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
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|--11--11-11-14-11\9---------------------------|
|---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
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|--11--11-11-14-11\9---------------------------|
|---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
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|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-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--------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-\-5-5-|--------------------0--0--------------------|
Resume Riff 1, with 1st solo:
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|--------9fbfr-9h11------------9fb~~fr--|
|--11~~~~(11)------9fb~~fr-9h11---------|
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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--7/10-10-10-10\7-7-7\5--|
|---------------------|-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--9/12-12-12-12\9-9-9\7--|
|-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:
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|-12hb-12-10-13~--13-13-13-12-10h12---10fbfr----10--|
|----------------------------------12--------12-----|
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|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------9-9hb~----------------------------------------------|
|-12hb-12-10-13~------------------------13---13-13-13-13---------------|
|-----------------------------6-7-9-7-6--------------------------------|
|--------------------------/7-----------10---10-10-10-10-10\9-9-9-9\7--|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/smashing_pumpkins/drown_tab.html ]
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|--------------------------------13---13-13-13-13-12~---------|
|---------------------6-7-9-7-6------------------------9fb----|
|-7-7-7/9\7\5-5-5--/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
lees@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
Return-Path: <@QUCDN.QUEENSU.CA:3EV1@QUCDN.QUEENSU.CA>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 94 20:49:19 EDT
Subject: Correction for Drown.tab, Smashing Pumpkins
To: guitar@NEVADA.EDU
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----11-11/14-14\11-----------------------
|---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--17-17-17\16-16-16\14-14-14/16\12--12-------
|------11-12--14-12-11---------------------------------------------------
|--12---------------------15--15-15-15\14-14-14\12-12-12/14\10--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.
From: Van Vekris <3EV1@QUCDN.QUEENSU.CA>
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----11-11/14-14\11-----------------------
|---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--17-17-17\16-16-16\14-14-14/16\12--12-------
|------11-12--14-12-11---------------------------------------------------
|--12---------------------15--15-15-15\14-14-14\12-12-12/14\10--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.
