"I Am One"
by Billy Corgan & James Iha
From Gish,"I Am One" (U.K), "I Am One" 10" & "I Am One" 7"
Standard Tuning (E A D G B E)
Opening:
Billy & James:
--------------------0---------------------0-----------------
--------0--------0-----------0--------0---------------------
--3---3----3--3--------3--3-----3--3------------------------
--4--------4-----------4--------4---------------------------
--4--------4-----------4--------4---------------------------
--2--------0-----------2--------0---------------------------
Intro/Verse Figure
Billy:
F# A F# A
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--11-X--11--X-11--11--14--11-X--11--X--11--11--14-----------
--11-X--11--X-11--11--14--11-X--11--X--11--11--14-----------
--11-X--11--X-11--11--14--11-X--11--X--11--11--14-----------
--9--X--9---X-9---9---12--9--X--9---X--9---9---12-----------
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James:
F#5 A5 F#5 A5
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-4-----4------4---4---7--4------4------4--4---7-------------
-4-----4------4---4---7--4------4------4--4---7-------------
-2--0--2---0--2---2---5--2---0--2---0--2--2---5-------------
While James continues with the Intro/Verse Figure Billy
plays a little solo:
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--4b--------------------------------------------------------
--4b------2-------------------2--4b-2----2h4b--2------------
------2h4----2------------2h4----------4----------4---------
---------------------2h4------------------------------------
---------------0h2------------------------------------------
Intro/Verse figure for the Verse (Of Course)
Chorus Figure:
Billy & James:
C5 D5
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----------------------------13--13--------------------------
-----------------------------X---X------------------12--14--
----------------------------11--11------------------12--14--
--12p-0-0-12p-0-0--12p-0-0---------12p-0-0-12p-0-0--10--12--
Back to opening part.
James starts to play the Intro/Verse figure while Billy does
another fill in:
---9------------------------------------12b---12b-----------
------12p10--9----------------------------------------------
-----------------12v--10p9----------------------------------
-------------------------------12--10-----------------------
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Intro/Verse Figure
Chorus Figure
For the “still don’t you just want to” play the Intro/Verse
figure
Part leading up to the solo:
James: the A chords are Billy
A A A
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-------------------7----------------------------------------
-----7--6--7--7h9-----9--7h9p7--6--7--9-7---6-------7--6----
--7----------------------------------------------7----------
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A
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-----------7--------------------------7-----7--8------------
---7--7h9-----9--9--7h9p7---6--7---9----9-------------------
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Double solo:
Billy: (left channell)
---14b-----------------------------------------17b----------
---14b--14v-------------------------------------------------
-------------16--14--14h16--16b--14------14-----------------
-------------------------------------16---------------------
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James: (right channel)
--9b------------12h15p12--12-----------15------17b----------
------12p10-------------------15---12-----------------------
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Billy:
----19b---19p17---21b------14h1714--------------------------
-------------------------------------16p14------------------
--------------------------------------------16p14-----------
---------------------------------------------------16--14---
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James:
---19b---19b-------21b--12h15p12----------15p12-------------
----------------------------------14--12--------14----------
----------------------------------------------------14------
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Solo Outro:
Billy & James: (w/ wah wah)
--12---10--9------------------------------------------------
--------------12---10--9------------------------------------
---------------------------11--9----------------------------
----------------------------------12--11--9--7--6---4--2--0-
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James comes and plays the Intro/Verse figure Billy does this
fill in: F#
--14b---17b---17p14h17--21b--21b--21b--21b--14b-------------
--14b--------------------------------------------11-X-11-11-
-------------------------------------------------11-X-11-11-
-------------------------------------------------11-X-11-11-
--------------------------------------------------9--X-9-9--
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F#5
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-11-X--11--11--X--11--11--X-11--11--X--11-11-X-11-11--------
-11-X--11--11--X--11--11--X-11--11--X--11-11-X-11-11--------
-11-X--11--11--X--11--11--X-11--11--X--11-11-X-11-11-4--4---
-9--X--9---9---X--9---9---X-9---9---X--9---9-X--9--9-4--4---
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Tabbed by Phil Herring (paherr@worldnet.att.net)
