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S M A S H I N G P U M P K I N S
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B L A N K P A G E
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ADORE
(c) Virgin Records (1998)
http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/
Standard Tuning
E A D G
Tempo = 64 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
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Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com
Version 1.0
2nd February 2011
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Tablature Symbols Used:
(/) - Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)
( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
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Song Notes:
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The low-end of the piano is augmented by (and, in many cases, substituted for)
the bass guitar notes which are essential for playing the song with or without
a piano. Billy's piano style is unusual, and his left hand leaves a lot of
work for the bassist to do by very often note providing the root note(s)
for what is being played. Consult my Guitar Pro tab to hear what I mean.
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Part 1: [ 00:00 - 00:34 ]
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||--------------------|--------------------|--2--------0--------|
||-----------5--------|--0--------3--------|--------------------|
||--3-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--0--------3--------|--------------------|--5--------0--------|
|--------------------|--3--------0--------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------||
|-----------2--------|--------------------|--------------------||
|--3-----------------|--0--------5--------|--0--------5--------||
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------||
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Part 2: [ Time 00:34 - 01:21 ]
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Blank page was all the rage never meant to say any-
||---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------5------5--|--0--------3----- / |--7----- \ 5--------|
||--3------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
thing. In bed I was half dead tired of dream- ing of
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--7--------0--------|--------------------|
|--3----- / 7--------|--------------------|--3-----------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-----------3--------|
rest. Got dressed drove the state line looking for you at the five and
|--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|--5----- \ 0------0--|--3----- / 7----7----|
|--5--------0--------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
dime. Stop sign told me to stay at home told me you were not al-[one]
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------||
|--5----- \ 0--------|---------------------|--5----- \ 0--------||
|----------------------|--3--------5------5--|----------------------||
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Part 3: [ Time 01:21 - 01:48 ]
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-[one] Blank page was all the rage never meant to hurt any-
||-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------------|--------------------|--7--------5----- \ |
||--3----3 / 10---- \ |--5--------8--------|----------------------|
-one. In bed I was half dead tired of dream- ing of
|------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|--0------0 / 3----- / |--10--------7--------|--5----- \ 0--------|
|------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
rest.
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|-------------------||
|--7----------------||
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Part 4: [ Time 01:48 - 03:18 ]
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/smashing_pumpkins/blank_page_btab_ver_2.html ]
You haven't changed you're still the same may you rise as you
||----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
||----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--3----- / 7--------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
||----------------------|--5----- / 10----- \ |--5------- / 10----10 \ |
fall.
|--------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|--7--------5--------|
|--3------3 / 10----10 \ |--5--------8--------|--------------------|
You were easy you are forgotten you are the ways of my mis-
|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|--3----- / 7--------|--0--------5----- \ |--3------5-----------|
|----------------------|----------------------|------------3--------|
-takes.
|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|--5----- \ 0------0--|--3----- / 7--------|
|--5--------0--------|-----------------------|----------------------|
I catch the rainfall through the leaking roof that you had left be-
|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|--5----- \ 0--------|-----------------------|--5----- \ 0--------|
|----------------------|--3----- / 5------5--|----------------------|
-hind. You remind me of that leak in my
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--3------3 / 10----- \ |--5--------5-8----- / |--12--------10------ \ |
soul. The rain falls my friends call
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------7--------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--5-----------------|--5--------8----- \ |--3--------0--------|
leaking rain on the phone.
|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------||
|--5----- \ 0--------|-------------------||
|----------------------|--3----------------||
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Part 5: [ Time 03:18 - 03:46 ]
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Take a day plant some trees may they
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--3----------------|-------------------|--3----------------|
||-------------------|--1----------------|-------------------|
shade you from me may your children play ben-
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--3----------------|-------------------|
|--1----------------|-------------------|--1----------------|
-eath.
|--------------------||
|--------------------||
|--0--------0--------||
|--------------------||
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Part 6: [ Time 03:46 - 04:09 ]
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Blank page was all the rage never meant to say any-
||------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
||------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
||--10--------------------|--------------------|--7--------5----- \ |
||------------10----- \ |--5--------8--------|----------------------|
-thing. In bed I was half dead tired of dream- ing of
|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|--5-----------------|----------------------||
|--0------2--3--------|-----------7--------|--5----- \ 0--------||
|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------||
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Outro: [ Time 04:09 - 04:58 ]
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rest. Got dressed drove the state line looking for you at the five and
||----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--3----- / 7--------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------|--5----- / 10----- \ |--5----- / 10----- \ |
dime. But there I was picking pieces
|-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|--7--------5----- \ |
|--3----- / 10----- \ |--5--------8--------|----------------------|
up. You are a ghost of my indecision
|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|--0----------------|--3----- / 7--------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|--5----- / 10----- \ |
no more little girl.
|------------------------|--------------------||
|------------------------|--------------------||
|------------------------|-----------5--------||
|--8----- \ 3----- / |--5-----------------||
During the last 4 bars the song fades out; the final bar is barely audible.
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End
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Tab summary: Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Outro
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