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S M A S H I N G P U M P K I N S
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S I V A
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GISH
(c) Virgin Records (1991) [2011 Reissue]
http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/
Standard Tuning
E A D G
Tempo = 105 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
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Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com
Version 1.0
8th April 2012
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Tablature Symbols Used:
(/) - Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)
\ - Slide Down to/Down From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
/ - Slide Up To/Up From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
5b7 - Bend Note
7r5 - Release Bent Note
5h7 - Hammer-on
7p5 - Pull-off
1,2,3 - Bar Numbers (Repeats are taken into account)
|__[1] - Alternative Endings
P.M.... - Palm Mute
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Part 1: [ Time 00:00 - 00:36 ]
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Rest for 3 bars
||-------------------------||----------------------------------|
||-------------------------||----------------------------------|
||-------------------------||--5h7-7-7------5--7--7-(7b8r7)----|
||-----------0-7--7-5--5-5-||----------0--0--------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--5h7-7-7------5--7--7-(7b8r7)----|--5h7-7-7------5--7--7-(7b8r7)----|
|----------0--0--------------------|----------0--0--------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--5h7-7-7----------------------|--5h7-7-7------5--7--7-(7b8r7)----|
|----------0--0-0-0-7--7-5--5-5-|--0-------0--0--------------------|
"I spin off and lose my head"
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--5h7-7-7------5--7--7-7--7-7-|--5h7-7-7------5--7--7-(7b8r7)----|
|----------0--0----------------|----------0--0--------------------|
"Throwing straight spark instead"
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--5h7-7-7-----------------------|--5h7-7-7------5--7--7-(7b8r7)----|
|----------0--0-0-0-3--3 /5--5-5-|----------0--0--------------------|
"Gather strength down in my hands"
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--5h7-7-7------5--7--7-7--7-7-|--5h7-7-7------5--7--7-(7b8r7)----|
|----------0--0----------------|----------0--0--------------------|
"And dig it in the world I peel"
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--5h7-7-7-----------------------||
|----------0--0-0-0-3--3 /5--5-0-||
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Part 2: [ Time 00:36 - 00:53 ]
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||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||---------7~~--------------------|---------7~~--------------------|
||--0--0-0-----0-0-0-3--3 /5--5-5-|--0--0-0-----0-0-0-7--7 \5--5-5-|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------7~~--------------------|--7--7-5--5-----------------|
|--0--0-0-----0-0-0-3--3 /5--0-0-|------------7--7-6--6-5--3--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------7~~--------------------|---------7~~--------------------|
|--0--0-0-----0-0-0-3--3 /5--5-5-|--0--0-0-----0-0-0-7--7 \5--5-5-|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------7~~--------------------|-------7--7------7--7----7--||
|--0--0-0-----0-0-0-3--3 /5--5-5-|--0--0------0--0------0-----||
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Part 3: [ Time 00:53 - 01:09 ]
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||----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--5h7-7-7------5--7--7-(7b8r7)----|--5h7-7-7----------------------|
||----------0--0--------------------|----------0--0-0-0-7--7-5--5-5-|
"Way down deep within my heart"
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--5h7-7-7------5--7--7-(7b8r7)----|--5h7-7-7-----------------------|
|----------0--0--------------------|----------0--0-0-0-3--3 \5--5-5-|
"Lies a soul that's torn apart"
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/smashing_pumpkins/siva_btab_ver_3.html ]
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--5h7-7-7------5--7--7-(7b8r7)----|--5h7-7-7--------------------|
|----------0--0--------------------|----------0--0-0-0-7--7-5----|
"Tell me tell me what you're after"
|-------------------| |-----------| |
|-------------------|2|-----------|4|
|-------------------|/|-----------|/|
|--0----------------|4|--(0)------|4|
"I just wanna get there faster"
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Part 4: [ Time 01:09 - 01:35 ]
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||---------------------------------| |
||---------------------------------|*|
||---------------------------------|*| x 12
||--(3/5)-5-5-0--0-3 /5--5-0--0-0-| |
"I don't live
I inhale
I don't give
I unveil
Don't wanna live
With your misery
I don't live
I inhale"
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Part 5: [ Time 01:35 - 01:52 ]
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||-----R- --------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
||-----E- --------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
||--5--S- --5-----------|--(5)------5-------------5---|---------7-----------|
||-----T- --------------|-------------7--6--5--3------|--0------------------|
............
|---------------------|-----R- --------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----E- --------------|-----------------------------|
|--(7)------7---------|--5--S- --5-----------|--(5)------5-------------5---|
|---------------------|-----T- --------------|-------------7--6--5--3------|
............
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|--0----------------|--(0)--------------||
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Interlude: [ Time 01:52 - 02:20 ]
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Tempo = half-time
||-------9-------------------|---------------------7----|
||-----9----9-----------9----|-----7------4--5--7-----7-|
||--7----------7-----7-----7-|--5----5------------------|
||----------------7----------|--------------------------|
"Sprinkle all my kisses on your head"
|-------9-------------------|---------------------7----|-------5---------------|
|-----9----9-----------9----|-----7------4--5--7-----7-|-----5-----------------|
|--7----------7-----7-----7-|--5----5------------------|--3---------3----------|
|----------------7----------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
"Stars full of wishes fill our bed" "She said"
|---------------------||
|------5--------------||
|--3------------------||
|---------------------||
"I'm dead"
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Guitar Solo: [ Time 02:20 - 02:48 ]
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Repeat Part 4 eight times, replacing the fourth bar as follows:
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--(3/5)-5-5-0--0-3 /5--5 /7-- \--|
Then continue with the following
||------------------------------|------------------------------|
||------------------------------|------------------------------|
||--2p0-------2p0-------2p0-----|------------------------------|
||------3p0-------3p0-------3p0-|--3p0-x-5------------------ \-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------------------||
|--2p0-------2p0-------2p0-----|------------------------------||
|------3p0-------3p0-------3p0-|--3p0-x-5---------------------||
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Break: [ Time 02:48 - 03:42 ]
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||------------------------| |
||------------------------|*|
||--7---7---7----7--7--0--|*| x 22
||------------------------| |
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|--7----------------|--(7)--------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
"All this pain smothers me
Like a bomb that you can't see
Tell me tell me what you're after
I just wanna get there faster"
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Outro: [ Time 03:42 - 04:19 ]
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||----------------------------------|*|
||----7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|*| x 4
||--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---| |
||--------------------------------| |
||--------------------------------|*|
||--------------------------------|*| x 11
||--(3/5)-5-5-0--0-3 /5--5-0--0-0-| |
|------------------------------|--------R- -||
|------------------------------|--------E- -||
|------------------------------|--------S- -||
|--(3/5)-5-5-0--0-3 /5--5-0----|--(0)---T- -||
Vocals enter on the eighth bar:
"I don't live, I inhale"
"I don't give, I unveil"
"I don't live, I inhale"
"I don't live."
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End
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Tab summary: Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Interlude
Guitar Solo
Break
Outro
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