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S M A S H I N G P U M P K I N S
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T H E B O Y
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THE AEROPLANE FLIES HIGH
[1979 Single]
(c) Virgin Records (1996)
http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/
Tune Down a 1/2 Step, then Drop D
C# G# C# F#
Tempo = 66 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
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Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com
Version 1.0
20th January 2011
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Tablature Symbols Used:
(/) - Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)
\ - Slide Down to/Down From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
/ - Slide Up To/Up From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
REST - Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space
|_[1,2,3] - Alternative Endings
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Part 1: Guitars 1, 2 & 3 [ Time 00:00 - 00:40 ]
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[ Rest for 6 bars ]
||-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------------10--------10-----|
||-------------------5-5-|--5--5--5-(5/9)-10--10-----10-10----10 /|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|------14--14-14-----------10--10-10-10---|
|--14------14-14-14\10--10-----10-10-10-0-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-----5--5--------------10--------10----|
|--5-------(5/9)-10--10-----10-10----10/|
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------14--14-14-----------10--------------||
|--14------14-14-14\10--10----10-10-9--7-7-||
Allow the notes on the E and A strings to bleed together
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Part 2: [ Time 00:40 - 01:06 ]
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||-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----2---------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||--7--7--7-7--9--9-9--9-9-(9\5)-|--2-----(2/7)h9-10--10-10--10-9--(9\7)-|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--7--7--7-7--9--9-9--9-9-(9\5)-|--2--2--(2/7)h9-10--10-10-10-10-10-10 \ |
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/smashing_pumpkins/the_boy_btab_ver_3.html ]
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|--2--2--(2/7)h9-10--10-10--10-9 \ |
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--7----7-7--10--10--10--10-10 / ||
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Part 3: Guitars 1, 2 & 3 [ Time 01:06 - 01:26 ]
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Repeat Part 1 twice, replacing the last bar with the following
|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------14--14-14-----------------|---------------------------|
|--14------14-14-14 \10----------|--(10)-----10-10-10--------|
| |---------------| |
|2|---------------|4|
|/|---------------|/|
|4|-(10)------7-7-|4|
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Part 4: Guitars 1, 2 & 3 [ Time 01:26 - 01:55 ]
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||-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-----2---------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||--7--7--7-7--9--9-9--9-9-(9\5)-|--2-----(2/7)h9-10--10-10--10-9--(9\7)-|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--7--7--7-7--9--9-9--9-9-(9\5)-|--2--2--(2/7)h9-10--10-10-10-10-10-10 \ |
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-0--10--10-10--(10/12)-12-(12\9)-|-5--5--5-(5/7)-9--9-9--9-9-9-9-9-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--10--10--10-10-(10/12)--12-12--12-12-12-12-|
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--14-14-14-14-14-12-(12\10)--10-10--10-12--12\7\5-||
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Part 5: [ Time 01:55 - 02:25 ]
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Repeat Part 1 four times
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Part 6: [ Time - 02:25 - 03:05 ]
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Repeat Part 1 four times, replacing the last bar with the following:
|--------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|------14----14-14---10----------|--(10)-------------|--(10)-------------||
|--14--14-14-14-14-0-10----------|--(10)-------------|--(10)-------------||
Hold the last notes until fade.
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End
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Tab summary: Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
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