Artist: Smashing Pumpkins
Song: Mayonaise
Album: Siamese Dream
Tuning: Guitar 1 - Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb
Guitar 2 - Eb,Bb,Bb,D,Bb,Eb
Transcribed by Xombie Von Doom
Email: xombiumstar@yahoo.com
NOTES: The tuning for guitar two is a custom tuning created by James Iha specifically
this song. Siamese Dream is crammed to the hilt with state-of-the-art sound and effect
pioneered by BIlly and James.
EQUIPMENT NOTES: The very unique sound that is Siamese Dream was accomplished through
identical 1986 100-watt Marshall halfstacks. To get the thick, crunchy sound on the
channel, the pre-gain is turned all the way down and the post-gain acts as the master
"Once we got it how we wanted it to sound, we marked the spot on the amps and kept
that way."
The extreme heavy and unparalleled fuzz distortion from the album was created using a
Double Fuzz, two CreamyDreamer Sustain Punch pedals, and a Big Muff "Pi" pedal (pre-recall).
Intro (clean, bright tone)
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------4-------|---------7----4---|-----4----7~--4---|
|--------------4---|-----4------4---4-|---4---4--------4-|
|------4-----4---4-|---6---6----------|------------4-----|
|----4---4---------|-4----------------|-7----------------|
|-7----------------|------------------|------------------|
x2
Intro Solo (clean w/studio flange)
|------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------|------2-4b6r4---------------------------|
|-2/4~-------------|-2-4-----------1~-1/4-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------2~---2/4---------|
|------------------|--------------------------------2~------|
|------------------|----------------------------------------|
Fig. I (continued)
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|----------4-------|---------7----4---|------4---7~--4---o-|
|--------------4---|-----4------4---4-|----4---4-------4---|
|------4-----4---4-|---6---6----------|------------4-------|
|----4---4---------|-4----------------|-7----------------o-|
|-7----------------|------------------|--------------------|
x2
Intro Solo (cont'D)
|----------------------------------------2~----------|
|--------------------4b7b4--2/4--2h4p2------5--------|
|--2/4~--------------------------------4-----4~------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
Fig. II (Gtr.1 Rhythm Chords)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8--8-8-8--8--8-8--8-8-8-8---11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11-11-|
|--6--6-6-6--6--6-6--6-6-6-6---9---9--9--9---9---9--9---9--9--9--9--|
|--4--4-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-4---7---7--7--7---7---7--7---7--7--7--7--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
x2
Intro Solo (continued)
|--------------------------------------------|
|-/7--5-4-5-4~--2h4p2------------------------|
|---------------------4--4/6--6/8------------|
|---------------------------------6~--2/4\2--|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-/8-9----9-8---9-8----9-8--9-/11~--12b14-(r12)--|
|------11-----9-----11---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Fig. II (continued)
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0--0--0--0---0---0--0---0--0--0--0------------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8---8---8--8---8--8--8--8---4--4-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-4--|
|--11-11-11-11--11--11-11--11-11-11-11--8--8-8-8--8--8-8--8-8-8-8--|
|--9--9--9--9---9---9--9---9--9--9--9---6--6-6-6--6--6-6--6-6-6-6--|
|--7--7--7--7---7---7--7---7--7--7--7---4--4-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-4--|
Intro Solo (final)
|-----------------------------------|---14~---------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--11~------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/smashing_pumpkins/mayonaise_tab_ver_5.html ]
Gtr.I Gtr.II
|-----0--------------0----------|-----0--0-0-0-----0--0-0-0-----|
|--0--0-----------0--0----------|--0--0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-----|
|--1--1---9/10\9--1--1--9/10\9--|--4--4--8-9-8--4--4--8-9-8-----|
|--2--2-----------2--2----------|--0--0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-----|
|--2------7/8-\7--2-----7/8-\7--|--0------------0---------------|
|--0--------------0-------------|--0------------0---------------|
Gtr.I - Verse (heavily distorted)
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4--4-4-4--4--4--4-4--4-4------------------------------------|
|-4--4-4-4--4--4--4-4--4-4---6--6-6-6--6--6--6-6--6-6---2--2--|
|-2--2-2-2--2--2--2-2--2-2---6--6-6-6--6--6--6-6--6-6---2--2--|
|-2--2-2-2--2--2--2-2--2-2---4--4-4-4--4--4--4-4--4-4---0--0--|
"Fool enough to almost be it"
"Cool enough to not quite see it.."
