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/ Smashing Pumpkins / Gish (1991) / Suffer guitar tab

From: Brian McCall 

Suffer -- Smashing Pumpkins off of the Gish album.
------
This is as close as I can get.  I hope it helps out a little to 
everybody.  Any corrections are welcome to the above address.

Legend:

 >   upstroke           $
 [   downstroke         $
 fb  full bend          $ } I dunno the term for this so just
 fbr full bend-release  $ } play the chord a little slower 
 hb  half bend          $ } than stiking it normally.
 p   pull-off           $
 h   hammer-on


Drum intro...

Intro:

*1

Guitar 1
   >
|-$0----------------------------0---------------------------------
|-$3----------------------------3---------------------------------
|-$2------9----------------9fbr-2------9----------------9fbr------
|-$0----7---------8p7----7------0----7---------8p7----7-----------
|-$0----------------------------0---------------------------------
|-$---------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar 2

|---------0----------------0-----------0----------------0---------
|--3------3-X-X-X-3--------3----3------3-X-X-X-3--------3---------
|--3p2----2-X-X-X-3p2------2----3p2----2-X-X-X-3p2------2---------
|--0------0-X-X-X-0--------0----0------0-X-X-X-0--------0---------
|--0----0-0-X-X-X-0------0-0----0----0-0-X-X-X-0------0-0---------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar 3

|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------

Repeat *1 with lyrics then:

*2

Both Guitars:

...saying you're seeing, you're ... are

|--0-------------------0---0---------------0----------------0----
|--1---------------------1-1--------3------3-X-X-X-3--------3----
|--0-----------------------0--------3p2----2-X-X-X-3p2------2----
|--2-----------------------2--------0------0-X-X-X-0--------0----
|--3-----------------------3--------0----0-0-X-X-X-0------0-0----
|----------------------------------------------------------------
                                    ^^back to parts of *1 here^^

...meaning is cleaning the meaning of who you are..

|--0-------------------0---0-------------------------------------
|--1---------------------1-1-------------------3-----------------
|--0-----------------------0-------------------2-----------------
|--2-----------------------2-------------------0-----------------
|--3-----------------------3-------------------0-----------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------

*3

Both Guitars:

                                    [>[
|--5----5------5----5-----3-----3---333--------------------------
|--5----5-XXXX-5----5-----3-----3---333--------------------------
|--7----7-XXXX-5----5-XXX-5-----5---555--------------------------
|--7----7-XXXX-7--7-7-XXX-5-----5---555--------------------------
|--5----5-XXXX-5--5-5-XXX-3--3--3---333--------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------

 Repeat *3 4 times

 Play *1 and *2 (the song again) then the break (*4).

*4

Guitar 1 (med. fast flanger):

  Too late...                                                  ...me
|--------------------2-----------------------2-----------------2----
|--------3-------------0---------3-------------0---------3-----0---2
|------0---0-------0-----0-----0---0-------0-----0-----0---0---0---3
|----2-------2---0-----------2-------2---0-----------2-------2-0---0
|--3-----------2-----------3-----------2-----------3-----------2---0
|-------------------------------------------------------------------

*5

Guitar 1:

   >          >       etc...              until..             [
|-$0---------$0-----------------------------------------2--------
|-$3---------$3---------------------------------------3-3-----3--
|-$2---------$2---------------------------------------2-2-----2--
|-$0---------$0---------------------------------------0-0-----0--
|-$0---------$0---------------------------------------0-0-----0--
|----------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar 2 (flanger again):          etc... until..

|---------------------2---------------2--------------7-----------
|-------------------3--------------------------------------------
|-----------------2---------------2--------------2---------------
|-------0--------------------------------------------------------
|-----0----------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------

*6

Guitar 2 continues *5 and Guitar 1 repeats a Dsus2 with a few 
variations...  Recorder enters here. 
                        
                        etc...
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-------------------------------------------
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------

*7

After recorder stops, Guitar 1 stays on that D and adds a C and a G.
Guitar 2 jumps around a Dsus2 also:

Guitar 1:

   D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D C      G   G
|--0-----------------------------------------------0------3---3--
|--3-----------------------------------------------1-XXXX-3---3--
|--2-----------------------------------------------0-XXXX-0---0--
|--0-----------------------------------------------2-XXXX-0---0--
|--0-----------------------------------------------3-XXXX-X---X--
|---------------------------------------------------------3---3--

Guitar 2:

|----------0---------------0---------------0-------0------3---3--
|------3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-1-XXXX-3---3--
|----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2---0-XXXX-0---0--
|--0---------------0---------------0---------------2-XXXX-0---0--
|--------------------------------------------------3-XXXX-X---X--
|---------------------------------------------------------3-3-3--

 Guitar 2 repeats *7 twice then Both change to: 
 
*8   
   
   D D D D D D D D
|--0---------------0------3-----3--------------------------------
|--3---------------1-XXXX-3-----3--------------------------------
|--2---------------0-XXXX-0-----0--------------------------------
|--0---------------2-XXXX-0-----0--------------------------------
|--0---------------3-XXXX-X-----X--------------------------------
|-------------------------3---3-3--------------------------------
                              

  *8 repeats 4 times, the fourth time without the last 2 Gs.

  The song ends in a dreamy riff not too unlike *4.  I haven't tabbed
 it out but I know it starts out like *4 with a few extra notes and
 variations.  I hope this helps out.  Thanks...


                                        --Brian


Smashing Pumpkins albums
2000 Machina: The Machines of God
1998 Adore
1996 Aeroplane Flies High
1995 Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Twilight To Starlig
1995 Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Dawn To Dusk
1994 Pisces Iscariot
1993 Siamese Dream
1991 Gish
Gish tabs
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02Siva tabbass tab
03Rhinoceros tabbass tab
04Bury Me tabbass tab
05Crush tabbass tab
06Suffer tabbass tab
07Snail tabbass tab
08Tristessa tabbass tab
09Window Paine tabbass tab
10Daydream tabbass tab

 

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