ZERO - By Smashing Pumpkins as performed at one of the
==== Double Door shows.
Tabbed by Brian McCall
All guitars tuned to Eb (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
*1
G1 (G2 enters later) Distortion
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|-5-\4-4---------5-5\4-4---------5-\4-4---------5-3\4-4--------
|-X--X-X---------X-X-X-X---------X--X-X---------X---X-X--------
|-3-\2-2---------3-3\2-2---------3-\2-2---------3-3\2-2--------
|--------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0
^-----^ ^-----^ ^-----^ ^-----^
harmonics* harm. harm. harm.
* These harmonics are produced by lightly applying your index
finger to the low E and gradually sliding from around fret 1.75
to 4 or so. A good way of looking at this is letting your finger
touch the E while setting back up for the C octave chord.
*2
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|-9-----11----9-----12----11\7--7-------
|-X-----X-----X-----X-----X-----X-------
|-7-----9-----7-----10----9-\5--5-------
|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---------------
^repeat
Put in Es (|022100| or |079900|) in the part that goes:
"Emptiness is lovliness and\Lovliness is cleanliness and\
Cleanliness is godliness and\God is empty just like me."
*3 (after slide and under solo)
G2
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------5-5\4-4-------------------------5-5\4-4--------
|---------------X-X---X-------------------------X-X---X--------
|-3-2---2-------3-3\2-2---------3-3-2---2-------3-3\2-2--------
|-----3---0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-------3---0-0-0---------0-0-0-0
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|-3-3-2---2-------2-3-2-2--------------------------------------
|-------3---0-2-3---------0-0-0-0-...and so on-----------------
*4 (You blame yourself...)
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|-9-----9-----9-----9-----11---12------------------------------
|-X-----X-----X-----X-----X----X-------------------------------
|-7-----7-----7-----7-----9----10------------------------------
|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0----0----0----------------------------
^repeat
at the end of this riff G2 plays:
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|-9-9-9-111111121212-------------------------------------------
|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--------------------------------------------
|-7-7-7-9-9-9-101010-------------------------------------------
|-------------------....on up----------------------------------
Those high sceams (like the end of the above) are the high E on the 24th
fret (it's james on his V or flood in the production room).
then repeat *1 and that's Zero!
-==-=--==-
Correction on ZERO
From DANNY WARREN (WARREND@IHS.ISSAQUAH.WEDNET.EDU)
This sound better that what was previousely posted
Harmonics...........
e:-------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------|
A:-3\2-2-------------------------|
E:---------3--3.75--4--4.75--5---|
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Lay your finger on the third and slide up to the fifth
=-=--==-=-=-=-=-=-
Zero - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Transcribed by Adam Morris
I haven't seen this tabbed yet, so here it is.
1/2 step down
* above note means harmonics. If 2.5 is written that means
that you place your finger RIGHT in the middle of the third
fret.
Practice may be needed to get the right sound out of these
harmonics, but I assure you..they are correct.
Main Riff
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-5-4-4-------------------5-5-4-4---------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2-2--*----*----*---*--3-3-2-2--*----*----*---*---|
|-------2.25-2.75-3.5-4.5---------2.25-2.75-3.5-4.5--|
VERSE 1
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-5-4-4---------5-5-4-4-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-3-2-2---------3-3-2-2------------------------------|
|-------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0----------------------|
CHORUS
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----9----11-----9-----12-----9/11--7--/------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----7-----9-----7-----10-----7/-9--5--/------------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0----0-0-----------------------|
VERSE2 - Same as VERSE 1 but with the harmonics as well.
Then main riff for a while.
"Emptiness is loneliness..."
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--9-9-9-----9-9-9-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-----7-7-7-----------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-----0-0-0-----------------------------------|
Weird solo thingy
It stops..then this pick slide thingy from about the 14th
fret.
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--x-\-----------------------------------------------|
|--x-\-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
Main riff simile all through this bit.
2 and 3 on the low E string every now and then.
Then it goes to this
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9/11--7--/-------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7/-9--5--/-------------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0----0-0-----------------------|
That is pretty much it. Please send me comments and
corrections. benmo@deakin.edu.au