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-------9/10\9-------------9/10\9--|
|--2-2----------2--2--2-2----------|
|--2-2--7/8-\7--2--2--2-2--7/8-\7--|
|--0-0----------0--0--0-0----------|
"Doomed..."
Gtr.II - Verse (acoustic)
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--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--6-6-6-6---3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3-3-3-3---4--4--|
|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0---0--0--|
|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7-7-7-7---4--4-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-4---0--0--|
|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7-7-7-7---4--4-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-4---0--0--|
|-------0-0-0-------------0-0-0--|
|--0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0--0-0-0--|
|--4-4--8-9-8--4--4--4-4--8-9-8--|
|--0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0--0-0-0--|
|--0-0---------0--0--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--6--6-6-6--6--6-6--6-6-6-6--2--2--|
|-2--2-2-2--2--2-2--2-2-2-2--6--6-6-6--6--6-6--6-6-6-6--2--2--|
|----------------------------4--4-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-4--0--0--|
"I'll pick your pocket full of sorrow"
"And run away with me tomorrow - "
|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------10/11\10--|
|-------9/10\9----------------------|
|--2-2----------2--2--2-2--7/8-\7---|
|--2-2--7/8-\7--2--2--2-2-----------|
|--0-0----------0--0--0-0-----------|
"June..."
Verse (continued)
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-6~-6--6-6-6--6--------------------6--6--6-6--8--4------|
|-6~-6--6-6-6--6--2--2--2-2-2--2-2--6--6--6-6--8--4-(4)--|
|-4~-4--4-4-4--4--2--2--2-2-2--2-2--4--4--4-4--6--2-(2)--|
|-----------------0--0--0-0-0--0-0-----------------------|
"Try -- to ease the pain, somehow" ^feedback
"Try to feel the same, but"
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--------4-(4)-4-4-(4)-------------------|
|--------4--4--4-4--4--------------------|
|-2/4\2--2--2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2-2--2-2--|
|--------2--2--2-2--2--0--0--0-0-0--0-0--|
"No one knows"
"Just where our sec-rets go"
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-4--4--4-4-----2--2--2--2-2--2-2-2-2--|
|-2--2--2-2--6--0--0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--|
|-2--2--2-2--4-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------(0)------------(0)-----------------------------|
|-----------(8)------------(8)-----------------------------|
|-11--11-11-11--11--11-11--11--11-11--8--8--8-8--8-8--8-8--|
|--9---9--9--9---9---9--9---9---9--9--6--6--6-6--6-6--6-6--|
|--7---7--7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7--4--4--4-4--4-4--4-4--|
"And I -- fail --"
|------------------------------------|
|--------------*---------------------|
|----*---------*---------------------|
|-2--*--2---2-----2--(2-2-2-2-2-2-2)-|
|-2-----2---0-----0--(0-0-0-0-0-0-0)-|
|-0-----0----------------------------|
Bridge (Rhythm)
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9-9-9-9--2--2-2-2--2--2-2--2-2-2-2--|
|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7-7-7-7--0--0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9-9-9-11-11-1111-11-11---4--4--4-4--4--6--7~--|
|--7--7--7-7-7--9--9--9-9--9--9---2--2--2-2--2--4--5~--|
I'm in the process of finishing this tab. Sorry for the cut off. If anybody has any
variations of the bridge or solo, please let me know so I can release this tab in its
without a problem. Enjoy.
