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From: Brian McCall
Suffer -- Smashing Pumpkins off of the Gish album.
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This is as close as I can get. I hope it helps out a little to
everybody. Any corrections are welcome to the above address.
Legend:
> upstroke $
[ downstroke $
fb full bend $ } I dunno the term for this so just
fbr full bend-release $ } play the chord a little slower
hb half bend $ } than stiking it normally.
p pull-off $
h hammer-on
Drum intro...
Intro:
*1
Guitar 1
>
|-$0----------------------------0---------------------------------
|-$3----------------------------3---------------------------------
|-$2------9----------------9fbr-2------9----------------9fbr------
|-$0----7---------8p7----7------0----7---------8p7----7-----------
|-$0----------------------------0---------------------------------
|-$---------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar 2
|---------0----------------0-----------0----------------0---------
|--3------3-X-X-X-3--------3----3------3-X-X-X-3--------3---------
|--3p2----2-X-X-X-3p2------2----3p2----2-X-X-X-3p2------2---------
|--0------0-X-X-X-0--------0----0------0-X-X-X-0--------0---------
|--0----0-0-X-X-X-0------0-0----0----0-0-X-X-X-0------0-0---------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar 3
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
Repeat *1 with lyrics then:
*2
Both Guitars:
...saying you're seeing, you're ... are
|--0-------------------0---0---------------0----------------0----
|--1---------------------1-1--------3------3-X-X-X-3--------3----
|--0-----------------------0--------3p2----2-X-X-X-3p2------2----
|--2-----------------------2--------0------0-X-X-X-0--------0----
|--3-----------------------3--------0----0-0-X-X-X-0------0-0----
|----------------------------------------------------------------
^^back to parts of *1 here^^
...meaning is cleaning the meaning of who you are..
|--0-------------------0---0-------------------------------------
|--1---------------------1-1-------------------3-----------------
|--0-----------------------0-------------------2-----------------
|--2-----------------------2-------------------0-----------------
|--3-----------------------3-------------------0-----------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
*3
Both Guitars:
[>[
|--5----5------5----5-----3-----3---333--------------------------
|--5----5-XXXX-5----5-----3-----3---333--------------------------
|--7----7-XXXX-5----5-XXX-5-----5---555--------------------------
|--7----7-XXXX-7--7-7-XXX-5-----5---555--------------------------
|--5----5-XXXX-5--5-5-XXX-3--3--3---333--------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
Repeat *3 4 times
Play *1 and *2 (the song again) then the break (*4).
*4
Guitar 1 (med. fast flanger):
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/smashing_pumpkins/suffer_tab.html ]
Too late... ...me
|--------------------2-----------------------2-----------------2----
|--------3-------------0---------3-------------0---------3-----0---2
|------0---0-------0-----0-----0---0-------0-----0-----0---0---0---3
|----2-------2---0-----------2-------2---0-----------2-------2-0---0
|--3-----------2-----------3-----------2-----------3-----------2---0
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
*5
Guitar 1:
> > etc... until.. [
|-$0---------$0-----------------------------------------2--------
|-$3---------$3---------------------------------------3-3-----3--
|-$2---------$2---------------------------------------2-2-----2--
|-$0---------$0---------------------------------------0-0-----0--
|-$0---------$0---------------------------------------0-0-----0--
|----------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar 2 (flanger again): etc... until..
|---------------------2---------------2--------------7-----------
|-------------------3--------------------------------------------
|-----------------2---------------2--------------2---------------
|-------0--------------------------------------------------------
|-----0----------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
*6
Guitar 2 continues *5 and Guitar 1 repeats a Dsus2 with a few
variations... Recorder enters here.
etc...
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-------------------------------------------
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
*7
After recorder stops, Guitar 1 stays on that D and adds a C and a G.
Guitar 2 jumps around a Dsus2 also:
Guitar 1:
D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D C G G
|--0-----------------------------------------------0------3---3--
|--3-----------------------------------------------1-XXXX-3---3--
|--2-----------------------------------------------0-XXXX-0---0--
|--0-----------------------------------------------2-XXXX-0---0--
|--0-----------------------------------------------3-XXXX-X---X--
|---------------------------------------------------------3---3--
Guitar 2:
|----------0---------------0---------------0-------0------3---3--
|------3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-1-XXXX-3---3--
|----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2---0-XXXX-0---0--
|--0---------------0---------------0---------------2-XXXX-0---0--
|--------------------------------------------------3-XXXX-X---X--
|---------------------------------------------------------3-3-3--
Guitar 2 repeats *7 twice then Both change to:
*8
D D D D D D D D
|--0---------------0------3-----3--------------------------------
|--3---------------1-XXXX-3-----3--------------------------------
|--2---------------0-XXXX-0-----0--------------------------------
|--0---------------2-XXXX-0-----0--------------------------------
|--0---------------3-XXXX-X-----X--------------------------------
|-------------------------3---3-3--------------------------------
*8 repeats 4 times, the fourth time without the last 2 Gs.
The song ends in a dreamy riff not too unlike *4. I haven't tabbed
it out but I know it starts out like *4 with a few extra notes and
variations. I hope this helps out. Thanks...
--Brian
"...I do it for the kicks, man...the kicks."
--You do it for cereal?!?!
-MST3K
