Tabbed by Brian McCall
TRISTESSA
=========
by Smashing Pumpkins on the album Gish
written by William P. Corgan
*1
G1 distortion
|--------------------------------------------------------X-X-X-X------
|--------------------------------------------------------X-X-X-X------
|----------13-13-------------11-11-------------13-13-----X-X-X-X--11-11
|----------X--X--------------X--X--------------X--X------X-X-X-X--X--X
|----------11-11-------------9--9--------------11-11-----X-X-X-X--9--9
|-0---0-0-----------0---0-0-----------0---0-0------------X-X-X-X------
G2 Distortion
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------11p7--------------9p5---------------11p7---------------9p5-
|-0---0-0-----------0---0-0-----------0---0-0-------------------------
Repeat *1 through lyrics until:
*2
G1
pm----------------------------| repeat... Slide last time only before *3
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-7--5-7-5-7-5-7-5--------------------------------------
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------(X\)---------------------
G2
pm---------------------------| repeat...
|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X-X-X-X--------------------------------------
|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X-X-X-X--------------------------------------
|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X-X-X-X--------------------------------------
|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X-X-X-X--------------------------------------
|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X-X-X-X--------------------------------------
|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X-X-X-X--------------------------------------
^this is close to providing the rhythmic guitar noise in this part.
palm mute while fret-muting with your other hand near the nut.
Repeat *1 then *2
*3
Both Guitars:
|-0--0----3--3----5--5-----------6--5-3-0--0----3--3-----8----8--8--8--
|-0--0----3--3----5--5-----------6--5-3-0--0----3--3-----8----8--8--8--
|-1--1----4--4----6--6--X-X-X-X--7--6-4-1--1----4--4-----9----9--9--9--
|-2--2--X-5--5--X-7--7--X-X-X-X--8--7-5-2--2----5--5-----10---10-10-10-
|-2--2--X-5--5--X-7--7--X-X-X-X--8--7-5-2--2----5--5--5--10---10-10-10-
|-0--0--X-3--3--X-5--5--X-X-X-X--6--5-3-0--0--0-3--3--3--8----8--8--8--
Repeat *3 then:
*4
Both guitars
Surely I knew...Surely I knew...Surely I knew................
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------2------------
|--------------------------------------------------------2------------
|-----------------------------------------4--------------2------------
|---------2---------------0---------------2--------------0------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
*Solo
|-------------------------------------------17-17-16-----14hbr--------
|-17-17-17-15-17-17-17-15-17-17-17-15-17-15---------------------14p12-
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-13---11-13-11\9--11-11-13-13-14-14-16-16-\-16-16-16-14-16-14-16-----
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------9--9--11-11-12-12-14-14----------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
...sorry, that's all I know. Other guitar plays *1 behind this.
repeat *1 and *2 then:
*end
G1 [repeat *2 half as long (listen to the CD) then this]
pm-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------X\-
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-X\-
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-X\-
G2
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------13131313141414141616161619191919----
|------------------------------------X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--X\-
|------------------------------------11111111121212121414141417171717-X\-
|---------------------------------------------------------------------X\-
Both guitars:
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------13-13-------------------------------------------------------
|---------X--X--------------------------------------------------------
|---------11-11-------------------------------------------------------
|-0---0-0-------------------------------------------------------------
Note: An alternate way of playing this (It's the way I play it, but
I've not seen them play this live so I don't know how Billy plays
it) is with one guitar as follows:
|--------------------------------------------------------X-X-X-X------
|--------------------------------------------------------X-X-X-X------
|----------13-13-------------11-11-------------13-13-----X-X-X-X--11-11
|----------X--X--------------X--X--------------X--X------X-X-X-X--X--X
|----------11-11-------------9--9--------------11-11-----X-X-X-X--9--9
|-0---0-0--X-h12----0---0-0--X-h10----0---0-0--X-h12-----X-X-X-X--X-h10
Thanks to Don BC@aol.com for help with the pre-"I love you true" riff.
