dream

I'm rumored to the the straight and narrow

While the harlots of my perils scream

And I fail, but when I can, I will

Try to understand that when I can, I will

Mother weeped the years I'm missing

All the time can't be given back

Shut my mouth and strike the demons

Cursed you and your reasons

Out of hand and out of season

Out of love and out of feeling

So bad but when I can, I will

Words define the plans

But when I can, I will

Fool enough to almost be it

Cool enough to not quite see it

Told enough to always feel it

Always old I always feel it

No more promise, no more sorrow

No longer will I follow

Can anybody hear me, I just want to be me

When I can, I will

Try to understand that when I can, I will

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