Smashing Pumpkins

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

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

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

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