Smashing Pumpkins - Silver*** guitar tab
"Silver***" by Smashing Pumpkins
Siamese Dream
tabbed by: Ric Hellems
Standard Drop D
guitar 1: billy
guitar 2: james
intro: guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------|12x
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|---7--------7----------------------------|
D|---7--------7--6*-6*-6*-6*-6*-6*-6*-6*---|
A|---5--0--0--5--6*-6*-6*-6*-6*-6*-6*-6*---|
D|------0--0-----6*-6*-6*-6*-6*-6*-6*-6*---|
all the *s are harmonics(you pretty much just hold your middle finger over the 6th fret
and scratch)
guitar 2 hits this chord
|--------------|1x
|--------------|wait till guitar 1 plays intro 4x then go
|---7~~~~~-----|
|---7~~~~~-----|
|---5~~~~~-----|goes to feedback
|---0~~~-------|
intro: both guitars 4x
guitar 2 plays intro 12x
while guitar 2 plays intro 12x guitar 1 plays
|------------------|1x-----------|1x--|
|------------------|-------------|----|
|--11-12-11-12-16~-|--11-12-11-12|-16-|strum this
|------------------|-------------|----|note really
|--9--10-9--10-14~-|--9--10-9--10|-14-|fast
|--0--0--0--0--0~~-|--0--0--0--0-|-0--|
intro: both guitars 4x
outintro: both guitars
|-----------|1x
|-----------|
|---7b------|
|------0~---|Feedback then
|---5b-0~---|stop abruptly
|------0~---|
bass and drums still playing
chorus: both guitars
|--------------------------|7x
|--------------------------|
|---7--7-7-x---------------|
|---7--7-7-x-5--5-5-5-x----|
|---5--5-5-x-5--5-5-5-x----|
|----------x-5--5-5-5-x----|
post chorus: both guitars
|-----------------|1x
|-----------------|
|---7--7-7-x------|
|---7--7-7-x-5~~--|
|---5--5-5-x-5~~--|
|----------x-5~~--|
intro: both guitars 4x
intro: guitar 2 16x
while guitar 2 plays intro 16x guitar 1 plays this
|--------------|4x----|16x---|16x---------------------------------------------|2x
|--------------|------|------|------------------------------------------------|
|--11-12-11-12-|--16--|--17--|---19------19--19*-19*-19*-19*-19*-19*-19*-19*--|
|--------------|------|------|------------------------------------------------|
|--9--10-9--10-|--14--|--15--|---17------17--17*-17*-17*-17*-17*-17*-17*-17*--|
|--0--0--0--0--|--0---|--0---|------0--0--------------------------------------|
scratch the harmonics(*)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--21------21--21*-21*-21*-21*-21*-21*-21*-21*--21------21-21-21-21b-21b-21b-21b-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--19------19--19*-19*-19*-19*-19*-19*-19*-19*--19------19-19-19-19b-19b-19b-19b-|
|-----0--0-----------------------------------------0--0--------------------------|
scratch harmonics again(*)
|----------------------|4x
|----------------------|
|-7--7-x-x-7b9--7-7-5~-|
|-7--7-x-x-------------|
|-5--5-x-x-------------|
|----------------------|
post intro: both guitars
|---------------------------------------------|1x
|---------------------------------------------|
|--7~--------------7~----------7~-------7~----|
|--7~--0~-----0~---7~-----0~---7~--0~---7~----|
|--5~--0~-----0~---5~-----0~---5~--0~---5~----|
|------0~-----0~----------0~-------0~---------|
guitar 2: nothing
solo 1: Guitar 1
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5~~~-4h5-2~-2h4-2~~--4-5~--4h5-2~~-2h4-2~~-----7~~~~~~~~~~~--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
everything stops, just bass
guitar 2 while billy says "i feel no pain" the 1st time (faintly in the background)
|-----------------|
|-----------------|(echo effect is used)
|-----------------|
|--4~--2~--4~-----|the notes correspond
|--------------5~-|with the lyrics below
|-----------------|
"i feel no pain"
after all of the "i feel no pain"s
|--x-----x------------------x----x-----x--------------x-----x----|
|--x-----x------------------x----x-----x-----15-17----x-----x----|
|--11~~--14~~--12h14-11~----11~--14~---19~------------11~---14~--|
|--x-----x------------------x----x-----x--------------x-----x----|
|--9~~~--12~~---------------9~~--12~---17~------------9~~---12~--|
|--x-----x------------------x----x-----x--------------x-----x----|
gutiar 2 while billy's saying "she was my lover"
|--------------------|4x
|--------------------|
|--11~--9-11--7-14~--|
|--x------------x----|this is kind of more off of the
|--9~~----------12~--|live version of this song
|--------------------|
guitar 2 billy says "when u lie in your bed"
|-----------------------------------------------------|4x
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-5/9-------------5b~~~~-------5b~~~~--------9b10~~~--|(echo effect)
|-----------------------------------------------------|
guitar 1
|--------------------|1x
|--------------------|
|---14~--------------|you can barely hear this
|-------12~----------|(echo effect)
|-----------12~------|
|---------------0~---|
then the reversed reverb "bang bang your dead, whole in your head"(no guitar)4x
then bust into
chorus: both guitars 7x
post chorus: both guitars 1x
guitar 2 plays intro 8x
Outro 1: guitar 1 while guitar 2 plays intro
|---------------------------------------------|1x-------------------------------------------|1x
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|11------11--11*-11*-11*-11*-11*-11*-11*-11*--|12-------12--12*-12*-12*-12*-12*-12*-12*-12*-|
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|9-------9---9*--9*--9*--9*--9*--9*--9*--9*---|10-------10--10*-10*-10*-10*-10*-10*-10*-10*-|
|---0--0--------------------------------------|---0--0--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|2x
|---------------------------------------------|
|14------14--14*-14*-14*-14*-14*-14*-14*-14*--|
|---------------------------------------------|
|12------12--12*-12*-12*-12*-12*-12*-12*-12*--|
|---0--0--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|1x-------------------------------------------|1x
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|11------11--11*-11*-11*-11*-11*-11*-11*-11*--|12-------12--12*-12*-12*-12*-12*-12*-12*-12*-|
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|9-------9---9*--9*--9*--9*--9*--9*--9*--9*---|10-------10--10*-10*-10*-10*-10*-10*-10*-10*-|
|---0--0--------------------------------------|---0--0--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|2x
|---------------------------------------------|
|14------14--14*-14*-14*-14*-14*-14*-14*-14*--|
|---------------------------------------------|
|12------12--12*-12*-12*-12*-12*-12*-12*-12*--|
|---0--0--------------------------------------|
outro 2: both guitars
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--7-----7-----7------7-------------------------------|you can hit open more times
|--7--0--7--0--7--0---7---0----0---0---0--0--0-0~~~~~-|if you want... then
screw around with
|--5--0--5--0--5--0---5---0----0---0---0--0--0-0~~~~~-|a toy gun that makes
noises thru your
|-----0-----0-----0-------0----0---0---0--0--0-0~~~~~-|pickups
"alright this take, we dont give a ***"
i dont know why i put this but you can hear it
|--2----2--3--2--3/5------|
|--3----------------------|
|--2----------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
