XYU BY THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
FROM THE ALBUM "MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS"
TUNED DOWN 1/2 STEP (Gb, Db, Ab, Eb)
FIRST RIFF:
G-----|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D-----|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A-----|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----|--18--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--14--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--18--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
G-----|------------------|
D-----|------------------|
A-----|------------------|
E-----|--14-14-14-15-17--|
SECOND RIFF:
G-----|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D-----|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A-----|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----|--14--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--14--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--14--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
G-----|-------------------|
D-----|-------------------|
A-----|-------------------|
E-----|--14--14-14-15-17--|
INTERLUDE:
G-----|-----|
D-----|-----|
A-----|-----| (YES, ONLY ONE NOTE; PLAY IT CONTINOUSLY)
E-----|--3--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/smashing_pumpkins/xyu_btab.html ]
THIRD RIFF (MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB):
G-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----|--2-0-0-0--6-0-0-0--2-0-0--2\3-3--2-0-0-0--6-0-0-0--2-0-0--2\3-6-----|
FOURTH RIFF (ENDING)
G-----|-------------------------------------|
D-----|-------------------------------------|
A-----|-------------------------------------|
E-----|--2--0-0-0--6-0-6-0--2-0-0-0--2-6-0--|
WHEN TO PLAY THE PARTS, IN ORDER:
(REPEAT EACH ONE HOWEVER MANY TIMES YOU NEED TO)
INTRO: WAIT, THEN RIFF 1
VERSE: RIFF 1
CHORUS (AND I SAY...): RIFF 1
INTERLUDE (NO ONE SHOULD COME BETWEEN US)
VERSE: RIFF 2
CHORUS (RA-TA-TAT...): RIFF 1
INTERLUDE ('CAUSE YOU'RE ALL MINE...)
VERSE (KA-BOOM...): RIFF 1
INTERLUDE (I AM MADE OF SHAMROCKS...)
CHORUS (AND I SAY...): RIFF 1
INTERLUDE
VERSE 2 (MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB...): RIFF 3
BRIDGE (AND IN THE EYES...): RIFF 1, FASTER AND FASTER
ENDING: RIFF 4
TRANSCRIBED BY JÉRÔME MELANÇON
n.riopel@sympatico.ca
